1895 Open Championship

1895 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates 12–13 June 1895
Location St Andrews, Scotland
Course(s) Old Course at St Andrews
Statistics
Field 76 players[1]
Cut none
Prize fund £90
Winner's share £30
Champion
England J.H. Taylor
322
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The 1895 Open Championship was the 35th Open Championship, held 12–13 June at the Old Course at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Defending champion J.H. Taylor won the Championship for the second time, by four strokes from runner-up Sandy Herd.

Harry Vardon, one of the early starters, led after the first round with an 80 but had an 85 in the afternoon to finish the day on 165. Herd had the best round of the afternoon with a 77 and led overnight on 159, five strokes clear of Taylor and Andrew Kirkaldy on 164.

Herd played steadily in the third round and finished with 82 to lead on 241. Taylor, playing in the last group, scored 80 to finish on 244. The championship resolved into a battle between Herd and Taylor. Herd started well but took seven at the 5th. Playing in wind and rain, Herd eventually scored 85 to finish on 326. Taylor need an 81 to win and after 12 holes had only taken 49 strokes. Despite taking six at the next two holes he reached the 17th tee needing to take 12 or less to win. Playing carefully he scored five at the dangerous 17th and then four at the last to win by four strokes and retain the title. His 78 was the best round of the afternoon by four shots, the next best being an 82 by Ben Sayers.

Final leaderboard

Source:[2]

Thursday, 13 June 1895

PlacePlayerCountryScoreMoney
1 J.H. Taylor  England 86-78-80-78=322 £30
2 Sandy Herd  Scotland 82-77-82-85=326 £20
3 Andrew Kirkaldy  Scotland 81-83-84-84=332 £10
4 George Pulford  England 84-81-83-86=334 £7
5 Archie Simpson  Scotland 88-85-78-85=336 £5
T6 David Anderson, Jr.  Scotland 86-83-84-84=337 £3 6s 8d
David Brown  Scotland 81-89-83-84=337
Willie Fernie  Scotland 86-79-86-86=337
T9 Ben Sayers  Scotland 84-87-85-82=338 £2
Alfred Toogood  England 85-84-83-86=338
Harry Vardon  Jersey 80-85-85-88=338
Tom Vardon  Jersey 82-83-84-89=338

References

  1. "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. p. 142. Retrieved 23 April 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.

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