Talk:1898 Open Championship

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Scratchings
The official site (https://www.theopen.com/Heritage/PreviousOpens#!/1898/Prestwick) has the 76 players who started. This is in agreement with old media guide. The Majors of Golf (https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JAtHsOzOCoUC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=1898&f=false) lists 4 others who were in the draw but didn't start: Charles Broadwood (a), Herbert McCarthy (a), A Thomson (North Surrey) and Tom Vardon. The Glasgow Herald (https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qF1EAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EbIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5501%2C6642287) makes this clear and gives a revised draw taking account of the absences. In line with usual practice these 4 should not be treated as "withdrew" but as "did not play". Nigej (talk) 21:21, 5 December 2017 (UTC)