1901 Open Championship

December 2023 August 2013 1901 Open Championship 5–6 June 1901 Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland Muirfield 100 players, 38 after cuthttp://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 136 19 April 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 175 £115 £50 SCO James Braid 309 1900 1902 UK Scotland 1 Muirfield 56.043 -2.823 Location in Scotland 240 The 1901 Open Championship was the 41st Open Championship, held 5–6 June at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. James Braid won the Championship, three strokes ahead of runner-up Harry Vardon. The Championship was a close contest between Braid, Vardon and J.H. Taylor with the leading amateur 11 strokes behind Braid and the next professional 16 strokes behind. 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. In a strong wind, Vardon led after the first round with a 77 and followed this with a 78. At the end of the first day, he was joined on 155 by Braid. Taylor was next, seven shots behind with James Kinnell and Jack White a further two strokes back. Such was the dominance of Braid and Vardon that only 36 players (31 professionals and five amateurs) scored 174 or better and the cut was made at 175 to include 33 professionals. After the third round, Braid was five shots clear of Vardon, with Taylor two further shots behind and the rest of the field a further eight strokes behind. With a clear lead, he played a cautious final round of 80. With Braid having finished his round, Vardon had a chance to tie if he could play the last three holes in level fours. However at the 16th he topped his second shot, put his third into a bunker and took six, ending his chances. Taylor finished third with amateur Harold Hilton a further seven strokes behind. If not for a brutal 89 in the first round, Hilton would have fared much better on the final leaderboard. First day leaderboard Wednesday, 5 June 1901 PlacePlayerScoreT1 SCO James Braid 79-76=155 Jersey old Harry Vardon 77-78=1553 ENG J.H. Taylor 79-83=162T4 SCO James Kinnell 79-85=164 SCO Jack White 82-82=164T6 SCO John Graham Jr. (a) 82-83=165 SCO Willie Park Jr. 78-87=165T8 SCO Charles Dalziel (a) 82-84=166 SCO Johnny Laidlay (a) 84-82=166T10 Jersey old Jack Gaudin 86-81=167 SCO Jim Hutchison 84-83=167 ENG Rowland Jones 85-82=167 ENG Alfred Lewis 85-82=167 Final leaderboard 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 Thursday, 6 June 1901 PlacePlayerScoreMoney1 SCO James Braid 79-76-74-80=309 £502 Jersey old Harry Vardon 77-78-79-78=312 £253 ENG J.H. Taylor 79-83-74-77=313 £154 ENG Harold Hilton (a) 89-80-75-76=320 −5 SCO Sandy Herd 87-81-81-76=325 £106 SCO Jack White 82-82-80-82=326 £7 10sT7 SCO James Kinnell 79-85-86-78=328 £7 10s SCO Johnny Laidlay (a) 84-82-82-80=328 −T9 Jersey old Phil Gaudin 86-81-86-76=329 0 SCO John Graham Jr. (a) 82-83-81-83=329 − References External links Muirfield 1901 (Official site) 1901 56.043 -2.823 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:Gullane Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland Category:Sport in East Lothian Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship