The weather

17 h 24 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

1. R114°/8°C · wind 30 km/h SW, gusts 67 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
2. R219°/12°C · wind 27 km/h SW, gusts 58 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
3. R316°/10°C · wind 25 km/h SW, gusts 55 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
4. R418°/10°C · wind 11 km/h S, gusts 31 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
5. R516°/11°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 34 · 16.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
6. R613°/9°C · wind 22 km/h W, gusts 49 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis

The name over time

1. The Amateur

1885–2026 in our record, 131 editions.

The ones it got away from

• Gordon Sherry SCO · 2&1Trailed from the fifth hole of the 36-hole final (drove into the Moray Firth); went to lunch one down, fell three down twice, then both bogeyed the 16th and 17th in the afternoon Golf: American gains for James - The Independent (Tim Glover), 5 Jun 1994

Same week

• Alfred Dunhill OpenNick Faldo
• Oldsmobile ClassicBeth Daniel
• Kemper OpenMark Brooks