Tom Morris, Jr. won the championship by 12 shots from Bob Kirk and Davie Strath.

By winning for a third successive time Tom Morris, Jr. gained permanent possession of the Challenge Belt.

A published notice for the benefit of prospective entrants to the tournament read, "On Thurs the 15th Sept. the Champion Belt, given by the Prestwick Golf Club, and open to all Members of Established Golf Clubs and Professionals, will be competed for".

[3] Morris returned to St Andrews by train, late on Saturday evening.

A "great multitude" were there to meet him and he was carried, shoulder high, to Mr. Leslie's Golf Hotel, where his health was drunk.