1880 Open Championship

1880 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates 9 April 1880
Location Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland
Course(s) Musselburgh Links
Statistics
Field 30 players[1]
Prize fund Not known
Winner's share £8
Champion
Scotland Bob Ferguson
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Musselburgh
Location in Scotland

The 1880 Open Championship was the 20th Open Championship, held 9 April at Musselburgh Links, Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. Bob Ferguson won the Championship, by five strokes from runner-up Peter Paxton.

A number of players were absent because of the short notice given for the competition. Jamie Anderson, winner of the previous three Open Championships was amongst those that were missing. Good weather brought out a large number of spectators. The Championship was played over four rounds of the nine-hole Musselburgh course.

Andrew Kirkaldy scored a hole-in-one at the 8th hole in his second round and almost repeated the feat in his third round.

After three rounds Bob Ferguson was tied for the lead with Peter Paxton with Ned Cosgrove only a shot behind. In the final round Ferguson scored 39 to Paxton's and Cosgrove's 44s to win by five strokes.

Final leaderboard

Source:[2][3]

Friday, 9 April 1880

PlacePlayerCountryScoreMoney
1 Bob Ferguson  Scotland 40-41-42-39=162 £8
2 Peter Paxton  Scotland 81-86=167
3 Ned Cosgrove  Scotland 82-86=168
T4 David Brown  Scotland 86-83=169
George Paxton  Scotland 85-84=169
Bob Pringle  Scotland 90-79=169
7 Andrew Kirkaldy  Scotland 85-85=170
T8 Willie Brown  Scotland 87-84=171
Davie Grant  Scotland 87-84=171
10 Tom Morris, Sr.  Scotland 87-88=175

Generally scores relate to first 18 holes and second 18 holes. Individual round scores mostly not recorded.

References

  1. "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. p. 152. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  2. Brenner, Morgan G. (2009). The Majors of Golf: Complete Results of the Open, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and the Masters, 1860-2008 1. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3360-5.
  3. "The Champion Cup Golf Match at Musselburgh". The Glasgow Herald. 10 April 1880. p. 7.

External links

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