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1903 U.S. Open Golf

1903 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 26–29, 1903
Location Springfield, New Jersey
Course(s) Baltusrol Golf Club
Old Course (no longer exists)
Organized by USGA
Format Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Length 6,003 yards (5,489 m)
Field 85
Cut none
Winner's share $200
Champion
Willie Anderson
307, playoff
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Past champions in the field

Player Country Year won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total Finish
Willie Anderson Scotland 1901 73 76 76 82 307 1
Laurie Auchterlonie Scotland 1902 75 79 84 83 321 7
Willie Smith Scotland 1899 80 81 83 79 323 T9
Horace Rawlins England 1895 82 77 78 87 324 12
Joe Lloyd England 1897 84 85 80 83 332 T24

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score
1 Willie Anderson Scotland 73
2 Laurie Auchterlonie Scotland 75
T3 Jack Campbell Scotland 76
Jack Hobens United States
T5 Findlay Douglas (a) Scotland 77
Stewart Gardner Scotland
Alex Smith Scotland
T8 George Tuttle Brokaw (a) United States 78
William Norton  
T10 David Brown Scotland 79
Alex Campbell Scotland
Donald Ross Scotland

Second round

Place Player Country Score
1 Willie Anderson Scotland 73-76=149
T2 Laurie Auchterlonie Scotland 75-79=154
Stewart Gardner Scotland 77-77=154
Alex Smith Scotland 77-77=154
T5 David Brown Scotland 79-77=156
Findlay Douglas (a) Scotland 77-79=156
7 Jack Hobens United States 76-81=157
8 Donald Ross Scotland 79-79=158
T9 Jack Campbell Scotland 76-83=159
William Norton   78-81=159
Horace Rawlins England 82-77=159

Third round

Place Player Country Score
1 Willie Anderson Scotland 73-76-76=225
2 David Brown Scotland 79-77-75=231
3 Alex Smith Scotland 77-77-81=235
T4 Stewart Gardner Scotland 77-77-82=236
Donald Ross Scotland 79-79-78=236
6 Horace Rawlins England 82-77-78=237
T7 Laurie Auchterlonie Scotland 75-79-84=238
Findlay Douglas (a) Scotland 77-79-82=238
9 Jack Hobens United States 76-81-82=239
10 Isaac Mackie United States 83-80-78=241

Final round

Place Player Country Score Money ($)
T1 Willie Anderson Scotland 73-76-76-82=307 Playoff
David Brown Scotland 79-77-75-76=307
3 Stewart Gardner Scotland 77-77-82-79=315 125
4 Alex Smith Scotland 77-77-81-81=316 100
5 Donald Ross Scotland 79-79-78-82=318 80
6 Jack Campbell Scotland 76-83-83-77=319 70
7 Laurie Auchterlonie Scotland 75-79-84-83=321 50
8 Findlay Douglas (a) Scotland 77-79-82-84=322 0
T9 Jack Hobens United States 76-81-82-84=323 33
Alex Ross Scotland 83-82-78-80=323
Willie Smith Scotland 80-81-83-79=323

Playoff

Place Player Country Score Money ($)
1 Willie Anderson Scotland 42-40=82 200
2 David Brown Scotland 42-42=84 150
Miroslaw Jaworski