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
Francis Ouimet (a)
304 (+12), playoff
The Country Club 
Location in the United States
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, 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, 88 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.

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
Main article: The Country Club
HoleYardsPar  HoleYardsPar
14305101403
23004113904
34355124154
43004133204
54204144705
62754153704
71853161253
83804173504
95205184104
Out3,24538In2,99035
Source:[1][4][6]Total6,23573

Past champions in the field
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Harry Vardon Jersey190075727879304+122
John McDermott United States1911, 191274797778308+16T9
Alex Smith Scotland1906, 191082758279318+26T16
George Sargent England190975767989319+27T20
Alec Ross Scotland190771809382326+34T36
Fred McLeod Scotland190880858280327+35T39

Source:[4][6][9]

Did not play: Laurie Auchterlonie (1902), Willie Smith (1899).

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, September 18, 1913 (morning)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Alec Ross Scotland71−2
Macdonald Smith Scotland
3Jack Croke United States72−1
T4Robert Andrews73E
Walter Hagen United States
Tom McNamara United States
T5Jim Barnes England74+1
John McDermott United States
T7Fred Herreshoff (a) United States75+2
Wilfrid Reid England
Herbert Strong England
Harry Vardon Jersey

Source:[4][5]

Second round

Thursday, September 18, 1913 (afternoon)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Wilfrid Reid England75-72=147+1
Harry Vardon Jersey75-72=147
T3Ted Ray Jersey79-70=149+3
Herbert Strong England75-74=149
T5Jim Barnes England74-76=150+4
Macdonald Smith Scotland71-79=150
T7Walter Hagen United States73-78=151+5
Francis Ouimet (a) United States77-74=151
Alec Ross Scotland71-80=151
George Sargent England75-76=151

Source:[4][5]

Third round

Friday, September 19, 1913 (morning)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Francis Ouimet (a) United States77-74-74=225+6
Ted Ray Jersey79-70-76=225
Harry Vardon Jersey75-72-78=225
4Walter Hagen United States73-78-76=227+8
5Jim Barnes England74-76-78=228+9
T6John McDermott United States74-79-77=230+11
George Sargent England75-76-79=230
Macdonald Smith Scotland71-79-80=230
T9Pat Doyle Ireland78-80-73=231+12
Herbert Strong England75-74-82=231
Louis Tellier France76-76-79=231

Source:[6][7]

Final round

Friday, September 19, 1913 (afternoon)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1Francis Ouimet (a) United States77-74-74-79=304+12Playoff
Ted Ray Jersey79-70-76-79=304
Harry Vardon Jersey75-72-78-79=304
T4Walter Hagen United States73-78-76-80=307+1578
Jim Barnes England74-76-78-79=307
Macdonald Smith Scotland71-79-80-77=307
Louis Tellier France76-76-79-76=307
8John McDermott United States74-79-77-78=308+1650
9Herbert Strong England75-74-82-79=310+1840
10Pat Doyle Ireland78-80-73-80=311+1930

Source:[6][7]

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

Scorecard
Hole  1    2    3    4   5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par545444345344454344
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

Saturday, September 20, 1913

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Francis Ouimet (a) United States38-34=72–10
2Harry Vardon Jersey38-39=77+4300
3Ted Ray Jersey38-40=78+5150

Source:[1][3]

Scorecard
Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par545444345344454344
OuimetEE–1–1EE+1EEEEEEEEE–1–1
VardonEE–1–1E–1EEE+1+1+2+1+1+1+1+2+4
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. Brenner, Morgan G. (2009). The Majors of Golf: Complete Results of The Open, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and the Masters, 1860-2008. p. 217. ISBN 9780786453955. Retrieved June 15, 2017.

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