However, when the first round got underway it was sunny with light winds—ideal conditions except for the wet turf.

[2] Under these adverse wet ground conditions Gourlay was still able to post good scores.

At the time there wasn't a specific rule in place to take free drops from casual water.

"T" indicates a tie for a place A body was found on the beach at Dundee between 9 and 10 am on 13 September 1882, having been left behind by the receding tide.

Later in the day the body was identified as Walter Gourlay, " a caddie belonging to St Andrews".