1901 British Open Winner and Scores
Winner: James Braid, 309
Where it was played: Muirfield at Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland
Tournament dates: June 5-6, 1901
Leader after first round: Harry Vardon, 77
Leader after second round: Harry Vardon and James Braid, 155
Leader after third round: James Braid, 229
Notable Notes: James Braid's 74 in the third round opened up a five-stroke gap between himself and second-place Harry Vardon. So when Braid shot 80 in the final round, he still wound up with a three-stroke win over Vardon. ... J.H. Taylor placed third, making this a 1-2-3 finish for the golfers we remember today as "The Great Triumvirate." ... Vardon and Taylor had won six of the previous seven Opens, but this was the first win (of an eventual five) for Braid.
Final Scores
| James Braid | 79-76-74-80—309 |
| Harry Vardon | 77-78-79-78—312 |
| J.H. Taylor | 79-83-74-77—313 |
| a-Harold Hilton | 89-80-75-76—320 |
| Sandy Herd | 87-81-81-76—325 |
| Jack White | 82-82-80-82—326 |
| James Kinnell | 79-85-86-78—328 |
| a-John E. Laidlay | 84-82-82-80—328 |
| Phillip Gaudin | 86-81-86-76—329 |
| a-John Graham Jr. | 82-83-81-83—329 |
| Rowland Jones | 85-82-81-83—331 |
| Ted Ray | 87-84-74-87—332 |
| Thomas Renouf | 83-86-81-82—332 |
| Tom Yeoman | 85-83-82-82—332 |
| Fred Collins | 89-80-81-84—334 |
| a-Samuel Mure Fergusson | 84-86-82-82—334 |
| John H. Oke | 91-83-80-80—334 |
| Andrew Kirkaldy | 82-87-86-81—336 |
| Alfred Lewis | 85-82-83-86—336 |
| Willie Park Jr. | 78-87-81-90—336 |
| Andrew Scott | 85-90-81-80—336 |
| Charles Neaves | 84-87-81-85—337 |
| Laurie Waters | 86-87-86-78—337 |
| a-Charles Dalziel | 82-84-89-83—338 |
| David Herd | 90-80-82-87—339 |
| James Hutchison | 84-83-91-81—339 |
| Jack Ross | 84-85-86-84—339 |
| Walter Toogood | 87-86-85-82—340 |
| Willie Auchterlonie | 86-82-88-86—342 |
| David McEwan | 86-84-86-86—342 |
| James Kay | 89-84-86-86—345 |
| George Sargent | 81-90-86-89—346 |
| W.C. Gaudin | 92-83-87-88—350 |
| Alex Marr | 87-87-93-91—358 |
