1935 Open Championship: Alf Perry wins at Muirfield
Alf Perry won the 1935 Open Championship at Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland with 283, by 4 strokes over Alf Padgham.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1935 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 26 June 1935 to 28 June 1935
- Course
- Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland
- Edition
- 70th Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Field
- 109
- Made the cut
- 62 (cut at 153)
- Purse
- £500 · winner's share £100
- Trophy
- Claret Jug (replica to winner)
- Champion
- Alf Perry · age 30 · England · born Coulsdon, England
- Champion's title
- 1st Open title
- Winning score
- 69-75-67-72 = 283 · won by 4 strokes
- Runner-up
- Alf Padgham (287)
- 54-hole leader
- Alf Perry (211)
- Low amateur
- Lawson Little (289)
Top 10 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alf Perry | 69 | 75 | 67 | 72 | 283 |
| 2 | Alf Padgham | 70 | 72 | 74 | 71 | 287 |
| 3 | Charles Whitcombe | 71 | 68 | 73 | 76 | 288 |
| T4 | Lawson Little (a) | 75 | 71 | 74 | 69 | 289 |
| T4 | Bert Gadd | 72 | 75 | 71 | 71 | 289 |
| 6 | Henry Picard | 72 | 73 | 72 | 75 | 292 |
| T7 | Syd Easterbrook | 75 | 73 | 74 | 71 | 293 |
| T7 | Henry Cotton | 68 | 74 | 76 | 75 | 293 |
| 9 | Bill Branch | 71 | 73 | 76 | 74 | 294 |
| 10 | Laurie Ayton Sr. | 74 | 73 | 77 | 71 | 295 |
What happened at the 1935 Open Championship
Perry's third-round 67 equalled Hagen's Muirfield course record and gave him the lead.
His 283 equalled the Open record and stood at Muirfield until Jack Nicklaus in 1966.
No source names a deciding hole; Perry's third-round 67 put him ahead and his closing 72 held off Padgham by four.
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).