1926 British Open Winner and Scores
Winner: Bobby Jones, 291
Where it was played: Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club in Lytham & St. Annes, England
Tournament dates: June 23-25, 1926
Leader after first round: Walter Hagen, 68
Leader after second round: Bobby Jones and Bill Mehlhorn, 144
Leader after third round: Al Watrous, 215
Notable Notes: After Walter Hagen opened with a 68, it appeared a Hagen-Bobby Jones duel might develop. But Jones pulled slightly ahead of Hagen each round thereafter, and wound up beating The Haig, who finished third, by four strokes. ... It was the first of three Open wins for Jones. ... Third-round leader Al Watrous led Jones by two entering the final round. But Watrous scored 78 in Round 4 to Jones' 74. ... Harry Vardon, age 56, missed the cut in an Open for the first time. ... This was the first Open at which spectators were charged an admission fee.
Final Scores
| a-Bobby Jones | 72-72-73-74—291 |
| Al Watrous | 71-75-69-78—293 |
| Walter Hagen | 68-77-74-76—295 |
| a-George Von Elm | 75-72-76-72—295 |
| Thomas Barber | 77-73-78-71—299 |
| Abe Mitchell | 78-78-72-71—299 |
| Fred McLeod | 71-75-76-79—301 |
| Emmett French | 76-75-74-78—303 |
| Jose Jurado | 77-76-74-76—303 |
| Bill Mehlhorn | 70-74-79-80—303 |
| Herbert Gaudin | 78-78-71-77—304 |
| J.H. Taylor | 75-78-71-80—304 |
| Tommy Armour | 74-76-75-80—305 |
| a-Lister Hartley | 77-74-79-76—306 |
| Harry Walker | 74-77-78-77—306 |
| Reg Whitcombe | 73-82-76-75—306 |
| Tom Williamson | 78-76-76-76—306 |
| Jim Barnes | 77-80-72-78—307 |
| Fred Robson | 79-76-77-75—307 |
| Cyril Walker | 79-71-80-77—307 |
| George Duncan | 75-79-80-74—308 |
| Sandy Herd | 81-76-75-76—308 |
| Herbert Jolly | 79-76-79-75—309 |
| Edward Douglas | 79-78-75-78—310 |
| George Gadd | 80-71-78-81—310 |
| Joe Kirkwood | 81-76-78-75—310 |
| Charles Whitcombe | 79-78-75-78—310 |
| James Braid | 82-75-75-79—311 |
| Arthur Havers | 75-76-82-78—311 |
| Frederick Boobyer | 79-79-80-74—312 |
| Charles Corlett | 77-80-76-79—312 |
| Jean Gassiat | 78-78-79-77—312 |
| James McDowall | 75-82-75-80—312 |
| Ted Ray | 78-80-74-80—312 |
| Jack Smith | 78-80-76-79—313 |
| William H. Davies | 76-81-78-79—314 |
| Antonio Perez | 76-75-81-82—314 |
| James Sherlock | 76-76-77-85—314 |
| Bob Bradbeer | 83-74-76-82—315 |
| Charles Johns | 81-75-81-78—315 |
| James Ockenden | 79-76-80-80—315 |
| Thomas Howard | 79-79-76-82—316 |
| Michael Daragon | 77-76-83-81—317 |
| Harry Kidd | 78-78-82-79—317 |
| James Bradbeer | 75-79-83-81—318 |
| Arthur Young | 79-78-85-76—318 |
| Harry Ball | 77-78-78-87—320 |
| Sidney Ball | 75-82-81-82—320 |
| Cedric Sayner | 80-77-82-81—320 |
| Dick Wheildon | 78-78-81-84—321 |
| Bert Weastell | 79-79-82-83—323 |
| John Sullivan | 78-78-83-89—328 |