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1909 Open Championship

Field	Value
name	1909 Open Championship
dates	10–11 June 1909
location	Deal, Kent, England
course	Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club
yardage	6581 yd
field	69 players
(204 entered qualifying)
cut	none
purse	£115
winners_share	£50
champion	ENG J.H. Taylor
score	295
previous	[1908](1908-open-championship)
next	[1910](1910-open-championship)

(204 entered qualifying) |UK England The 1909 Open Championship was the 49th Open Championship, held 10–11 June at Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club in Deal, Kent, England. J.H. Taylor won the Championship for the fourth time, six strokes ahead of runners-up Tom Ball and James Braid. Royal Cinque Ports had been added as the sixth course on the Open rota at a meeting in November 1907 at which meeting it was decided it would host in 1909. The meeting also agreed that the Championship was to be played in England and Scotland alternately.

Qualifying took place over 36 holes on Tuesday and Wednesday, 8–9 June.

Charles Johns opened at 72 and led after the first round on Thursday morning, with J. Piper second on 73 and Taylor and Ball a stroke behind. Taylor had the best score in the afternoon and led after the first day on 147, a stroke ahead of Johns, with Ball back on 149 and Sandy Herd on 151; Piper faded badly with an 85 for 157.

On Friday morning, Taylor scored 74, only bettered by a 73 by Braid. Taylor's lead over Ball was extended to four with Braid and Johns a further two behind. In the afternoon, Taylor had another steady round of 74 for 295. After eight holes, Ball was two better than Taylor at the same point but he eventually finished six shots behind Taylor on 301, tied with Braid with Johns a further stroke behind.

Cinque Ports was scheduled to host again in 1915, but World War I intervened; it was the site of the first Open after the war, in 1920.

Course

Main article: Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	330	376	476	150	475	282	383	136	454	3,062	367	441	471	431	195	417	483	372	414	3,591	6,653

Hole	Yards	Hole	Yards
1	318		10
2	376	11	473
3	476	12	162
4	150	13	400
5	475	14	195
6	282	15	417
7	383	16	483
8	480	17	372
9	350	18	414
Out	3,290	In	3,291
Source:	Total	6,581

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 10 June 1909 (morning)

Place	Player	Score
1	ENG Charles Johns	72
2	ENG James Piper	73
T3	ENG Tom Ball	74
ENG J.H. Taylor
T5	SCO Cecil Hutchison (a)	75
SCO Robert Maxwell (a)
IRE Hugh McNeill
T8	ENG Albert Bellworthy	76
JEY Ernest Gaudin
SCO Sandy Herd
FRA Arnaud Massy
WAL Robert Myddelton (a)
JEY Thomas Renouf

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Second round

Thursday, 10 June 1909 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score
1	ENG J.H. Taylor	74-73=147
2	ENG Charles Johns	72-76=148
3	ENG Tom Ball	74-75=149
4	SCO Sandy Herd	76-75=151
T5	JEY Ernest Gaudin	76-77=153
JEY Ted Ray	77-76=153
T7	SCO James Braid	79-75=154
ENG Bernard Nicholls	78-76=154
ENG Peter Rainford	78-76=154
JEY Thomas Renouf	76-78=154

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Third round

Friday, 11 June 1909 (morning)

Place	Player	Score
1	ENG J.H. Taylor	74-73-74=221
2	ENG Tom Ball	74-75-76=225
T3	SCO James Braid	79-75-73=227
ENG Charles Johns	72-76-79=227
5	Jersey Ted Ray	77-76-76=229
T6	JEY Ernest Gaudin	76-77-77=230
ENG Edward Lassen (a)	82-74-74=230
ENG Peter Rainford	78-76-76=230
JEY Thomas Renouf	76-78-76=230
T10	SCO James Hepburn	78-77-76=231
SCO Sandy Herd	76-75-80=231
ENG Bernard Nicholls	78-76-77=231

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Final round

Friday, 11 June 1909 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score	Money (£)
1	ENG J.H. Taylor	74-73-74-74=295	50
T2	ENG Tom Ball	74-75-76-76=301	20
SCO James Braid	79-75-73-74=301
4	ENG Charles Johns	72-76-79-75=302	10
5	JEY Thomas Renouf	76-78-76-73=303	7
10s
6	JEY Ted Ray	77-76-76-75=304
7	ENG William Horne	77-78-77-74=306	0
T8	SCO James Hepburn	78-77-76-76=307
SCO Sandy Herd	76-75-80-76=307
T10	ENG Edward Lassen (a)	82-74-74-78=308
ENG Bernard Nicholls	78-76-77-77=308
ENG George Pulford	81-76-76-75=308

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References

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(2011). "Media guide". The Open Championship.
(12 June 1909). "Professionals at Deal: Taylor's fourth championship". Glasgow Herald.
(18 November 1907). "The Open Championship: third English course adopted". Glasgow Herald.
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(10 June 1909). "The Open Championship". The Times.
(10 June 1909). "The Open Championship: End of qualifying stage". Glasgow Herald.
(11 June 1909). "The Open Championship: First and second rounds". Glasgow Herald.
(8 June 1909). "The Open Championship: Practice play at Deal". Glasgow Herald.
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". McFarland.

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