1900 Open Championship

December 2023 August 2013 1900 Open Championship 6–7 June 1900 St Andrews, Scotland Old Course at St Andrews 81 players, 46 after cuthttp://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 137 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 ENG J.H. Taylor 309 1899 1901 UK Scotland 1 St Andrews 56.3433 -2.8028 Location in Scotland 240 The 1900 Open Championship was the 40th Open Championship, held 6–7 June at the Old Course at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. J.H. Taylor won the Championship for the 3rd time, by eight strokes from runner-up Harry Vardon. 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. The prize money for first place was increased from £30 to £50 while that for second place was increased from £20 to £25. A strong breeze made scoring difficult on the first morning. Taylor together with Harry and Tom Vardon led with scores of 79. In the afternoon only Taylor, with a 77, broke 80. At the end of day, Taylor led on 156 followed by Harry Vardon on 160, Jack White on 161 and the amateur Robert Maxwell on 162. 46 players made the cut of 175. Playing steadily, Taylor had a third round 78 to open up a six shot lead over Harry Vardon. Braid and White were a further three shots behind. He was even better in the afternoon, scoring 75, to win by eight strokes over Vardon and by 13 shots from the rest of the field. Taylor was the lowest or equal lowest scorer in each of the four rounds. First day leaderboard Wednesday, 6 June 1900 PlacePlayerScore1 ENG J.H. Taylor 79-77=1562 JEY old Harry Vardon 79-81=1603 SCO Jack White 80-81=1614 SCO Robert Maxwell (a) 81-81=162T5 SCO James Braid 82-81=163 SCO Willie Park Jr. 80-83=1637 SCO Ben Sayers 81-83=164T8 SCO James Kay 84-81=165 SCO Peter McEwan Jr. 85-80=165T10 SCO Willie Auchterlonie 81-85=166 SCO Sandy Herd 81-85=166 JEY old Tom Vardon 79-87=166 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, 7 June 1900 PlacePlayerScoreMoney1 ENG J.H. Taylor 79-77-78-75=309 £502 JEY old Harry Vardon 79-81-80-77=317 £253 SCO James Braid 82-81-80-79=322 £154 SCO Jack White 80-81-82-80=323 £105 SCO Willie Auchterlonie 81-85-80-80=326 £7 10s6 SCO Willie Park Jr. 80-83-81-84=328 £7 10sT7 SCO Robert Maxwell (a) 81-81-86-81=329 − SCO Archie Simpson 82-85-83-79=329 09 SCO Ben Sayers 81-83-85-81=330 0T10 SCO Sandy Herd 81-85-81-84=331 0 SCO Andrew Kirkaldy 87-83-82-79=331 JEY old Tom Vardon 79-87-84-81=331 References External links St Andrews 1900 (Official site) 1900 56.043 -2.823 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:St Andrews Category:20th century in Fife Category:Sport in Fife Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship