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Friday 9 July 1965Men’s majorsYear in Review
Thomson wins the Open
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England · Wednesday 7 to Friday 9 July 1965 · purse £10,000 · winner's share £1,750
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 31 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R113°/11°C · wind 26 km/h NW, gusts 38 · 1.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R213°/10°C · wind 27 km/h NW, gusts 46 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R313°/11°C · wind 27 km/h WNW, gusts 41 · 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.
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Brian Huggett, Christy O'Connor Snr
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1929-08-23, Brunswick (Melbourne), Australia; Australia; age 35 at the win (year page); 5th 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