1905 Open Championship

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other The 1905 Open Championship was the 45th Open Championship, held 7–9 June at the Old Course at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. James Braid won the Championship for the second time, five strokes ahead of runners-up Rowland Jones and John Henry Taylor.

All entries played 18 holes on the first two days; those within fourteen strokes of the lead made the cut for the final two rounds on Friday.

Strong winds and hard ground conditions made scoring difficult on all three days, with few rounds under 80. Sandy Herd, Taylor, Walter Toogood, and Harry Vardon co-led after the first round at 80. Scoring improved slightly on Thursday and Jones' 77 put him in the lead with 158; he was followed by Braid on 159 and James Kinnell and Arnaud Massy on 161. Just 45 players made the cut at 172 and better, including a sole amateur John Graham Jr.

In the third round on Friday morning, Braid's 78 extended his lead to six shots over Kinnell, Massy, and Taylor. Jones took 87 and dropped eight strokes behind Braid. Scoring 81 in the afternoon, Braid was never challenged; he reached the turn in 38 and despite taking six at the 15th and 16th holes, came back in 43. A 78 moved Jones up to a second place tie with Taylor, five strokes behind the champion.

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 7 June 1905

Place	Player	Score
T1	Template:Flagicon Sandy Herd	80
	Template:Flagicon J. H. Taylor
	Template:Flagicon Walter Toogood
	Template:Flagicon Harry Vardon
T5	Template:Flagicon James Braid	81
	Template:Flagicon Herbert Hunt
	Template:Flagicon Rowland Jones
	Template:Flagicon Arnaud Massy
	Template:Flagicon Wilfrid Reid
	Template:Flagicon Thomas Renouf
	Template:Flagicon James Sherlock
	Template:Flagicon Alex Smith
	Template:Flagicon Robert Thomson

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Second round

Thursday, 8 June 1905

Place	Player	Score
1	Template:Flagicon Rowland Jones	81-77=158
2	Template:Flagicon James Braid	81-78=159
T3	Template:Flagicon James Kinnell	82-79=161
	Template:Flagicon Arnaud Massy	81-80=161
T5	Template:Flagicon Sandy Herd	80-82=162
	Template:Flagicon Robert Thomson	81-81=162
	Template:Flagicon Harry Vardon	80-82=162
T8	Template:Flagicon Ernest Gray	82-81=163
	Template:Flagicon Walter Toogood	80-83=163
T10	Template:Flagicon Willie Park Jr.	84-81=165
	Template:Flagicon James Sherlock	81-84=165
	Template:Flagicon J. H. Taylor	80-85=165
	Template:Flagicon Tom Williamson	84-81=165

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Third round

Friday, 9 June 1905 (morning)

Place	Player	Score
1	Template:Flagicon James Braid	81-78-78=237
T2	Template:Flagicon James Kinnell	82-79-82=243
	Template:Flagicon Arnaud Massy	81-80-82=243
	Template:Flagicon J. H. Taylor	80-85-78=243
T5	Template:Flagicon Robert Thomson	81-81-82=244
	Template:Flagicon Tom Williamson	84-81-79=244
T7	Template:Flagicon Rowland Jones	81-77-87=245
	Template:Flagicon James Sherlock	81-84-80=245
	Template:Flagicon Sandy Herd	80-82-83=245
10	Template:Flagicon Harry Vardon	80-82-84=246

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Final round

Friday, 9 June 1905 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score	Money (£)
1	Template:Flagicon James Braid	81-78-78-81=318	50
T2	Template:Flagicon Rowland Jones	81-77-87-78=323	20
	Template:Flagicon J. H. Taylor	80-85-78-80=323
4	Template:Flagicon James Kinnell	82-79-82-81=324	10
T5	Template:Flagicon Ernest Gray	82-81-84-78=325	7 10s
	Template:Flagicon Arnaud Massy	81-80-82-82=325
7	Template:Flagicon Robert Thomson	81-81-82-83=327	0
8	Template:Flagicon James Sherlock	81-84-80-83=328
T9	Template:Flagicon Tom Simpson	82-88-78-81=329
	Template:Flagicon Harry Vardon	80-82-84-83=329

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External links

• St Andrews 1905 (Official site)