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1900 U.S. Open Golf

1900 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates October 4–5, 1900
Location Wheaton, Illinois
Course(s) Chicago Golf Club
Organized by USGA
Format Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Field 62
Cut none
Prize fund $800
Winner's share $200
Champion
Harry Vardon
313
← 1899 1901 →

Course

Hole Name Yards Par   Hole Name Yards Par
1 Burn 460 5   10 Pond (In) 140 3
2 East 330 4 11 Lodge (In) 270 4
3 Corner 340 4 12 Hillside 330 4
4 Gables 415 4 13 Long (In) 500 5
5 Far 320 4 14 Mound 290 4
6 Long (Out) 520 5 15 Gopher 350 4
7 Lodge (Out) 285 4 16 Horseshoe 310 4
8 Ginger Ale 260 4 17 Home View 320 4
9 Pond (Out) 160 3 18 Home 420 5
Out 3,090 37 In 2,930 37
Total 6,020 74

Past champions in the field

Player Country Year won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total Finish
Willie Smith Scotland 1899 82 83 79 83 327 T4
James Foulis Scotland 1896 86 88 87 82 343 T14
Fred Herd Scotland 1898 82 87 86 89 344 T16
Horace Rawlins England 1895 86 84 90 85 345 T19

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score
1 J.H. Taylor England 76
2 David Bell Scotland 78
3 Harry Vardon Jersey 79
4 Tom Hutchinson Scotland 81
5 Willie Smith Scotland 82
6 Willie Anderson Scotland 83
T7 Laurie Auchterlonie Scotland 84
Val Fitzjohn Scotland
George Low Scotland
Bobby Simpson Scotland
Harry Turpie Scotland

Second round

Place Player Country Score
1 Harry Vardon Jersey 79-78=157
2 J.H. Taylor England 76-82=158
3 David Bell Scotland 78-83=161
T4 Alex Campbell Scotland 86-77=163
Stewart Gardner Scotland 85-78=163
6 George Low Scotland 84-80=164
7 Willie Smith Scotland 82-83=165
8 Laurie Auchterlonie Scotland 84-82=166
9 Val Fitzjohn Scotland 84-83=167
T10 Tom Hutchinson Scotland 81-87=168
Bobby Simpson Scotland 84-84=168

Third round

Place Player Country Score
1 Harry Vardon Jersey 79-78-76=233
2 J.H. Taylor England 76-82-79=237
T3 David Bell Scotland 78-83-83=244
Willie Smith Scotland 82-83-79=244
5 Laurie Auchterlonie Scotland 84-82-80=246
6 Stewart Gardner Scotland 85-78-84=247
7 Tom Hutchinson Scotland 81-87-81=249
T8 Willie Anderson Scotland 83-88-79=250
George Low Scotland 84-80-85=250
Harry Turpie Scotland 84-87-79=250

Final round

Place Player Country Score Money ($)
1 Harry Vardon Jersey 79-78-76-80=313 200
2 J.H. Taylor England 76-82-79-78=315 150
3 David Bell Scotland 78-83-83-78=322 125
T4 Laurie Auchterlonie Scotland 84-82-80-81=327 90
Willie Smith Scotland 82-83-79-83=327
6 George Low Scotland 84-80-85-82=331 70
7 Tom Hutchinson Scotland 81-87-81-84=333 50
8 Harry Turpie Scotland 84-87-79-84=334 25
9 Stewart Gardner Scotland 85-78-84-89=336 0
10 Val Fitzjohn Scotland 84-83-89-82=338

Winner's scorecards

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Round 1 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 40 4 4 4 6 5 4 4 4 4 39 79
Round 2 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 3 38 3 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 40 78
Round 3 5 3 5 5 4 6 4 4 3 39 3 3 5 6 4 4 4 4 4 37 76
Round 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 40 3 4 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 40 80
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