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.[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
The Country Club  is located in the United States
The Country Club 
The Country Club 
Location in the United States
The Country Club  is located in Massachusetts
The Country Club 
The Country Club 
Location in Massachusetts
1913 winner Francis Ouimet holding a horseshoe; with Eddie Lowery his 10-year-old caddy, with a white towel around his neck
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, 90 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

HoleNameYardsPar  HoleNameYardsPar
1Polo Field430510Redan1403
2Cottage300411Stockton3904
3Pond435512Paddock4154
4Hospital300413Maiden3204
5Newton420414Quarry4705
6Bakers275415Liverpool3704
7Plateau185316Clyde1253
8Corner380417Elbow3604
9Himalayas520518Home4104
Out3,24538In2,99035
Source:[1][4][6]Total6,24573

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, September 18, 1913 (morning)

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1Scotland Alec Ross71−2
Scotland Macdonald Smith
3United States Jack Croke72−1
T4Robert Andrews73E
United States Walter Hagen
United States Tom McNamara
T5England Jim Barnes74+1
United States John McDermott
T7United States Fred Herreshoff (a)75+2
England Wilfrid Reid
England Herbert Strong
Jersey Harry Vardon

Source:[4][5]

Second round

Thursday, September 18, 1913 (afternoon)

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1England Wilfrid Reid75-72=147+1
Jersey Harry Vardon75-72=147
T3Jersey Ted Ray79-70=149+3
England Herbert Strong75-74=149
T5England Jim Barnes74-76=150+4
Scotland Macdonald Smith71-79=150
T7United States Walter Hagen73-78=151+5
United States Francis Ouimet (a)77-74=151
Scotland Alec Ross71-80=151
England George Sargent75-76=151

Source:[4][5]

Third round

Friday, September 19, 1913 (morning)

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Francis Ouimet (a)77-74-74=225+6
Jersey Ted Ray79-70-76=225
Jersey Harry Vardon75-72-78=225
4United States Walter Hagen73-78-76=227+8
5England Jim Barnes74-76-78=228+9
T6United States John McDermott74-79-77=230+11
England George Sargent75-76-79=230
Scotland Macdonald Smith71-79-80=230
T9Ireland Pat Doyle78-80-73=231+12
England Herbert Strong75-74-82=231
France Louis Tellier76-76-79=231

Source:[6][7]

Final round

Friday, September 19, 1913 (afternoon)

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1United States Francis Ouimet (a)77-74-74-79=304+12Playoff
Jersey Ted Ray79-70-76-79=304
Jersey Harry Vardon75-72-78-79=304
T4United States Walter Hagen73-78-76-80=307+1578
England Jim Barnes74-76-78-79=307
Scotland Macdonald Smith71-79-80-77=307
France Louis Tellier76-76-79-76=307
8United States John McDermott74-79-77-78=308+1650
9England Herbert Strong75-74-82-79=310+1840
10Ireland Pat Doyle78-80-73-80=311+1930

Source:[6][7]

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

Scorecard

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par545444345344454344
United States Ouimet+6+6+6+6+8+9+9+11+11+13+13+14+13+13+13+13+12+12
Jersey Vardon+6+7+8+9+10+10+10+10+10+10+11+11+12+12+12+12+12+12
Jersey 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

Saturday, September 20, 1913

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1United States Francis Ouimet (a)38-34=72−10
2Jersey Harry Vardon38-39=77+4300
3Jersey Ted Ray38-40=78+5150

Source:[1][3]

Scorecard

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par545444345344454344
United States OuimetEE−1−1EE+1EEEEEEEEE−1−1
Jersey VardonEE−1−1E−1EEE+1+1+2+1+1+1+1+2+4
Jersey RayEEEE+1+1+1EE+1+1+2+2+2+4+5+6+5

Source:[1][3]

References

  1. 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. "American Open golf championship". Glasgow Herald. (Scotland). September 22, 1913. p. 9.
  4. Darwin, Bernard (September 19, 1913). "English golfers perform superbly". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 15.
  5. "Golf in America - the Open championship". Glasgow Herald. (Scotland). September 19, 1913. p. 9.
  6. Darwin, Bernard (September 20, 1913). "Golfers battle over soggy links in final rounds". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 13.
  7. "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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