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Saturday 9 July 1977Men’s majorsYear in Review
Watson wins the Open
Turnberry, Turnberry, Scotland · Wednesday 6 to Saturday 9 July 1977 · purse £100,000 · winner's share £10,000
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 52 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/14°C · wind 9 km/h NE, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/15°C · wind 9 km/h NW, gusts 17 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/14°C · wind 16 km/h NNW, gusts 37 · 5.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/15°C · wind 14 km/h NE, gusts 29 · 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.
156 started, 64 (cut at 150) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Turnberry (Ailsa Course), Turnberry
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jack Nicklaus
The golfer
b. 1949-09-04, Kansas City, Missouri, USA; United States; age 27 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