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{{Infobox individual golf tournament
| name = 1880 Open Championship
| image =
| dates = 9 April 1880
| location = [[Musselburgh]], [[East Lothian]], Scotland
| course = [[Musselburgh Links]]
| tour =
| par =
| yardage = 
| field = 30 players<ref name=ocmg11>{{cite web|url=http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx |publisher=The Open Championship |title=Media guide |year=2011 |page=152 |access-date=28 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx |archive-date=18 April 2012 }}</ref>
| cut =
| purse = Not known
| winners_share = £8
| champion = {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Bob Ferguson (golfer)|Bob Ferguson]]
| score = 162
| previous = [[1879 Open Championship|1879]]
| next = [[1881 Open Championship|1881]]
}}
{{Location map
|UK Scotland
|relief = 1
|label = <small>Musselburgh</small>
|lat = 55.948
|long = -3.044
|caption = Location in Scotland
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|width = 240
}}

The '''1880 Open Championship''' was the 20th [[Open Championship]], held 9 April 1880 at [[Musselburgh Links]], [[Musselburgh]], [[East Lothian]], Scotland. [[Bob Ferguson (golfer)|Bob Ferguson]] won the Championship, by five strokes from runner-up [[Peter Paxton]].

A number of players were absent because of the short notice given for the competition. [[Jamie Anderson (golfer)|Jamie Anderson]], winner of the previous three Open Championships was amongst those that were missing. Good weather brought out many spectators. The Championship was played over four rounds of the nine-hole Musselburgh course.

[[Andrew Kirkaldy (golfer)|Andrew Kirkaldy]] scored a hole-in-one at the eighth hole in his second round and almost repeated the feat in his third round.

After three rounds Bob Ferguson was tied for the lead with Peter Paxton with [[Ned Cosgrove]] only a shot behind. In the final round Ferguson scored 39 to Paxton's and Cosgrove's 44s to win by five strokes.

==Final leaderboard==
Source:<ref name=brenner>{{cite book |title=The Majors of Golf: Complete Results of the Open, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and the Masters, 1860-2008 |volume=1 |first=Morgan G. |last=Brenner |year=2009 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-3360-5}}</ref><ref name=glasgowh>{{cite news |newspaper = The Glasgow Herald |date=10 April 1880 |page=7 |title=The Champion Cup Golf Match at Musselburgh}}</ref>

''Friday, 9 April 1880''
{|class=wikitable
!Place!!Player!!Score!!Money
|-
|align=center|1 || {{flagicon|SCO}} '''[[Bob Ferguson (golfer)|Bob Ferguson]]''' || 40-41-42-39=162 || align=center|£8
|-
|align=center|2 || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Peter Paxton]] || 81-86=167 ||
|-
|align=center|3 || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ned Cosgrove]] || 82-86=168 ||
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center|T4 || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[David Brown (golfer)|David Brown]] || 86-83=169 || rowspan=3 align=center|
|-
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[George Paxton (golfer)|George Paxton]] || 85-84=169
|-
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Bob Pringle (golfer)|Bob Pringle]] || 90-79=169
|-
|align=center|7 || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Andrew Kirkaldy (golfer)|Andrew Kirkaldy]] || 85-85=170 ||
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|T8 || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Willie Brown (golfer)|Willie Brown]] || 87-84=171 || rowspan=2 align=center|
|-
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Davie Grant]] || 87-84=171
|-
|align=center|10 || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Tom Morris Sr.]] || 87-88=175 ||
|}

Generally scores relate to first 18 holes and second 18 holes. Individual round scores mostly not recorded.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.theopen.com/previous-opens/20th-open-Musselburgh-1880 Musselburgh Links 1880 (Official site)]

{{The Open Championships}}
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[[Category:The Open Championship]]
[[Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland]]
[[Category:1880s in golf|Open Championship]]
[[Category:1880 in Scottish sport|Open Championship]]
[[Category:April 1880|Open Championship]]

1880 Open Championship - Revision history

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