1902 Open Championship

1902 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates	4–5 June 1902
Location	Hoylake, England
Course(s)	Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Statistics
Field	112 players, 45 after cut^[1]
Cut	168
Prize fund	£115
Winner's share	£50
Champion
Sandy Herd
307
«1901 1903»

Hoylake

Location in England

The 1902 Open Championship was the 42nd Open Championship, held 4–5 June at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England. Sandy Herd won the Championship, a stroke ahead of runners-up James Braid and Harry Vardon.

All entries played 36 holes on the first day with all those within 19 strokes of the leader making the cut and playing 36 holes on the final day, with the additional provision that the final day's field had to contain at least 32 professionals.

Vardon sliced his first two shots out of bounds at the 1st hole and took six, there being no penalty stroke for out of bounds at that time. However, he played the rest of the round so well that his score of 72 was four shots ahead of the second place Willie Fernie, the 1883 champion. Vardon again started badly in the afternoon but his 77 still gave him a four shot lead over Herd and Ted Ray. 45 players, including nine amateurs, made the cut on 168.

The next morning, Herd shot 73, four strokes better than anyone else. This gave him a three stroke lead over Vardon who had taken 80. Braid, J.H. Taylor and Tom Vardon were in third place, eight strokes behind Herd.

Herd started his final round well but took six at the 8th and 9th holes and then 5 at the short 11th. Another shot was dropped at the short 13th and he eventually finished in 81. Harry Vardon took six at the 3rd and 8th but then rallied and needed a four at the last to tie with Herd. However, he three putted to finish a shot behind. Braid was the final player with a change to match Herd. Reaching the turn in 40, the same as Herd, he need to come back in 33 to tie. He had a putt at the last to tie but missed to finish in a tie for second place with Vardon. The amateur Robert Maxwell matched Braid's 74 to finish in fourth place, the only player under 80 in all four rounds.

First day leaderboard

Wednesday, 4 June 1902

Place	Player	Country	Score
1	Harry Vardon	Jersey	72-77=149
T2	Sandy Herd	Scotland	77-76=153
T2	Ted Ray	Jersey	79-74=153
4	James Braid	Scotland	78-76=154
T5	Harold Hilton (a)	England	79-76=155
T5	Andrew Kirkaldy	Scotland	77-78=155
T7	Robert Maxwell (a)	Scotland	79-77=156
T7	Tom Vardon	Jersey	80-76=156
T9	Sidney Fry (a)	England	78-79=157
	Rowland Jones	England	79-78=157
	Peter Rainford	England	78-79=157
	Jack Rowe	England	79-78=157
	J.H. Taylor	England	81-76=157
	Jack White	Scotland	82-75=157

Final leaderboard

Source:^[2]

Thursday, 5 June 1902

Place	Player	Country	Score	Money
1	Sandy Herd	Scotland	77-76-73-81=307	£50
T2	James Braid	Scotland	78-76-80-74=308	£20
T2	Harry Vardon	Jersey	72-77-80-79=308	£20
4	Robert Maxwell (a)	Scotland	79-77-79-74=309	−
5	Tom Vardon	Jersey	80-76-78-79=313	£10
T6	Harold Hilton (a)	England	79-76-81-78=314	−
	James Kinnell	Scotland	78-80-79-77=314	£7 10s
	J.H. Taylor	England	81-76-77-80=314	£7 10s
9	Ted Ray	Jersey	79-74-85-80=318	0
T10	Andrew Kirkaldy	Scotland	77-78-83-82=320	0
T10	Arnaud Massy	France	77-81-78-84=320	0

References

↑ "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. p. 135. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
↑ Brenner, Morgan G. (2009). The Majors of Golf: Complete Results of the Open, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and the Masters, 1860-2008. 1. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3360-5.

External links

1902 Men's Major Golf Championships

U.S. Open The Open Championship

The Open Championship

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