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1899 U.S. Open Golf

1899 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates September 14–15, 1899
Location Baltimore, Maryland
Course(s) Baltimore Country Club
Organized by USGA
Format Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Field 72
Prize fund $750
Winner's share $150
Champion
Willie Smith
315
← 1898 1900 →

Past champions in the field

Player Country Year won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total Finish
James Foulis Scotland 1896 94 84 55 80 346 T20
Fred Herd Scotland 1898 85 86 93 86 350 T25
Horace Rawlins England 1895 81 85 98 86 350 T25

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score
1 Willie Anderson Scotland 77
Willie Smith Scotland
3 Bert Way England 80
T4 Henry Gullane Scotland 81
Horace Rawlins England
T6 George Low Scotland 82
Alexander Patrick Scotland
Writ Thompson Scotland
T9 Alex Campbell Scotland 83
David Foulis Scotland
Arthur Smith  

Second round

Place Player Country Score
1 Willie Anderson Scotland 77-81=158
2 Willie Smith Scotland 77-82=159
3 George Low Scotland 82-79=161
T4 Alex Campbell Scotland 83-80=163
Alex Smith Scotland 82-81=163
T6 Val Fitzjohn Scotland 85-80=165
Alexander Patrick   82-83=165
Bert Way England 80-85=165
9 Horace Rawlins England 81-85=166
10 Henry Gullane Scotland 81-86=167

Third round

Place Player Country Score
1 Willie Smith Scotland 77-82-79=238
2 Alex Campbell Scotland 83-80-79=242
T3 Willie Anderson Scotland 77-81-85=243
Jack Park Scotland 88-80-75=243
5 Val Fitzjohn Scotland 85-80-79=244
T6 Alex Smith Scotland 82-81-82=245
Bert Way England 80-85-80=245
T8 Henry Gullane Scotland 81-86-80=247
Peter Walker Scotland 84-86-77=247
10 George Low Scotland 82-79-89=250

Final round

Place Player Country Score Money ($)
1 Willie Smith Scotland 77-82-79-77=315 150
T2 Val Fitzjohn Scotland 85-80-79-82=326 125
George Low Scotland 82-79-89-76=326
Bert Way England 80-85-80-81=326
5 Willie Anderson Scotland 77-81-85-84=327 80
6 Jack Park Scotland 88-80-75-85=328 70
7 Alex Smith Scotland 82-81-82-85=330 50
8 Henry Gullane Scotland 81-86-80-84=331 25
T9 Laurie Auchterlonie Scotland 86-87-82-78=333 0
Peter Walker Scotland 84-86-77-86=333
Milla Backhouse