1900 Open Championship

1900 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates	6–7 June 1900
Location	St Andrews, Scotland
Course(s)	Old Course at St Andrews
Statistics
Field	81 players, 46 after cut^[1]
Cut	175
Prize fund	£115
Winner's share	£50
Champion
J.H. Taylor
309
«1899 1901»

St Andrews

Location in Scotland

The 1900 Open Championship was the 40th Open Championship, held 6–7 June at the Old Course at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. J.H. Taylor won the Championship for the 3rd time, by eight strokes from runner-up Harry Vardon.

All entries played 36 holes on the first day with all those within 19 strokes of the leader making the cut and playing 36 holes on the final day, with the additional provision that the final day's field had to contain at least 32 professionals. The prize money for first place was increased from £30 to £50 while that for second place was increased from £20 to £25.

A strong breeze made scoring difficult on the first morning. Taylor together with Harry and Tom Vardon led with scores of 79. In the afternoon only Taylor, with a 77, broke 80. At the end of day, Taylor led on 156 followed by Harry Vardon on 160, Jack White on 161 and the amateur Robert Maxwell on 162. 46 players made the cut of 175.

Playing steadily, Taylor had a third round 78 to open up a six shot lead over Harry Vardon. Braid and White were a further three shots behind. He was even better in the afternoon, scoring 75, to win by eight strokes over Vardon and by 13 shots from the rest of the field. Taylor was the lowest or equal lowest scorer in each of the four rounds.

Final leaderboard

Source:^[2]

Thursday, 7 June 1900

Place	Player	Country	Score	Money
1	J.H. Taylor	England	79-77-78-75=309	£50
2	Harry Vardon	Jersey	79-81-80-77=317	£25
3	James Braid	Scotland	82-81-80-79=322	£15
4	Jack White	Scotland	80-81-82-80=323	£10
5	Willie Auchterlonie	Scotland	81-85-80-80=326	£7 10s
6	Willie Park, Jr.	Scotland	80-83-81-84=328	£7 10s
T7	Robert Maxwell (a)	Scotland	81-81-86-81=329	−
T7	Archie Simpson	Scotland	82-85-83-79=329	0
9	Ben Sayers	Scotland	81-83-85-81=330	0
T10	Sandy Herd	Scotland	81-85-81-84=331	0
	Andrew Kirkaldy	Scotland	87-83-82-79=331
	Tom Vardon	Jersey	79-87-84-81=331

References

↑ "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. p. 137. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
↑ 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.

External links

1900 Men's Major Golf Championships

U.S. Open The Open Championship

The Open Championship

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