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Saturday 10 July 1976Men’s majorsYear in Review
Miller wins the Open
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England · Wednesday 7 to Saturday 10 July 1976 · 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 28 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/17°C · wind 22 km/h ESE, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/16°C · wind 18 km/h ESE, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/14°C · wind 22 km/h SW, gusts 31 · 1.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/13°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 25 · 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.
155 started, 66 (cut at 152) made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Seve Ballesteros, Jack Nicklaus
The golfer
b. 1947-04-29, San Francisco, California, USA; United States; age 29 at the win (year page); 2nd 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