1900 British Open Winner and Scores
Winner: J.H. Taylor, 309
Where it was played: The Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland
Tournament dates: June 6-7, 1900
Leader after first round: J.H. Taylor, Harry Vardon and Tom Vardon, 77
Leader after second round: J.H. Taylor, 156
Leader after third round: J.H. Taylor, 234
Notable Notes: J.H. Taylor led wire-to-wire to win the first Open Championship of the 1900s. His lead was four following the second round, then Taylor was the only golfer in the third round to break 80. He opened the final round leading by six and finished it winning by eight. ... The three members of the "Great Triumvirate" — Taylor, Vardon and James Braid — finished 1-2-3, but Braid was 13 strokes off Taylor's winning score. ... This was the third of Taylor's five total wins in the Open.
Final Scores
| J.H. Taylor | 79-77-78-75—309 |
| Harry Vardon | 79-81-80-77—317 |
| James Braid | 82-81-80-79—322 |
| Jack White | 80-81-82-80—323 |
| Willie Auchterlonie | 81-85-80-80—326 |
| Willie Park Jr. | 80-83-81-84—328 |
| a-Robert Maxwell | 81-81-86-81—329 |
| Archie Simpson | 82-85-83-79—329 |
| Ben Sayers | 81-83-85-81—330 |
| Sandy Herd | 81-85-81-84—331 |
| Andrew Kirkaldy | 87-83-82-79—331 |
| Tom Vardon | 79-87-84-81—331 |
| Ted Ray | 88-80-85-81—334 |
| David Anderson Jr. | 81-87-85-84—337 |
| Tom Simpson | 84-86-83-84—337 |
| a-William Greig | 93-84-80-81—338 |
| a-Harold Hilton | 83-87-87-81—338 |
| John W. Taylor | 91-81-84-83—339 |
| Jack Kirkaldy | 86-85-87-82—340 |
| Peter Paxton | 87-87-79-87—340 |
| Peter McEwan | 85-80-89-87—341 |
| Phillip Gaudin | 85-88-81-88—342 |
| James Kay | 84-81-87-90—342 |
| a-Fred Mackenzie | 88-82-89-83—342 |
| Andrew Scott | 84-84-84-90—342 |
| George Coburn | 83-88-83-89—343 |
| a-William Fowler | 86-85-88-84—343 |
| a-John E. Laidlay | 85-87-85-86—343 |
| John Williamson | 87-82-88-89—346 |
| a-Ernley Blackwell | 88-86-86-89—349 |
| Charles Ralph Smith | 83-87-88-91—349 |
| Frederick Butel | 88-85-89-88—350 |
| James Hepburn | 89-86-87-89—351 |
| a-Samuel Mure Fergusson | 88-86-90-87—351 |
| a-D. Stanley Froy | 91-84-93-86—354 |
| Fred Hocking | 85-88-90-92—355 |
| Thomas Yeoman | 86-85-92-95—358 |
