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1911 U.S. Open Golf

1911 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 23–26, 1911
Location Wheaton, Illinois
Course(s) Chicago Golf Club
Organized by USGA
Format Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par 76
Length 6,606 yards (6,041 m)
Field 72, 60 after cut
Cut 168 (+16)
Winner's share $300
Champion
John McDermott
307 (+3), playoff
← 1910 1912 →

Course

Hole Yards Par   Hole Yards Par
1 468 5   10 241 4
2 358 4 11 510 5
3 337 4 12 330 4
4 418 4 13 519 5
5 334 4 14 300 4
6 568 5 15 364 4
7 310 4 16 318 4
8 315 4 17 348 4
9 141 3 18 427 5
Out 3,249 37 In 3,357 39
Source: Total 6,606 76

Past champions in the field

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Fred McLeod Scotland 1908 77 72 76 83 308 +4 4
George Sargent England 1909 76 77 84 84 311 +7 T7
Alec Ross Scotland 1907 74 75 81 82 312 +8 T9
Alex Smith Scotland 1906, 1910 76 78 82 85 321 +17 T23

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Herbert Barker England 75 −1
Alec Ross Scotland
T3 Mike Brady United States 76 E
George Sargent England
George Simpson Scotland
T6 Fred McLeod Scotland 77 +1
Tom McNamara United States
Harry Turple United States
T9 James Donaldson Scotland 78 +2
Otto Hackbarth United States
Albert Seckel (a) United States
Alex Smith Scotland

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Fred McLeod Scotland 77-72=149 −3
Alec Ross Scotland 74-75=149
3 Otto Hackbarth United States 78-74=152 E
T4 Mike Brady United States 76-77=153 +1
John McDermott United States 81-72=153
George Sargent England 76-77=153
George Simpson Scotland 76-77=153
Harry Turpie United States 77-76=153
T9 Gilbert Nicholls England 76-78=154 +2
Alex Smith Scotland 78-76=154

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Fred McLeod Scotland 77-72-76=225 −3
T2 John McDermott United States 81-72-75=228 E
Gilbert Nicholls England 76-78-74=228
T4 Alex Campbell Scotland 81-77-72=230 +2
Jock Hutchison Scotland 80-77-73=230
Alec Ross Scotland 74-75-81=230
T7 Mike Brady United States 76-77-79=232 +4
George Simpson Scotland 76-77-79=232
T9 Herbert Barker England 75-81-77=233 +5
Peter Robertson Scotland 79-76-78=233

Final round

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
T1 John McDermott United States 81-72-75-79=307 +3 Playoff
Mike Brady United States 76-77-79-75=307
George Simpson Scotland 76-77-79-75=307
4 Fred McLeod Scotland 77-72-76-83=308 +4 80
T5 Jock Hutchison Scotland 80-77-73-79=309 +5 65
Gilbert Nicholls England 76-78-74-81=309
T7 Herbert Barker England 75-81-77-78=311 +7 45
George Sargent England 76-77-84-74=311
T9 Peter Robertson Scotland 79-76-78-79=312 +8 25
Alec Ross Scotland 74-75-81-82=312

Playoff

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 John McDermott United States 39-41=80 +4 300
2 Mike Brady United States 43-39=82 +6 150
3 George Simpson Scotland 44-41=85 +9 100

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 5
McDermott +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +4 +4 +5 +5 +5 +5 +4
Brady −1 +1 +2 +2 +3 +4 +5 +5 +6 +5 +5 +4 +5 +5 +6 +6 +6 +6
Simpson E +1 +3 +4 +5 +6 +6 +6 +7 +8 +7 +7 +8 +8 +9 +10 +10 +10
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