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1906 U.S. Open Golf

1906 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 28–29, 1906
Location Lake Forest, Illinois
Course(s) Onwentsia Club
Organized by USGA
Format Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Length 6,107 yards (5,584 m)
Field 66, 55 after cut
Cut 171
Winner's share $300
Champion
Alex Smith
295
← 1905 1907 →

Past champions in the field

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total Finish
Willie Smith Scotland 1899 73 81 74 74 302 2
Laurie Auchterlonie Scotland 1902 76 78 75 76 305 T3
Willie Anderson Scotland 1901, 1903,
1904, 1905		 73 76 74 84 307 5
James Foulis Scotland 1896 83 86 79 76 324 T22

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score
T1 Willie Anderson Scotland 73
Alex Smith Scotland
Willie Smith Scotland
4 Jack Hobens Scotland 75
T5 Laurie Auchterlonie Scotland 76
Alex Campbell Scotland
Gilbert Nicholls England
Alex Ross Scotland
James Watson  
T10 Walter Fovargue United States 77
Bim Lovekin  

Second round

Place Player Country Score
1 Alex Smith Scotland 73-74=147
2 Willie Anderson Scotland 73-76=149
3 James Maiden Scotland 80-73=153
T4 Laurie Auchterlonie Scotland 76-78=154
Willie Smith Scotland 73-81=154
T6 George Cumming Scotland 79-76=155
Alex Ross Scotland 76-79=155
George Smith   79-76=155
T9 Fred Brand   78-78=156
Stewart Gardner Scotland 80-76=156
Bernard Nicholls England 79-77=156

Third round

Place Player Country Score
1 Alex Smith Scotland 73-74-73=220
2 Willie Anderson Scotland 73-76-74=223
3 Willie Smith Scotland 73-81-74=228
4 Laurie Auchterlonie Scotland 76-78-75=229
T5 James Maiden Scotland 80-73-77=230
Alex Ross Scotland 76-79-75=230
T7 Chandler Egan (a) United States 79-78-76=233
Stewart Gardner Scotland 80-76-77=233
9 Gilbert Nicholls England 76-81-77=234
10 Jack Hobens Scotland 75-84-76=235

Final round

Place Player Country Score Money ($)
1 Alex Smith Scotland 73-74-73-75=295 300
2 Willie Smith Scotland 73-81-74-74=302 150
T3 Laurie Auchterlonie Scotland 76-78-75-76=305 90
James Maiden Scotland 80-73-77-75=305
5 Willie Anderson Scotland 73-76-74-84=307 70
6 Alex Ross Scotland 76-79-75-80=310 60
7 Stewart Gardner Scotland 80-76-77-78=311 50
T8 Chandler Egan (a) United States 79-78-76-80=313 0
Gilbert Nicholls England 76-81-77-79=313 40
10 Jack Hobens Scotland 75-84-76-79=314 30
Milla Backhouse