1895 British Open Winner and Scores
Winner: J.H. Taylor, 322
Where it was played: The Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland
Tournament dates: June 12-13, 1895
Leader after first round: Harry Vardon, 80
Leader after second round: Sandy Herd, 159
Leader after third round: Sandy Herd, 241
What Happened in the 1895 Open Championship
J.H. Taylor won the British Open five times. The 1895 Open Championship was the second of those five, and his second successive.This was the first Open Championship at St. Andrews to be contested over two days and 72 holes; previous Opens at St. Andrews were one-day, 36-hole tournaments. And Taylor was the first Englishman to win an Open at St. Andrews — previous winners at the Old Course were all Scots.
Sandy Herd had a 5-stroke lead over Taylor at the end of Day 1 (36 holes). In the second round, Herd carded 77 and Taylor 78. Those were the first sub-80 rounds recorded in an Open at St. Andrews.
In the third round, Taylor shaved two strokes off Herd's lead, which left Taylor three behind starting the final round. But in strong wind and rain, Taylor shot another 78 in the final round, easily the best score of the final 18 (nobody else went lower than 82), to pass by Herd and claim the Claret Jug.
This was the second of four career runner-up finishes by Herd in the Open, the fourth not coming until 1920. But Herd was also a winner at the 1902 British Open.
Tom Morris Sr. — better known today as Old Tom Morris — finished last among golfers who completed all four rounds. Of course, Old Tom was 74 years old in 1895. He played in one more Open after this, but the 1895 Open stands as his final appearance in an Open played at St. Andrews.
1895 British Open Final Scores
| J.H. Taylor | 86-78-80-78—322 |
| Sandy Herd | 82-77-82-85—326 |
| Andrew Kirkaldy | 81-83-84-84—332 |
| George Pulford | 84-81-83-86—334 |
| Archie Simpson | 88-85-78-85—336 |
| David Anderson Jr. | 86-83-84-84—337 |
| David Brown | 81-89-83-84—337 |
| Willie Fernie | 86-79-86-86—337 |
| Ben Sayers | 84-87-85-82—338 |
| Alfred Toogood | 85-84-83-86—338 |
| Harry Vardon | 80-85-85-88—338 |
| Tom Vardon | 82-83-84-89—338 |
| Laurie Auchterlonie | 84-84-85-87—340 |
| a-James Robb | 89-88-81-82—340 |
| Hugh Kirkaldy | 87-87-83-84—341 |
| a-Freddie Tait | 87-86-82-86—341 |
| a-John E. Laidlay | 91-83-82-86—342 |
| a-John Ball | 85-85-88-86—344 |
| Laurie Waters | 86-83-85-90—344 |
| David Herd | 85-85-84-91—345 |
| Albert Tingey | 83-88-87-88—346 |
| Jack White | 88-86-85-87—346 |
| James Kinnell | 84-83-88-92—347 |
| Jack Ross | 87-84-89-88—348 |
| James Kay | 88-85-92-86—351 |
| David McEwan | 85-90-90-86—351 |
| Willie Aveston | 89-86-89-89—353 |
| Alexander Ross | 92-85-88-88—353 |
| Walter Toogood | 87-91-88-87—353 |
| Willie Auchterlonie | 91-84-90-89—354 |
| Henry Turpie | 90-85-84-95—354 |
| Bob Mearns | 88-88-85-94—355 |
| a-Alexander Stuart | 86-88-88-94—356 |
| a-Charles Hutchings | 90-89-92-88—359 |
| Charles Smith | 88-87-90-94—359 |
| a-John Low | 92-86-88-94—360 |
| John Forrest | 91-85-91-95—362 |
| John Hunter | 95-88-87-92—362 |
| John Cuthbert | 90-90-93-91—364 |
| a-Samuel Mure Fergusson | 97-89-90-88—364 |
| Andrew Scott | 94-84-93-93—364 |
| John Duncan | 94-89-92-91—366 |
| William Anderson | 91-90-95-95—371 |
| J. Tabor | 99-93-91-91—374 |
| P.C. Livingston | 97-86-95-97—375 |
| Old Tom Morris | 107-92-96-97—392 |
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