1913 Open Championship: J.H. Taylor wins at Royal Liverpool Golf Club
J.H. Taylor won the 1913 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England with 304, by 8 strokes over Ted Ray.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1913 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 23 June 1913 to 24 June 1913
- Course
- Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England
- Edition
- 53rd Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Field
- 65
- Purse
- £135
- Trophy
- Claret Jug
- Champion
- J.H. Taylor · age 42 · England · born Northam, England
- Champion's title
- 5th Open title
- Winning score
- 73-75-77-79 = 304 · won by 8 strokes
- Runner-up
- Ted Ray (312)
- 54-hole leader
- J.H. Taylor (225)
- Final-day weather
- windy and wet: "The weather on the second day deteriorated"; Taylor "knew how to cope with the wind and rain"
- Low amateur
- John Graham Jr. (318)
Top 10 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J.H. Taylor | 73 | 75 | 77 | 79 | 304 |
| 2 | Ted Ray | 73 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 312 |
| T3 | Michael Moran | 76 | 74 | 89 | 74 | 313 |
| T3 | Harry Vardon | 79 | 75 | 79 | 80 | 313 |
| T5 | J.J. McDermott | 75 | 80 | 77 | 83 | 315 |
| T5 | Thomas Renouf | 75 | 78 | 84 | 78 | 315 |
| T7 | Arnaud Massy | 77 | 80 | 81 | 79 | 317 |
| T7 | Tom Williamson | 77 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 317 |
| T7 | J. Sherlock | 77 | 86 | 79 | 75 | 317 |
| T7 | James Bradbeer | 78 | 79 | 81 | 79 | 317 |
What happened at the 1913 Open Championship
In the final round Taylor holed a 50-yard pitch for a 3 at the long 14th.
Ray took an 8 at the third hole of the final round in gale-force wind, and Taylor won by eight.
The narrative mentions Taylor's 50-yard pitch-in for 3 at the 14th and Ray's 8 at the 3rd in the final round, but does not say where the title was decided (Taylor won by eight).
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).