1906 Open Championship: James Braid wins at Muirfield
James Braid won the 1906 Open Championship at Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland with 300, by 4 strokes over J.H. Taylor.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1906 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 13 June 1906 to 15 June 1906
- Course
- Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland
- Edition
- 46th Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Purse
- £125 · winner's share £50
- Trophy
- Claret Jug
- Champion
- James Braid · age 36 · Scotland · born Earlsferry, Scotland
- Champion's title
- 3rd Open title
- How he got in
- open entry (no qualifying)
- Winning score
- 77-76-74-73 = 300 · won by 4 strokes
- Runner-up
- J.H. Taylor (304)
- 54-hole leader
- J.H. Taylor (224) · James Braid was 3 strokes back
- Low amateur
- John Graham Jr. (306)
Top 10 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Braid | 77 | 76 | 74 | 73 | 300 |
| 2 | J.H. Taylor | 77 | 72 | 75 | 80 | 304 |
| 3 | Harry Vardon | 77 | 73 | 77 | 78 | 305 |
| 4 | John Graham Jr (a) | 71 | 79 | 78 | 78 | 306 |
| 5 | Rowland Jones | 74 | 78 | 73 | 83 | 308 |
| 6 | Arnaud Massy | 76 | 80 | 76 | 78 | 310 |
| 7 | Robert Maxwell (a) | 73 | 78 | 77 | 83 | 311 |
| T8 | George Duncan | 73 | 78 | 83 | 78 | 312 |
| T8 | Ted Ray | 80 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 312 |
| T8 | Thomas Renouf | 76 | 77 | 76 | 83 | 312 |
What happened at the 1906 Open Championship
Amateur John Graham Jr. led after the first round with a 71 and finished fourth.
Braid's closing 73 was one of only two final rounds under 77, overturning Taylor's three-stroke lead.
The R&A page could not be read, and Golf Compendium names no hole.
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).