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1915 U.S. Open Golf

1915 U.S. Open
Travers with the winner's cup
Tournament information
Dates June 17−18, 1915
Location Springfield, New Jersey
Course(s) Baltusrol Golf Club
Old Course (no longer exists)
Organized by USGA
Format Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par 74
Length 6,212 yards (5,680 m)
Field 66 players
Winner's share ($300)
Champion
Jerome Travers (a)
297 (+1)
← 1914 1916 →

Past champions in the field

Player Country Year won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Fred McLeod Scotland 1908 74 76 76 79 305 +9 T8
Walter Hagen United States 1914 78 73 76 79 306 +10 T10
George Sargent England 1909 75 77 79 75 306 +10 T10
Francis Ouimet (a) United States 1913 77 79 80 81 317 +21 T35

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Jim Barnes England 71 −3
Chick Evans (a) United States
3 Bob MacDonald Scotland 72 −2
T4 Jock Hutchison Scotland 74 E
Fred McLeod Scotland
T6 Davis Ogilvie   75 +1
George Sargent England
Louis Tellier France
T9 Mike Brady United States 76 +2
Alex Campbell Scotland
Joe Mitchell  
Jerome Travers (a) United States

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Jim Barnes England 71-75=146 −2
Louis Tellier France 75-71=146
3 Mike Brady United States 76-71=147 −1
4 Jerome Travers (a) United States 76-72=148 E
T5 Bob MacDonald Scotland 72-77=149 +1
Tom McNamara United States 78-71=149
7 Fred McLeod Scotland 74-76=150 +2
T8 Walter Hagen United States 78-73=151 +3
Alex Campbell Scotland 76-75=151
T10 Chick Evans (a) United States 71-81=152 +4
George Low Scotland 78-74=152
George Sargent England 75-77=152

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Jerome Travers (a) United States 76-72-73=221 −1
T2 Mike Brady United States 76-71-75=222 E
Bob MacDonald Scotland 72-77-73=222
Louis Tellier France 75-71-76=222
5 Tom McNamara United States 78-71-74=223 +1
T6 Jim Barnes England 71-75-79=225 +3
Alex Campbell Scotland 76-75-74=225
8 Fred McLeod Scotland 74-76-76=226 +4
9 Walter Hagen United States 78-73-76=227 +5
10 George Low Scotland 78-74-76=228 +6

Final round

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Jerome Travers (a) United States 76-72-73-76=297 +1 0
2 Tom McNamara United States 78-71-74-75=298 +2 300
3 Bob MacDonald Scotland 72-77-73-78=300 +4 150
T4 Jim Barnes England 71-75-79-76=301 +5 90
Louis Tellier France 75-71-76-79=301
6 Mike Brady United States 76-71-75-80=302 +6 70
7 George Low Scotland 78-74-76-75=303 +7 60
T8 Jock Hutchison Scotland 74-79-76-76=305 +9 45
Fred McLeod Scotland 74-76-76-79=305
T10 Alex Campbell Scotland 76-75-74-81=306 +10 6
Emmet French United States 77-79-75-75=306
Walter Hagen United States 78-73-76-79=306
Tom Kerrigan United States 78-75-76-77=306
Gilbert Nicholls England 78-81-73-74=306
Jack Park Scotland 77-77-75-77=306
Wilfrid Reid England 77-78-75-76=306
George Sargent England 75-77-79-75=306
Milla Backhouse