Golf Network News
Sunday 18 July 1993Men’s majorsYear in Review
Norman wins the Open
Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, England · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 July 1993 · purse £1,000,000 · winner's share £100,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/15°C · wind 26 km/h SW, gusts 44 · 8.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/16°C · wind 26 km/h SW, gusts 46 · 3.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/15°C · wind 23 km/h WSW, gusts 41 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/14°C · wind 23 km/h SW, gusts 40 · 3 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, 78 (cut at 143) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Nick Faldo
The golfer
b. 1955-02-10, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia; Australia; age 38 at the win (year page); 2nd 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