1878 Open Championship

January 2024 August 2013 1878 Open Championship 4 October 1878 Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland Prestwick Golf Club 27 playershttp://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 153 29 May 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 Not known £8 SCO Jamie Anderson 157 1877 1879 UK Scotland 1 Prestwick 55.502 -4.619 Location in Scotland 240 The 1878 Open Championship was the 18th Open Championship, held 4 October at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Jamie Anderson won the Championship for the second successive year, by two strokes from runner-up Bob Kirk. In overcast weather with some rain, James Morris took the early lead with a first round of 50. Jamie Anderson, Bob Kirk and the English amateur John Ball each scored 53, to be three shots behind. Morris began the second round badly and finished with a 56 for a total of 106. Anderson, with a second round of 53, was tied with him, while Bob Kirk and Tom Morris Sr. were both two strokes behind. Morris was in the third group out and had a final round 55 for a total of 161. Playing a few groups behind, Anderson began his third round with two sevens, but thereafter played steadily. With Morris finished he was told that he needed to play the last four holes in 17 to tie with Morris. At the Burn Hole (the 9th) he holed a full iron shot for a three, followed this with a four at the 10th, and at the Short Hole (the 11th) his tee shot landed on top of the hill behind the green. The ball then ran down the hill and into the hole for a hole-in-one. A five at the last gave him a round of 51 and a total of 157. Bob Kirk, playing in the last group, was still in contention. On the last green he was told that if he holed his long putt he would tie Anderson. The putt lipped out and he missed the return putt but his score of 159 was enough to give him second place. 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 5 October 1878 7 Prestwick - Competition for the Championship https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g-dEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ErcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3153%2C367511Championship Competition Dundee Evening Telegraph 5 October 1878 22 December 2014 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000453/18781005/059/0004 British Newspaper Archive subscription Friday, 4 October 1878 PlacePlayerScoreMoney1 SCO Jamie Anderson 53-53-51=157 £82 SCO Bob Kirk 53-55-51=159 £53 SCO James Morris 50-56-55=161 £3T4 ENG John Ball (a) 53-57-55=165 Playoff SCO Bob Martin 57-53-55=165T6 SCO William Cosgrove 55-56-55=166 SCO Willie Park Sr. 53-56-57=1668 SCO Jamie Allan 62-53-52=167 T9 SCO John Allan 55-55-58=168 SCO Tom Dunn 54-60-54=168 Playoff Friday, 4 October 1878 Ball and Martin had a 12-hole playoff later the same day. Martin scored 55 to Ball's 64 and took fourth place. References External links Prestwick 1878 (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