1909 British Open Winner and Scores

The 1909 British Open was the 49th time this major was played. It was also the fourth time that the Open was won by J.H. Taylor.

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

What Happened at the 1909 Open Championship

J.H. Taylor won the 1909 British Open by six strokes, earning the Claret Jug for the fourth time.

But his showing here also was the last year of an impressive streak: From 1893-1909 — 17 consecutive years — Taylor finished inside the Top 10 in the Open Championship. That streak ended in 1910 when he was 14th. After that, though, Taylor added six more Top 10s, the last in 1925, and had one more victory at the 1913 British Open.

James Braid (the defending champ) and Tom Ball tied for second place. This was one of four times Braid, himself a 5-time winner of the Open, was runner-up. For Ball, it was the second straight year he finished second.

Taylor was the 36-hole leader by one stroke, then shot 74 in the third round to extend his lead to four. Another 74 in the final round produced the final margin of six shots. The lowest round of the tournament was a 72 scored in the first round by Charles Johns, who finished fourth.

The host course in 1909 was Royal Cinque Ports in Deal, Kent, England, a course that is adjacent to the (today) better-known Royal St. George's. The 1909 Open was the first of two played at Royal Cinque Ports; the last time the course was the Open site was at the 1920 British Open.

1909 British Open 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

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Sources:
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Brenner, Morgan. The Majors of Golf, Volume 1, 2009, McFarland and Company.
Glasgow Herald. "Professionals at Deal, Taylor's fourth championship," June 12, 1909, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g89AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XqYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3750%2C4856899
TheOpen.com. "1909 / Royal Cinque Ports," The R&A, https://www.theopen.com/previous-opens/49th-open-royal-cinque-ports-1909