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Sunday 18 July 1982Men’s majorsYear in Review
Watson wins the Open
Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon, Scotland · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 July 1982 · purse £250,000 · winner's share £32,000
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 32 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/13°C · wind 20 km/h NW, gusts 37 · 4.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/13°C · wind 24 km/h W, gusts 44 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/12°C · wind 21 km/h WSW, gusts 38 · 1.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/11°C · wind 13 km/h NW, gusts 26 · 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, 60 (cut at 152) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Royal Troon Golf Club (Old Course), Troon
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Nick Price, Peter Oosterhuis
The golfer
b. 1949-09-04, Kansas City, Missouri, USA; United States; age 32 at the win (year page); 7th 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