1894 Open Championship

December 2023 August 2013 1894 Open Championship 11–12 June 1894 Sandwich, England Royal St George's Golf Club 94 playershttp://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 143 23 April 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 none £90 £30 ENG J.H. Taylor 326 1893 1895 UK England 1 Sandwich 51.274 1.367 Location in England 240 The 1894 Open Championship was the 34th Open Championship, held 11–12 June at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. J.H. Taylor won the Championship by five strokes from runner-up Douglas Rolland. This was the first Open Championship held outside Scotland. In a strong wind, many of the players struggled in their first round. Archie Simpson reached the turn in 39 but ended with a score of 90. The leader after the morning's play was Sandy Herd who was out in 41 and back in 42 for an 83. James Braid was back in 41 in the afternoon play but his score was ruined by a morning 91. Andrew Kirkaldy and Rolland had the afternoon's best scores of 79, but at the end of the day Taylor was the leader on 164 with Kirkaldy and Rolland on 165 and Ben Sayers on 166. After the third round, Taylor had increased his lead to three strokes from Kirkaldy and to four over Rolland. Sayers, Herd and Alfred Toogood were the only others in contention. Kirkaldy had an excellent start in the last round reaching the turn in 36 but he had a seven at the 14th and eventually finished with an 84. Rolland had a steady 82, coming home in 42 strokes to lead Kirkaldy by a stroke. Taylor reached the turn in 37 and thus needed 48 more to beat Rolland. Despite a seven at the 13th he came back in 44 to finish with an 81, five ahead of Rolland. This was the first victory by a non-Scottish professional in the Open Championship. First day leaderboard Monday, 11 June 1894 PlacePlayerScore1 ENG J.H. Taylor 84-80=164T2 SCO Andrew Kirkaldy 86-79=165 SCO Douglas Rolland 86-79=1654 SCO Ben Sayers 85-81=166T5 SCO Willie Fernie 84-84=168 SCO Sandy Herd 83-85=1687 ENG Alfred Toogood 84-85=1698 Jersey old Harry Vardon 86-86=172T9 SCO Freddie Tait (a) 90-83=173 ENG John Ball (a) 84-89=173 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 Tuesday, 12 June 1894 PlacePlayerScoreMoney1 ENG J.H. Taylor 84-80-81-81=326 £302 SCO Douglas Rolland 86-79-84-82=331 £203 SCO Andrew Kirkaldy 86-79-83-84=332 £104 ENG Alfred Toogood 84-85-82-82=333 £7T5 SCO Willie Fernie 84-84-86-80=334 £4 SCO Ben Sayers 85-81-84-84=334 Jersey old Harry Vardon 86-86-82-80=3348 SCO Sandy Herd 83-85-82-88=338 £39 SCO Freddie Tait (a) 90-83-83-84=340 −T10 SCO Arnold Blyth (a) 91-84-84-82=341 − SCO James Braid 91-84-82-84=341 £3 References External links Royal St George's 1894 (Official site) 56.043 -2.823 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:Golf tournaments in England Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship Category:Sandwich, Kent Category:19th century in Kent Category:Sport in Kent