1923 British Open Winner and Scores
Winner: Arthur Havers, 295
Where it was played: Troon Golf Club in Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland
Tournament dates: June 14-15, 1923
Leader after first round: Joe Kirkwood Sr., 72
Leader after second round: Arthur Havers and Charles Whitcombe, 146
Leader after third round: Arthur Havers, 219
Notable Notes: Arthur Havers led defending champ Walter Hagen by two strokes entering the final round. ... Havers finished first and posted 295 after holing out from a bunker on the 18th hole. ... When Hagen reached the final hole, he, too, wound up in that bunker. But Hagen's bunker shot — which he needed to hole to force a playoff — just missed. ... This was the first Open played at Troon, which was blasted by gale-force winds at times. In the qualifying round, Aubrey Boomer's bunker shot was caught in the wind, which forced the ball back and dropped it into his jacket pocket.
Final Scores
| Arthur Havers | 73-73-73-76—295 |
| Walter Hagen | 76-71-74-75—296 |
| Macdonald Smith | 80-73-69-75—297 |
| Joe Kirkwood | 72-79-69-78—298 |
| Tom Fernie | 73-78-74-75—300 |
| George Duncan | 79-75-74-74—302 |
| Charles Whitcombe | 70-76-74-82—302 |
| Herbert Jolly | 79-75-75-74—303 |
| James McKenzie | 76-78-74-75—303 |
| Abe Mitchell | 77-77-72-77—303 |
| William Watt | 76-77-72-78—303 |
| Gordon Lockhart | 78-71-76-79—304 |
| Ted Ray | 79-75-73-77—304 |
| Tom Williamson | 79-78-73-74—304 |
| Syd Wingate | 80-75-74-75—304 |
| Frank Ball | 76-77-77-75—305 |
| Thomas Barber | 78-80-76-71—305 |
| Fred Collins | 76-78-72-79—305 |
| Angel De la Torre | 78-80-74-74—306 |
| Johnny Farrell | 79-73-75-79—306 |
| Thomas Walton | 77-74-78-77—306 |
| Sid Brews | 77-76-72-82—307 |
| Sandy Herd | 82-75-74-76—307 |
| a-Robert Scott Jr. | 74-76-79-78—307 |
| Leo Diegel | 80-80-73-75—308 |
| Len Holland | 81-75-73-79—308 |
| F.C. Jewell | 80-78-70-80—308 |
| James Ockenden | 78-79-75-76—308 |
| George Gadd | 78-76-79-76—309 |
| J.W. Gaudin | 80-79-76-74—309 |
| Fred Robson | 82-78-74-75—309 |
| Reginald Wilson | 78-77-75-79—309 |
| Percy Alliss | 77-81-77-75—310 |
| George Kirby | 77-82-74-77—310 |
| H.A. Gaudin | 80-76-82-74—312 |
| a-Cyril Tolley | 81-75-77-79—312 |
| William Ritchie | 78-83-73-79—313 |
| Alfred Miles | 77-78-76-83—314 |
| Ernest Whitcombe | 83-76-77-78—314 |
| George R. Buckle | 75-79-76-85—315 |
| Arthur Butchart | 78-78-82-77—315 |
| Harry Fernie | 80-79-77-79—315 |
| a-Donald Soulby | 80-82-75-78—315 |
| James McDowall | 75-81-80-80—316 |
| Hugh Roberts | 73-82-75-86—316 |
| Mark Seymour | 84-77-81-74—316 |
| J.H. Taylor | 80-78-79-79—316 |
| George Tuck | 80-81-79-76—316 |
| Harry Ball | 78-79-80-80—317 |
| James Braid | 79-85-79-74—317 |
| Jean Gassiat | 81-79-79-78—317 |
| Peter Robertson | 83-73-83-78—317 |
| Arthur Day | 80-77-76-85—318 |
| Charles McIlvenny | 79-79-79-81—318 |
| Robert Turner | 82-80-76-80—318 |
| Jock Brews | 80-77-78-84—319 |
| Stewart Burns | 77-79-88-75—319 |
| Herbert Osborne | 82-82-78-77—319 |
| Archie Compston | 77-83-77-83—320 |
| Frank Frostick | 84-82-76-78—320 |
| Charles Gadd | 75-85-80-80—320 |
| James Horn | 83-80-74-83—320 |
| William Oke | 86-78-77-79—320 |
| Arthur Young | 86-79-74-81—320 |
| Michael Daragon | 84-84-74-79—321 |
| Robert Ballantine | 83-78-82-79—322 |
| William Bee | 82-81-76-83—322 |
| Henry Kinch | 81-84-82-75—322 |
| Duncan McCulloch | 84-77-76-85—322 |
| Fred Leach | 79-82-77-85—323 |
| a-John Caven | 79-80-87-79—325 |
| Alfred Coussies | 83-81-78-83—325 |
| Ernest Hanton | 81-82-81-81—325 |
| Harry Crapper | 77-84-80-85—326 |
| Dick May | 82-85-79-80—326 |
| Albert Seymour | 81-84-78-83—326 |
| Dick Wheildon | 83-79-82-82—326 |
| Roland Vickers | 79-81-82-85—327 |
| Leo Wallace | 83-85-82-77—327 |
| a-E.H.W. Scott | 84-83-76-85—328 |
| Edwin Sinclair | 80-84-76-88—328 |
| George Aulbach | 85-89-75-80—329 |
| Jack Seager | 87-79-79-84—329 |
| Anthony Kettley | 83-77-82-88—330 |
| a-A. Watson Jr. | 82-79-87-82—330 |
| Albert S. Tingey Jr. | 94-76-79-82—331 |
