1927 British Open Winner and Scores

The 1927 British Open was the 62nd time this major was played, and the defending champ — Bobby Jones — made a successful return with a wire-to-wire victory.

Winner: Bobby Jones, 285

Where it was played: The Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland

Tournament dates: July 13-15, 1927

Leader after first round: Bobby Jones, 68

Leader after second round: Bobby Jones, 140

Leader after third round: Bobby Jones, 213

What Happened in the 1927 Open Championship

Amateur Bobby Jones opened with a 68 and cruised to a six-stroke victory at the 1927 British Open. It was Jones' second win in a row in the Open Championship, his fourth victory in a professional major, and his seventh overall major (pro and amateur combined, and including three wins in the U.S. Amateur).

It was also a much better result than Jones achieved in his first British Open played at St. Andrews: At the 1921 British Open, in his inaugural Old Course appearance, Jones picked up his ball and walked off the course in the middle of the third round. Jones made up with the Old Course in 1927, however, and St. Andreans embraced the American amateur, beginning a long love affair between Jones and St. Andrews.

The 1927 British Open is also notable as the first Open played by future 3-time winner Henry Cotton, who was 20 years old and finished ninth; and as the last Open cut made by 5-time winner J.H. Taylor, who was 56 years old.

Jones was the tournament's first back-to-back winner since James Braid in 1905-06. He also became just the second winner in tournament history to hold the lead after all four rounds. (Ted Ray was the first in 1912.) Jones' 285 total broke the previous tournament scoring record by six strokes. Jones' first-round 68 was the low round of the tournament.

1927 British Open Final Scores

a-Bobby Jones 68-72-73-72—285
Aubrey Boomer 76-70-73-72—291
Fred Robson 76-72-69-74—291
Joe Kirkwood Sr.72-72-75-74—293
Ernest Whitcombe 74-73-73-73—293
harles Whitcombe 74-76-71-75—296
Arthur Havers 80-74-73-70—297
Bert Hodson 72-70-81-74—297
Henry Cotton 73-72-77-76—298
Percy Alliss 73-74-73-80—300
Sandy Herd 76-75-78-71—300
a-Philip Perkins 76-78-70-76—300
Philip Rodgers 76-73-74-77—300
a-William Torrance 72-80-74-74—300
Roland Vickers 75-75-77-73—300
Tom Williamson 75-76-78-71—300
Jim Barnes 76-76-72-77—301
George Buckle 77-69-77-78—301
Charles Johns 74-78-73-76—301
Don Curtis 73-76-79-74—302
Jean Gassiat 76-77-73-76—302
Tom Stevens 76-73-74-79—302
Archie Compston 74-78-79-72—303
Len Holland 75-75-71-82—303
Henry Kinch 80-73-73-77—303
Jack Smith 81-73-73-76—303
Duncan McCulloch 74-77-78-75—304
Charles Gadd 74-74-78-79—305
Tom King Jr. 73-74-74-84—305
James Braid 75-77-76-78—306
Walter Kennett 78-75-75-78—306
Dan Murray 72-78-77-79—306
Ted Ray 78-73-77-78—306
a-William Tweddell 78-74-78-76—306
William Twine 75-78-78-75—306
Robert Ballantine 79-75-73-80—307
Harry Crapper 75-76-75-81—307
Albert Hallam 79-75-75-78—307
a-Robert Harris 74-75-82-76—307
James Scarth 76-76-79-76—307
John Sullivan 77-77-77-76—307
a-Cyril Tolley 77-73-77-80—307
Alfred Miles 74-76-82-76—308
Cedric Sayner 77-74-80-77—308
a-Reymond De Montgomery 74-75-77-83—309
Sam G. Bembridge 77-76-79-78—310
Tom Fernie 77-74-78-81—310
Arthur Lacey 76-78-78-78—310
J.H. Taylor 76-78-77-80—311
Peter Robertson 75-77-80-81—313
Tom Dobson 72-75-85-83—315
a-Leonard Nettlefold 71-81-85-81—318
Mark Seymour 73-81-84-80—318

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