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1905 U.S. Open Golf

1905 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates September 21–22, 1905
Location South Hamilton, Massachusetts
Course(s) Myopia Hunt Club
Organized by USGA
Format Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Field 78, 57 after cut
Cut 175
Winner's share $200
Champion
Willie Anderson
314
← 1904 1906 →

Past champions in the field

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total Finish
Willie Anderson Scotland 1901, 1903, 1904 81 80 76 77 314 1
Willie Smith Scotland 1899 86 81 76 83 326 T11
Joe Lloyd England 1897 75 86 83 84 328 T16
Laurie Auchterlonie Scotland 1902 85 82 79 86 332 24
Horace Rawlins England 1895 84 90 78 88 340 T37

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score
1 Joe Lloyd England 75
2 Alex Smith Scotland 76
3 Stewart Gardner Scotland 78
T4 Peter Robertson Scotland 79
Alec Ross Scotland
T6 Fred McLeod Scotland 80
James Maiden Scotland
Bernard Nicholls England
Harry Turpie Scotland
T10 Willie Anderson Scotland 81
Percy Barrett England
Fred Mackenzie Scotland
John Mackie  
Tom McNamara United States
Bob Peebles United States
Arthur Smith  
Walter Travis (a) United States
George Turnbull Scotland
Bert Way England

Second round

Place Player Country Score
T1 Stewart Gardner Scotland 78-78=156
Alex Smith Scotland 76-80=156
T3 Alex Campbell Scotland 82-76=158
Gilbert Nicholls England 82-76=158
Arthur Smith   81-77=158
6 Peter Robertson Scotland 79-80=159
7 Tom McNamara United States 81-79=160
T8 Willie Anderson Scotland 81-80=161
Percy Barrett England 81-80=161
Joe Lloyd England 75-86=161
Walter Travis (a) United States 81-80=161

Third round

Place Player Country Score
1 Alex Smith Scotland 76-80-80=236
2 Willie Anderson Scotland 81-80-76=237
T3 Percy Barrett England 81-80-77=238
Alex Campbell Scotland 82-76-80=238
Arthur Smith   81-77-80=238
6 Peter Robertson Scotland 79-80-81=240
T7 Stewart Gardner Scotland 78-78-85=241
Walter Travis (a) United States 81-80-80=241
T9 George Cumming Scotland 85-82-75=242
Gilbert Nicholls England 82-76-84=242

Final round

Place Player Country Score Money ($)
1 Willie Anderson Scotland 81-80-76-77=314 200
2 Alex Smith Scotland 76-80-80-80=316 150
T3 Percy Barrett England 81-80-77-79=317 113
Peter Robertson Scotland 79-80-81-77=317
5 Stewart Gardner Scotland 78-78-85-77=318 80
6 Alex Campbell Scotland 82-76-80-81=319 70
T7 Jack Hobens Scotland 82-80-81-78=321 45
Gilbert Nicholls England 82-76-84-79=321
9 George Cumming Scotland 85-82-75-81=323 30
10 Arthur Smith Scotland 81-77-80-86=324 25
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