1861 Open Championship

May 2024 August 2013 1861 Open Championship 26 September 1861 Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland Prestwick Golf Club 18 players SCO Tom Morris, Sr. 163 1860 1862 UK Scotland 1 Prestwick 55.502 -4.619 Location in Scotland 140 thumb|Tom Morris, Sr. winner of the Challenge Belt in 1861 The 1861 Open Championship was a golf competition held at Prestwick Golf Club, Ayrshire, Scotland. It was the second Open Championship and the first open to amateurs as well as professionals. Ten professionals and eight amateurs contested the event, with Tom Morris, Sr. winning the championship by 4 shots from Willie Park, Sr. As in 1860 the contest was held over three rounds of the twelve-hole links course. There was no prize money, the winner receiving the Challenge Belt for the next year. Whereas the 1860 event was only open to professionals, from 1861 it was "open to all members of established golf clubs and professionals".Prestwick Golf Club Fife Herald 19 September 1861 21 December 2014 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000447/18610919/036/0001 British Newspaper Archive subscription Following the success of the first event there was a large entry of 18. The Dunn brothers travelled from London for the event while a number of gentlemen entered. The professionals played in five pairs.The Prestwick Golf meet. - The Challenge Belt Fife Herald 3 October 1861 21 December 2014 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000447/18611003/005/0002 British Newspaper Archive subscription Park led by two at the start of the final round. However, at the 2nd hole Park attempted to "cross the Alps" in two but he landed in a hazard and lost three strokes, who later played the same hole more conservatively. Morris increased his lead to two at the 4th hole but by the 6th they were level. Morris picked up shots on Park at the 8th, 9th and 10th holes to go three ahead and further increased the lead to four when he holed the short 11th in two strokes. Park had finished on 167 but at the last Morris's tee shot landed in some long grass at the edge of a pool of water. Rather than take a penalty drop he elected to play the ball and kept his four shot lead.http://www.theopen.com/Heritage/PreviousOpens/Prestwick/1861 The Open - 2nd Open - Prestwick 1861 2015-02-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20150222094322/http://www.theopen.com/Heritage/PreviousOpens/Prestwick/1861 22 February 2015 dead dmy-all 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 PlacePlayerScore1 SCO Tom Morris, Sr. 54-56-53=1632 SCO Willie Park, Sr. 54-54-59=1673 SCO Willie Dow 59-58-54=1714 SCO Davie Park 58-57-57=1725 SCO Robert Andrew 58-61-56=1756 SCO Peter McEwan, Sr. 56-60-62=1787 SCO Willie Dunn, Sr. 61-59-60=1808 SCO James Ogilvie Fairlie (a) 1849 ENG George Daniel Brown 60-65-60=18510 SCO Robert Chambers, Jr. (a) 187 Individual round scores are only known for the professionals. References External links Prestwick 1861 (Official site) collapsed Category:The Open Championship Category:Prestwick Category:Sport in South Ayrshire Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship