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1912 U.S. Open Golf

1912 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates August 1–2, 1912
Location Amherst, New York
Course(s) Country Club of Buffalo
Organized by USGA
Format Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par 74
Length 6,326 yards (5,784 m)
Field 120, 78 after cut
Cut 166 (+18)
Winner's share $300
Champion
John McDermott
294 (−2)
← 1911 1913 →

Course

Hole Yards Par   Hole Yards Par
1 345 4   10 606 6
2 315 4 11 400 4
3 406 4 12 340 4
4 380 4 13 210 3
5 455 5 14 170 3
6 300 4 15 516 5
7 125 3 16 155 3
8 430 5 17 540 5
9 300 4 18 333 4
Out 3,056 37 In 3,270 37
Source: Total 6,326 74

Past champions in the field

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
John McDermott United States 1911 74 75 74 71 294 −2 1
Alex Smith Scotland 1906, 1910 77 70 77 75 299 +3 T3
George Sargent England 1909 72 78 76 77 303 +7 6
Fred McLeod Scotland 1908 79 77 75 77 308 +12 T13
Alec Ross Scotland 1907 82 85 CUT  
Horace Rawlins England 1895 88 85 CUT

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Mike Brady United States 72 −2
Dan Kenny Canada
George Sargent England
T4 Frank Peebles Scotland 73 −1
Walter Travis (a) United States
T6 Grange Alves Scotland 74 E
Percy Barrett England
Canada
Alex Campbell Scotland
Jack Campbell Scotland
Jack Croke United States
John McDermott United States
Tom McNamara United States
David Ogilvie Scotland

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Percy Barrett England
Canada		 74-73=147 −1
Mike Brady United States 72-75=147
Alex Smith Scotland 77-70=147
T4 Jack Campbell Scotland 74-75=149 +1
John McDermott United States 74-75=149
Frank Peebles Scotland 73-76=149
T7 Jim Barnes England 77-73=150 +2
George Sargent England 72-78=150
T10 Tom Anderson, Jr. Scotland 75-76=151 +3
Alex Campbell Scotland 74-77=151

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Mike Brady United States 72-75-73=220 −2
2 John McDermott United States 74-75-74=223 +1
3 Alex Smith Scotland 77-70-77=224 +2
4 George Sargent England 72-78-76=226 +4
5 Tom McNamara United States 74-80-73=227 +5
6 Otto Hackbarth United States 77-77-75=229 +7
T7 Charlie Murray Canada 75-78-77=230 +8
Walter Travis (a) United States 73-79-78=230
T9 Alex Campbell Scotland 74-77-80=231 +9
Jack Dowling United States 76-79-76=231

Final round

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 John McDermott United States 74-75-74-71=294 −2 300
2 Tom McNamara United States 74-80-73-69=296 E 150
T3 Mike Brady United States 72-75-73-79=299 +3 90
Alex Smith Scotland 77-70-77-75=299
5 Alex Campbell Scotland 74-77-80-71=302 +6 70
6 George Sargent England 72-78-76-77=303 +7 60
T7 Jack Dowling United States 76-79-76-74=305 +9 45
Otto Hackbarth United States 77-77-75-76=305
9 Charlie Murray Canada 75-78-77-76=306 +10 40
T10 Tom Anderson, Jr. Scotland 75-76-81-75=307 +11 25
Frank Peebles Scotland 73-76-83-75=307
Walter Travis (a) United States 73-79-78-77=307 0
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