| 1911 British Open | |
Harry Vardon, with four previous wins in the Open Championship, and one-time Open champion Arnaud Massy, met in a playoff for the 1911 British Open title. And it was Vardon who emerged as champion.
The Top 7 finishers were all past or future Open Champions: Sandy Herd and amateur Harold Hilton, both winners, tied for third; Vardon's Great Triumvirate mates James Braid and J.H. Taylor shared fifth place, along with future winner Ted Ray.
The playoff between Vardon and Massy was scheduled for 36-holes, but it only went 35. That's because after Vardon holed out on the 35th hole - with a 5-stroke lead and Massy yet to finish the hole - Massy, the R&A reports, picked up his ball and conceded the playoff to Vardon.
1911 British Open Golf Tournament Scores
Results from the 1911 British Open golf tournament played at Royal St. George's Golf Club in Sandwich, England (x-won playoff; a-amateur):
| x-Harry Vardon | 74-74-75-80--303 |
| Arnaud Massy | 75-78-74-76--303 |
| Sandy Herd | 77-73-76-78--304 |
| a-Harold Hilton | 76-74-78-76--304 |
| James Braid | 78-75-74-78--305 |
| Ted Ray | 76-72-79-78--305 |
| J.H. Taylor | 72-76-78-79--305 |
| George Duncan | 73-71-83-79--306 |
| Laurie Ayton | 75-77-77-78--307 |
| James Hepburn | 74-77-83-75--309 |
| Fred Robson | 78-74-79-78--309 |
| Fred Collins | 77-76-83-74--310 |
| J. Piper | 78-79-80-74--311 |
| Thomas Renouf | 75-76-79-81--311 |
| Tom Ball | 76-77-79-80--312 |
| Rowland Jones | 80-76-85-72--313 |
| Charles Mayo | 78-78-79-78--313 |
| Wilfred Reid | 78-79-80-76--313 |
| James Sherlock | 73-80-76-84--313 |
| a-Herbert Taylor | 83-73-76-81--313 |
| a-Edward Blackwell | 71-81-82-80--314 |
| Michael Moran | 72-78-83-81--314 |
| William Watt | 76-80-79-79--314 |
| Ernest C. Jones | 77-82-81-75--315 |
| a-Leicester B. Stevens | 79-83-77-76--315 |
| Josh Taylor | 79-81-80-75--315 |
| a-Robert Harris | 77-80-76-83--316 |
| Fred Leach | 75-79-87-75--316 |
| Tom Fernie | 80-78-76-83--317 |
| John Johnstone | 82-79-78-78--317 |
| Anthony Kettley | 79-77-81-80--317 |
| James Ockenden | 75-78-81-83--317 |
| Robert Thomson | 77-76-85-79--317 |
| Sidney Ball | 82-76-85-75--318 |
| Ernest Whitcombe | 77-85-80-76--318 |
| Eddie Goodban | 81-81-78-79--319 |
| Walter Hambleton | 83-78-78-80--319 |
| Len Holland | 81-81-77-80--319 |
| William Horne | 74-76-84-85--319 |
| Jack Rowe | 74-80-81-84--319 |
| a-Lionel Munn | 78-76-83-83--320 |
| a-Michael Scott | 78-80-81-81--320 |
| Harry Ball | 81-79-84-77--321 |
| Stephen Guard | 83-75-81-82--321 |
| Charles Johns | 79-79-83-80--321 |
| a-H.W. Beveridge | 75-79-83-85--322 |
| Horace Fulford | 75-83-81-83--322 |
| a-Angus Hambro | 81-77-84-80--322 |
| J.D. Edgar | 80-82-83-78--323 |
| a-Chick Evans | 78-78-78-89--323 |
| Frank Larke | 82-80-81-80--323 |
| Phillip Gaudin | 77-84-82-81--324 |
| a-S.G. James | 80-82-83-79--324 |
| Jean Gassiat | 80-82-79-84--325 |
| Thomas Simpson | 80-82-83-80--325 |
| James Souter | 86-76-81-82--325 |
| a-F.C. Carr | 82-79-81-84--326 |
| Arthur Grant | 82-80-83-81--326 |
| Albert Hallam | 77-83-81-85--326 |
| Ernest Risebro | 82-80-86-78--326 |
| George Tuck | 77-78-85-86--326 |
| Percy Hills | 80-77-89-81--327 |
| Cyril Hughes | 84-78-83-83--328 |
| a-E.A. Lassen | 81-79-85-85--330 |
| John Cowan | 79-83-85-85--332 |
| a-E. Noel Layton | 78-82-87-86--333 |
| William Jeffries | 77-84-88-85--334 |
| Alfred Matthews | 79-79-87-90--335 |
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