1863 Open Championship

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1863 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates18 September 1863
Location Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Course(s) Prestwick Golf Club
Statistics
Field14 players
Prize fund £10
Winner's shareNil
Champion
Flag of Scotland.svg Willie Park, Sr.
168
  1862
1864  
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Prestwick
Location in Scotland
Willie Park, Sr. winner of the Challenge Belt in 1863 Willie Park Senior wearing the Championship Belt.jpg
Willie Park, Sr. winner of the Challenge Belt in 1863

The 1863 Open Championship was the fourth Open Championship and was again held at Prestwick Golf Club. Eight professionals and six amateurs contested the event in wet and windy weather, with Willie Park, Sr. winning the championship for the second time, by two shots from Tom Morris, Sr.

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As in previous years, the contest was held over three rounds of the twelve-hole links course. For the first time there was prize money for those finishing 2nd, 3rd and 4th, although the winner only received the Challenge Belt for the next year.

Davie Park, younger brother of Willie, led after the first round with a score of 55. An excellent second round 54 meant that Willie led by four strokes. Eventually Willie won by two strokes from Morris, spoiling Morris's attempt at a third consecutive win, which would have given him outright possession of the Challenge Belt, although Morris took the second prize of £5. [1]

Final leaderboard

Source: [2] [3]

Friday, 18 September 1863

PlacePlayerScoreMoney
1 Flag of Scotland.svg Willie Park, Sr. 56-54-58=168
2 Flag of Scotland.svg Tom Morris, Sr. 56-58-56=170£5
3 Flag of Scotland.svg Davie Park 55-63-54=172£3
4 Flag of Scotland.svg Andrew Strath 61-55-58=174£2
5 Flag of England.svg George Daniel Brown 58-61-57=176
6 Flag of Scotland.svg Robert Andrew 62-57-59=178
7 Flag of Scotland.svg Charlie Hunter 61-61-62=184
8 Flag of Scotland.svg James Knight (a)66-65-59=190
9 Flag of Scotland.svg James Miller (a)63-63-66=192
10 Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Chalmers65-67-65=197
10 Flag of Scotland.svg J. F. Johnston 65-66-65=197
10 Flag of Scotland.svg James Paxton 197

References

  1. "The Open - 4th Open - Prestwick 1863". Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. "Prestwick Golf Club". Ayrshire Express. 19 September 1863. p. 5. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  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. Vol. 1. McFarland. ISBN   978-0-7864-3360-5.