1916 U.S. Open (golf)

1916 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 29–30, 1916
Location Minneapolis, Minnesota
Course(s) Minikahda Club
Organized by USGA
Format Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par 72[1][2]
Length 6,150 yards (5,624 m)[1][2]
Field 62 players
Cut None
Winner's share ($300)
Champion
United States Chick Evans (a)
286 (–2)
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Minneapolis 
Location in the United States
Minneapolis 
Location in Minnesota

The 1916 U.S. Open was the 22nd U.S. Open, held June 29–30 at Minikahda Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Amateur Chick Evans led wire-to-wire and set a new U.S. Open scoring record to win his only U.S. Open title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Jock Hutchison.[3]

There were 94 entries and on-site qualifying was held. Everyone had to qualify except the defending champion. Qualifying was held on Tuesday and Wednesday and each day half the field played for 32 places in the starting field.[4][5]

Evans opened the tournament with rounds of 70-69, becoming the first player in U.S. Open history to shoot below 140 in the first two rounds.[6][7] He led by three over Wilfrid Reid, but Reid shot himself out of contention with a 79 (+7) in the third round. Evans carded a 74 to maintain his 3-shot advantage, this time over Jim Barnes, going into the final round. After a double-bogey at the 4th, Evans recovered with a birdie at 5 and matched Barnes through the front-nine. At the par-5 12th Evans found the green in two shots and two-putted for a birdie. He finished with a round of 73 to Barnes' 74. Hutchison, nine back after two rounds, moved up to 2nd place with a 68 (–4), the lowest score to date in the final round of a U.S. Open.[2] As the top professional, he took home the winner's share of the purse.

Evans' total of 286 established a new U.S. Open scoring record that stood for two decades, until 1936. Three months later he won the U.S. Amateur championship at Merion near Philadelphia to become the first to win both titles in the same year. Evans won the U.S. Amateur again in 1920.

Like previous U.S. Opens, this championship was scheduled for just two days, 36 holes each. When the tournament resumed play in 1919, after the 1917 and 1918 events were canceled due to World War I, it was stretched to three days, with 18 holes on the first two days and 36 holes on the third. It reverted to the two-day format in 1920, then went to the three-day schedule in 1926.

Course layout

See also: Minikahda Club
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3104601305302653002204104003,0251603855354753653353551603553,1256,150
Par453544344363455444343672

Source:[8]

Past champions in the field

Player Country Year won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
George Sargent  England 1909 75 71 72 75 293 +5 T4
Walter Hagen  United States 1914 73 76 75 71 295 +7 7
Alec Ross Scotland 1907 73 76 76 75 300 +12 T15
Fred McLeod Scotland 1908 74 75 77 77 303 +15 T25

Source:[2][3][7][8]

Final leaderboard

Friday, June 30, 1916

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Chick Evans (a)  United States 70-69-74-73=286 –2 0
2 Jock Hutchison  Scotland 73-75-72-68=288 E 300
3 Jim Barnes  England 71-74-71-74=290 +2 150
T4 Gilbert Nicholls  England 73-76-71-73=293 +5 83
Wilfrid Reid  England 70-72-79-72=293
George Sargent  England 75-71-72-75=293
7 Walter Hagen  United States 73-76-75-71=295 +7 60
8 Bob MacDonald  Scotland 74-72-77-73=296 +8 50
T9 Mike Brady  United States 75-73-75-74=297 +9 30
J. J. O'Brien 76-72-73-76=297
Tom Vardon  Jersey 76-72-75-74=297

Source:[2][3][7][8]

(a) denotes amateur

References

  1. 1 2 ""Chick" Evans wins title at Minneapolis". Youngstown Daily Vindicator. Ohio. July 1, 1916. p. 9.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Sixty, Billy (July 1, 1916). "Golf". Milwaukee Journal. p. 8.
  3. 1 2 3 "Evans wins National Open golf title". July 1, 1916. p. 10.
  4. ↑ "Second flight honors captured by Simpson". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 29, 1916. p. 12.
  5. ↑ Trenham, Peter C. "A Chronicle of the Philadelphia Section PGA and its Members" (PDF). Philadelphia Section PGA. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Chick Evans Jr. is a Comeback". Grand Forks Daily Herald. North Dakota. June 30, 1916. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 "Evans leads in national golf tourney". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 30, 1916. p. 14.
  8. 1 2 3 Evans, Chick (July 1916). "The Open Championship" (PDF). The American Golfer. pp. 169–174.

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