Golf Network News
Sunday 19 July 1992Men’s majorsYear in Review
Faldo wins the Open
Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 July 1992 · purse £950,000 · winner's share £95,000
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 32 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/15°C · wind 22 km/h SSW, gusts 35 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/15°C · wind 27 km/h SW, gusts 44 · 6.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/15°C · wind 29 km/h SW, gusts 49 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/15°C · wind 30 km/h SW, gusts 48 · 0.3 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.
156 started, 75 (cut at 143) 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: John Cook
The golfer
b. 1957-07-18, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England; England; age 35 at the win (year page); 5th 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