The weather

16 h 35 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

1. R115°/10°C · wind 30 km/h ESE, gusts 52 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
2. R218°/13°C · wind 35 km/h S, gusts 68 · 14.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
3. R317°/13°C · wind 46 km/h WSW, gusts 72 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
4. R416°/13°C · wind 16 km/h SSE, gusts 30 · 9.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
5. R516°/12°C · wind 26 km/h SSE, gusts 44 · 4.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis

The name over time

1. The Open

1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.

The ones it got away from

• Louis Oosthuizen RSA · 273Birdied the 72nd hole from 10 feet to join the playoff, birdied the first playoff hole but lost by one stroke over the four-hole aggregate 2015 Open Championship (Wikipedia)
• Marc Leishman AUS · 273Closed 64-66 to post 15 under but bogeyed the 16th from a divot and missed a birdie putt to win on the 18th; bogeyed the first playoff hole and finished three back in the playoff Zach Johnson triumphs in Open playoff for second major title (AP via ESPN)

156 started · cut E, 80 made it

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