1909 Open Championship

December 2023 August 2013 1909 Open Championship 10–11 June 1909 Deal, Kent, England Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club 6581 ydhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gM9AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XqYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5950%2C4440751 Glasgow Herald The Open Championship: Qualifying stage 9 June 1909 13 69 playershttp://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 127 10 April 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 (204 entered qualifying) none £115 £50 ENG J.H. Taylor 295 1908 1910 UK England 1 Deal  51.2395 1.3965 Location in England 5 230 Kent Deal 51.2395 1.3965 Location in Kent. England 5 right white 230 The 1909 Open Championship was the 49th Open Championship, held 10–11 June at Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club in Deal, Kent, England. J.H. Taylor won the Championship for the fourth time, six strokes ahead of runners-up Tom Ball and James Braid.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g89AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XqYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3750%2C4856899 Glasgow Herald Professionals at Deal: Taylor's fourth championship 12 June 1909 14 Royal Cinque Ports had been added as the sixth course on the Open rota at a meeting in November 1907 at which meeting it was decided it would host in 1909.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Is5AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UKYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4299%2C1828024 Glasgow Herald The Open Championship: third English course adopted 18 November 1907 13 The meeting also agreed that the Championship was to be played in England and Scotland alternately. The Times 18 November 1907 12 The Open Championship Qualifying took place over 36 holes on Tuesday and Wednesday, 8–9 June. The 204 players were divided into two "sections" and those in the first played on the first morning and second afternoon, while those in the second section played on the first afternoon and second morning. The leading thirty players and ties from each section qualified, with the additional provision that each section had to contain at least thirty professionals. The second section finished their qualifying first with Tom Ball, Harold Hilton and Ted Ray leading on 150. Thirty players scored 159 or better, but this included three amateurs and so the five players on 160 also qualified. Charles Mayo led the first section on 146. Thirty players scored 160 or better, but this included three amateurs, so the four on 161 qualified. Thus a total of 69 players qualified; 63 professionals and six amateurs. The Times 10 June 1909 18 The Open Championshiphttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gc9AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XqYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4559%2C4573118 Glasgow Herald The Open Championship: End of qualifying stage 10 June 1909 12 Charles Johns opened at 72 and led after the first round on Thursday morning, with J. Piper second on 73 and Taylor and Ball a stroke behind. Taylor had the best score in the afternoon and led after the first day on 147, a stroke ahead of Johns, with Ball back on 149 and Sandy Herd on 151; Piper faded badly with an 85 for 157.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gs9AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XqYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5230%2C4714899 Glasgow Herald The Open Championship: First and second rounds 11 June 1909 14 On Friday morning, Taylor scored 74, only bettered by a 73 by Braid. Taylor's lead over Ball was extended to four with Braid and Johns a further two behind. In the afternoon, Taylor had another steady round of 74 for 295. After eight holes, Ball was two better than Taylor at the same point but he eventually finished six shots behind Taylor on 301, tied with Braid with Johns a further stroke behind. Cinque Ports was scheduled to host again in 1915,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=f89AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XqYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1874%2C4318911 Glasgow Herald The Open Championship: Practice play at Deal 8 June 1909 11 but World War I intervened; it was the site of the first Open after the war, in 1920. Course Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club HoleYards3HoleYards1318 10375237611473347612162415013400547514195628215417738316483848017372935018414 Out3,290 In3,291Source: Total 6,581 Round summaries First round Thursday, 10 June 1909 (morning) PlacePlayerScore1 ENG Charles Johns 722 ENG James Piper 73T3 ENG Tom Ball 74 ENG J.H. Taylor T5 SCO Cecil Hutchison (a) 75 SCO Robert Maxwell (a) IRE 1783 Hugh McNeillT8 ENG Albert Bellworthy 76 JEY old Ernest Gaudin SCO Sandy Herd FRA 1794 Arnaud Massy WAL 1807 Robert Myddelton (a) JEY old Thomas Renouf Source: Second round Thursday, 10 June 1909 (afternoon) PlacePlayerScore1 ENG J.H. Taylor 74-73=1472 ENG Charles Johns 72-76=1483 ENG Tom Ball 74-75=1494 SCO Sandy Herd 76-75=151T5 JEY old Ernest Gaudin 76-77=153 JEY old Ted Ray 77-76=153T7 SCO James Braid 79-75=154 ENG Bernard Nicholls 78-76=154 ENG Peter Rainford 78-76=154 JEY old Thomas Renouf 76-78=154 Source: Third round Friday, 11 June 1909 (morning) PlacePlayerScore1 ENG J.H. Taylor 74-73-74=221 2 ENG Tom Ball 74-75-76=225T3 SCO James Braid 79-75-73=227 ENG Charles Johns 72-76-79=2275 Jersey old Ted Ray 77-76-76=229 T6 JEY old Ernest Gaudin 76-77-77=230 ENG Edward Lassen (a) 82-74-74=230 ENG Peter Rainford 78-76-76=230 JEY old Thomas Renouf 76-78-76=230T10 SCO James Hepburn 78-77-76=231 SCO Sandy Herd 76-75-80=231 ENG Bernard Nicholls 78-76-77=231 Source: Final round Friday, 11 June 1909 (afternoon) PlacePlayerScoreMoney (£)1 ENG J.H. Taylor 74-73-74-74=295 50T2 ENG Tom Ball 74-75-76-76=301 20 SCO James Braid 79-75-73-74=3014 ENG Charles Johns 72-76-79-75=302 105 JEY old Thomas Renouf 76-78-76-73=303 710s6 JEY old Ted Ray 77-76-76-75=304 7 ENG William Horne 77-78-77-74=306 0T8 SCO James Hepburn 78-77-76-76=307 SCO Sandy Herd 76-75-80-76=307T10 ENG Edward Lassen (a) 82-74-74-78=308 ENG Bernard Nicholls 78-76-77-77=308 ENG George Pulford 81-76-76-75=308 Source:The Majors of Golf: Complete Results of the Open, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and the Masters, 1860-2008 1 Morgan G. Brenner 2009 McFarland 978-0-7864-3360-5 References External links Royal Cinque Ports 1909 (Official site) 1909 51.2395 1.3965 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:Golf tournaments in England Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship Category:Deal, Kent Category:Sport in Kent Category:1900s in Kent