On this day in 1959 Gary Player won the first of his three Open Championship titles. This was the 88th Open Championship, held from 1-3 July at Muirfield Golf Links in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland.
Player shot a final round of 68, two strokes ahead of runners-up Fred Bullock and Flory Van Donck. Only three Americans were in the field of 90 and none made the cut.
