1877 Open Championship

December 2023 August 2013 1877 Open Championship 6 April 1877 Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland Musselburgh Links 24 playershttp://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 153 29 May 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 £20 £8 SCO Jamie Anderson 160 1876 1878 UK Scotland 1 Musselburgh 55.948 -3.044 Location in Scotland 240 The 1877 Open Championship was the 17th Open Championship, held 6 April at Musselburgh Links, Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. Jamie Anderson won the Championship, by two strokes from runner-up Bob Pringle. Davie Strath and Bob Ferguson played together but Strath had a disappointing 45 in the first round which left him well behind the leaders. Ferguson also started badly but recovered to score 40. William Brown led on 39 with Ferguson and Jamie Anderson on 40. After two rounds, three players were level on 80: Brown, Ferguson and William Cosgrove with Anderson and Bob Pringle only two behind. Strath was five behind on 85. Anderson scored 37 in the third round while Ferguson could only manage 40 and Davie Strath scored 38. Anderson now led on 119 with Ferguson on 120, Ferguson on 122 and Strath on 123. In the final round Strath took 9 at the second to drop out of contention. Ferguson also had a disappointing last round and Anderson's 41 was enough to give him the Championship. Final leaderboard Source:Competition for the Golf Championship at Musselburgh Fife Herald 12 April 1877 22 December 2014 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000447/18770412/043/0003 British Newspaper Archive subscription Friday, 6 April 1877 PlacePlayerScoreMoney1 SCO Jamie Anderson 40-42-37-41=160 £82 SCO Bob Pringle 44-38-40-40=162 £6T3 SCO William Cosgrove 41-39-44-40=164 £2 SCO Bob Ferguson 40-40-40-44=164T5 SCO William Brown 39-41-45-41=166 £1 SCO Davie Strath 45-40-38-43=1667 SCO Mungo Park 167 The scores of the other players are not known. References External links Musselburgh Links 1877 (Official site) 55.948 -3.044 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship Category:Musselburgh Category:Sport in East Lothian