1931 Open Championship: Tommy Armour wins at Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course)
Tommy Armour won the 1931 Open Championship at Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course), Scotland with 296, by 1 stroke over José Jurado.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1931 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 3 June 1931 to 5 June 1931
- Course
- Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course), Scotland
- Edition
- 66th Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Field
- 109
- Made the cut
- 66 (cut at 159)
- Purse
- £500 · winner's share £100
- Trophy
- Claret Jug (replica to winner)
- Champion
- Tommy Armour · age 35 · Scotland / USA · born Edinburgh, Scotland
- Champion's title
- 1st Open title
- Winning score
- 73-75-77-71 = 296 · won by 1 stroke
- Runner-up
- José Jurado (297)
- 54-hole leader
- José Jurado (220) · Tommy Armour was 5 strokes back
- Deciding hole
- No. 17, round 4
- Low amateur
- Eric McRuvie (312)
Top 11 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tommy Armour | 73 | 75 | 77 | 71 | 296 |
| 2 | José Jurado | 76 | 71 | 73 | 77 | 297 |
| T3 | Gene Sarazen | 74 | 76 | 75 | 73 | 298 |
| T3 | Percy Alliss | 74 | 78 | 73 | 73 | 298 |
| T5 | Macdonald Smith | 75 | 77 | 71 | 76 | 299 |
| T5 | Johnny Farrell | 72 | 77 | 75 | 75 | 299 |
| T7 | William H. Davies | 76 | 78 | 71 | 75 | 300 |
| T7 | Marcos Churio | 76 | 75 | 78 | 71 | 300 |
| 9 | Arthur Lacey | 74 | 80 | 74 | 73 | 301 |
| T10 | Henry Cotton | 72 | 75 | 79 | 76 | 302 |
| T10 | Arthur Havers | 75 | 76 | 72 | 79 | 302 |
What happened at the 1931 Open Championship
Armour's closing 71 equalled the course record in the first Open at Carnoustie.
Jurado drove into the burn at the 17th for a 6, then missed a nine-foot putt at the 18th to tie.
José Jurado drove into the Barry Burn at the 17th and took a 6, then missed a nine-foot putt at the last, finishing one behind Armour.
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).