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1915 U.S. Open Golf
| 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 |
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