1905 Open Championship

December 2023 August 2013 1905 Open Championship 7–9 June 1905 St Andrews, Scotland Old Course at St Andrews 148 players, 45 after cuthttp://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 131 15 April 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 172 £115 £50 SCO James Braid 318 1904 1906 UK Scotland 1 St Andrews  56.343 -2.803 Location in Scotland 5 230 Scotland Fife St Andrews bottom 56.343 -2.803 Location in Fife, Scotland 5 230 The 1905 Open Championship was the 45th Open Championship, held 7–9 June at the Old Course at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. James Braid won the Championship for the second time, five strokes ahead of runners-up Rowland Jones and John Henry Taylor.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rclAAAAAIBAJ&pg=1463%2C1215150 Glasgow Herald Open Championship - Victory of James Braid 10 June 1905 11 All entries played 18 holes on the first two days; those within fourteen strokes of the lead made the cut for the final two rounds on Friday.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rMlAAAAAIBAJ&pg=1833%2C1086014 Glasgow Herald Open Championship - Second day's play 9 June 1905 13 Strong winds and hard ground conditions made scoring difficult on all three days, with few rounds under 80. Sandy Herd, Taylor, Walter Toogood, and Harry Vardon co-led after the first round at 80.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q8lAAAAAIBAJ&pg=3485%2C947630 Glasgow Herald Open Championship - First day's play at St Andrews 8 June 1905 12 Scoring improved slightly on Thursday and Jones' 77 put him in the lead with 158; he was followed by Braid on 159 and James Kinnell and Arnaud Massy on 161. Just 45 players made the cut at 172 and better, including a sole amateur John Graham Jr. In the third round on Friday morning, Braid's 78 extended his lead to six shots over Kinnell, Massy, and Taylor. Jones took 87 and dropped eight strokes behind Braid. Scoring 81 in the afternoon, Braid was never challenged; he reached the turn in 38 and despite taking six at the 15th and 16th holes, came back in 43. A 78 moved Jones up to a second place tie with Taylor, five strokes behind the champion. Round summaries First round Wednesday, 7 June 1905 PlacePlayerScoreT1 SCO Sandy Herd 80 ENG J. H. Taylor ENG Walter Toogood JEY old Harry VardonT5 SCO James Braid 81 ENG Herbert Hunt ENG Rowland Jones FRA 1794 Arnaud Massy ENG Wilfrid Reid JEY old Thomas Renouf ENG James Sherlock USA Alex Smith SCO Robert Thomson Source: Second round Thursday, 8 June 1905 PlacePlayerScore1 ENG Rowland Jones 81-77=1582 SCO James Braid 81-78=159T3 SCO James Kinnell 82-79=161 FRA 1794 Arnaud Massy 81-80=161T5 SCO Sandy Herd 80-82=162 SCO Robert Thomson 81-81=162 JEY old Harry Vardon 80-82=162T8 ENG Ernest Gray 82-81=163 ENG Walter Toogood 80-83=163T10 SCO Willie Park Jr. 84-81=165 ENG James Sherlock 81-84=165 ENG J. H. Taylor 80-85=165 ENG Tom Williamson 84-81=165 Source: Third round Friday, 9 June 1905 (morning) PlacePlayerScore1 SCO James Braid 81-78-78=237 T2 SCO James Kinnell 82-79-82=243 FRA 1794 Arnaud Massy 81-80-82=243 ENG J. H. Taylor 80-85-78=243T5 SCO Robert Thomson 81-81-82=244 ENG Tom Williamson 84-81-79=244T7 ENG Rowland Jones 81-77-87=245 ENG James Sherlock 81-84-80=245 SCO Sandy Herd 80-82-83=24510 JEY old Harry Vardon 80-82-84=246 Source: Final round Friday, 9 June 1905 (afternoon) PlacePlayerScoreMoney (£)1 SCO James Braid 81-78-78-81=318 50T2 ENG Rowland Jones 81-77-87-78=323 20 ENG J. H. Taylor 80-85-78-80=3234 SCO James Kinnell 82-79-82-81=324 10T5 ENG Ernest Gray 82-81-84-78=325 710s FRA 1794 Arnaud Massy 81-80-82-82=3257 SCO Robert Thomson 81-81-82-83=327 08 ENG James Sherlock 81-84-80-83=328 T9 ENG Tom Simpson 82-88-78-81=329 JEY old Harry Vardon 80-82-84-83=329 Source:https://books.google.com/books?id=JAtHsOzOCoUC&pg=PA38 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 St Andrews 1905 (Official site) 1905 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