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Sunday 19 July 1987PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Faldo wins the Open
Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 July 1987 · Nick Faldo’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse £650,000 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 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
- Paul Azinger USA · 280led by one through 16 holes, then bogeyed the 17th (fairway bunker) and the 18th (greenside bunker) 1987 Open Championship - Wikipedia
- Rodger Davis AUS · 280closed with 69 to finish a stroke behind 1987 Open Championship - Wikipedia
153 started · cut +4, 78 made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Muirfield, Gullane
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Paul Azinger, Rodger Davis
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Faldo | 68 · 69 · 71 · 71 | 279 | −5 |
| T2 | Paul Azinger | 68 · 68 · 71 · 73 | 280 | −4 |
| T2 | Rodger Davis | 64 · 73 · 74 · 69 | 280 | −4 |
| T4 | Ben Crenshaw | 73 · 68 · 72 · 68 | 281 | −3 |
| T4 | Payne Stewart | 71 · 66 · 72 · 72 | 281 | −3 |
| 6 | David Frost | 70 · 68 · 70 · 74 | 282 | −2 |
| 7 | Tom Watson | 69 · 69 · 71 · 74 | 283 | −1 |
| T8 | Nick Price | 68 · 71 · 72 · 73 | 284 | E |
| T8 | Craig Stadler | 69 · 69 · 71 · 75 | 284 | E |
| T8 | Ian Woosnam | 71 · 69 · 72 · 72 | 284 | E |
The golfer
born 1957-07-18, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1976; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
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From the papers
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