1892 British Open Winner and Scores
Winner: Harold Hilton, 305
Where it was played: Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland
Tournament dates: Sept. 22-23, 1892
Leader after first round: Horace Hutchinson, 74
Leader after second round: Horace Hutchinson, 152
Leader after third round: John Ball, 229
Notable Notes: This was the first British Open played over 72 holes (36 holes on each of two days). ... Two years after John Ball became the first amateur winner of the Open, Harold "Hal" Hilton became the second. ... Hilton trailed Ball by two strokes after three rounds following a 72 in Round 3. ... After Ball, Sandy Herd and Hugh Kirkaldy all posted 308, Hilton was the last to finish and claimed a 3-stroke victory. ... This was the first British Open played at Muirfield, whose 18-hole, private links opened only nine months previous.
Final Scores
a-Harold Hilton | 78-81-72-74—305 |
a-John Ball | 75-80-74-79—308 |
Sandy Herd | 77-78-77-76—308 |
Hugh Kirkaldy | 77-83-73-75—308 |
James Kay | 82-78-74-78—312 |
Ben Sayers | 80-76-81-75—312 |
Willie Park Jr. | 78-77-80-80—315 |
Willie Fernie | 79-83-76-78—316 |
Archie Simpson | 81-81-76-79—317 |
a-Horace Hutchinson | 74-78-86-80—318 |
Jack White | 82-78-78-81—319 |
Tom Vardon | 83-75-80-82—320 |
a-Edward Blackwell | 81-82-82-76—321 |
Andrew Kirkaldy | 84-82-80-75—321 |
a-Samuel Mure Fergusson | 78-82-80-82—322 |
David Anderson Jr. | 76-82-79-87—324 |
a-Robert T. Boothby | 81-81-80-82—324 |
Ben Campbell | 86-83-79-76—324 |
a-F.A. Fairlie | 83-87-79-76—325 |
William McEwan | 79-83-84-79—325 |
W.D. More | 87-75-80-84—326 |
a-Garden Smith | 84-82-79-81—326 |
a-Freddie Tait | 81-83-84-78—326 |
David Brown | 77-82-84-85—328 |
George Douglas | 81-83-86-79—329 |
Douglas McEwan | 84-84-82-79—329 |
a-Ernly Blackwell | 79-81-84-86—330 |
a-Leslie Balfour Melville | 83-87-80-81—331 |
Jack Simpson | 84-78-82-87—331 |
Charlie Crawford | 79-85-85-84—333 |
David Grant | 85-82-84-83—334 |
Albert Tingey | 84-83-81-86—334 |
Willie Campbell | 87-84-84-80—335 |
a-David Leitch | 85-88-79-84—336 |
Walter Kirk | 87-82-84-84—337 |
a-J.M. Williamson | 88-82-82-85—337 |
Jack Ferguson | 86-86-83-83—338 |
a-L.S. Anderson | 93-85-81-81—340 |
a-Alexander Stuart | 87-84-84-85—340 |
James Martin | 93-80-85-86—344 |
a-J. McCulloch | 85-84-90-85—344 |
Joseph Dalgleish | 88-88-81-88—345 |
a-John LOW | 84-93-83-86—346 |
a-David Anderson | 92-88-80-87—347 |
a-E.M. Fitzjohn | 88-94-84-84—350 |
David Clark | 91-93-88-87—359 |
George Sayers | 89-94-87-89—359 |
a-A.H. Molesworth | 91-89-87-93—360 |
Tom Chisholm | 90-93-90-90—363 |
Tom Morris Sr. | 91-90-91-92—364 |
a-Ernest Lehmann | 100-86-91-90—367 |
Fred Fitzjohn | 105-95-83-89—372 |