1888 Open Championship

The 1888 Open Championship was the 28th Open Championship, held 6 October at the Old Course at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Jack Burns won the Championship by a stroke from David Anderson Jr. and Ben Sayers.

1888 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates6, 8 October 1888
LocationSt Andrews, Scotland
Course(s)Old Course at St Andrews
Statistics
Field52 players[1]
Prize fund£20
Winner's share£8
Champion
Jack Burns
171
St Andrews
Location in Scotland

Willie Campbell led after 18 holes for the third successive year and was the leader on 84 with Sayers on 85 and a group of four players on 86.

In the afternoon Sayers, in the first group, scored 87 and took an early lead on 172. Campbell made a number of mistakes and scored 90 for a total of 174. Sayers was then joined on 172 by David Anderson. Playing a few groups behind, Burns scored an 85 and took the lead on 171, a score none of the later players could match.

Burns's score for his first round had originally been added up to 87 but a Royal and Ancient Golf Club member noticed that it was added up incorrectly and the total wr&as adjusted to 86, making Burns the champion.[2]

Final leaderboard

Source:[3]

Saturday, 6 October 1888

PlacePlayerCountryScoreMoney
1Jack Burns Scotland86-85=171£8
T2David Anderson Jr. Scotland86-86=172Playoff
Ben Sayers Scotland85-87=172
4Willie Campbell Scotland84-90=174£2
5Leslie Balfour (a) Scotland86-89=175−
T6Davie Grant Scotland88-88=17610s
Andrew Kirkaldy Scotland87-89=176
8Sandy Herd Scotland93-84=177−
9David Ayton Sr. Scotland87-91=178−
10Johnny Laidlay (a) Scotland93-87=180−

Playoff

Monday, 8 October 1888

Anderson and Sayers played an 18-hole play-off two days later. Sayers won and took the second prize of £6, Anderson taking the third prize of £3.[3][4]

References
  1. "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. p. 148. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  2. "Jack Burns of St. Andrews by Dudley Woods" (PDF). British Golf Collectors’ Society. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  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. 1. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3360-5.
  4. "Golf - The Championship". The Glasgow Herald. 9 October 1888. p. 3.

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