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Sunday 23 July 1989PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Calcavecchia wins the Open
Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon, Scotland · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 July 1989 · Mark Calcavecchia’s win no. 6 on the PGA Tour · purse £725,000 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 17 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/17°C · wind 12 km/h ESE, gusts 19 · 2.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/18°C · wind 16 km/h ESE, gusts 29 · 1.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/15°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 29 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/14°C · wind 13 km/h WNW, gusts 27 · 0 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
- Wayne Grady AUS · 275lost the four-hole aggregate playoff (16 to Calcavecchia's 13) 1989 Open Championship - Wikipedia
- Greg Norman AUS · 275closed with a course-record 64 to make the playoff, then hit out of bounds on the 4th playoff hole (18th) and did not complete it 1989 Open Championship - Wikipedia
156 started · cut +2, 80 made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Royal Troon Golf Club (Old Course), Troon
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Wayne Grady, Greg Norman
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Mark Calcavecchia | 71 · 68 · 68 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T1 | Greg Norman | 69 · 70 · 72 · 64 | 275 | −13 |
| T1 | Wayne Grady | 68 · 67 · 69 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
| 4 | Tom Watson | 69 · 68 · 68 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
| 5 | Jodie Mudd | 73 · 67 · 68 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Fred Couples | 68 · 71 · 68 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | David Feherty | 71 · 67 · 69 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Eduardo Romero | 68 · 70 · 75 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Paul Azinger | 68 · 73 · 67 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Payne Stewart | 72 · 65 · 69 · 74 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1960-06-12, Laurel, Nebraska, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1981; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
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From the papers
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