1908 British Open Winner and Scores
The 1908 British Open was the 48th time this major was played and it included a couple scoring records.
Winner: James Braid, 291
Where it was played: Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Tournament dates: June 18-19, 1908
Leader after first round: Ernest Gray, 68
Leader after second round: James Braid, 142
Leader after third round: James Braid, 219
Notable Notes: Ernest Gray tied the Open tournament scoring record of 68 in the first round, but James Braid was only two behind. ... Braid seized the lead after Round 2 with a 72 to Gray's 79, and Gray afterward fell out of the picture. ... Braid, however, just kept going, leading by six following Round 3 and winning by eight. His final total of 291 lowered the previous scoring record of 296 set by Jack White in 1904.
Final Scores
James Braid | 70-72-77-72—291 |
Tom Ball | 76-73-76-74—299 |
Ted Ray | 79-71-75-76—301 |
Sandy Herd | 74-74-79-75—302 |
David Kinnell | 75-73-80-78—306 |
Harry Vardon | 79-78-74-75—306 |
Tom Simpson | 75-77-76-79—307 |
J.H. Taylor | 79-77-76-75—307 |
Phillip Gaudin | 77-76-75-80—308 |
Arnaud Massy | 76-75-76-81—308 |
James Edmundson | 80-72-76-82—310 |
Tom Watt | 81-73-78-78—310 |
a-John Ball Jr. | 74-78-78-81—311 |
Fred Collins | 78-77-77-79—311 |
Ernest Gray | 68-79-83-81—311 |
William Leaver | 79-79-75-78—311 |
Tom Vardon | 77-79-76-79—311 |
George Duncan | 79-77-80-76—312 |
a-John Graham Jr. | 76-82-76-78—312 |
George Pulford | 81-77-74-80—312 |
Fred Robson | 72-79-83-78—312 |
Alfred Toogood | 82-76-77-77—312 |
Walter Toogood | 80-75-78-79—312 |
George Coburn | 77-79-77-81—314 |
James Hepburn | 80-79-79-76—314 |
Rowland Jones | 75-77-83-79—314 |
a-Robert Andrew | 83-78-77-77—315 |
Willie Aveston | 77-77-79-83—316 |
Thomas Renouf | 78-78-83-77—316 |
Charles Mayo | 83-79-80-75—317 |
Ben Sayers Sr. | 74-76-84-83—317 |
Albert Tingey | 76-82-79-80—317 |
Charles Roberts | 81-79-83-75—318 |
Percy Wyatt | 83-77-85-74—319 |
Wilfred Reid | 79-81-83-77—320 |
Tom Williamson | 81-75-82-82—320 |
James Donaldson | 78-78-84-81—321 |
James Sherlock | 81-79-79-82—321 |
Robert Thomson | 78-78-86-80—322 |
John Park | 78-84-80-81—323 |
George Cawsey | 80-80-80-84—324 |
George Charles | 82-83-81-79—325 |
William McEwan | 76-83-86-80—325 |
Charles Pope | 85-79-84-77—325 |
George Daniel | 81-81-82-82—326 |
David Grant | 78-83-85-81—327 |
a-Cecil Hutchison | 83-81-82-81—327 |
Ben Sayers Jr. | 81-82-79-85—327 |
Reginald Wilson | 77-85-82-83—327 |
C. Ralph Smith | 81-80-85-82—328 |
David Adams | 81-79-84-85—329 |
James Bradbeer | 78-81-83-87—329 |
a-J. Thomson | 85-84-79-81—329 |
Bertie Snowball | 85-84-80-82—331 |
Alfred Lewis | 82-83-86-81—332 |
James Kay | 89-80-81-83—333 |
Arthur Grant | 85-83-79-88—335 |
a-C.A. Hutchison | 78-90-83-85—336 |
William Mackie | 81-80-85-90—336 |
Charles Corlett | 85-87-83-83—338 |
H. Naylor | 90-85-92-86—353 |