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Saturday 9 July 1966Men’s majorsYear in Review
Nicklaus wins the Open
Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland · Wednesday 6 to Saturday 9 July 1966 · purse £15,000
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 waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/12°C · wind 10 km/h E, gusts 22 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/12°C · wind 20 km/h W, gusts 30 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/14°C · wind 24 km/h WSW, gusts 39 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/11°C · wind 28 km/h WSW, gusts 45 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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
Muirfield, Gullane
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Doug Sanders, Dave Thomas
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1940-01-21, Columbus, Ohio, USA; United States; age 26 at the win (year page); 6th 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