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Friday 10 July 1964Men’s majorsYear in Review
Lema wins the Open
St Andrews Links, St Andrews, Scotland · Wednesday 8 to Friday 10 July 1964 · purse £8,500 · winner's share £1,500
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
17 h 01 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R114°/10°C · wind 48 km/h WSW, gusts 80 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/10°C · wind 46 km/h WSW, gusts 79 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/11°C · wind 27 km/h W, gusts 46 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Open
1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
120 started, 45 made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Old Course, St Andrews, St Andrews
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jack Nicklaus
The golfer
b. 1934-02-25, Oakland, USA; United States; age 30 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet