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Sunday 21 July 1985Men’s majorsYear in Review
Lyle wins the Open
Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, England · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 July 1985 · purse £530,000 · winner's share £65,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 41 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/13°C · wind 27 km/h SW, gusts 48 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/13°C · wind 36 km/h SW, gusts 55 · 2.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/13°C · wind 31 km/h WSW, gusts 64 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/11°C · wind 24 km/h WSW, gusts 39 · 0.5 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, 60 (cut at 149) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Payne Stewart
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1958-02-09, Shrewsbury, England; Scotland; age 27 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