1895 Open Championship

December 2023 August 2013 1895 Open Championship 12–13 June 1895 St Andrews, Scotland Old Course at St Andrews 73 playershttp://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 142 23 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 J.H. Taylor 322 1894 1896 UK Scotland 1 St Andrews 56.3433 -2.8028 Location in Scotland 240 The 1895 Open Championship was the 35th Open Championship, held 12–13 June at the Old Course at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Defending champion J.H. Taylor won the Championship for the second time, by four strokes from runner-up Sandy Herd. Harry Vardon, one of the early starters, led after the first round with an 80 but had an 85 in the afternoon to finish the day on 165. Herd had the best round of the afternoon with a 77 and led overnight on 159, five strokes clear of Taylor and Andrew Kirkaldy on 164. Herd played steadily in the third round and finished with 82 to lead on 241. Taylor, playing in the last group, scored 80 to finish on 244. The Championship resolved into a battle between Herd and Taylor. Herd started well but took seven at the 5th. Playing in wind and rain, Herd eventually scored 85 to finish on 326. Taylor need an 81 to win and after 12 holes had only taken 49 strokes. Despite taking six at the next two holes he reached the 17th tee needing to take 12 or less to win. Playing carefully he scored five at the dangerous 17th and then four at the last to win by four strokes and retain the title. His 78 was the best round of the afternoon by four shots, the next best being an 82 by Ben Sayers. First day leaderboard Wednesday, 12 June 1895 PlacePlayerScore1 SCO Sandy Herd 82-77=159T2 SCO Andrew Kirkaldy 81-83=164 ENG J.H. Taylor 86-78=164T4 SCO Willie Fernie 86-79=165 ENG George Pulford 84-81=165 Jersey old Harry Vardon 80-85=165 Jersey old Tom Vardon 82-83=1658 SCO James Kinnell 84-83=1679 SCO Laurie Auchterlonie (a) 84-84=168T10 SCO David Anderson Jr. 86-83=169 ENG Alfred Toogood 85-84=169 SCO Laurie Waters 86-83=169 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, 13 June 1895 PlacePlayerScoreMoney1 ENG J.H. Taylor 86-78-80-78=322 £302 SCO Sandy Herd 82-77-82-85=326 £203 SCO Andrew Kirkaldy 81-83-84-84=332 £104 ENG George Pulford 84-81-83-86=334 £75 SCO Archie Simpson 88-85-78-85=336 £5T6 SCO David Anderson Jr. 86-83-84-84=337 £3 6s 8d SCO David Brown 81-89-83-84=337 SCO Willie Fernie 86-79-86-86=337T9 SCO Ben Sayers 84-87-85-82=338 £2 ENG Alfred Toogood 85-84-83-86=338 Jersey old Harry Vardon 80-85-85-88=338 Jersey old Tom Vardon 82-83-84-89=338 References External links St Andrews 1895 (Official site) 1895 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