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1875 Open Championship


FieldValue
name1875 Open Championship
dates10 September 1875
locationPrestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland
coursePrestwick Golf Club
yardage
field18 players
purse£21
winners_share£8
championSCO Willie Park Sr.
score166
previous1874
next1876

|UK Scotland

The 1875 Open Championship was the 15th Open Championship, held 10 September at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Willie Park Sr. won the Championship by two strokes from runner-up Bob Martin. Willie Park, who had won the first Championship in 1860, equalled Tom Morris Jr.'s record of four Championship wins.

Tom Morris Jr. and his father, Tom Morris Sr., were both absent following the death, six days earlier, of Young Tom Morris's wife during child-birth. Young Tom Morris himself died later the same year.

Play started at 11:30 a.m. and just 18 players contested the Championship. All the leading players were in the early pairings. Willie Park, in the first group, and Bob Martin, in the third group, led after the first round with scores of 60. After the second round Bob Martin and Bob Ferguson led in 114 but a number of players were close behind with Willie Park on 115 and Mungo Park on 116.

In the final round Willie Park "played a fine game" and scored 51, the best round of the day. Bob Martin came second with defending champion Mungo Park third and Bob Ferguson fourth after a 58.

Final leaderboard

Source:

Friday, 10 September 1875

PlacePlayerScoreMoney
1SCO Willie Park Sr.56-59-51=166£8
2SCO Bob Martin56-58-54=168£5
3SCO Mungo Park59-57-55=171£3
4SCO Bob Ferguson58-56-58=172£1
5SCO James Rennie61-59-57=177£1
6SCO Davie Strath59-61-58=178£1
T7SCO Tom Carson181£1
SCO Bob Pringle62-58-61=181
T9SCO William Doleman (a)65-59-59=183
SCO Hugh Morrison62-59-62=183

References

References

  1. (2011). "Media guide". The Open Championship.
  2. (11 September 1875). "Golf - Annual Competition for the Championship". The Glasgow Herald.
  3. 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". McFarland.
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