1903 British Open
Recap and Scores for the 1903 British Open Golf Tournament
Harry Vardon won his fourth Open Championship at the 1903 British Open, beating his brother to do it.
Tom Vardon never won the British Open, but he was a talented golfer in his own right. Tom posted 10 Top 10 finishes in the Open, and his runner-up finish in 1903 was his best showing. Tom even outplayed Harry over the final 36 holes, shooting 149 to Harry's 150. But an 81 in the second round was too much for Tom to overcome, and in the end he finished six strokes behind his brother.
Jack White - who one year later won the 1904 British Open, and become the first golfer to post a lower score in each successive round - finished third.
At this point in his career, Harry Vardon had posted Open victories in 1896, 1898 and 1899, and had also won the 1900 U.S. Open. After this, he added two more Open titles (1911 and 1914).
Vardon held or shared the lead throughout the 1903 British Open, the second time he accomplished that feat. Today, Vardon remains the only golfer to record two wire-to-wire wins in a British Open.
1903 British Open Golf Tournament Scores
Results from the 1903 British Open golf tournament played at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland (a-amateur):
| Harry Vardon | 73-77-72-78--300 |
| Tom Vardon | 76-81-75-74--306 |
| Jack White | 77-78-74-79--308 |
| Sandy Herd | 73-83-76-77--309 |
| James Braid | 77-79-79-75--310 |
| Andrew Scott | 77-77-83-77--314 |
| Robert Thomson | 83-78-77-76--314 |
| William Leaver | 79-79-77-80--315 |
| George Cawsey | 80-78-76-82--316 |
| J.H. Taylor | 80-82-78-76--316 |
| Andrew Kirkaldy | 82-79-78-78--317 |
| Tom Williamson | 76-80-79-82--317 |
| William Hunter | 81-74-79-84--318 |
| a-Robert Maxwell | 82-84-76-76--318 |
| Ernest Gray | 77-83-79-80--319 |
| James Kinnell | 78-86-76-79--319 |
| Willie Park Jr. | 78-86-80-75--319 |
| Albert Bellworthy | 80-86-77-77--320 |
| David Kinnell | 82-78-80-80--320 |
| George Pulford | 79-86-79-76--320 |
| Alfred Toogood | 86-77-80-77--320 |
| John Hunter | 77-79-84-81--321 |
| Ben Sayers | 79-84-80-78--321 |
| Ted Ray | 90-78-80-75--323 |
| Willie Fernie | 78-81-76-89--324 |
| James Hepburn | 78-82-87-77--324 |
| a-Harold Hilton | 81-79-83-81--324 |
| Rowland Jones | 82-82-81-79--324 |
| John Milne | 81-86-79-78--324 |
| George Coburn | 81-82-75-87--325 |
| John H. Oke | 80-81-81-83--325 |
| Archie Simpson | 79-85-80-81--325 |
| a-Robert Andrew | 78-85-79-84--326 |
| Ernest Foord | 80-84-81-82--327 |
| James Kay | 86-82-80-79--327 |
| Peter Rainford | 82-83-78-84--327 |
| a-J.A. Donaldson | 83-84-81-80--328 |
| a-John E. Laidlay | 81-88-81-78--328 |
| Frank Larke | 82-87-78-81--328 |
| Alfred Lewis | 80-82-81-85--328 |
| Arnaud Massy | 81-84-77-86--328 |
| John W. Taylor | 80-82-82-84--328 |
| Tom Yeoman | 81-86-83-78--328 |
| Harry Cawsey | 80-88-80-81--329 |
| Willie Auchterlonie | 83-84-79-84--330 |
| Fred Collins | 84-82-85-79--330 |
| Joseph Parr | 81-84-80-85--330 |
| William McEwan | 85-78-88-80--331 |
| a-R.W. Orr | 79-90-82-82--333 |
| a-James Robb | 83-80-85-85--333 |
| James Batley | 79-87-83-85--334 |
| Laurence Gourlay | 82-85-83-84--334 |
| Charles Neaves | 86-81-79-89--335 |
| Wilfred Reid | 81-86-84-84--335 |
| Alfred Beck | 83-85-89-86--343 |
| John Hill | 85-84-88-87--344 |
| George Cassidy | 85-84-86-90--345 |
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