1910 Open Championship: James Braid wins at Old Course, St Andrews
James Braid won the 1910 Open Championship at Old Course, St Andrews, Scotland with 299, by 4 strokes over Sandy Herd.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1910 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 21 June 1910 to 24 June 1910
- Course
- Old Course, St Andrews, Scotland
- Edition
- 50th Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Field
- 152
- Made the cut
- 58 (cut at 161)
- Purse
- £135
- Trophy
- Claret Jug
- Champion
- James Braid · age 40 · Scotland · born Earlsferry, Scotland
- Champion's title
- 5th Open title
- Winning score
- 76-73-74-76 = 299 · won by 4 strokes
- Runner-up
- Sandy Herd (303)
- 54-hole leader
- George Duncan (221) · James Braid was 2 strokes back
- Low amateur
- John Ball (314)
Top 11 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Braid | 76 | 73 | 74 | 76 | 299 |
| 2 | Sandy Herd | 78 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 303 |
| 3 | George Duncan | 73 | 77 | 71 | 83 | 304 |
| 4 | Laurie Ayton Sr | 78 | 76 | 75 | 77 | 306 |
| T5 | Ted Ray | 76 | 77 | 74 | 81 | 308 |
| T5 | Willie Smith | 77 | 71 | 80 | 80 | 308 |
| T5 | Fred Robson | 75 | 80 | 77 | 76 | 308 |
| T8 | James Kinnell | 79 | 74 | 77 | 79 | 309 |
| T8 | Donald Ross | 78 | 79 | 75 | 77 | 309 |
| T8 | E.P. Gaudin | 78 | 74 | 76 | 81 | 309 |
| T8 | Thomas Renouf | 77 | 76 | 75 | 81 | 309 |
What happened at the 1910 Open Championship
A thunderstorm flooded the course on the first day and voided all scores; Braid kept playing after being told at the 13th, in case the news was wrong.
Third-round leader George Duncan shot 83 and fell to third as Braid won his fifth title.
The only hole named is the 13th, where Braid was told the storm-hit first day's round was being cancelled.
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).