Golf Network News
Sunday 19 July 1987Men’s majorsYear in Review
Faldo wins the Open
Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 July 1987 · purse £650,000 · winner's share £75,000
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 35 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).
- R116°/11°C · wind 22 km/h SSW, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/11°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 26 · 3.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R314°/12°C · wind 40 km/h NE, gusts 65 · 22.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/13°C · wind 32 km/h ENE, gusts 58 · 3.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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, 78 (cut at 146) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Muirfield, Gullane
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Paul Azinger, Rodger Davis
The golfer
b. 1957-07-18, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England; England; age 30 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