The 1867 Open Championship was the eighth Open Championship and was held on 26 September at Prestwick Golf Club. Tom Morris, Sr. won the championship for the fourth time, by two shots from Willie Park, Sr. Tom Morris, Sr. was 46 years old and remains the oldest Open Championship winner.
For the first time, an amateur, William Doleman, led after a first round of 55, a stroke ahead of Robert Andrew. Doleman had a second round 66 and dropped out of contention. Tom Morris, after a round of 54, went into the lead with Willie Park and Robert Andrew two shots behind. Andrew had a final round of 65 to drop him out of the prize money. Andrew Strath had the best final round of 56 to finish third, while young Tom Morris finished with prize money for the first time.
Final leaderboard Source:
Thursday, 26 September 1867 PlacePlayerScoreMoney1 Tom Morris, Sr. 58-54-58=170 £72 Willie Park, Sr. 58-56-58=172 £53 Andrew Strath 61-57-56=174 £34 Tom Morris, Jr. 58-59-58=175 £15 Bob Kirk 57-60-60=177 6 William Doleman (a) 55-66-57=178 7 Robert Andrew 56-58-65=179 T8 Willie Dow 62-57-65=184 Tom Hunter 62-60-62=18410 Willie Dunn, Sr. 64-63-62=189
References
External links Prestwick 1867 (Official site)