1897 Open Championship

1897 golf tournament held at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, Wirral, England January 2024 August 2013 1897 Open Championship 19–20 May 1897 Hoylake, England Royal Liverpool Golf Club 6043 yd 88 playershttp://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 140 21 April 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 none £90 £30 ENG Harold Hilton (a) 314 1896 1898 UK England 1 Hoylake 53.385 -3.190 Location in England 240 The 1897 Open Championship was the 37th Open Championship, held 19–20 May at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England. Harold Hilton, an amateur, won the Championship for the second time, a stroke ahead of James Braid. This was the second Open to be played in England after the 1894 event staged at Royal St George's. It was also the last Open Championship with no qualifying and no cut. 88 players entered including 20 amateurs. Royal Liverpool was the home club of many of the leading amateurs of the day including John Ball Jr. and Hilton, both of whom had already won the Championship. After the first round Ball and Sandy Herd led with scores of 78, with David Brown and Freddie Tait on 79. There were two outstanding rounds in the afternoon. Braid scored 74 gave him the lead on 154 while Hilton's 75 put him second on 155. Tait was third on 158. J.H. Taylor and Harry Vardon were a disappointing 8 and 10 strokes behind the leader. Despite a few withdrawals, 39 pairs started on the final day. Under the new proposed cut rule, to be introduced in 1898, the field would have been reduced to a more comfortable 41. The leaders had poor third rounds which meant for a close position after the morning's play. Braid led by two from Herd, George Pulford and Tait with Hilton a further stroke behind and Brown and Tom Vardon five behind the leader. Tait was the early leader after a 79 gave him a score of 317 but this was bettered by a round of 75 by Hilton to give him the lead on 314. Hilton had scored just 18 on the opening five holes. Disappointing front nines from Herd and Pulford put them out of contention, leaving only Braid with a chance to match Hilton. After a three at the 15th, Baird reached the 16th tee needing 14 to tie with Hilton. However, with his third shot at the long 16th, he chipped over the green and he took six. He had a long putt at the last to tie but missed and finished a shot behind Hilton. With more withdrawals on the final day only 52 players completed the 72 holes, two players finishing 53 strokes behind the winner. First day leaderboard Wednesday, 19 May 1897 PlacePlayerScore1 SCO James Braid 80-74=1542 ENG Harold Hilton (a) 80-75=1553 SCO Freddie Tait (a) 79-79=158T4 ENG John Ball (a) 78-81=159 SCO Sandy Herd 78-81=159 ENG George Pulford 80-79=1597 SCO David Brown 79-82=161T8 SCO Ben Sayers 84-78=162 ENG J.H. Taylor 82-80=162 JEY old Tom Vardon 81-81=162 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, 20 May 1897 PlacePlayerScoreMoney1 ENG Harold Hilton (a) 80-75-84-75=314 (£30)2 SCO James Braid 80-74-82-79=315 £20T3 ENG George Pulford 80-79-79-79=317 £10 SCO Freddie Tait (a) 79-79-80-79=317 −5 SCO Sandy Herd 78-81-79-80=318 £76 JEY old Harry Vardon 84-80-80-76=320 £5T7 SCO David Brown 79-82-80-83=324 £3 6s 8d SCO Archie Simpson 83-81-81-79=324 JEY old Tom Vardon 81-81-79-83=324T10 SCO Andrew Kirkaldy 83-83-82-82=330 £2 10s ENG J.H. Taylor 82-80-82-86=330 As an amateur Hinton received "£30 in plate" in addition to the "Championship Cup" and "Gold Medal". The Times 21 May 1897 11 Golf - The Open Championship - The Final Rounds The prize-money for the professionals was reduced accordingly to £60. This arrangement had been introduced after the 1892 Open Championship which was also won by Hilton. The Times 30 August 1893 9 Golf References External links Royal Liverpool 1897 (Official site) 1897 53.385 -3.190 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:Golf tournaments in England Category:Sport in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship Category:Hoylake Category:19th century in Cheshire