1903 Open Championship

December 2023 August 2013 1903 Open Championship 10–11 June 1903 Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland Prestwick Golf Club 124 players, 59 after cuthttp://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 134 17 April 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 169 £115 £50 Jersey old Harry Vardon 300 1902 1904 UK Scotland 1 Prestwick 55.502 -4.619 Location in Scotland 5 230 Scotland South Ayrshire Prestwick  55.502 -4.619 Location in South Ayrshire, Scotland left 5 230 The 1903 Open Championship was the 43rd Open Championship, held 10–11 June at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CNpAAAAAIBAJ&pg=2831%2C6812085 Glasgow Herald The Open Championship 8 June 1903 13 Harry Vardon won the Championship for the fourth time, six strokes ahead of runner-up Tom Vardon, his younger brother. 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. After the opening round on Wednesday morning, Harry Vardon and defending champion Sandy Herd co-led at 73, three strokes ahead of the rest of the field. In the afternoon, Herd had a poor 83 and Harry Vardon's 77 gave him a four shot lead on 150 ahead of Andrew Scott, despite a seven at the 17th hole. The cut was at 169 and 59 advanced to the final two rounds. Rowland Jones was initially disqualified but later reinstated. In the third round on Thursday morning, Harry Vardon scored 72, having reached the turn in 34. This gave him a seven-stroke lead over Jack White, with Herd and Tom Vardon ten shots behind. In the afternoon, White took a seven at the third hole which effectively gave Harry Vardon the title. Playing cautiously, he eventually finished with a 78. Tom Vardon had the best final round score of 74 and moved into second place ahead of White. Round summaries First round Wednesday, 10 June 1903 (morning) PlacePlayerScoreT1 SCO Sandy Herd 73 JEY old Harry Vardon T3 JEY old Tom Vardon 76 ENG Tom Williamson T5 SCO James Braid 77 ENG Ernest Gray SCO John Hunter SCO Andrew Scott SCO Jack White T10 SCO Robert Andrew (a) 78 SCO Willie Fernie SCO James Hepburn SCO James Kinnell SCO Willie Park Jr. Source: Second round Wednesday, 10 June 1903 (afternoon) PlacePlayerScore1 JEY old Harry Vardon 73-77=1502 SCO Andrew Scott 77-77=154T3 SCO Willie Hunter Sr. 81-74=155 SCO Jack White 77-78=155T5 SCO James Braid 77-79=156 SCO Sandy Herd 73-83=156 SCO John Hunter 77-79=156 ENG Tom Williamson 76-80=1569 JEY old Tom Vardon 76-81=157T10 ENG George Cawsey 80-78=158 ENG Bill Leaver 79-79=158 Source: Third round Thursday, 11 June 1903 (morning) PlacePlayerScore1 JEY old Harry Vardon 73-77-72=222 2 SCO Jack White 77-78-74=229 T3 JEY old Tom Vardon 76-81-75=232 SCO Sandy Herd 73-83-76=232T5 ENG George Cawsey 80-78-76=234 SCO Willie Hunter Sr. 81-74-79=234T7 SCO James Braid 77-79-79=235 SCO Willie Fernie 78-81-76=235 ENG Bill Leaver 79-79-77=235 ENG Tom Williamson 76-80-79=235 Source: Final round Thursday, 11 June 1903 (afternoon) PlacePlayerScoreMoney (£)1 JEY old Harry Vardon 73-77-72-78=300 502 JEY old Tom Vardon 76-81-75-74=306 253 SCO Jack White 77-78-74-79=308 154 SCO Sandy Herd 73-83-76-77=309 105 SCO James Braid 77-79-79-75=310 7 10sT6 SCO Andrew Scott 77-77-83-77=314 3 15s SCO Robert Thomson 83-78-77-76=3148 ENG Bill Leaver 79-79-77-80=315 0T9 ENG George Cawsey 80-78-76-82=316 ENG J.H. Taylor 80-82-78-76=316 Source:https://books.google.com/books?id=JAtHsOzOCoUC&pg=PA34 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 Prestwick 1903 (Official site) 1903 55.502 -4.619 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:Prestwick Category:Sport in South Ayrshire Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship Category:20th century in South Ayrshire