Golf Network News
Sunday 20 July 1986Men’s majorsYear in Review
Norman wins the Open
Turnberry, Turnberry, Scotland · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 July 1986 · purse £600,000 · winner's share £70,000
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 24 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R114°/12°C · wind 37 km/h W, gusts 73 · 5.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R214°/12°C · wind 21 km/h WNW, gusts 40 · 2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/12°C · wind 23 km/h SW, gusts 42 · 3.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/12°C · wind 24 km/h WNW, gusts 43 · 1.5 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, 77 (cut at 151) 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: Gordon J. Brand
The golfer
b. 1955-02-10, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia; Australia; age 31 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