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Sunday 20 July 1986PGA TourYear in Review
Norman wins the Open
Turnberry, Turnberry, Scotland · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 July 1986 · Greg Norman’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse £600,000 GBP
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
- Gordon J. Brand ENG · 285finished five strokes behind Norman 1986 Open Championship - Wikipedia
153 started · cut +11, 77 made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Turnberry (Ailsa Course), Turnberry
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Gordon J. Brand
From the papers
Sports Illustrated (SI Vault, Rick Reilly, 'The Shark Showed His Teeth')
28 July 1986
everybody's saying, 'Come on, Greggy, you can do it,' and even if you know you can, it starts to get you down. You get a monkey on your back.
Sports Illustrated (SI Vault, Rick Reilly, 'The Shark Showed His Teeth')
28 July 1986
Pete said to me, 'Look, walk at exactly the same speed I'm walking. I'm watching you. You're going too fast.' And I did, and when I got to the ball, I felt great
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Norman | 74 · 63 · 74 · 69 | 280 | E |
| 2 | Gordon J. Brand | 71 · 68 · 75 · 71 | 285 | +5 |
| T3 | Bernhard Langer | 72 · 70 · 76 · 68 | 286 | +6 |
| T3 | Ian Woosnam | 70 · 74 · 70 · 72 | 286 | +6 |
| 5 | Nick Faldo | 71 · 70 · 76 · 70 | 287 | +7 |
| T6 | Seve Ballesteros | 76 · 75 · 73 · 64 | 288 | +8 |
| T6 | Gary Koch | 73 · 72 · 72 · 71 | 288 | +8 |
| T8 | Brian Marchbank | 78 · 70 · 72 · 69 | 289 | +9 |
| T8 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 74 · 67 · 71 · 77 | 289 | +9 |
| T8 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 75 · 73 · 72 · 69 | 289 | +9 |
The golfer
born 1955-02-10, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1976; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet