1913 U.S. Open (golf)


The 1913 U.S. Open was the 19th U.S. Open, held September 18–20 at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, a suburb southwest of Boston. Amateur Francis Ouimet, age 20, won his only U.S. Open title in an 18-hole playoff, five strokes ahead of Britons Harry Vardon and Ted Ray.
The four rounds were played over two days, Thursday and Friday. After 36 holes, Vardon and Wilfrid Reid co-led at 147, and after the third round on Friday morning, Ouimet, Vardon, and Ray were tied for the lead at 225. All three shot 79 in the afternoon and remained tied for the lead at the end of regulation at 304.
In the Saturday playoff round, all were tied at even-par 38 at the turn, then Ouimet had a bogey-free back nine 34 for 72, Vardon was second with 77, and Ray came in third with a 78. It was widely hailed as a stunning upset over the strongly-favored Britons and increased the popularity of the game in the United States.
Ouimet's victory was the first of eight wins by amateurs at the U.S. Open; Bobby Jones won four and the last was Johnny Goodman in 1933,.
The U.S. Open returned to the course for the 50th and 75th anniversaries in 1963 and 1988, and the U.S. Amateur was held at The Country Club on the centennial anniversary in 2013; it also hosted the Ryder Cup in 1999. All four events, except the 2013 U.S. Amateur, were won by Americans.
Vardon, the 1900 champion, won a sixth British Open in 1914. Ray, the British Open champion in 1912, won the U.S. Open in 1920.

Course

Past champions in the field

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Did not play: Laurie Auchterlonie, Willie Smith.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, September 18, 1913
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Alec Ross71−2
T1Macdonald Smith71−2
3Jack Croke72−1
T4Robert Andrews73E
T4Walter Hagen73E
T4Tom McNamara73E
T5Jim Barnes74+1
T5John McDermott74+1
T7Fred Herreshoff 75+2
T7Wilfrid Reid75+2
T7Herbert Strong75+2
T7Harry Vardon75+2

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Second round

Thursday, September 18, 1913
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Wilfrid Reid75-72=147+1
T1Harry Vardon75-72=147+1
T3Ted Ray79-70=149+3
T3Herbert Strong75-74=149+3
T5Jim Barnes74-76=150+4
T5Macdonald Smith71-79=150+4
T7Walter Hagen73-78=151+5
T7Francis Ouimet 77-74=151+5
T7Alec Ross71-80=151+5
T7George Sargent75-76=151+5

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Third round

Friday, September 19, 1913
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Francis Ouimet 77-74-74=225+6
T1Ted Ray79-70-76=225+6
T1Harry Vardon75-72-78=225+6
4Walter Hagen73-78-76=227+8
5Jim Barnes74-76-78=228+9
T6John McDermott74-79-77=230+11
T6George Sargent75-76-79=230+11
T6Macdonald Smith71-79-80=230+11
T9Pat Doyle Ireland78-80-73=231+12
T9Herbert Strong75-74-82=231+12
T9Louis Tellier76-76-79=231+12

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Final round

Friday, September 19, 1913
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
T1Francis Ouimet 77-74-74-79=304+12Playoff
T1Ted Ray79-70-76-79=304+12Playoff
T1Harry Vardon75-72-78-79=304+12Playoff
T4Walter Hagen73-78-76-80=307+1578
T4Jim Barnes74-76-78-79=307+1578
T4Macdonald Smith71-79-80-77=307+1578
T4Louis Tellier76-76-79-76=307+1578
8John McDermott74-79-77-78=308+1650
9Herbert Strong75-74-82-79=310+1840
10Pat Doyle Ireland78-80-73-80=311+1930

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Amateurs: Ouimet, Fownes, Herreshoff, Travers

Scorecard

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
BirdieBogeyDouble bogey

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Playoff

Saturday, September 20, 1913
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Francis Ouimet 38-34=72–10
2Harry Vardon38-39=77+4300
3Ted Ray38-40=78+5150

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Scorecard

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