1909 U.S. Open (golf)

The 1909 U.S. Open was the fifteenth U.S. Open, held June 24–25 at Englewood Golf Club in Englewood, New Jersey, north of downtown New York City (Manhattan). George Sargent established a new U.S. Open scoring record to win his only major title, four strokes ahead of runner-up Tom McNamara.[1][2]

1909 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 24–25, 1909
LocationEnglewood, New Jersey
Course(s)Englewood Golf Club
Organized byUSGA
FormatStroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Field79, 66 after cut
Cut165 (+21)
Winner's share$300
Champion
George Sargent
290 (+2)
Englewood 
Location in the United States
Englewood 
Location in New Jersey
Englewood 
Golf Club  
Location near New York City

In the opening round on Thursday morning, David Hunter made U.S. Open history as the first player to break 70, but he had some problems in the second round when he hit his ball into a brook and subsequently used four niblick shots in getting out.[3] After reaching the turn in 47 he made a nice recovery on the back nine and came home in 37 for 84 (he had another 84 in the third round and finished thirtieth). McNamara also had a sub-70 score with 69 in the second round and led by four strokes midway at 142.[4]

McNamara carried a two-stroke lead over Sargent into the final round on Friday afternoon. Sargent birdied the final hole for 71 and his third consecutive round of 72 or better. McNamara struggled over the final 18 holes with 77 and finished four back of Sargent.[1] Sargent's winning total of 290 broke the U.S. Open scoring record by five shots. Bob Peebles was well positioned after three rounds on 222 but struggled and fell back into the pack with a final round 78.

John McDermott made his U.S. Open debut at age 17 and was 49th. He placed in the top-ten in each of the next five, with consecutive wins in 1911 and 1912, the first American-born champion. Four-time champion Willie Anderson tied for fourth in his penultimate U.S. Open. Horace Rawlins, the inaugural champion fourteen years earlier in 1895, made his last cut in the championship and finished sixtieth.

Past champions in the field

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Alex Smith Scotland190676737472295+73
Willie Anderson Scotland1901, 1903,
1904, 1905
79747670299+11T4
Fred McLeod Scotland190878767475303+15T13
Laurie Auchterlonie Scotland190278757781311+23T23
Alec Ross Scotland190776797884317+2936
Horace Rawlins England189582838183329+4160

Source:[1][2]

Did not play: Harry Vardon (1900), Willie Smith (1899), Fred Herd (1898),
                     Joe Lloyd (1897), James Foulis (1896).

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 24, 1909 (morning)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1David Hunter68−4
2Andrew Campbell Scotland71−1
T3Walter Travis (a) United States72E
F.R. Upton (a)
T5Tom McNamara United States73+1
Gilbert Nicholls England
T7John Campbell74+2
Charles Rowe
T7Herbert Barker England75+3
Jack Burke Sr. United States
Alex Campbell Scotland
George Sargent England
Herbert Strong England

Source:[2][4]

Second round

Thursday, June 24, 1909 (afternoon)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tom McNamara United States73-69=142−2
2Andrew Campbell Scotland71-75=146+2
3George Sargent England75-72=147+3
T4Alex Campbell Scotland75-73=148+4
Gilbert Nicholls England73-75=148
T6Bob Peebles Scotland76-73=149+5
Alex Smith Scotland76-73=149
8Walter Travis (a) United States72-78=150+6
T9Peter Robertson Scotland79-72=151+7
Charles Rowe74-77=151
F.R. Upton (a)72-79=151

Source:[2][4]

Third round

Friday, June 25, 1909 (morning)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tom McNamara United States73-69-75=217+1
2George Sargent England75-72-72=219+3
3Bob Peebles Scotland76-73-73=222+6
T4Andrew Campbell Scotland71-75-77=223+7
Alex Smith Scotland76-73-74=223
6Jack Hobens Scotland75-78-72=225+9
7Isaac Mackie Scotland77-75-74=226+10
T8Tom Anderson, Jr. Scotland78-74-75=227+11
Herbert Barker England75-79-73=227
Mike Brady United States76-77-74=227
George Low Scotland78-75-74=227
Gilbert Nicholls England73-75-79=227
Charles Rowe74-77-76=227

Source:[1][2]

Final round

Friday, June 25, 1909 (afternoon)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1George Sargent England75-72-72-71=290+2300
2Tom McNamara United States73-69-75-77=294+6150
3Alex Smith Scotland76-73-74-72=295+7100
T4Willie Anderson Scotland79-74-76-70=299+1170
Jack Hobens Scotland75-78-72-74=299
Isaac Mackie Scotland77-75-74-73=299
T7Tom Anderson, Jr. Scotland78-74-75-73=300+1235
Herbert Barker England75-79-73-73=300
Andrew Campbell Scotland71-75-77-77=300
Bob Peebles Scotland76-73-73-78=300
Walter Travis (a) United States72-78-77-73=3000

Source:[1][2]

Amateurs: Travis (+12), Upton (+16), Douglas (+23), Tiffany (+30),
                 Morgan (+36), Behr (+37), Kirkby (+40), Watson (+40)

References

  1. "George Sargent is golf champion". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 26, 1909. p. 12.
  2. Brenner, Morgan G. (2009). The Majors of Golf: Complete Results of The Open, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and the Masters, 1860-2008. p. 212. ISBN 9780786453955. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  3. "Fast Golf in Open". New York Tribune. June 25, 1909. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  4. "Boston golfer gets low score". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 25, 1909. p. 13.

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