1913 Open Championship


The 1913 Open Championship was the 53rd Open Championship, held 23–24 June at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England. J.H. Taylor won the championship for the fifth and final time, eight strokes ahead of runner-up Ted Ray, the defending champion.
Qualifying took place on 19, 20, and 21 June. The top twenty and ties qualified on each of the three days. In windy conditions Laurie Ayton, Snr led the 21 qualifiers on the first day with a score of 152, with 159 as the qualifying score. Conditions were better on the second day and 156 was the qualifying mark; amateur Edward Blackwell led the 21 qualifiers with 147. Jack Gaudin led the 23 qualifiers on the third day with 148, with 157 as the qualifying score. Seven American-based professionals entered but only two qualified, John McDermott and Tom McNamara. Mike Brady, Alex Campbell, Stewart Maiden, and Alex Smith failed on the first day, while John Jones failed on the third day.
Ray led after the first two rounds on Monday with 147; Taylor was at 148, Michael Moran at 150, and Thomas Renouf had
Gale force winds on Tuesday led to high scoring in the final two rounds. Taylor and McDermott had the best scores in the morning at 77. Ray struggled and completed the circuit in 81, to trail Taylor by three shots, while McDermott was a further 4 strokes behind. Moran's chances were ruined by a third round 89 which included a ten at the first. In the final round that afternoon, Taylor holed from about 50 yards at the 14th, while his nearest rivals had poor starts to their rounds, Ray took eight at the third hole while McDermott took seven at the first. Moran had the best final round at 74, fifteen strokes better than his morning score, and tied for third.
The win was the fifteenth Open title for the Great Triumvurate of Taylor, Vardon, and James Braid, with five each. Vardon won a record sixth the following year, the last Open victory for the three players.

Course

Past champions in the field

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Round summaries

First round

Monday, 23 June 1913
PlacePlayerCountryScore
T1Sandy Herd73
T1Ted Ray73
T1J.H. Taylor73
T4Albert Howlett75
T4Ernest Jones75
T4John McDermott75
T4Thomas Renouf75
T4Jack B. Ross75
T9Cyril Hughes76
T9Michael Moran Ireland76

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Second round

Monday, 23 June 1913
PlacePlayerCountryScore
1Ted Ray73-74=147
2J.H. Taylor73-75=148
3Michael Moran Ireland76-74=150
4Thomas Renouf75-78=153
T5Cyril Hughes76-78=154
T5Sandy Herd73-81=154
T5Harry Vardon79-75=154
T8John McDermott75-80=155
T8Josh Taylor80-75=155
10John Graham, Jr.77-79=156

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Third round

Tuesday, 24 June 1913
PlacePlayerCountryScore
1J.H. Taylor73-75-77=225
2Ted Ray73-74-81=228
3John McDermott75-80-77=232
4Harry Vardon79-75-79=233
T5John Graham, Jr. 77-79-81=237
T5Cyril Hughes76-78-83=237
T5Edward Lassen 79-78-80=237
T5Thomas Renouf75-78-84=237
T5Tom Williamson77-80-80=237
T10James Bradbeer78-79-81=238
T10Sandy Herd73-81-84=238
T10Arnaud Massy77-80-81=238
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Final round

Tuesday, 24 June 1913
PlacePlayerCountryScoreMoney
1J.H. Taylor73-75-77-79=30450
2Ted Ray73-74-81-84=31225
T3Michael Moran Ireland76-74-89-74=31312
10s
T3Harry Vardon79-75-79-80=31312
10s
T5John McDermott75-80-77-83=3157
10s
T5Thomas Renouf75-78-84-78=3157
10s
T7James Bradbeer78-79-81-79=3172
10s
T7Arnaud Massy77-80-81-79=3172
10s
T7James Sherlock77-86-79-75=3172
10s
T7Tom Williamson77-80-80-80=3172
10s

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Amateurs: Graham, Lassen, Crowther, Blackwell