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{{Infobox individual golf tournament
| name = 1925 Open Championship
| image =
| dates = 25–26 June 1925
| location = [[Prestwick, Ayrshire|Prestwick, South Ayrshire]], Scotland
| course = [[Prestwick Golf Club]]
| tour =
| par =
| yardage = 
| field = 83 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=112 |access-date=17 May 2013 |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 = none
| purse = [[Pound sterling|£]]200
| winners_share = £75
| champion = {{flagicon|ENG}}{{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Jim Barnes]]
| score = 300
| previous = [[1924 Open Championship|1924]]
| next = [[1926 Open Championship|1926]]
}}
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|label = <small>Prestwick</small>
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The '''1925 Open Championship''' was the 60th [[Open Championship]], held 25–26 June at [[Prestwick Golf Club]] in [[Prestwick, Ayrshire|Prestwick, South Ayrshire]], Scotland. In the final Open at Prestwick, [[Jim Barnes]] captured his only Open title, one stroke ahead of runners-up [[Ted Ray (golfer)|Ted Ray]] and [[Archie Compston]].<ref name=jbcbom>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l5ZQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nCEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6429%2C2209237 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |title=Jim Barnes cops British Open meet |date=27 June 1925 |page=6 |access-date=16 May 2013}}</ref> It was Barnes' fourth and final [[Men's major golf championships|major]] title; he won the first two [[PGA Championship]]s in [[1916 PGA Championship|1916]] and [[1919 PGA Championship|1919]], and the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] in [[1921 U.S. Open (golf)|1921]].

Qualifying took place on 22–23 June 1925. Qualification took place at [[Royal Troon Golf Club|Troon]] with 18 holes on the Old Course and 18 holes the Portland Course. The top 80 and ties qualified. The qualifying score was 158 and 83 players qualified. Irishman [[Moses O'Neill]] led the qualifiers on 146.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper = The Times |date=24 June 1925 |page=8 |title=The Open Golf Championship – Results}}</ref>

Born and raised in [[Cornwall]], England, Barnes opened with a course record 70 to take a four stroke lead as the course was dry and fast. In the second round, [[Macdonald Smith]] carded a new course record 69 for the lead at 145, two shots ahead of Barnes, who only managed a 77.<ref name=sbshpwr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vphRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JA8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5938%2C3025122 |newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |agency=Universal Service |title=Smith, Barnes shatter Prestwick record |date=26 July 1925 |page=11 |access-date=16 May 2013}}</ref> Smith followed with a 76 in the third round on Friday morning and took a five-shot lead over Barnes and Compston into the final round. Barnes finished his round early and posted a 74 for a 300 total. Beginning his round after Barnes had already finished his, Smith knew that a round of 78 would win him the championship. But after starting with a 4–3 on the first two holes, he dropped three shots on the next three holes. Smith took a 6 at the 7th and 8th and went out in 42. He found a bunker on the 11th and took a 5, and shot another 6 on the 15th. Smith finished the round with an 82 and a 303 total, good enough only for fourth place. Ted Ray, the [[1912 Open Championship|1912]] champion, finished tied for second with Compston at 301.

Smith's problems in the final round were possibly due to the huge gallery that followed him. Anticipating that he would easily win, 10,000 spectators crowded around Smith, more than the course layout or tournament stewards could handle. Ray's runner-up finish was his final top-ten in a major, as was [[John Henry Taylor]]'s sixth place showing. Smith never won a major, but was runner-up on three occasions.

This was the last of the 24 Opens played at Prestwick, which hosted the first twelve. It was replaced by adjacent [[Royal Troon Golf Club|Troon Golf Club]] ("Royal Troon" since 1978) as the Open venue for southwestern Scotland. [[Turnberry (golf course)|Turnberry]] was added to the rota in [[1977 Open Championship|1977]], southwest of Prestwick.

It was the last Open scheduled for just two days, at 36 holes each. In [[1926 Open Championship|1926]], the first two rounds were on Wednesday and Thursday, and following a 36-hole cut, the final two rounds were played on Friday. This format was continued through [[1965 Open Championship|1965]].

==First day leaderboard==
''Thursday, 25 June 1925''
{|class=wikitable
!Place!!Player!!Score
|-
|align=center|1 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Macdonald Smith]] || 76-69=145
|-
|align=center|2 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Jim Barnes]] || 70-77=147
|-
|align=center|3 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Archie Compston]] || 76-75=151
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center|T4 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bill Davies (golfer)|Bill Davies]] || 76-76=152
|-
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Tom Fernie]] || 78-74=152
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Syd Wingate]] || 74-78=152
|-
|rowspan=5 align=center|T7 || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Duncan McCulloch]] || 76-77=153
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Abe Mitchell]] || 77-76=153
|-
| {{flagicon|Jersey|old}} [[Ted Ray (golfer)|Ted Ray]] || 77-76=153
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Henry Taylor]] || 74-79=153
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jack Smith (golfer)|Jack Smith]] || 75-78=153
|}

==Final leaderboard==
Source:<ref>{{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>

''Friday, 26 June 1925''
{|class=wikitable
!Place!!Player!!Score!!Money
|-
|align=center|1 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} '''[[Jim Barnes]]''' || 70-77-79-74=300 || align=center|£75
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|T2 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Archie Compston]] || 76-75-75-75=301 || rowspan=2 align=center|£32 10s
|-
| {{flagicon|Jersey|old}} [[Ted Ray (golfer)|Ted Ray]] || 77-76-75-73=301
|-
|align=center|4 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Macdonald Smith]] || 76-69-76-82=303 || align=center|£15
|-
|align=center|5 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Abe Mitchell]] || 77-76-75-77=305 || align=center|£10
|-
|rowspan=5 align=center|T6 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Percy Alliss]] || 77-80-77-76=310 || rowspan=5 align=center|£7
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bill Davies (golfer)|Bill Davies]] || 76-76-80-78=310
|-
| {{flagicon|Jersey|old}} [[Jack Gaudin]] || 78-81-77-74=310
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Henry Taylor]] || 74-79-80-77=310
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Syd Wingate]] || 74-78-80-78=310
|}

Amateurs: [[Robert Harris (golfer)|Harris]] (311), Cruickshank (315), [[Cyril Tolley|Tolley]] (320), Hayward (337)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.theopen.com/previous-opens/60th-open-Prestwick-1925 Prestwick 1925 (Official site)]

{{Golf Major Championships master|1925}}
{{The Open Championships}}
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