1909 British Open Winner and Scores
The 1909 British Open was the 49th time this major was played.
Winner: J.H. Taylor, 295
Where it was played: Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club in Deal, England
Tournament dates: June 10-11, 1909
Leader after first round: Charles Johns, 72
Leader after second round: J.H. Taylor, 147
Leader after third round: J.H. Taylor, 221
Notable Notes: J.H. Taylor earned the fourth of his five total Open wins. ... He played three rounds of 74 and one of 73 to win by six strokes. ... James Braid and Tom Ball tied for second. Ball was also runner-up the previous year; Braid, also a five-time winner, finished second four times.
Final Scores
| J.H. Taylor | 74-73-74-74—295 |
| Tom Ball | 74-75-76-76—301 |
| James Braid | 79-75-73-74—301 |
| Charles Johns | 72-76-79-75—302 |
| Thomas Renouf | 76-78-76-73—303 |
| Ted Ray | 77-76-76-75—304 |
| William Horne | 77-78-77-74—306 |
| James Hepburn | 78-77-76-76—307 |
| Sandy Herd | 76-75-80-76—307 |
| a-Bertie Lassen | 82-74-74-78—308 |
| Bernard Nicholls | 78-76-77-77—308 |
| George Pulford | 81-76-76-75—308 |
| a-Robert Maxwell | 75-80-80-74—309 |
| Ernest Gaudin | 76-77-77-80—310 |
| Peter Rainford | 78-76-76-80—310 |
| George Cawsey | 79-76-78-78—311 |
| Ben Sayers Sr. | 79-77-79-77—312 |
| Robert Thomson | 81-79-75-77—312 |
| a-Cecil Hutchinson | 75-81-78-79—313 |
| Tom Vardon | 80-75-80-78—313 |
| Fred Collins | 81-78-75-80—314 |
| George Duncan | 77-82-80-75—314 |
| Ernest Foord | 77-80-81-76—314 |
| Michael Moran | 82-81-74-77—314 |
| Wilfred Reid | 77-83-78-76—314 |
| Albert Bellworthy | 76-84-78-78—316 |
| Arthur Butchart | 80-79-80-77—316 |
| John D. Edgar | 81-81-76-78—316 |
| Rowland Jones | 80-79-79-78—316 |
| Harry Vardon | 82-77-79-78—316 |
| James Batley | 79-83-79-76—317 |
| Jean Gassiat | 77-78-82-80—317 |
| Fred Robson | 79-78-77-83—317 |
| James Sherlock | 78-81-78-81—318 |
| Eddie Goodban | 78-81-83-77—319 |
| Arnaud Massy | 76-84-80-79—319 |
| C. Ralph Smith | 85-79-77-78—319 |
| James Kay | 79-78-82-81—320 |
| Alfred Matthews | 80-80-85-75—320 |
| James Soutar | 80-78-86-76—320 |
| Albert Tingey | 81-79-84-76—320 |
| Charles Mayo | 78-83-83-77—321 |
| a-R.E. Myddelton | 76-83-78-84—321 |
| George Cawkwell | 80-81-82-79—322 |
| Hugh McNeill | 75-87-77-83—322 |
| Charles Roberts | 80-81-79-82—322 |
| Arthur Reid | 83-80-79-81—323 |
| Phillip Gaudin | 79-83-77-85—324 |
| Percy Hills | 79-78-84-83—324 |
| Ben Sayers Jr. | 82-81-81-80—324 |
| Arthur Day | 82-81-84-78—325 |
| Robert Finch | 79-85-80-81—325 |
| Ernest Gray | 80-82-82-81—325 |
| Albert Hallam | 77-85-81-82—325 |
| William Hunter | 86-81-74-84—325 |
| John Park | 82-82-79-82—325 |
| B. Skoyles | 85-76-85-81—327 |
| J. Piper | 73-85-82-89—329 |
| a-R.W. Orr | 87-83-78-82—330 |
| Sidney Ball | 85-85-83-78—331 |
| H. Cheal | 84-85-85-82—336 |
| John McAndrew | 83-88-80-90—341 |
