1902 British Open Winner and Scores

The 1902 British Open was the 42nd time this major was played.

Winner: Sandy Herd, 307

Where it was played: Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England

Tournament dates: June 4-5, 1902

Leader after first round: Harry Vardon, 72

Leader after second round: Harry Vardon, 149

Leader after third round: Sandy Herd, 226

Notable Notes: Sandy Herd held a three-stroke lead over Harry Vardon entering the final round, then shot 81. But Vardon scored 79, so Herd's lead held up for the one-stroke victory. ... Herd won playing with a Haskell ball, the first golf ball with a rubber core. That makes this the first major won by a golfer using what we now recognize as the first modern golf ball.

Final Scores

Sandy Herd	77-76-73-81—307
James Braid	78-76-80-74—308
Harry Vardon	72-77-80-79—308
a-Robert Maxwell	79-77-79-74—309
Tom Vardon	80-76-78-79—313
a-Harold Hilton	79-76-81-78—314
James Kinnell	78-80-79-77—314
J.H. Taylor	81-76-77-80—314
Ted Ray	79-74-85-80—318
Andrew Kirkaldy	77-78-83-82—320
Arnaud Massy	77-81-78-84—320
Willie Fernie	76-82-84-79—321
Rowland Jones	79-78-85-79—321
a-Sidney Fry	78-79-80-85—322
a-John Ball Jr.	79-79-84-81—323
Jack Rowe	79-78-85-81—323
James Sherlock	79-84-80-81—324
Jack White	82-75-82-86—325
Ben Sayers	84-80-80-82—326
Thomas Renouf	84-82-77-84—327
Walter Toogood	83-83-80-81—327
George Pulford	81-81-85-81—328
Fred Jackson	80-81-83-85—329
Willie Park Jr.	79-82-82-86—329
William McEwan	83-84-81-82—330
Tom Yeoman	85-83-79-83—330
C. Ralph Smith	85-79-85-82—331
David Herd	82-81-84-85—332
Peter Rainford	78-79-88-87—332
Archie Simpson	88-79-85-81—333
Tom Williamson	78-80-90-85—333
George Cassidy	80-82-87-85—334
Fred Collins	83-84-84-83—334
a-Thomas Hunter	84-80-84-86—334
Andrew Scott	84-84-82-85—335
Peter McEwan	84-84-82-86—336
a-Harold Holden	82-82-87-87—338
Willie Auchterlonie	83-84-86-86—339
William C. Gaudin	81-84-89-85—339
William Leaver	85-82-82-90—339
William Lewis	83-84-89-87—343