1913 Open Championship

1913 golf tournament held at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, Wirral, England January 2024 August 2013 1913 Open Championship 23–24 June 1913 Hoylake, England Royal Liverpool Golf Club 6480 yd 0https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E8ZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EqYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1516%2C6619718 Glasgow Herald Golf championship – qualifying stage ends 23 June 1913 14https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FcZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EqYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6736%2C6875644 Glasgow Herald Golf championship – victory of J.H. Taylor 25 June 1913 9 65 playershttp://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 121 7 June 2017 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 none £125 £50 ENG J.H. Taylor 304 1912 1914 UK England 1 Hoylake 53.385 -3.190 Location in England 5 230 Merseyside Hoylake top 53.385 -3.190 Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, Merseyside, west of Liverpool, England 5 230 The 1913 Open Championship was the 53rd Open Championship, held 23–24 June at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England. J.H. Taylor won the championship for the fifth and final time, eight strokes ahead of runner-up Ted Ray, the defending champion. Qualifying took place on 19, 20, and 21 June. The top twenty and ties qualified on each of the three days. In windy conditions Laurie Ayton, Snr led the 21 qualifiers on the first day with a score of 152, with 159 as the qualifying score.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=khE-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=AkoMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1451%2C6356210 Glasgow Herald Golf championship – first day's play 20 June 1913 16 The Times 20 June 1913 6 The Open golf championship – Qualifying competition Conditions were better on the second day and 156 was the qualifying mark; amateur Edward Blackwell led the 21 qualifiers with 147.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EsZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EqYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4435%2C6469770 Glasgow Herald Golf championship – Mr Blackwell leads the field 21 June 1913 13 The Times 21 June 1913 13 The Open golf championship – Qualifying competition Jack Gaudin led the 23 qualifiers on the third day with 148, with 157 as the qualifying score. The Times 23 June 1913 13 The Open golf championship – Qualifying competition Seven American-based professionals entered but only two qualified, John McDermott and Tom McNamara.http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1913/06/22/page/25/article/divide-honors-at-portland Chicago Sunday Tribune Yankee golf "pro" qualifies 22 June 1913 3, sec. 3 Mike Brady, Alex Campbell, Stewart Maiden, and Alex Smith failed on the first day, while John Jones failed on the third day. Ray led after the first two rounds on Monday with 147; Taylor was at 148, Michael Moran at 150, and Thomas Renouf had 153.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FMZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EqYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3063%2C6778551 Glasgow Herald Golf championship – first and second rounds 24 June 1913 14 Gale-force winds on Tuesday led to high scoring in the final two rounds. Taylor and McDermott had the best scores in the morning at 77. Ray struggled and completed the circuit in 81, to trail Taylor by three shots, while McDermott was a further 4 strokes behind. Moran's chances were ruined by a third round 89 which included a ten at the first. In the final round that afternoon, Taylor holed from about 50 yards at the 14th, while his nearest rivals had poor starts to their rounds, Ray took eight at the third hole while McDermott took seven at the first. Moran had the best final round at 74, fifteen strokes better than his morning score, and tied for third. The win was the fifteenth Open title for the Great Triumvurate of Taylor, Vardon, and James Braid, with five each. Vardon won a record sixth the following year, the last Open victory for the three players. Course Royal Liverpool Golf Club HoleNameYards HoleNameYards1Course420 10Dee4002Road33011Alps1903Long49012Hilbre3554New15513Rushes1305Telegraph41014Field4856Briars36515Lake4407Dowie20016Dun5108Far48017Royal3609Punch Bowl38018Stand400Out3,210In3,270Source: Total6,480 Round summaries First round Monday, 23 June 1913 (morning) PlacePlayerScoreT1 SCO Sandy Herd 73 JEY old Ted Ray ENG J.H. Taylor T4 ENG Albert Howlett 75 ENG Ernest Jones USA 1912 John McDermott JEY old Thomas Renouf SCO Jack B. Ross T9 ENG Cyril Hughes 76 IRE 1783 Michael Moran Source: Second round Monday, 23 June 1913 (afternoon) PlacePlayerScore1 JEY old Ted Ray 73-74=1472 ENG J.H. Taylor 73-75=1483 IRE 1783 Michael Moran 76-74=1504 JEY old Thomas Renouf 75-78=153T5 ENG Cyril Hughes 76-78=154 SCO Sandy Herd 73-81=154 JEY old Harry Vardon 79-75=154T8 USA 1912 John McDermott 75-80=155 ENG Josh Taylor 80-75=15510 SCO John Graham, Jr. 77-79=156 Source: Third round Tuesday, 24 June 1913 (morning) PlacePlayerScore1 ENG J.H. Taylor 73-75-77=225 2 JEY old Ted Ray 73-74-81=228 3 USA 1912 John McDermott 75-80-77=232 4 JEY old Harry Vardon 79-75-79=233T5 SCO John Graham, Jr. (a) 77-79-81=237 ENG Cyril Hughes 76-78-83=237 ENG Edward Lassen (a) 79-78-80=237 JEY old Thomas Renouf 75-78-84=237 ENG Tom Williamson 77-80-80=237T10 ENG James Bradbeer 78-79-81=238 SCO Sandy Herd 73-81-84=238 FRA 1794 Arnaud Massy 77-80-81=238 Source: Final round Tuesday, 24 June 1913 (afternoon) PlacePlayerScoreMoney (£)1 ENG J.H. Taylor 73-75-77-79=304 502 JEY old Ted Ray 73-74-81-84=312 25T3 IRE 1783 Michael Moran 76-74-89-74=313 1210s JEY old Harry Vardon 79-75-79-80=313T5 USA 1912 John McDermott 75-80-77-83=315 710s JEY old Thomas Renouf 75-78-84-78=315T7 ENG James Bradbeer 78-79-81-79=317 210s FRA 1794 Arnaud Massy 77-80-81-79=317 ENG James Sherlock 77-86-79-75=317 ENG Tom Williamson 77-80-80-80=317 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 Amateurs: Graham (318), Lassen (319), Crowther (328), Blackwell (333) References External links Royal Liverpool (Official site) 1913 53.385 -3.190 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:Golf tournaments in England Category:Sport in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship Category:20th century in Cheshire Category:Hoylake