1897 The 37th Open

Archive note

The 1897 edition was played at Royal Liverpool, hosted by Royal Liverpool Golf Club (1014247), and won by Harold Hilton with 314.

Record sources

• The Open Records and Statistics
  • 1897 The 37th 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 Royal Liverpool venue record and official Club identity
  • Royal Liverpool

    The official Open venue page enumerates this host year. The official Club identity and history bind Royal Liverpool at Hoylake, Wirral, to the populated legacy Course record. The empty duplicate has a separate reviewed reconciliation candidate. This relationship identifies the continuing championship Course; it does not substitute modern routing, yardages, par, or architects for historical conditions. Club identity: https://www.royal-liverpool-golf.com/Contact; Course history: https://www.royal-liverpool-golf.com/Course-History.

    Verified 2026-09-10
• The Open official champion and playoff records
  • Harold Hilton

    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