1867 Open Championship

1867 Open Championship

Tournament information
Dates	26 September 1867
Location	Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Course(s)	Prestwick Golf Club
Statistics
Field	14 players
Prize fund	£16
Winner's share	£7
Champion
Tom Morris, Sr.
170
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Prestwick

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Location in Scotland

The 1867 Open Championship was the eighth Open Championship and was held on 26 September at Prestwick Golf Club. Tom Morris, Sr. won the championship for the fourth time, by two shots from Willie Park, Sr. Tom Morris, Sr. was 46 years old and remains the oldest Open Championship winner.

For the first time, an amateur, William Doleman, led after a first round of 55, a stroke ahead of Robert Andrew. Doleman had a second round 66 and dropped out of contention. Tom Morris, after a round of 54, went into the lead with Willie Park and Robert Andrew two shots behind. Andrew had a final round of 65 to drop him out of the prize money. Andrew Strath had the best final round of 56 to finish third, while young Tom Morris finished with prize money for the first time. ^[1]

Final leaderboard

Source: ^[2]

Thursday, 26 September 1867

Place	Player	Score	Money
1	Tom Morris, Sr.	58-54-58=170	£7
2	Willie Park, Sr.	58-56-58=172	£5
3	Andrew Strath	61-57-56=174	£3
4	Tom Morris, Jr.	58-59-58=175	£1
5	Bob Kirk	57-60-60=177
6	William Doleman (a)	55-66-57=178
7	Robert Andrew	56-58-65=179
T8	Willie Dow	62-57-65=184
	Tom Hunter	62-60-62=184
10	Willie Dunn, Sr.	64-63-62=189

References

1. "Morris Wins His Fourth Open Title". Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
2. "Ayr - Prestwick Golf Club" . Glasgow Herald. 28 September 1868. Retrieved 21 December 2014– via British Newspaper Archive.

External links

• Prestwick 1867 (Official site)