1888 Open Championship

May 2024 August 2013 1888 Open Championship 6, 8 October 1888 St Andrews, Scotland Old Course at St Andrews 52 playershttp://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 148 25 April 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 Jack Burns 171 1887 1889 UK Scotland 1 St Andrews 56.3433 -2.8028 Location in Scotland 240 The 1888 Open Championship was the 28th Open Championship, held 6 October at the Old Course at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Jack Burns won the Championship by a stroke from David Anderson Jr. and Ben Sayers. Willie Campbell led after 18 holes for the third successive year and was the leader on 84 with Sayers on 85 and a group of four players on 86. In the afternoon Sayers, in the first group, scored 87 and took an early lead on 172. Campbell made a number of mistakes and scored 90 for a total of 174. Sayers was then joined on 172 by David Anderson. Playing a few groups behind, Burns scored an 85 and took the lead on 171, a score none of the later players could match. Burns's score for his first round had originally been added up to 87 but a Royal and Ancient Golf Club member noticed that it was added up incorrectly and the total was adjusted to 86, making Burns the champion.http://www.golfcollectors.co.uk/u/cms/TTG_99_2011December.pdf#page=37 Jack Burns of St. Andrews by Dudley Woods British Golf Collectors' Society 2014-04-29 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 Saturday, 6 October 1888 PlacePlayerScoreMoney1 SCO Jack Burns 86-85=171 £8T2 SCO David Anderson Jr. 86-86=172 Playoff SCO Ben Sayers 85-87=1724 SCO Willie Campbell 84-90=174 £25 SCO Leslie Balfour (a) 86-89=175 −T6 SCO Davie Grant 88-88=176 10s SCO Andrew Kirkaldy 87-89=1768 SCO Sandy Herd 93-84=177 −9 SCO David Ayton Sr. 87-91=178 −10 SCO Johnny Laidlay (a) 93-87=180 − Playoff Monday, 8 October 1888 Anderson and Sayers played an 18-hole play-off two days later. Sayers won and took the second prize of £6, Anderson taking the third prize of £3. The Glasgow Herald 9 October 1888 3 Golf - The Championship References External links St Andrews 1888 (Official site) 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