Young Tom Morris won the championship for the second successive time, by 11 strokes from Bob Kirk.

[1] Young Tom Morris dominated the championship, leading by three strokes after the first round, four after second and eventually winning by 11 strokes.

After the first round Davie Strath and Bob Kirk were both three shots behind Morris.

[1] Morris's first round included a hole-in-one at the 8th hole and his total of 50 (6-4-4-6-5-5-3-1-6-3-3-4) was only one behind his record of the previous year.

[1] Source:[1] Thursday, 16 September 1869 The remaining five players withdrew and did not complete the 36 holes.