1925 Open Championship

January 2024 August 2013 1925 Open Championship 25–26 June 1925 Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland Prestwick Golf Club 83 playershttp://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 112 17 May 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 none £200 £75 ENGUSA 1912 Jim Barnes 300 1924 1926 UK Scotland 1 Prestwick 55.502 -4.619 Location in Scotland 240 The 1925 Open Championship was the 60th Open Championship, held 25–26 June at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. In the final Open at Prestwick, Jim Barnes captured his only Open title, one stroke ahead of runners-up Ted Ray and Archie Compston.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l5ZQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nCEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6429%2C2209237 Milwaukee Journal Jim Barnes cops British Open meet 27 June 1925 6 16 May 2013 It was Barnes' fourth and final major title; he won the first two PGA Championships in 1916 and 1919, and the U.S. Open in 1921. Qualifying took place on 22–23 June 1925. Qualification took place at Troon with 18 holes on the Old Course and 18 holes the Portland Course. The top 80 and ties qualified. The qualifying score was 158 and 83 players qualified. Irishman Moses O'Neill led the qualifiers on 146. The Times 24 June 1925 8 The Open Golf Championship – Results Born and raised in Cornwall, England, Barnes opened with a course record 70 to take a four stroke lead as the course was dry and fast. In the second round, Macdonald Smith carded a new course record 69 for the lead at 145, two shots ahead of Barnes, who only managed a 77.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vphRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JA8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5938%2C3025122 Milwaukee Sentinel Universal Service Smith, Barnes shatter Prestwick record 26 July 1925 11 16 May 2013 Smith followed with a 76 in the third round on Friday morning and took a five-shot lead over Barnes and Compston into the final round. Barnes finished his round early and posted a 74 for a 300 total. Beginning his round after Barnes had already finished his, Smith knew that a round of 78 would win him the championship. But after starting with a 4–3 on the first two holes, he dropped three shots on the next three holes. Smith took a 6 at the 7th and 8th and went out in 42. He found a bunker on the 11th and took a 5, and shot another 6 on the 15th. Smith finished the round with an 82 and a 303 total, good enough only for fourth place. Ted Ray, the 1912 champion, finished tied for second with Compston at 301. Smith's problems in the final round were possibly due to the huge gallery that followed him. Anticipating that he would easily win, 10,000 spectators crowded around Smith, more than the course layout or tournament stewards could handle. Ray's runner-up finish was his final top-ten in a major, as was John Henry Taylor's sixth place showing. Smith never won a major, but was runner-up on three occasions. This was the last of the 24 Opens played at Prestwick, which hosted the first twelve. It was replaced by adjacent Troon Golf Club ("Royal Troon" since 1978) as the Open venue for southwestern Scotland. Turnberry was added to the rota in 1977, southwest of Prestwick. It was the last Open scheduled for just two days, at 36 holes each. In 1926, the first two rounds were on Wednesday and Thursday, and following a 36-hole cut, the final two rounds were played on Friday. This format was continued through 1965. First day leaderboard Thursday, 25 June 1925 PlacePlayerScore1 USA 1912 Macdonald Smith 76-69=1452 USA 1912 Jim Barnes 70-77=1473 ENG Archie Compston 76-75=151T4 ENG Bill Davies 76-76=152 SCO Tom Fernie 78-74=152 ENG Syd Wingate 74-78=152T7 SCO Duncan McCulloch 76-77=153 ENG Abe Mitchell 77-76=153 Jersey old Ted Ray 77-76=153 ENG John Henry Taylor 74-79=153 ENG Jack Smith 75-78=153 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 Friday, 26 June 1925 PlacePlayerScoreMoney1 USA 1912 Jim Barnes 70-77-79-74=300 £75T2 ENG Archie Compston 76-75-75-75=301 £32 10s Jersey old Ted Ray 77-76-75-73=3014 USA 1912 Macdonald Smith 76-69-76-82=303 £155 ENG Abe Mitchell 77-76-75-77=305 £10T6 ENG Percy Alliss 77-80-77-76=310 £7 ENG Bill Davies 76-76-80-78=310 Jersey old Jack Gaudin 78-81-77-74=310 ENG John Henry Taylor 74-79-80-77=310 ENG Syd Wingate 74-78-80-78=310 Amateurs: Harris (311), Cruickshank (315), Tolley (320), Hayward (337) References External links Prestwick 1925 (Official site) 1925 55.502 -4.619 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:Prestwick Category:Sport in South Ayrshire Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship Category:20th century in South Ayrshire