1931 British Open Winner and Scores
The 1931 British Open was the 66th time this major was played.
Winner: Tommy Armour, 296
Where it was played: Carnoustie Golf Links in Carnoustie, Scotland
Tournament dates: June 3-5, 1931
Leader after first round: Henry Cotton, Johnny Farrell and Bill Twine, 72
Leader after second round: Henry Cotton and Jose Jurado, 147
Leader after third round: Jose Jurado, 220
Notable Notes: Tommy Armour trailed third-round leader Jose Jurado by five strokes entering the final round. But Armour outplayed the Argentine 71 to 77 in Round 4 to win by one. ... This was the first Open played at Carnoustie. The links has always had a reputation for being tough, and at this Open nobody broke 70. ... This was the last of Armour's three career wins in majors.
Final Scores
| Tommy Armour | 73-75-77-71—296 |
| Jose Jurado | 76-71-73-77—297 |
| Percy Alliss | 74-78-73-73—298 |
| Gene Sarazen | 74-76-75-73—298 |
| Johnny Farrell | 72-77-75-75—299 |
| Macdonald Smith | 75-77-71-76—299 |
| Marcos Churio | 76-75-78-71—300 |
| William H. Davies | 76-78-71-75—300 |
| Arthur Lacey | 74-80-74-73—301 |
| Henry Cotton | 72-75-79-76—302 |
| Arthur Havers | 75-76-72-79—302 |
| Gus Faulkner | 77-76-76-74—303 |
| Tomas Genta | 75-78-75-75—303 |
| Abe Mitchell | 77-74-77-75—303 |
| Horton Smith | 77-79-75-72—303 |
| Tom Williamson | 77-76-73-77—303 |
| Marcel Dallemagne | 74-77-78-75—304 |
| Willie Hunter | 76-75-74-79—304 |
| William Oke | 74-80-75-75—304 |
| Reg Whitcombe | 75-78-71-80—304 |
| Aubrey Boomer | 76-77-80-73—306 |
| Fred Robson | 80-76-76-74—306 |
| Len Holland | 80-74-78-75—307 |
| Mark Seymour | 80-79-75-73—307 |
| Ernest Whitcombe | 79-76-76-76—307 |
| Bert Hodson | 77-76-78-77—308 |
| Joe Kirkwood | 75-75-77-81—308 |
| William Twine | 72-78-79-79—308 |
| Archie Compston | 77-76-75-81—309 |
| Ernest Kenyon | 75-78-78-78—309 |
| Duncan McCulloch | 76-78-77-78—309 |
| William McMinn | 78-78-79-74—309 |
| Philip Rodgers | 77-74-78-80—309 |
| Charles Whitcombe | 80-76-75-78—309 |
| Sydney Fairweather | 77-77-75-81—310 |
| Cecil Denny | 75-79-80-78—312 |
| George Duncan | 78-79-79-76—312 |
| Albert Isherwood | 77-79-79-77—312 |
| a-Eric MvRuvie | 75-83-79-75—312 |
| Auguste Boyer | 78-80-78-77—313 |
| Keith Dalby | 83-72-81-77—313 |
| Syd Easterbrook | 78-79-82-74—313 |
| a-Lister Hartley | 79-79-74-81—313 |
| James McDowall | 77-77-76-83—313 |
| Alf Padgham | 77-81-77-78—313 |
| Alf Perry | 77-74-82-81—314 |
| William Large | 74-84-81-76—315 |
| Cedric Sayner | 80-78-77-80—315 |
| Rufus Stewart | 76-83-76-80—315 |
| Ernest Cawsey | 77-76-82-81—316 |
| Hector Freccero | 80-77-83-76—316 |
| Harry Large | 78-80-75-83—316 |
| John Burton | 79-80-79-79—317 |
| Charles Gadd | 78-81-78-80—317 |
| Arthur Young | 77-82-78-80—317 |
| Fred Taggart | 76-81-81-80—318 |
| a-John T. Bookless | 79-80-78-82—319 |
| a-Cyril Burge | 77-79-84-79—319 |
| a-William Sutton | 80-79-79-82—320 |
| a-Rex Hartley | 80-79-79-83—321 |
| Jock Henderson | 79-78-81-83—321 |
| Jack Seager | 84-74-81-82—321 |
| Owen Sanderson | 84-75-81-82—322 |
| a-Cowen Shankland | 77-81-80-84—322 |
| a-William Tulloch | 76-81-83-82—322 |
| Albert S. Tingey Jr. | 79-79-86-84—328 |
