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1880 Open Championship

Field	Value
name	1880 Open Championship
dates	9 April 1880
location	Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland
course	Musselburgh Links
yardage
field	30 players
purse	Not known
winners_share	£8
champion	SCO Bob Ferguson
score	162
previous	1879
next	1881

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The 1880 Open Championship was the 20th Open Championship, held 9 April 1880 at Musselburgh Links, Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. Bob Ferguson won the Championship, by five strokes from runner-up Peter Paxton.

A number of players were absent because of the short notice given for the competition. Jamie Anderson, winner of the previous three Open Championships was amongst those that were missing. Good weather brought out many spectators. The Championship was played over four rounds of the nine-hole Musselburgh course.

Andrew Kirkaldy scored a hole-in-one at the eighth hole in his second round and almost repeated the feat in his third round.

After three rounds Bob Ferguson was tied for the lead with Peter Paxton with Ned Cosgrove only a shot behind. In the final round Ferguson scored 39 to Paxton's and Cosgrove's 44s to win by five strokes.

Final leaderboard

Source:

Friday, 9 April 1880

Place	Player	Score	Money
1	SCO Bob Ferguson	40-41-42-39=162	£8
2	SCO Peter Paxton	81-86=167
3	SCO Ned Cosgrove	82-86=168
T4	SCO David Brown	86-83=169
SCO George Paxton	85-84=169
SCO Bob Pringle	90-79=169
7	SCO Andrew Kirkaldy	85-85=170
T8	SCO Willie Brown	87-84=171
SCO Davie Grant	87-84=171
10	SCO Tom Morris Sr.	87-88=175

Generally scores relate to first 18 holes and second 18 holes. Individual round scores mostly not recorded.

References

(2011). "Media guide". The Open Championship.
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.
(10 April 1880). "The Champion Cup Golf Match at Musselburgh". The Glasgow Herald.

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