1879 Open Championship

December 2023 August 2013 1879 Open Championship 27, 29 September 1879 St Andrews, Scotland Old Course at St Andrews 47 playershttp://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 152 29 May 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 £45 £10 SCO Jamie Anderson 169 1878 1880 UK Scotland 1 St Andrews 56.3433 -2.8028 Location in Scotland 240 The 1879 Open Championship was the 19th Open Championship, held 27 September at the Old Course at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Jamie Anderson won the Championship for the third successive time, by three strokes from Jamie Allan and Andrew Kirkaldy. Play started at 10:00 am in fine conditions. In the first round Anderson reach the turn in 41 and his round of 84 gave him a two shot lead over Andrew Kirkaldy. In the afternoon he again reached the turn in 41. Andrew Kirkaldy and Jamie Allen were amongst the early starters and with four holes left to play it was known that Anderson needed four fives to win the Championship. He holed a long putt at the 15th and with steady play at the 16th and 17th and a four at the last he won comfortably. The Glasgow Herald 29 September 1879 5 The "Champion Cup" Golf Match at St Andrews https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jeVEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_7YMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5539%2C5952349 Allan and Kirkaldy had an 18-hole play-off two days later to decide who took the second and third place prize money. The Glasgow Herald 30 September 1879 7 Golf at St Andrews https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=juVEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_7YMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3196%2C6055326 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 Saturday, 27 September 1879 PlacePlayerScoreMoney1 SCO Jamie Anderson 84-85=169 £10T2 SCO Jamie Allan 88-84=172 Playoff SCO Andrew Kirkaldy 86-86=1724 SCO George Paxton 89-85=174 5 SCO Tom Kidd 87-88=175 6 SCO Bob Ferguson 89-87=176 7 SCO James Morris 92-87=179 T8 SCO Willie Fernie 92-89=181 SCO Jack Kirkaldy 92-89=181 SCO James Rennie 93-88=181 There were 15 cash prizes. Playoff Monday, 29 September 1879 Allan and Kirkaldy played an 18-hole play-off two days later. Kirkaldy scored 91 to Allan's 92 and took the second prize of £6, Allan taking the third prize of £5. Playoffs for other positions are mentioned but details are not known. References External links St Andrews 1879 (Official site) 56.043 -2.823 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:St Andrews Category:19th century in Fife Category:Sport in Fife Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship