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Sunday 19 July 2009European Tour · PGA TourYear in Review
Cink wins the Open
Turnberry, Turnberry, Scotland · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 July 2009 · Stewart Cink’s win no. 6 on the European Tour · purse £4,200,000 GBP · 138th Open Championship; decided by a four-hole aggregate playoff (holes 5, 6, 17, 18) on Sunday
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 27 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/13°C · wind 10 km/h SW, gusts 30 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/14°C · wind 25 km/h NNW, gusts 48 · 6.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/13°C · wind 22 km/h WNW, gusts 48 · 1.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/12°C · wind 27 km/h W, gusts 48 · 3.7 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
- Tom Watson USA · 278Aged 59 and needing a par at the 72nd hole to win, his 8-iron approach went over the green, he putted well past and missed for bogey; then played the four-hole playoff in four over to lose by six The Open Championship, July 19, 2009: Tom Watson (ASAP Sports)
156 started · cut +4, 73 made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Turnberry (Ailsa Course), Turnberry
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Tom Watson
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 July 2009
Well, as long as the result is I get the girl, I'm okay with that.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 July 2009
I hit that putt with really -- really without a care in the world of whether it went in or whether it missed.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 July 2009
A good headline? "The old fogey almost did it." (Laughter.)
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stewart Cink | 66 · 72 · 71 · 69 | 278 | −2 |
| 2 | Tom Watson | 65 · 70 · 71 · 72 | 278 | −2 |
| T3 | Chris Wood | 70 · 70 · 72 · 67 | 279 | −1 |
| T3 | Lee Westwood | 68 · 70 · 70 · 71 | 279 | −1 |
| T5 | Luke Donald | 71 · 72 · 70 · 67 | 280 | E |
| T5 | Retief Goosen | 67 · 70 · 71 · 72 | 280 | E |
| T5 | Mathew Goggin | 66 · 72 · 69 · 73 | 280 | E |
| T8 | Soren Hansen | 68 · 72 · 74 · 67 | 281 | +1 |
| T8 | Ernie Els | 69 · 72 · 72 · 68 | 281 | +1 |
| T8 | Justin Leonard | 70 · 70 · 73 · 68 | 281 | +1 |
| T8 | Thomas Aiken | 71 · 72 · 69 · 69 | 281 | +1 |
| T8 | Richard S. Johnson | 70 · 72 · 69 · 70 | 281 | +1 |
The golfer
born 1973-05-21, Huntsville, Alabama; USA; turned pro 1995; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 1; world No. 33 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table, THE 138th OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP); BBC also calls him world number 33).
What’s in the bag
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