1897 Open Championship

1897 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates	19–20 May 1897
Location	Hoylake, England
Course(s)	Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Statistics
Length	6,043 yards (5,526 m)
Field	88 players^[1]
Cut	none
Prize fund	£90
Winner's share	£30
Champion
Harold Hilton (a)
314
«1896 1898»

Hoylake

Location in England

The 1897 Open Championship was the 37th Open Championship, held 19–20 May at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England. Harold Hilton, an amateur, won the Championship for the second time, a stroke ahead of James Braid.

This was the second Open to be played in England after the 1894 event staged at Royal St George's. It was also the last Open Championship with no qualifying and no cut. 88 players entered including 20 amateurs. Royal Liverpool was the home club of many of the leading amateurs of the day including John Ball, Jr. and Hilton, both of whom had already won the Championship.

After the first round Ball and Sandy Herd led with scores of 78, with David Brown and Freddie Tait on 79. There were two outstanding rounds in the afternoon. Braid scored 74 gave him the lead on 154 while Hilton's 75 put him second on 155. Tait was third on 158. J.H. Taylor and Harry Vardon were a disappointing 8 and 10 strokes behind the leader.

Despite a few withdrawals, 39 pairs started on the final day. Under the new proposed cut rule, to be introduced in 1898, the field would have been reduced to a more comfortable 41. The leaders had poor third rounds which meant for a close position after the morning's play. Braid led by two from Herd, George Pulford and Tait with Hilton a further stroke behind and Brown and Tom Vardon five behind the leader. Tait was the early leader after a 79 gave him a score of 317 but this was bettered by a round of 75 by Hilton to give him the lead on 314. Hilton had scored just 18 on the opening five holes. Disappointing front nines from Herd and Pulford put them out of contention, leaving only Braid with a chance to match Hilton. After a three at the 15th, Baird reached the 16th tee needing 14 to tie with Hilton. However, with his third shot at the long 16th, he chipped over the green and he took six. He had a long putt at the last to tie but missed and finished a shot behind Hilton. With more withdrawals on the final day only 52 players completed the 72 holes, two players finishing 53 strokes behind the winner.

First day leaderboard

Wednesday, 19 May 1897

Place	Player	Country	Score
1	James Braid	Scotland	80-74=154
2	Harold Hilton (a)	England	80-75=155
3	Freddie Tait (a)	Scotland	79-79=158
T4	John Ball (a)	England	78-81=159
	Sandy Herd	Scotland	78-81=159
	George Pulford	England	80-79=159
7	David Brown	Scotland	79-82=161
T8	Ben Sayers	Scotland	84-78=162
	J.H. Taylor	England	82-80=162
	Tom Vardon	Jersey	81-81=162

Final leaderboard

Source:^[2]

Thursday, 20 May 1897

Place	Player	Country	Score	Money
1	Harold Hilton (a)	England	80-75-84-75=314	(£30)
2	James Braid	Scotland	80-74-82-79=315	£20
T3	George Pulford	England	80-79-79-79=317	£10
T3	Freddie Tait (a)	Scotland	79-79-80-79=317	−
5	Sandy Herd	Scotland	78-81-79-80=318	£7
6	Harry Vardon	Jersey	84-80-80-76=320	£5
T7	David Brown	Scotland	79-82-80-83=324	£3 6s 8d
	Archie Simpson	Scotland	83-81-81-79=324
	Tom Vardon	Jersey	81-81-79-83=324
T10	Andrew Kirkaldy	Scotland	83-83-82-82=330	£2 10s
T10	J.H. Taylor	England	82-80-82-86=330	£2 10s

As an amateur Hinton received "£30 in plate" in addition to the "Championship Cup" and "Gold Medal".^[3] The prize-money for the professionals was reduced accordingly to £60. This arrangement had been introduced after the 1892 Open Championship which was also won by Hilton.^[4]

References

↑ "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. p. 140. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
↑ 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.
↑ "Golf - The Open Championship - The Final Rounds". The Times. 21 May 1897. p. 11.
↑ "Golf". The Times. 30 August 1893. p. 9.

External links

1897 Men's Major Golf Championships

U.S. Open The Open Championship

The Open Championship

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