Golf Network News
Sunday 21 July 1991Men’s majorsYear in Review
Baker-Finch wins the Open
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 July 1991 · purse £900,000 · winner's share £90,000
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 03 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/14°C · wind 27 km/h SW, gusts 42 · 7.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/14°C · wind 27 km/h W, gusts 42 · 2.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/13°C · wind 22 km/h WNW, gusts 36 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/13°C · wind 10 km/h WNW, gusts 17 · 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
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
156 started, 113 (cut at 148) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Mike Harwood
The golfer
b. 1960-10-24, Nambour, Australia; Australia; 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