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1908 U.S. Open Golf

1908 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates August 27–29, 1908
Location South Hamilton, Massachusetts
Course(s) Myopia Hunt Club
Organized by USGA
Format Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Field 84, 48 after cut
Cut 183
Winner's share $300
Champion
Fred McLeod
322
← 1907 1909 →

Past champions in the field

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total Finish
Willie Smith Scotland 1899 77 82 85 78 322 2
Alex Smith Scotland 1906 80 83 83 81 327 3
Willie Anderson Scotland 1901, 1903,
1904, 1905		 85 86 80 79 330 4
Laurie Auchterlonie Scotland 1902 85 83 83 95 346 T21
Horace Rawlins England 1895 85 89 88 84 346 T21
Alec Ross Scotland 1907 89 85 91 82 347 T23
Joe Lloyd England 1897 90 90 WD  

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score
1 Willie Smith Scotland 77
2 Alex Smith Scotland 80
3 John Jones England 81
T4 Jock Hutchison Scotland 82
Fred McLeod Scotland
T6 Herbert Barker England 84
Richard Kimball United States
T8 Willie Anderson Scotland 85
Laurie Auchterlonie Scotland
Alex Campbell United States
Tom McNamara United States

Second round

Place Player Country Score
1 Willie Smith Scotland 77-82=159
2 John Jones England 81-81=162
3 Alex Smith Scotland 80-83=163
4 Fred McLeod Scotland 82-82=164
T5 Jock Hutchison Scotland 82-84=166
Gilbert Nicholls England 89-77=166
T7 Jack Hobens Scotland 86-81=167
Tom McNamara United States 85-82=167
T9 Laurie Auchterlonie Scotland 85-83=168
Alex Campbell United States 85-83=168

Third round

Place Player Country Score
1 Willie Smith Scotland 77-82-85=244
2 Fred McLeod Scotland 82-82-81=245
3 Alex Smith Scotland 80-83-83=246
4 John Jones England 81-81-87=249
5 Peter Robertson Scotland 89-84-77=250
T6 Willie Anderson Scotland 85-86-80=251
Laurie Auchterlonie Scotland 85-83-83=251
8 Jack Hobens Scotland 86-81-85=252
T9 Jock Hutchison Scotland 82-84-87=253
Richard Kimball United States 84-86-83=253
Tom McNamara United States 85-82-86=253

Final round

Place Player Country Score Money ($)
T1 Fred McLeod Scotland 82-82-81-77=322 Playoff
Willie Smith Scotland 77-82-85-78=322
3 Alex Smith Scotland 80-83-83-81=327 100
4 Willie Anderson Scotland 85-86-80-79=330 80
5 John Jones England 81-81-87-82=331 70
T6 Jack Hobens Scotland 86-81-85-81=333 45
Peter Robertson Scotland 89-84-77-83=333
T8 Percy Barrett England 94-80-86-78=338 28
Jock Hutchison Scotland 82-84-87-85=338
T10 Richard Kimball United States 84-86-83-86=339 0
Tom McNamara United States 85-82-86-86=339

Playoff

Place Player Country Score Money ($)
1 Fred McLeod Scotland 39-38=77 300
2 Willie Smith Scotland 38-45=83 150
Miroslaw Jaworski