1939 British Open Winner and Scores

The 1939 British Open was the 74th time this major was played — and the last time until 1946 due to World War II.

Winner: Dick Burton, 290

Where it was played: The Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland

Tournament dates: July 5-7, 1939

Leader after first round: Dick Burton, Harry Busson, Max Faulkner and Bobby Locke, 70

Leader after second round: Dick Burton, 142

Leader after third round: John Fallon, 215

Notable Notes: A 77 in the third round knocked second-round leader Dick Burton four shots down the leaderboard. But in the final round he rebounded with a 71 on another day of high scoring to win by two strokes from runner-up Johnny Bulla. ... After this, and with the outbreak of World War II, the Open did not return until 1946. ... This was Burton's lone major championship win.

Final Scores

Dick Burton	70-72-77-71—290
Johnny Bulla	77-71-71-73—292
John Fallon	71-73-71-79—294
Sam King	74-72-75-73—294
Alf Perry	71-74-73-76—294
Bill Shankland	72-73-72-77—294
Reg Whitcombe	71-75-74-74—294
Martin Pose	71-72-76-76—295
Percy Alliss	75-73-74-74—296
Ernest Kenyon	73-75-74-74—296
Bobby Locke	70-75-76-75—296
Dai Rees	71-74-75-77—297
Jimmy Adams	73-74-75-76—298
Enrique Bertolino	73-75-75-75—298
a-Jimmy Bruen Jr.	72-75-75-76—298
Henry Cotton	74-72-76-76—298
William Anderson	73-74-77-75—299
Emilio Serra	77-72-73-77—299
W.H. Green	75-75-72-78—300
William H. Davies	71-79-74-77—301
Syd Easterbrook	74-71-80-76—301
a-Alex Kyle	74-76-75-76—301
a-Leonard Crawley	72-76-80-74—302
Max Faulkner	70-76-76-80—302
James Busson Jr.	70-75-81-77—303
Laurie Ayton Jr.	72-77-78-77—304
William Collins	75-74-79-76—304
Fred Taggart	73-77-76-78—304
Aurelio Castanon	77-73-80-75—305
Laurie Ayton Sr.	76-72-82-76—306
Charlie Ward	71-74-78-83—306
John Busson	79-70-81-77—307
a-Andrew Dowie	76-74-81-77—308
a-Bob Sweeny Jr.	74-75-80-79—308