1907 U.S. Open (golf)


The 1907 U.S. Open was the thirteenth U.S. Open, held June 20–21 at Philadelphia Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, a neighborhood of northwest Philadelphia. Alec Ross posted four sub-80 rounds to win his only major title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Gilbert Nicholls.
After the first 36 holes on Thursday, Ross owned a one-shot lead over Jack Hobens, who recorded the first hole-in-one in U.S. Open history in the second round.
Hobens led Nicholls by one after the third round on Friday morning, but an 85 in the afternoon dropped him to fourth place. Ross began the round two behind Hobens and shot a 76 to prevail by two over Nicholls, who shot 79. Ross' older brother Donald, the famed golf course architect, finished tenth.
Defending champion Alex Smith opted to play in the Open Championship in England, held on the same two days at Hoylake.

Past champions in the field

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Did not play: Alex Smith, Harry Vardon, Willie Smith,
Fred Herd, Joe Lloyd, James Foulis.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 20, 1907
PlacePlayerCountryScore
1David Brown75
T2Mike Brady76
T2James Campbell76
T2Jack Hobens76
T2Bernard Nicholls76
T2Alec Ross76
T7Laurie Auchterlonie77
T7David Hunter77
T9Alex Campbell78
T9John Campbell78
T9George Low78

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Second round

Thursday, June 20, 1907
PlacePlayerCountryScore
1Alec Ross76-74=150
2Jack Hobens76-75=151
T3Alex Campbell78-74=152
T3Bernard Nicholls76-76=152
T3David Hunter77-75=152
T6Mike Brady76-77=153
T6Gilbert Nicholls80-73=153
T6David Robertson81-77=153
T9Laurie Auchterlonie77-77=154
T9George Low78-76=154

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Third round

Friday, June 21, 1907
PlacePlayerCountryScore
1Jack Hobens76-75-73=224
2Gilbert Nicholls80-73-72=225
3Alec Ross76-74-76=226
4Alex Campbell78-74-78=230
5Fred Brand78-80-73=231
T6David Brown75-80-78=233
T6George Low78-76-79=233
T6Bernard Nicholls76-76-81=233
T6David Robertson81-77-78=233
10Donald Ross78-80-76=234

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Final round

Friday, June 21, 1907
PlacePlayerCountryScoreMoney
1Alec Ross76-74-76-76=302300
2Gilbert Nicholls80-73-72-79=304150
3Alex Campbell78-74-78-75=305100
4Jack Hobens76-75-73-85=30980
T5George Low78-76-79-77=31060
T5Fred McLeod79-77-79-75=31060
T5Peter Robertson81-77-78-74=31060
T8David Brown75-80-78-78=31135
T8Bernard Nicholls76-76-81-78=31135
10Donald Ross78-80-76-78=31220

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Amateurs: Travers, Smith, Carr, West, Forrest, Cocharan.