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1916 U.S. Open Golf

1916 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 29–30, 1916
Location Minneapolis, Minnesota
Course(s) Minikahda Club
Organized by USGA
Format Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par 72
Length 6,150 yards (5,624 m)
Field 62 players
Cut None
Winner's share ($300)
Champion
Chick Evans (a)
286 (−2)
← 1915 1919 →

Course layout

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 310 460 130 530 265 300 220 410 400 3,025 160 385 535 475 365 335 355 160 355 3,125 6,150
Par 4 5 3 5 4 4 3 4 4 36 3 4 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 36 72

Past champions in the field

Player Country Year won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
George Sargent England 1909 75 71 72 75 293 +5 T4
Walter Hagen United States 1914 73 76 75 71 295 +7 7
Alec Ross Scotland 1907 73 76 76 75 300 +12 T15
Fred McLeod Scotland 1908 74 75 77 77 303 +15 T25

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Chick Evans (a) United States 70 −2
Wilfrid Reid England
T3 Jim Barnes England 71 −1
Jack Dowling United States
T5 Alex Campbell Scotland 73 +1
W. Clark  
Walter Hagen United States
Jock Hutchison Scotland
Gilbert Nicholls England
Bob Peebles  
Alec Ross Scotland

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Chick Evans (a) United States 70-69=139 −5
2 Wilfrid Reid England 70-72=142 −2
T3 Jim Barnes England 71-74=145 +1
Bob Peebles   73-72=145
T5 Bob MacDonald Scotland 74-72=146 +2
George Sargent England 75-71=146
7 Jack Dowling United States 71-76=147 +3
T8 Mike Brady United States 75-73=148 +4
J. Ferguson   75-73=148
Jock Hutchison Scotland 73-75=148
J. J. O'Brien United States 76-72=148
Tom Vardon Jersey 76-72=148

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Chick Evans (a) United States 70-69-74=213 −3
2 Jim Barnes England 71-74-71=216 E
3 George Sargent England 75-71-72=218 +2
T4 Jock Hutchison Scotland 73-75-72=220 +4
Gilbert Nicholls England 73-76-71=220
T6 J. J. O'Brien United States 76-72-73=221 +5
Bob Peebles   73-72-76=221
Wilfrid Reid England 70-72-79=221
Louis Tellier France 74-75-72=221
10 Jack Dowling United States 71-76-75=222 +6

Final round

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Chick Evans (a) United States 70-69-74-73=286 −2 0
2 Jock Hutchison Scotland 73-75-72-68=288 E 300
3 Jim Barnes England 71-74-71-74=290 +2 150
T4 Gilbert Nicholls England 73-76-71-73=293 +5 83
Wilfrid Reid England 70-72-79-72=293
George Sargent England 75-71-72-75=293
7 Walter Hagen United States 73-76-75-71=295 +7 60
8 Bob MacDonald Scotland 74-72-77-73=296 +8 50
T9 Mike Brady United States 75-73-75-74=297 +9 30
J. J. O'Brien United States 76-72-73-76=297
Tom Vardon Jersey 76-72-75-74=297
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