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Sunday 21 July 1996European Tour · PGA TourYear in Review
Lehman wins the Open
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, England · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 July 1996 · Tom Lehman’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse £1,500,000 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 01 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/12°C · wind 12 km/h NNE, gusts 18 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/14°C · wind 11 km/h ENE, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/15°C · wind 19 km/h NW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/14°C · wind 20 km/h NNW, gusts 44 · 0.3 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
- Ernie Els RSA · 273Reached 13 under on the back nine with a closing 67 but could not sustain it and finished two behind Golf: Lehman exploits void in pressure zone (The Independent, Tim Glover)
- Mark McCumber USA · 273Closed with 66 to share second, two strokes behind 1996 Open Championship - Wikipedia
156 started · cut +1, 77 made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Ernie Els, Mark McCumber
From the papers
The Independent (Tim Glover)
23 July 1996
The putter felt like lead. I was able to get away with the mistakes I made.
The Independent (Tim Glover)
23 July 1996
Faldo was an absolute gentleman and an absolute pleasure to play with. He played awfully well but did not make any putts whatsoever.
The Independent (Tim Glover)
23 July 1996
I wanted Lehman to look at the leaderboard and put pressure on him but I just couldn't finish it
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Lehman | 67 · 67 · 64 · 73 | 271 | −13 |
| T2 | Ernie Els | 68 · 67 · 71 · 67 | 273 | −11 |
| T2 | Mark McCumber | 67 · 69 · 71 · 66 | 273 | −11 |
| 4 | Nick Faldo | 68 · 68 · 68 · 70 | 274 | −10 |
| T5 | Mark Brooks | 67 · 70 · 68 · 71 | 276 | −8 |
| T5 | Jeff Maggert | 69 · 70 · 72 · 65 | 276 | −8 |
| T7 | Fred Couples | 67 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 277 | −7 |
| T7 | Peter Hedblom | 70 · 65 · 75 · 67 | 277 | −7 |
| T7 | Greg Norman | 71 · 68 · 71 · 67 | 277 | −7 |
| T7 | Greg Turner | 72 · 69 · 68 · 68 | 277 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1959-03-07, Austin, Minnesota; USA; turned pro 1982; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 1; world No. 12 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player events table, 1996)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet