1909 Open Championship: J.H. Taylor wins at Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club
J.H. Taylor won the 1909 Open Championship at Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, Deal, England with 295, by 6 strokes over Tom Ball and James Braid.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1909 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 10 June 1909 to 11 June 1909
- Course
- Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, Deal, England
- Edition
- 49th Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Field
- 69
- Purse
- £125 · winner's share £50
- Trophy
- Claret Jug
- Champion
- J.H. Taylor · age 38 · England · born Northam, England
- Champion's title
- 4th Open title
- Winning score
- 74-73-74-74 = 295 · won by 6 strokes
- Runners-up
- Tom Ball (301), James Braid (301)
- 54-hole leader
- J.H. Taylor (221)
- Low amateur
- Edward (Bertie) Lassen (308)
Top 12 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J.H. Taylor | 74 | 73 | 74 | 74 | 295 |
| T2 | Tom Ball | 74 | 75 | 76 | 76 | 301 |
| T2 | James Braid | 79 | 75 | 73 | 74 | 301 |
| 4 | Charles Johns | 72 | 76 | 79 | 75 | 302 |
| 5 | Thomas Renouf | 76 | 78 | 76 | 73 | 303 |
| 6 | Ted Ray | 77 | 76 | 76 | 75 | 304 |
| 7 | William Horne | 77 | 78 | 77 | 74 | 306 |
| T8 | Sandy Herd | 76 | 75 | 80 | 76 | 307 |
| T8 | J. Hepburn | 78 | 77 | 76 | 76 | 307 |
| T10 | E.A. Lassen (a) | 82 | 74 | 74 | 78 | 308 |
| T10 | George Pulford | 81 | 76 | 76 | 75 | 308 |
| T10 | Bernard Nicholls | 78 | 76 | 77 | 77 | 308 |
What happened at the 1909 Open Championship
At the 16th, after a poor drive into rough, Taylor hit a bold brassie onto the green for a 4.
Taylor won by six for his fourth title, in the first Open held at Royal Cinque Ports, Deal.
Taylor won by six; his bold brassie to the 16th green is described but not as decisive.
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).