1880 Open Championship

Tournament information
Dates	9 April 1880
Location	Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland
Course(s)	Musselburgh Links
Statistics
Field	30 players[1]
Prize fund	Not known
Winner's share	£8
Champion
Bob Ferguson
162
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Musselburgh

Location in Scotland

The 1880 Open Championship was the 20th Open Championship, held 9 April 1880 at Musselburgh Links, Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. Bob Ferguson won the Championship, by five strokes from runner-up Peter Paxton.

A number of players were absent because of the short notice given for the competition. Jamie Anderson, winner of the previous three Open Championships was amongst those that were missing. Good weather brought out many spectators. The Championship was played over four rounds of the nine-hole Musselburgh course.

Andrew Kirkaldy scored a hole-in-one at the eighth hole in his second round and almost repeated the feat in his third round.

After three rounds Bob Ferguson was tied for the lead with Peter Paxton with Ned Cosgrove only a shot behind. In the final round Ferguson scored 39 to Paxton's and Cosgrove's 44s to win by five strokes.

Final leaderboard

Source:^[2][3]

Friday, 9 April 1880

Place	Player	Score	Money
1	Bob Ferguson	40-41-42-39=162	£8
2	Peter Paxton	81-86=167
3	Ned Cosgrove	82-86=168
T4	David Brown	86-83=169
	George Paxton	85-84=169
	Bob Pringle	90-79=169
7	Andrew Kirkaldy	85-85=170
T8	Willie Brown	87-84=171
	Davie Grant	87-84=171
10	Tom Morris Sr.	87-88=175

Generally scores relate to first 18 holes and second 18 holes. Individual round scores mostly not recorded.