1913 Open Championship

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
1913 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates 23–24 June 1913
Location Hoylake, England
Course(s) Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Statistics
Length 6,480 yards (5,930 m)
Field 65 players[1]
Cut none
Prize fund £125
Winner's share £50
Champion
England J.H. Taylor
304
Hoylake is located in England
Hoylake
Hoylake
Location in England

The 1913 Open Championship was the 53rd Open Championship, held 23–24 June at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England. J.H. Taylor won the Championship for the fifth time, eight strokes ahead of runner-up Ted Ray.

Qualifying took place on 19, 20 and 21 June. The top 20 and ties qualified on each of the three days.

Ray led after the first day on 147, with Taylor on 148, Irishman Michael Moran on 150 and Thomas Renouf on 153.

Gale force winds on the second day led to some high scoring. Taylor and American John McDermott had the best scores in the morning, scoring 77. Ray struggled and completed the circuit in 81, to trail Taylor by three shots, while McDermott was a further 4 strokes behind. Moran's chances were ruined by a third round 89 which included a 10 at the 1st. In the final round, Taylor holed from about 50 yards at the 14th, while his nearest rivals had poor starts to their rounds, Ray took eight at the 3rd hole while McDermott took 7 at the 1st. Moran had the best final round with a 74, 15 shots better than his morning round.

Final leaderboard

Source:[2]

Tuesday, 24 June 1913

Place Player Country Score Money
1 J.H. Taylor  England 73-75-77-79=304 £50
2 Ted Ray  Jersey 73-74-81-84=312 £25
T3 Michael Moran  Ireland 76-74-89-74=313 £12 10s
Harry Vardon  Jersey 79-75-79-80=313
T5 John McDermott  United States 75-80-77-83=315 £7 10s
Thomas Renouf  Jersey 75-78-84-78=315
T7 James Bradbeer  England 78-79-81-79=317 £2 10s
Arnaud Massy  France 77-80-81-79=317
James Sherlock  England 77-86-79-75=317
Tom Williamson  England 77-80-80-80=317

References

  1. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.