1869 Open Championship

August 2013 January 2024 1869 Open Championship 16 September 1869 Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland Prestwick Golf Club 14 players £12 £6 SCO Young Tom Morris 157 1868 1870 UK Scotland 1 Prestwick 55.502 -4.619 Location in Scotland 140 The 1869 Open Championship was the tenth Open Championship and was held on 16 September at Prestwick Golf Club. Young Tom Morris won the championship for the second successive time, by 11 strokes from Bob Kirk. Just 14 players entered the Championship.Autumn Meeting of the Prestwick Golf Club - The match for the Championship Fife Herald 23 September 1869 21 December 2014 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000447/18690923/015/0003 British Newspaper Archive subscription Young Tom Morris dominated the championship, leading by three strokes after the first round, four after second and eventually winning by 11 strokes. After the first round Davie Strath and Bob Kirk were both three shots behind Morris. Strath was in second place after two rounds but finished with a 60 to finish third behind Kirk who scored 57. Morris's first round included a hole-in-one at the 8th hole and his total of 50 (6-4-4-6-5-5-3-1-6-3-3-4) was only one behind his record of the previous year. In the second round Kirk took four strokes in one bunker (the "Alps"), scoring 10, while in the last round he took three shots in another (the "Cardinal's Nob"). He had four twos over the three rounds. Final leaderboard Source: Thursday, 16 September 1869 PlacePlayerScoreMoney1 SCO Young Tom Morris 50-55-52=157 £62 SCO Bob Kirk 53-58-57=168 £43 SCO Davie Strath 53-56-60=169 £24 SCO Jamie Anderson 60-56-57=173 5 SCO William Doleman (a) 60-56-59=175 6 SCO Tom Morris Sr. 56-62-58=176 7 SCO Gilbert Mitchell-Innes (a) 64-58-58=180 8 SCO Tom Dunn 62-61-59=182 9 SCO Charlie Hunter 62-61-64=187 The remaining five players withdrew and did not complete the 36 holes. References External links Prestwick 1869 (Official site) collapsed Category:The Open Championship Category:Prestwick Category:Sport in South Ayrshire Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship