1880 British Open Winner and Scores
Winner: Bob Ferguson, 162
Where it was played: Musselburgh Links in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland
Tournament dates: April 9, 1880
Leader after first round: Bob Ferguson and Peter Paxton, 81
Notable Notes: Bob Ferguson and Peter Paxton shared the lead following the morning 18 (two rounds over the 9-hole links), and they finished 1-2. But Ferguson pulled away from Paxton in the afternoon, winning by five. ... On his second hole of the tournament, Ferguson had to play off a road. His next shot struck a telegraph pole. An inauspicious beginning for a golfer who wound up winning three Opens in a row. ... The tournament featured a hole-in-one, which was even rarer in these days, by Andrew Kirkaldy during the third nine.
Final Scores
| Bob Ferguson | 81-81—162 |
| Peter Paxton | 84-83—167 |
| Ned Cosgrove | 82-86—168 |
| David Brown | 86-83—169 |
| George Paxton | 85-84—169 |
| Bob Pringle | 90-79—169 |
| Andrew Kirkaldy | 85-85—170 |
| Willie Brown | 87-84—171 |
| David Grant | 87-84—171 |
| Tom Morris Sr. | 87-88—175 |
| Tom Arundel | 86-93—179 |
| Thomas Brown | 90-89—179 |
| Willie Campbell | 88-91—179 |
| J. Foreman | 92-87—179 |
| Willie Park Sr. | 89-92—181 |
| Willie Park Jr. | 92-90—182 |
| David Corstorphine | 93-90—183 |
| George Strath | 87-96—183 |
| Ben Sayers | 91-93—184 |
| Mungo Park | 95-92—187 |
| A. Brown | 97-92—189 |
| Robert Drummond | 96-94—190 |
| William Thomson | 96-94—190 |
| James Beveridge | 94-97—191 |