1879 Open Championship

The 1879 Open Championship was the 19th Open Championship, held 27 September at the Old Course at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Jamie Anderson won the Championship for the third successive time, by three strokes from Jamie Allan and Andrew Kirkaldy.

1879 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates27, 29 September 1879
LocationSt Andrews, Scotland
Course(s)Old Course at St Andrews
Statistics
Field47 players[1]
Prize fund£45
Winner's share£10
Champion
Jamie Anderson
169
St Andrews
Location in Scotland

Play started at 10:00 am in fine conditions. In the first round Anderson reach the turn in 41 and his round of 84 gave him a two shot lead over Andrew Kirkaldy. In the afternoon he again reached the turn in 41. Andrew Kirkaldy and Jamie Allen were amongst the early starters and with four holes left to play it was known that Anderson needed four fives to win the Championship. He holed a long putt at the 15th and with steady play at the 16th and 17th and a four at the last he won comfortably.[2] Allan and Kirkaldy had an 18-hole play-off two days later to decide who took the second and third place prize money.[3]

Final leaderboard

Source:[4][2]

Saturday, 27 September 1879

PlacePlayerCountryScoreMoney
1Jamie Anderson Scotland84-85=169£10
T2Jamie Allan Scotland88-84=172Playoff
Andrew Kirkaldy Scotland86-86=172
4George Paxton Scotland89-85=174
5Tom Kidd Scotland87-88=175
6Bob Ferguson Scotland89-87=176
7James Morris Scotland92-87=179
T8Willie Fernie Scotland92-89=181
Jack Kirkaldy Scotland92-89=181
James Rennie Scotland93-88=181

There were 15 cash prizes.

Playoff

Monday, 29 September 1879

Allan and Kirkaldy played an 18-hole play-off two days later. Kirkaldy scored 91 to Allan's 92 and took the second prize of £6, Allan taking the third prize of £5.[4][2][3] Playoffs for other positions are mentioned but details are not known.

References
  1. "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. p. 152. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  2. "The "Champion Cup" Golf Match at St Andrews". The Glasgow Herald. 29 September 1879. p. 5.
  3. "Golf at St Andrews". The Glasgow Herald. 30 September 1879. p. 7.
  4. 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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