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Sunday 19 July 1981PGA TourYear in Review
Rogers wins the Open
Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, England · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 July 1981 · Bill Rogers’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse £200,000 GBP · dates from the Wikipedia infobox (16–19 July 1981) and lead
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 46 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/13°C · wind 29 km/h WSW, gusts 50 · 2.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/12°C · wind 20 km/h W, gusts 36 · 6.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/12°C · wind 20 km/h NNW, gusts 40 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/12°C · wind 20 km/h WSW, gusts 35 · 0.7 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
- Bernhard Langer FRG · 280 1981 Open Championship - Wikipedia
153 started · cut +10 (1st cut); +12 (2nd cut, 54 holes), 61 made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Bernhard Langer
From the papers
Sports Illustrated
27 July 1981 From the print archive
I don't know how they could feel that way. This is one of the greatest courses I've ever played.
Sports Illustrated
27 July 1981 From the print archive
There's too much to gain from playing well in the British Open. You can't let the expense part of it spoil the opportunity of coming over here.
Sports Illustrated
27 July 1981 From the print archive
Oh golly
Sports Illustrated
27 July 1981 From the print archive
They were clapping because I dared to show up.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Rogers | 72 · 66 · 67 · 71 | 276 | −4 |
| 2 | Bernhard Langer | 73 · 67 · 70 · 70 | 280 | E |
| T3 | Raymond Floyd | 74 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 283 | +3 |
| T3 | Mark James | 72 · 70 · 68 · 73 | 283 | +3 |
| 5 | Sam Torrance | 72 · 69 · 73 · 70 | 284 | +4 |
| T6 | Bruce Lietzke | 76 · 69 · 71 · 69 | 285 | +5 |
| T6 | Manuel Piñero | 73 · 74 · 68 · 70 | 285 | +5 |
| T8 | Howard Clark | 72 · 76 · 70 · 68 | 286 | +6 |
| T8 | Ben Crenshaw | 72 · 67 · 76 · 71 | 286 | +6 |
| T8 | Brian Jones | 73 · 76 · 66 · 71 | 286 | +6 |
The golfer
b. 1951-09-10, Waco, Texas, USA; United States; age 29 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet