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Sunday 21 July 1991PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Baker-Finch wins the Open
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 July 1991 · Ian Baker-Finch’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse £900,000 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 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
- Mike Harwood AUS · 274solo second, two strokes behind after a closing 67 1991 Open Championship - Wikipedia
156 started · cut +8, 113 made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Mike Harwood
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Baker-Finch | 71 · 71 · 64 · 66 | 272 | −8 |
| 2 | Mike Harwood | 68 · 70 · 69 · 67 | 274 | −6 |
| T3 | Fred Couples | 72 · 69 · 70 · 64 | 275 | −5 |
| T3 | Mark O'Meara | 71 · 68 · 67 · 69 | 275 | −5 |
| T5 | Eamonn Darcy | 73 · 68 · 66 · 70 | 277 | −3 |
| T5 | Jodie Mudd | 72 · 70 · 72 · 63 | 277 | −3 |
| T5 | Bob Tway | 75 · 66 · 70 · 66 | 277 | −3 |
| 8 | Craig Parry | 71 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 278 | −2 |
| T9 | Seve Ballesteros | 66 · 73 · 69 · 71 | 279 | −1 |
| T9 | Bernhard Langer | 71 · 71 · 70 · 67 | 279 | −1 |
| T9 | Greg Norman | 74 · 68 · 71 · 66 | 279 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1960-10-24, Nambour, Queensland, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1979; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 1; world No. 25 that week (OWGR rankBefore (apiweb.owgr.com player events table)).
What’s in the bag
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From the papers
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