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
England J.H. Taylor
309
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.

First day leaderboard

Wednesday, 6 June 1900

PlacePlayerCountryScore
1J.H. Taylor England79-77=156
2Harry Vardon Jersey79-81=160
3Jack White Scotland80-81=161
4Robert Maxwell (a) Scotland81-81=162
T5James Braid Scotland82-81=163
Willie Park, Jr. Scotland80-83=163
7Ben Sayers Scotland81-83=164
T8James Kay Scotland84-81=165
Peter McEwan Jr. Scotland85-80=165
T10Willie Auchterlonie Scotland81-85=166
Sandy Herd Scotland81-85=166
Tom Vardon Jersey79-87=166

Final leaderboard

Source:[2]

Thursday, 7 June 1900

PlacePlayerCountryScoreMoney
1J.H. Taylor England79-77-78-75=309£50
2Harry Vardon Jersey79-81-80-77=317£25
3James Braid Scotland82-81-80-79=322£15
4Jack White Scotland80-81-82-80=323£10
5Willie Auchterlonie Scotland81-85-80-80=326£7 10s
6Willie Park, Jr. Scotland80-83-81-84=328£7 10s
T7Robert Maxwell (a) Scotland81-81-86-81=329−
Archie Simpson Scotland82-85-83-79=3290
9Ben Sayers Scotland81-83-85-81=3300
T10Sandy Herd Scotland81-85-81-84=3310
Andrew Kirkaldy Scotland87-83-82-79=331
Tom Vardon Jersey79-87-84-81=331

References

  1. ↑ "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. p. 137. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 19 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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