| 1895 British Open | |
J.H. Taylor won the British Open five times. The 1895 Open Championship was the second of those five, and his second straight.
Sandy Herd had a 5-stroke lead over Taylor at the end of Day 1 (36 holes). In the second round, Herd carded 77 and Taylor 78; those were the first sub-80 rounds recorded in a British Open at St. Andrews.
In the third round, Taylor shaved two strokes off Herd's lead, which left Taylor three behind starting the final round. But in strong wind and rain, Taylor shot another 78 in the final round, the best score of the final 18 by four strokes, to pass by Herd and claim the Claret Jug.
Tom Morris Sr. - better known today as Old Tom Morris - finished last among golfers who completed all four rounds. Of course, Old Tom was 74 years old in 1895. He played in one more British Open after this, but the 1895 Open stands as his final appearance in an Open played at St. Andrews.
1895 British Open Scores
Results from the 1895 British Open golf tournament played on The Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland (a-amateur):
| J.H. Taylor | 86-78-80-78--322 |
| Sandy Herd | 82-77-82-85--326 |
| Andrew Kirkaldy | 81-83-84-84--332 |
| George Pulford | 84-81-83-86--334 |
| Archie Simpson | 88-85-78-85--336 |
| David Anderson Jr. | 86-83-84-84--337 |
| David Brown | 81-89-83-84--337 |
| Willie Fernie | 86-79-86-86--337 |
| Ben Sayers | 84-87-85-82--338 |
| Alfred Toogood | 85-84-83-86--338 |
| Harry Vardon | 80-85-85-88--338 |
| Tom Vardon | 82-83-84-89--338 |
| Laurie Auchterlonie | 84-84-85-87--340 |
| a-James Robb | 89-88-81-82--340 |
| Hugh Kirkaldy | 87-87-83-84--341 |
| a-Freddie Tait | 87-86-82-86--341 |
| a-John E. Laidlay | 91-83-82-86--342 |
| a-John Ball | 85-85-88-86--344 |
| Laurie Waters | 86-83-85-90--344 |
| David Herd | 85-85-84-91--345 |
| Albert Tingey | 83-88-87-88--346 |
| Jack White | 88-86-85-87--346 |
| James Kinnell | 84-83-88-92--347 |
| Jack Ross | 87-84-89-88--348 |
| James Kay | 88-85-92-86--351 |
| David McEwan | 85-90-90-86--351 |
| Willie Aveston | 89-86-89-89--353 |
| Alexander Ross | 92-85-88-88--353 |
| Walter Toogood | 87-91-88-87--353 |
| Willie Auchterlonie | 91-84-90-89--354 |
| Henry Turpie | 90-85-84-95--354 |
| Bob Mearns | 88-88-85-94--355 |
| a-Alexander Stuart | 86-88-88-94--356 |
| a-Charles Hutchings | 90-89-92-88--359 |
| Charles Smith | 88-87-90-94--359 |
| a-John Low | 92-86-88-94--360 |
| John Forrest | 91-85-91-95--362 |
| John Hunter | 95-88-87-92--362 |
| John Cuthbert | 90-90-93-91--364 |
| a-Samuel Mure Fergusson | 97-89-90-88--364 |
| Andrew Scott | 94-84-93-93--364 |
| John Duncan | 94-89-92-91--366 |
| William Anderson | 91-90-95-95--371 |
| *J. Tabor | 99-93-91-91--374 |
| P.C. Livingston | 97-86-95-97--375 |
| Old Tom Morris | 107-92-96-97--392 |
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