1911 Open Championship

1911 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates 26–30 June 1911
Location Sandwich, England
Course(s) Royal St George's Golf Club
Statistics
Length 6,587 yards (6,023 m)
Field 226 players,[1] 73 after cut
Cut 162
Prize fund £125
Winner's share £50
Champion
Jersey Harry Vardon
303, playoff
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The 1911 Open Championship was the 51st Open Championship, held 26–30 June at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Harry Vardon won the Championship for the fifth time after a playoff against Arnaud Massy.

There was no qualifying event and with 226 entries it was not possible for all the players to play 18 holes on the same day. The players were therefore divided into three "sections". Sections A and B played on the first day, while section C played on the second morning. Section A played their second rounds on the second afternoon, while sections B and C played their second rounds on the third day.

By the start of the contest the number of contestants had been reduced to 222, with 4 withdrawals. On the first day the Irish professional Michael Moran had the best round with a 72.[2] On the second morning the players in Section C discovered that a number of the holes had been moved since the first day. Later in the day a letter of protest was drawn up by a group of professionals and presented to the authorities: "To the Committee of the Championship, 1911 - Gentlemen, we the undersigned competitors at this Championship meeting respectfully protest against the alteration of the course during the qualifying (sic) rounds."[3] Play was somewhat easier on the second morning and the amateur Edward Blackwell led after a round of 71 with Moran joined on 72 by J.H. Taylor.

Of those in Section A, Ted Ray led after the second day with a score of 148.[3] The Committee replied to the professionals "The Green Committee consider that in deciding to cut fresh holes each day they had adopted the best course possible under the terms of the competition, which were exceptional owing to the large entry, and though they regret that there was any dissatisfaction amongst the players, they decided that the protest could not be upheld."[4] New holes were again cut on the third morning, so that Sections B and C played their second round to different holes to Section A. George Duncan led after two rounds with a score of 144, four ahead of Ray, Taylor and Vardon on 148. The leading 60 players and ties played 36 holes on the fourth day. The cut was at 162; 73 players made the cut with 15 players on 162.[4]

Duncan had a poor third round of 83 which left Vardon with a three shot lead over Sandy Herd, Taylor and Massy.

Vardon was among the early starters in the afternoon and scored 80 for a total of 303. Harold Hilton, an amateur, reached the turn in 33 but took 43 for the last nine and finished a shot behind. Massy needed a 4 at the difficult final hole to tie. He reached the green with two woods and two putted to force a 36-hole playoff with Vardon.

Massy led the playoff after 10 holes but a 6 at the 14th and a disastrous 7 at the 17 meant that Vardon led by 5 after the first round. The lead extended to 7 after 27 holes and 10 after 34 holes. After Vardon reached the green in two at the 35th and Massy was in thick rough after two shots, Massy picked up his ball and conceded.

Coronation Match

The Championship was preceded by a "Coronation Match" between teams of amateurs and professionals at Royal St George's on Saturday 24 June. The match was in celebration of the coronation of George V on 22 June. The match consisted of 9 foursomes matches, each over 36 holes. The result was an 8–1 win for the professionals. Only one match went beyond the 33rd hole and resulted in a win for the amateurs at the 38th hole.[5][6]

Final leaderboard

Source:[7]

Thursday, 29 June 1911

PlacePlayerCountryScoreMoney
T1 Arnaud Massy  France 75-78-74-76=303 Playoff
Harry Vardon  Jersey 74-74-75-80=303
T3 Sandy Herd  Scotland 77-73-76-78=304 £15
Harold Hilton (a)  England 76-74-78-76=304 −
T5 James Braid  Scotland 78-75-74-78=305 £8 6s 8d
Ted Ray  Jersey 76-72-79-78=305
J.H. Taylor  England 72-76-78-79=305
8 George Duncan  Scotland 73-71-83-79=306 £5
9 Laurie Ayton, Snr  Scotland 75-77-77-78=307 £5
T10 James Hepburn  Scotland 74-77-83-75=309 0
Fred Robson  England 78-74-79-78=309

Playoff

Friday, 30 June 1911

Massy conceded on the 35th hole having been 10 shots behind after 34 holes and in trouble on the 35th. Scores in the table below are after 34 holes.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreMoney
1 Harry Vardon  Jersey 74-64=138
34 holes 		£50
2 Arnaud Massy  France 79-69=148
Conceded 		£25

Scorecards

Morning round

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 Out101112131415161718BackTotal
Jersey Vardon443454534365454443453874
France Massy444454434364554643754379

Afternoon round

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 Out101112131415161718BackTotal
Jersey Vardon454343535364445452––2864
France Massy543553544384645543––3169

References

  1. ↑ "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. p. 125. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Golf Championship - First day's play - An Irishman leads". The Glasgow Herald. 27 June 1911. p. 9,10.
  3. 1 2 "Golf Championship - Alteration of the holes - Players' protest overruled". The Glasgow Herald. 28 June 1911. p. 9.
  4. 1 2 "Golf Championship - George Duncan leading - The players' protest". The Glasgow Herald. 29 June 1911. p. 9.
  5. ↑ "Golf – Teams for Coronation match". The Glasgow Herald. 24 June 1911. p. 10.
  6. ↑ "Golf at Sandwich – Coronation match – Rout of the amateurs". The Glasgow Herald. 26 June 1911. pp. 9–10.
  7. ↑ 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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