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Saturday 15 July 1967Men’s majorsYear in Review
Vicenzo wins the Open
Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England · Wednesday 12 to Saturday 15 July 1967 · 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
16 h 16 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/15°C · wind 11 km/h ESE, gusts 23 · 1.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/14°C · wind 19 km/h ESE, gusts 41 · 3.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/14°C · wind 16 km/h SSW, gusts 32 · 21.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/14°C · wind 10 km/h W, gusts 23 · 0.7 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 Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jack Nicklaus
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1923-04-14, Villa Ballester, Argentina; Argentina; age 44 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