1863 Open Championship

May 2024 August 2013 1863 Open Championship 18 September 1863 Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland Prestwick Golf Club 14 players £10 Nil SCO Willie Park, Sr. 168 1862 1864 UK Scotland 1 Prestwick 55.502 -4.619 Location in Scotland 140 thumb|Willie Park, Sr. winner of the Challenge Belt in 1863 The 1863 Open Championship was the fourth Open Championship and was again held at Prestwick Golf Club. Eight professionals and six amateurs contested the event in wet and windy weather, with Willie Park, Sr. winning the championship for the second time, by two shots from Tom Morris, Sr. As in previous years, the contest was held over three rounds of the twelve-hole links course. For the first time there was prize money for those finishing 2nd, 3rd and 4th, although the winner only received the Challenge Belt for the next year. Davie Park, younger brother of Willie, led after the first round with a score of 55. An excellent second round 54 meant that Willie led by four strokes. Eventually Willie won by two strokes from Morris, spoiling Morris's attempt at a third consecutive win, which would have given him outright possession of the Challenge Belt, although Morris took the second prize of £5.http://www.theopen.com/Heritage/PreviousOpens/Prestwick/1863 The Open - 4th Open - Prestwick 1863 2015-02-22 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150222094525/http://www.theopen.com/Heritage/PreviousOpens/Prestwick/1863 22 February 2015 Final leaderboard Source:Prestwick Golf Club. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001138/18630919/095/0005 26 March 2024 Ayrshire Express 19 September 1863 5The 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 Friday, 18 September 1863 PlacePlayerScoreMoney1 SCO Willie Park, Sr. 56-54-58=168 2 SCO Tom Morris, Sr. 56-58-56=170 £53 SCO Davie Park 55-63-54=172 £34 SCO Andrew Strath 61-55-58=174 £25 ENG George Daniel Brown 58-61-57=176 6 SCO Robert Andrew 62-57-59=178 7 SCO Charlie Hunter 61-61-62=184 8 SCO James Knight (a) 66-65-59=190 9 SCO James Miller (a) 63-63-66=192 10 SCO Peter Chalmers 65-67-65=197 10 SCO J. F. Johnston 65-66-65=197 10 SCO James Paxton 197 References External links Prestwick 1863 (Official site) Category:The Open Championship Category:Prestwick Category:Sport in South Ayrshire Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship