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Saturday 10 July 1971Men’s majorsYear in Review
Trevino wins the Open
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England · Wednesday 7 to Saturday 10 July 1971 · purse £45,000 · winner's share £5,500
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 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/15°C · wind 19 km/h SE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/16°C · wind 19 km/h SE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/15°C · wind 19 km/h NW, gusts 30 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/15°C · wind 17 km/h SE, gusts 28 · 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.
150 started, 64 (cut at 151) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Lu Liang-Huan
The golfer
b. 1939-12-01, Dallas, Texas, USA; United States; age 31 at the win (year page); 3rd 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