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Sunday 13 July 1975Men’s majorsYear in Review
Watson wins the Open
Carnoustie Golf Links, Carnoustie, Scotland · Wednesday 9 to Sunday 13 July 1975 · purse £75,000 · winner's share £7,500
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 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R114°/12°C · wind 10 km/h E, gusts 23 · 3.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/13°C · wind 16 km/h SSE, gusts 30 · 3.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/14°C · wind 18 km/h S, gusts 32 · 3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/13°C · wind 20 km/h WSW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R516°/14°C · wind 11 km/h E, gusts 23 · 2.4 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.
153 started, 63 (cut at 149) 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: Jack Newton
The golfer
b. 1949-09-04, Kansas City, Missouri, USA; United States; 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