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1909 U.S. Open Golf

1909 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 24–25, 1909
Location Englewood, New Jersey
Course(s) Englewood Golf Club
Organized by USGA
Format Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par 72
Field 79, 66 after cut
Cut 165 (+21)
Winner's share $300
Champion
George Sargent
290 (+2)
← 1908 1910 →

Past champions in the field

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Alex Smith Scotland 1906 76 73 74 72 295 +7 3
Willie Anderson Scotland 1901, 1903,
1904, 1905		 79 74 76 70 299 +11 T4
Fred McLeod Scotland 1908 78 76 74 75 303 +15 T13
Laurie Auchterlonie Scotland 1902 78 75 77 81 311 +23 T23
Alec Ross Scotland 1907 76 79 78 84 317 +29 36
Horace Rawlins England 1895 82 83 81 83 329 +41 60

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 David Hunter   68 −4
2 Andrew Campbell Scotland 71 −1
T3 Walter Travis (a) United States 72 E
F.R. Upton (a)  
T5 Tom McNamara United States 73 +1
Gilbert Nicholls England
T7 John Campbell   74 +2
Charles Rowe  
T7 Herbert Barker England 75 +3
Jack Burke Sr. United States
Alex Campbell Scotland
George Sargent England
Herbert Strong England

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Tom McNamara United States 73-69=142 −2
2 Andrew Campbell Scotland 71-75=146 +2
3 George Sargent England 75-72=147 +3
T4 Alex Campbell Scotland 75-73=148 +4
Gilbert Nicholls England 73-75=148
T6 Bob Peebles Scotland 76-73=149 +5
Alex Smith Scotland 76-73=149
8 Walter Travis (a) United States 72-78=150 +6
T9 Peter Robertson Scotland 79-72=151 +7
Charles Rowe   74-77=151
F.R. Upton (a)   72-79=151

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Tom McNamara United States 73-69-75=217 +1
2 George Sargent England 75-72-72=219 +3
3 Bob Peebles Scotland 76-73-73=222 +6
T4 Andrew Campbell Scotland 71-75-77=223 +7
Alex Smith Scotland 76-73-74=223
6 Jack Hobens Scotland 75-78-72=225 +9
7 Isaac Mackie Scotland 77-75-74=226 +10
T8 Tom Anderson, Jr. Scotland 78-74-75=227 +11
Herbert Barker England 75-79-73=227
Mike Brady United States 76-77-74=227
George Low Scotland 78-75-74=227
Gilbert Nicholls England 73-75-79=227
Charles Rowe   74-77-76=227

Final round

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 George Sargent England 75-72-72-71=290 +2 300
2 Tom McNamara United States 73-69-75-77=294 +6 150
3 Alex Smith Scotland 76-73-74-72=295 +7 100
T4 Willie Anderson Scotland 79-74-76-70=299 +11 70
Jack Hobens Scotland 75-78-72-74=299
Isaac Mackie Scotland 77-75-74-73=299
T7 Tom Anderson, Jr. Scotland 78-74-75-73=300 +12 35
Herbert Barker England 75-79-73-73=300
Andrew Campbell Scotland 71-75-77-77=300
Bob Peebles Scotland 76-73-73-78=300
Walter Travis (a) United States 72-78-77-73=300 0
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