1900 U.S. Open (golf)


The 1900 U.S. Open was the sixth U.S. Open, held October 4–5 at Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, Illinois, a suburb west of On a tour of the United States from Britain, Harry Vardon won his only U.S. Open title, two strokes ahead of his great rival,
In the U.S. to promote the Vardon Flyer Ball, Vardon made his first appearance at the U.S. Open. Taylor was also in America on business and decided to enter, creating a highly anticipated matchup between the two great British rivals. Together they formed two-thirds of the Great Triumvirate that dominated British golf at the turn of the century.
On Thursday morning, Taylor opened with 76 for a two-shot lead, but an 82 in the afternoon put him one back of Vardon after 36 holes. On Friday morning, Vardon's 76 opened up a four-stroke lead over Taylor, who was seven clear of the field. Despite an 80 in the afternoon for 313, Vardon prevailed by two, as Taylor shot 78 for 315. Local Chicago pro David Bell was a distant third at 322.
Neither Vardon nor Taylor won another major outside The Open Championship, which they won a combined eleven times. Vardon did not play in the U.S. Open again until 1913, when he and Ted Ray lost a playoff to amateur Francis Ouimet. He was also runner-up in his third and final Open appearance, in 1920. Taylor played the U.S. Open only once more, also in 1913, and was thirtieth.

Course

Past champions in the field

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Did not play: Joe Lloyd

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, October 4, 1900
PlacePlayerCountryScore
1J.H. Taylor76
2David Bell78
3Harry Vardon79
4Tom Hutchinson81
5Willie Smith82
6Willie Anderson83
T7Laurie Auchterlonie84
T7Val Fitzjohn84
T7George Low84
T7Bobby Simpson84
T7Harry Turpie84

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Second round

Thursday, October 4, 1900
PlacePlayerCountryScore
1Harry Vardon79-78=157
2J.H. Taylor76-82=158
3David Bell78-83=161
T4Alex Campbell86-77=163
T4Stewart Gardner85-78=163
6George Low84-80=164
7Willie Smith82-83=165
8Laurie Auchterlonie84-82=166
9Val Fitzjohn84-83=167
T10Tom Hutchinson81-87=168
T10Bobby Simpson84-84=168

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Third round

Friday, October 5, 1900
PlacePlayerCountryScore
1Harry Vardon79-78-76=233
2J.H. Taylor76-82-79=237
T3David Bell78-83-83=244
T3Willie Smith82-83-79=244
5Laurie Auchterlonie84-82-80=246
6Stewart Gardner85-78-84=247
7Tom Hutchinson81-87-81=249
T8Willie Anderson83-88-79=250
T8George Low84-80-85=250
T8Harry Turpie84-87-79=250

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Final round

Friday, October 5, 1900
PlacePlayerCountryScoreMoney
1Harry Vardon79-78-76-80=313200
2J.H. Taylor76-82-79-78=315150
3David Bell78-83-83-78=322125
T4Laurie Auchterlonie84-82-80-81=32790
T4Willie Smith82-83-79-83=32790
6George Low84-80-85-82=33170
7Tom Hutchinson81-87-81-84=33350
8Harry Turpie84-87-79-84=33425
9Stewart Gardner85-78-84-89=3360
10Val Fitzjohn84-83-89-82=3380

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Amateurs: Macdonald, Johnstone, Holabird, Stuart, Egan.

Winner's scorecards

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