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Saturday 13 July 1968Men’s majorsYear in Review
Player wins the Open
Carnoustie Golf Links, Carnoustie, Scotland · Wednesday 10 to Saturday 13 July 1968 · purse £20,000
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 55 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/10°C · wind 21 km/h ENE, gusts 36 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R214°/10°C · wind 24 km/h NE, gusts 40 · 2.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R313°/10°C · wind 17 km/h ESE, gusts 33 · 3.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/10°C · wind 21 km/h NE, gusts 37 · 2.3 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.
, 45 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course), Carnoustie
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Bob Charles, Jack Nicklaus
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1935-11-01, Johannesburg, South Africa; South Africa; age 32 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