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Bob Ferguson

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Robert Ferguson (1848–1915), was a Scottish

Scotland

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 golf

Golf

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er who won a hat-trick of titles at The Open Championship

The Open Championship

The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...

 in 1880, 1881 and 1882. He was especially noted for his putting. He is one of only four men who have won The Open three years in a row. The prize for his first win was £7.

Ferguson was a native of Musselburgh

Musselburgh

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, East Lothian

East Lothian

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, which was then one of the three venues in the Open Championship rotation. He started caddy

Caddy

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ing at the age of eight and played his first competition at Leith

Leith

-South Leith v. North Leith:Up until the late 16th century Leith , comprised two separate towns on either side of the river....

 when he was eighteen. His playing career was cut short by a bout of typhoid and he became the Custodian of the Links at Musselburgh

Musselburgh Links

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.

Wins (3)

Year	Championship	18 or 36 Holes	Winning Score	Margin	Runner-up
1880	The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	1 shot lead	(81-81=162)	5 strokes	Peter Paxton
1881	The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...   (2)	3 shot lead	(53-60-57=170)	3 strokes	Jamie Anderson Jamie Anderson (golfer) James "Jamie" Anderson was a nineteenth century professional golfer, who won The Open Championship three times.Anderson was born in St Andrews, Scotland. His Open Championships were at Musselburgh in 1877; Prestwick Golf Club in 1878; and St Andrews in 1879...
1882	The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...   (3)	3 shot lead	(83-88=171)	3 strokes	Willie Fernie Willie Fernie William "Willie" Fernie was a Scottish footballer who played for the Scotland national football team in both the 1954 and 1958 FIFA World Cups.-Playing career:...

Results timeline

Tournament	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	5	DNP	DNP	NT	DNP	DNP	T8	4	DNP	T3	DNP	6

Tournament	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	1	1	1	2	DNP	DNP	T4	DNP	DNP	T15

• Note: Ferguson played only in The Open Championship
  The Open Championship
  The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...
  
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NT = No tournament

DNP = Did not play

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10