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Sunday 12 July 1970Men’s majorsYear in Review
Nicklaus wins the Open
St Andrews Links, St Andrews, Scotland · Wednesday 8 to Sunday 12 July 1970 · purse £40,000 · winner's share £5,250
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 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/12°C · wind 17 km/h SSE, gusts 27 · 9.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/10°C · wind 33 km/h WSW, gusts 55 · 10.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/9°C · wind 28 km/h SW, gusts 56 · 3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/11°C · wind 43 km/h WSW, gusts 71 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R516°/13°C · wind 40 km/h WSW, gusts 66 · 1.2 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.
134 started, 57 (cut at 149) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Old Course, St Andrews, St Andrews
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Doug Sanders
The golfer
b. 1940-01-21, Columbus, Ohio, USA; United States; age 30 at the win (year page); 8th 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