1900 Open Championship

Golf tournament

1900 Open ChampionshipTournament information

Dates| 6–7 June 1900
Location| St Andrews, Scotland
Course(s)| Old Course at St Andrews
Statistics
Field| 81 players, 46 after cut[1]
Cut| 175
Prize fund| £115
Winner's share| £50
Champion
J.H. Taylor
309

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The 1900 Open Championship was the 40th Open Championship, held 6–7 June at the Old Course at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. J.H. Taylor won the Championship for the 3rd time, by eight strokes from runner-up Harry Vardon.

All entries played 36 holes on the first day with all those within 19 strokes of the leader making the cut and playing 36 holes on the final day, with the additional provision that the final day's field had to contain at least 32 professionals. The prize money for first place was increased from £30 to £50 while that for second place was increased from £20 to £25.

A strong breeze made scoring difficult on the first morning. Taylor together with Harry and Tom Vardon led with scores of 79. In the afternoon only Taylor, with a 77, broke 80. At the end of day, Taylor led on 156 followed by Harry Vardon on 160, Jack White on 161 and the amateur Robert Maxwell on 162. 46 players made the cut of 175.

Playing steadily, Taylor had a third round 78 to open up a six shot lead over Harry Vardon. Braid and White were a further three shots behind. He was even better in the afternoon, scoring 75, to win by eight strokes over Vardon and by 13 shots from the rest of the field. Taylor was the lowest or equal lowest scorer in each of the four rounds.

## First day leaderboard

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Wednesday, 6 June 1900

Place | Player | Score

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1 |  J.H. Taylor | 79-77=156
2 |  Harry Vardon | 79-81=160
3 |  Jack White | 80-81=161
4 |  Robert Maxwell (a) | 81-81=162
T5 |  James Braid | 82-81=163
Willie Park Jr. | 80-83=163
7 |  Ben Sayers | 81-83=164
T8 |  James Kay | 84-81=165
Peter McEwan Jr. | 85-80=165
T10 |  Willie Auchterlonie | 81-85=166
Sandy Herd | 81-85=166
Tom Vardon | 79-87=166

## Final leaderboard

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Source:[2]

Thursday, 7 June 1900

Place | Player | Score | Money

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1 |  J.H. Taylor | 79-77-78-75=309 | £50
2 |  Harry Vardon | 79-81-80-77=317 | £25
3 |  James Braid | 82-81-80-79=322 | £15
4 |  Jack White | 80-81-82-80=323 | £10
5 |  Willie Auchterlonie | 81-85-80-80=326 | £7 10s
6 |  Willie Park Jr. | 80-83-81-84=328 | £7 10s
T7 |  Robert Maxwell (a) | 81-81-86-81=329 | −
Archie Simpson | 82-85-83-79=329 | 0
9 |  Ben Sayers | 81-83-85-81=330 | 0
T10 |  Sandy Herd | 81-85-81-84=331 | 0
Andrew Kirkaldy | 87-83-82-79=331
Tom Vardon | 79-87-84-81=331

## References

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1. ^ "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. p. 137\. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
2. ^ Brenner, Morgan G. (2009). The Majors of Golf: Complete Results of the Open, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and the Masters, 1860-2008. Vol. 1\. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3360-5.

## External links

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* St Andrews 1900 (Official site)

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