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1910 U.S. Open Golf

1910 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 17–20, 1910
Location Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Course(s) Philadelphia Cricket Club
Organized by USGA
Format Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par 73
Field 73, 52 after cut
Cut 167 (+21)
Winner's share $300
Champion
Alex Smith
298 (+6)
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Past champions in the field

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Alex Smith Scotland 1906 73 73 79 73 298 +6 1
Fred McLeod Scotland 1908 78 70 78 73 299 +7 4
Willie Anderson Scotland 1901, 1903,
1904, 1905		 74 78 76 75 303 +11 11
George Sargent England 1909 77 81 74 77 309 +17 T16
Alec Ross Scotland 1907 78 84 73 79 314 +22 22

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Tom Anderson Scotland 72 −1
T2 Tom McNamara United States 73 E
Gilbert Nicholls England
Alex Smith Scotland
T5 Willie Anderson Scotland 74 +1
John McDermott United States
Macdonald Smith Scotland
James R. Thomson Scotland
T9 Herbert Barker England 75 +2
George Low Scotland

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Alex Smith Scotland 73-73=146 E
T2 Tom Anderson Scotland 72-76=148 +2
John McDermott United States 74-74=148
Fred McLeod Scotland 78-70=148
Gilbert Nicholls England 73-75=148
T6 Jack Hobens Scotland 74-77=151 +5
Tom McNamara United States 73-78=151
T8 Willie Anderson Scotland 74-78=152 +9
George Low Scotland 75-77=152
Macdonald Smith Scotland 74-78=152
Chay Thom Scotland 80-72=152

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 John McDermott United States 74-74-75=223 +4
2 Tom McNamara United States 73-78-73=224 +5
T3 Jack Hobens Scotland 74-77-74=225 +6
Gilbert Nicholls England 73-75-77=225
Alex Smith Scotland 73-73-79=225
6 Fred McLeod Scotland 78-70-78=226 +7
T7 Tom Bonnar   74-78-75=227 +8
Macdonald Smith Scotland 74-78-75=227
T9 Willie Anderson Scotland 74-78-76=228 +9
Jock Hutchison Scotland 77-76-75=228

Final round

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
T1 Alex Smith Scotland 73-73-79-73=298 +6 Playoff
John McDermott United States 74-74-75-75=298
Macdonald Smith Scotland 74-78-75-71=298
4 Fred McLeod Scotland 78-70-78-73=299 +7 80
T5 Tom McNamara United States 73-78-73-76=300 +8 65
Gilbert Nicholls England 73-75-77-75=300
7 Jack Hobens Scotland 74-77-74-76=301 +9 50
T8 Tom Anderson Scotland 72-76-81-73=302 +10 30
Herbert Barker England 75-78-77-72=302
Jock Hutchison Scotland 77-76-75-74=302

Playoff

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Alex Smith Scotland 71 –2 300
2 John McDermott United States 75 +2 150
3 Macdonald Smith Scotland 77 +4 100
Miroslaw Jaworski