1864 Open Championship: Tom Morris Sr wins at Prestwick Golf Club (12-hole links)
Tom Morris Sr won the 1864 Open Championship at Prestwick Golf Club (12-hole links), Scotland with 167, by 2 strokes over Andrew Strath.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1864 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 16 September 1864
- Course
- Prestwick Golf Club (12-hole links), Scotland
- Edition
- 5th Open Championship
- Format
- 36 holes of stroke play
- Field
- 16
- Purse
- £15 · winner's share £6
- Trophy
- Challenge Belt
- Champion
- Tom Morris Sr · age 43 · Scotland · born St Andrews, Scotland
- Champion's title
- 3rd Open title
- How he got in
- open entry (no qualifying)
- Winning score
- 54-58-55 = 167 · won by 2 strokes
- Runner-up
- Andrew Strath (169)
- Leader entering the final round
- Tom Morris Sr (112)
Top 6 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Morris Sr | 54 | 58 | 55 | 167 |
| 2 | Andrew Strath | 56 | 57 | 56 | 169 |
| 3 | Robert Andrew | 57 | 58 | 60 | 175 |
| 4 | Willie Park Sr | 55 | 67 | 55 | 177 |
| 5 | William Dow | 56 | 58 | 67 | 181 |
| 6 | William Strath | 60 | 62 | 60 | 182 |
What happened at the 1864 Open Championship
Morris received £6, the first cash prize paid to an Open champion, as well as a year's custody of the Belt.
Andrew Strath was the first player other than Park or Morris to finish in the top two.
No hole is named in the R&A narrative.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's The Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: the-open.json (The Open room's data), with GNN's Open Championship addendum tables L (top ten by round), H (deciding hole), W (final-day weather).