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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