1895 Open Championship

The 1895 Open Championship was the 35th Open Championship, held 12–13 June at the Old Course at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Defending champion J.H. Taylor won the Championship for the second time, by four strokes from runner-up Sandy Herd.

Harry Vardon, one of the early starters, led after the first round with an 80 but had an 85 in the afternoon to finish the day on 165. Herd had the best round of the afternoon with a 77 and led overnight on 159, five strokes clear of Taylor and Andrew Kirkaldy on 164.

Herd played steadily in the third round and finished with 82 to lead on 241. Taylor, playing in the last group, scored 80 to finish on 244. The Championship resolved into a battle between Herd and Taylor. Herd started well but took seven at the 5th. Playing in wind and rain, Herd eventually scored 85 to finish on 326. Taylor need an 81 to win and after 12 holes had only taken 49 strokes. Despite taking six at the next two holes he reached the 17th tee needing to take 12 or less to win. Playing carefully he scored five at the dangerous 17th and then four at the last to win by four strokes and retain the title. His 78 was the best round of the afternoon by four shots, the next best being an 82 by Ben Sayers.

First day leaderboard

Wednesday, 12 June 1895

Place	Player	Score
1	Template:Flagicon Sandy Herd	82-77=159
T2	Template:Flagicon Andrew Kirkaldy	81-83=164
	Template:Flagicon J.H. Taylor	86-78=164
T4	Template:Flagicon Willie Fernie	86-79=165
	Template:Flagicon George Pulford	84-81=165
	Template:Flagicon Harry Vardon	80-85=165
	Template:Flagicon Tom Vardon	82-83=165
8	Template:Flagicon James Kinnell	84-83=167
9	Template:Flagicon Laurie Auchterlonie (a)	84-84=168
T10	Template:Flagicon David Anderson Jr.	86-83=169
	Template:Flagicon Alfred Toogood	85-84=169
	Template:Flagicon Laurie Waters	86-83=169

Final leaderboard

Source:

Thursday, 13 June 1895

Place	Player	Score	Money
1	Template:Flagicon J.H. Taylor	86-78-80-78=322	£30
2	Template:Flagicon Sandy Herd	82-77-82-85=326	£20
3	Template:Flagicon Andrew Kirkaldy	81-83-84-84=332	£10
4	Template:Flagicon George Pulford	84-81-83-86=334	£7
5	Template:Flagicon Archie Simpson	88-85-78-85=336	£5
T6	Template:Flagicon David Anderson Jr.	86-83-84-84=337	£3 6s 8d
	Template:Flagicon David Brown	81-89-83-84=337
	Template:Flagicon Willie Fernie	86-79-86-86=337
T9	Template:Flagicon Ben Sayers	84-87-85-82=338	£2
	Template:Flagicon Alfred Toogood	85-84-83-86=338
	Template:Flagicon Harry Vardon	80-85-85-88=338
	Template:Flagicon Tom Vardon	82-83-84-89=338

External links

• St Andrews 1895 (Official site)