1881 Open Championship

December 2023 August 2013 1881 Open Championship 14 October 1881 Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland Prestwick Golf Club 22 playershttp://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 151 1 May 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 £21 £8 SCO Bob Ferguson 170 1880 1882 UK Scotland 1 Prestwick 55.502 -4.619 Location in Scotland 240 The 1881 Open Championship was the 21st Open Championship, held 14 October at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Bob Ferguson won the Championship for the second successive year, by three strokes from runner-up Jamie Anderson. The weather was terrible, taking place on the same day as the Eyemouth disaster, where over 100 fishermen died. Play was delayed an hour for the weather to improve but it actually got worse and eventually started at 11:30. The 1st hole proved to be particularly challenging. At 578 yards it was a long hole by the standards of the time, although Tom Morris Jr. had holed his third shot in his opening round of the 1870 Open Championship. Ferguson was in the first group and started with an eight. In his three tries at the hole that day he took a total of 25 (8-9-8) but lost nothing on his nearest challenger Anderson who also took 25 (8-10-7). The scores of the other players is unrecorded. Ferguson played an excellent first round, scoring 53 (8-4-4-6-4-5-3-3-6-3-3-4). This was four strokes better than anyone else. He scored 60 in his second round and Willie Campbell with a 56 reduced the lead to three, with Anderson four behind. Campbell had a poor final round of 65 and Jamie Anderson was Ferguson's only challenger. Ferguson played a steady final round of 57 and although Anderson had a good last round, Ferguson won by a clear three strokes. 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 The Glasgow Herald 15 October 1881 7 Golf Match for the ChampionshipChampionship Competition Dundee Courier 18 October 1881 22 December 2014 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000162/18811018/023/0003 British Newspaper Archive subscription Friday, 14 October 1881 PlacePlayerScoreMoney1 SCO Bob Ferguson 53-60-57=170 £82 SCO Jamie Anderson 57-60-56=173 £53 SCO Ned Cosgrove 61-59-57=177 £34 SCO Bob Martin 57-62-59=178 £2T5 SCO Willie Campbell 60-56-65=181 £1 SCO Tom Morris Sr. 58-65-58=181 SCO Willie Park Jr. 66-57-58=1818 SCO Willie Fernie 65-62-56=183 The scores of the other finishers is not recorded. References External links Prestwick 1881 (Official site) 56.043 -2.823 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