1913 U.S. Open (golf)

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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.[1][2][3]

1913 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesSeptember 18–20, 1913
LocationBrookline, Massachusetts
Course(s)The Country Club
Organized byUSGA
FormatStroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par73
Length6,235 yards (5,701 m)[1]
Field66 players, 54 after cut
Cut165 (+19)
Winner's share($300)
Champion
United States Francis Ouimet (a)
304 (+12), playoff
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1913 winner Francis Ouimet holding a horseshoe; with Eddie Lowery his 10-year-old caddy, with a white towel around his neck
Vardon, Ouimet, and Ray
Vardon at the 1913 U.S. Open
Fred McLeod and Harry Vardon at the 1913 U.S. Open

The four rounds were played over two days, Thursday and Friday. After 36 holes, Vardon and Wilfrid Reid co-led at 147 (+1),[4][5] and after the third round on Friday morning, Ouimet, Vardon, and Ray were tied for the lead at 225 (+6). All three shot 79 in the afternoon and remained tied for the lead at the end of regulation at 304 (+12).[6][7][8]

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 (−1), Vardon was second with 77, and Ray came in third with a 78.[1][3] 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, 91 years ago.

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. The 2022 U.S. Open, again played at The Country Club, was won by Englishman Matt Fitzpatrick.

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.

The tournament inspired the Mark Frost book The Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf (2002). The book was adapted into the film The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005), directed by Bill Paxton.[9]

Course

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Hole Name Yards Par    Hole Name Yards Par
1 Polo Field 430 5 10 Redan 140 3
2 Cottage 300 4 11 Stockton 390 4
3 Pond 435 5 12 Paddock 415 4
4 Hospital 300 4 13 Maiden 320 4
5 Newton 420 4 14 Quarry 470 5
6 Bakers 275 4 15 Liverpool 370 4
7 Plateau 185 3 16 Clyde 125 3
8 Corner 380 4 17 Elbow 360 4
9 Himalayas 520 5 18 Home 410 4
Out 3,245 38 In 2,990 35
Source:[1][4][6] Total 6,245 73

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, September 18, 1913 (morning)

Place Player Score To par
T1   Alec Ross 71 −2
  Macdonald Smith
3   Jack Croke 72 −1
T4 Robert Andrews 73 E
  Walter Hagen
  Tom McNamara
T5   Jim Barnes 74 +1
  John McDermott
T7   Fred Herreshoff (a) 75 +2
  Wilfrid Reid
  Herbert Strong
  Harry Vardon

Source:[4][5]

Second round

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Thursday, September 18, 1913 (afternoon)

Place Player Score To par
T1   Wilfrid Reid 75-72=147 +1
  Harry Vardon 75-72=147
T3   Ted Ray 79-70=149 +3
  Herbert Strong 75-74=149
T5   Jim Barnes 74-76=150 +4
  Macdonald Smith 71-79=150
T7   Walter Hagen 73-78=151 +5
  Francis Ouimet (a) 77-74=151
  Alec Ross 71-80=151
  George Sargent 75-76=151

Source:[4][5]

Third round

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Friday, September 19, 1913 (morning)

Place Player Score To par
T1   Francis Ouimet (a) 77-74-74=225 +6
  Ted Ray 79-70-76=225
  Harry Vardon 75-72-78=225
4   Walter Hagen 73-78-76=227 +8
5   Jim Barnes 74-76-78=228 +9
T6   John McDermott 74-79-77=230 +11
  George Sargent 75-76-79=230
  Macdonald Smith 71-79-80=230
T9   Pat Doyle 78-80-73=231 +12
  Herbert Strong 75-74-82=231
  Louis Tellier 76-76-79=231

Source:[6][7]

Final round

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Friday, September 19, 1913 (afternoon)

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
T1   Francis Ouimet (a) 77-74-74-79=304 +12 Playoff
  Ted Ray 79-70-76-79=304
  Harry Vardon 75-72-78-79=304
T4   Walter Hagen 73-78-76-80=307 +15 78
  Jim Barnes 74-76-78-79=307
  Macdonald Smith 71-79-80-77=307
  Louis Tellier 76-76-79-76=307
8   John McDermott 74-79-77-78=308 +16 50
9   Herbert Strong 75-74-82-79=310 +18 40
10   Pat Doyle 78-80-73-80=311 +19 30

Source:[6][7]

Amateurs: Ouimet (+12), Fownes (+20), Herreshoff (+26), Travers (+30)

Scorecard

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Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 5 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 4
  Ouimet +6 +6 +6 +6 +8 +9 +9 +11 +11 +13 +13 +14 +13 +13 +13 +13 +12 +12
  Vardon +6 +7 +8 +9 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +11 +11 +12 +12 +12 +12 +12 +12
  Ray +6 +7 +6 +8 +7 +7 +9 +10 +11 +12 +11 +12 +11 +11 +11 +12 +12 +12

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[7]

Playoff

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Saturday, September 20, 1913

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Francis Ouimet (a) 38-34=72 −1 0
2   Harry Vardon 38-39=77 +4 300
3   Ted Ray 38-40=78 +5 150

Source:[1][3]

Scorecard

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Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 5 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 4
  Ouimet E E −1 −1 E E +1 E E E E E E E E E −1 −1
  Vardon E E −1 −1 E −1 E E E +1 +1 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +4
  Ray E E E E +1 +1 +1 E E +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +4 +5 +6 +5

Source:[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Darwin, Bernard (September 21, 1913). "Francis Ouimet scores triumph in golf tourney". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, sports.
  2. ^ Sheridan, Hal (September 21, 1913). "Ouimet's great victory makes him hero of golfers". Pittsburg Press. p. 21.
  3. ^ a b c d "American Open golf championship". Glasgow Herald. (Scotland). September 22, 1913. p. 9.
  4. ^ a b c d Darwin, Bernard (September 19, 1913). "English golfers perform superbly". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 15.
  5. ^ a b c "Golf in America - the Open championship". Glasgow Herald. (Scotland). September 19, 1913. p. 9.
  6. ^ a b c d Darwin, Bernard (September 20, 1913). "Golfers battle over soggy links in final rounds". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 13.
  7. ^ a b c d "Golf in America - tie for championship". Glasgow Herald. (Scotland). September 20, 1913. p. 7.
  8. ^ "Ouimet Ties Great English Golfers. Twenty-Year-Old Schoolboy's Wonderful Performance in National Open Golf". The New York Times. September 20, 1913. Retrieved January 2, 2011. An American youth, Francis Ouimet, a stripling scarcely out of his teens, carved a niche for himself in international sporting history here to-day when he tied with England's famous professional golfers, Harry Vardon and Edward Ray, in the final round of the national open championship.
  9. ^ Holcomb, Mark (September 27, 2005). "The Greatest Game Ever Played". The Village Voice. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
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