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Saturday 12 July 1969Men’s majorsYear in Review
Jacklin wins the Open
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, England · Wednesday 9 to Saturday 12 July 1969 · purse £30,000
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 27 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R114°/12°C · wind 33 km/h NW, gusts 49 · 2.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/13°C · wind 27 km/h WNW, gusts 39 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/15°C · wind 34 km/h WNW, gusts 51 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/16°C · wind 29 km/h WNW, gusts 42 · 0 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.
130 started, 73 (cut at 151) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Bob Charles
The golfer
b. 1944-07-07, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England; England; age 25 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