1883 The 23rd Open

Archive note

The 1883 edition was played at Musselburgh Old, and won by Willie Fernie with 158.

Record sources

• The Open Records and Statistics
  • 1883 The 23rd Open · Championship identity

    The official Champion Golfers register directly enumerates this playing with ordinal, venue, and champion. Historical venue and champion spellings follow that register; any trailing parenthesized win count is occurrence metadata and is not part of the recorded winner name. The official Previous Opens decade record independently cross-checks the reviewed identity. Dates are null because the reviewed register does not state them, and no date was inferred.

    Verified 2026-08-20
• The Open historical venue records and official Course identity
  • Musselburgh Old

    The official history identifies the historical host as Musselburgh Old Course. Bind the existing Old venue property only: its Course row says 18 holes, conflicting with the official nine-hole identity, and requires a separate sourced correction before Course-level binding. Historical host-year authority: https://www.theopen.com/latest/open-venues-guide; locality authority: https://www.theopen.com/venues. The 2026 Royal Birkdale result is separately verified by the bound final-round report.

    Verified 2026-09-09
• The Open official champion and playoff records
  • Willie Fernie

    The official champion register establishes the winner and historical regulation total. The separate official playoff register establishes historical playoff status, including the 1876 walkover. The 2026 final report establishes that winner in regulation; no unverified total or relative score is inferred.

    Verified 2026-09-09