1910 U.S. Open (golf)


The 1910 U.S. Open was the sixteenth U.S. Open, held June 17–20 at Philadelphia Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, a neighborhood of northwest Philadelphia. Alex Smith, the champion four years earlier, prevailed in an 18-hole playoff over his younger brother Macdonald Smith and 18-year-old John McDermott to win his second U.S. Open.
On Friday, Alex Smith opened with a pair of 73's to take the 36-hole lead by two shots ahead of McDermott, Gilbert Nicholls, Fred McLeod, and Tom Anderson.
Smith carded a 79 in the third round on Saturday morning that left him two behind McDermott, who shot a 75 for 223. In the final round that afternoon, McDermott was the first to finish and posted another 75 and a 298 total. Macdonald Smith shot 71 that also placed him at 298. McLeod had a chance to also post 298 after driving the final hole, but his putt for a two stayed out and he finished a shot back. Alex Smith also drove the green at the last needing only a two-putt to win, but he missed from 18 inches and tied with McDermott and his brother. Alex was not fazed by the near-miss; in the Monday playoff, his 71 beat McDermott by four and Macdonald by six.
McDermott won the next two U.S. Opens; he was the first American-born winner and remains the youngest champion through 2016. Four-time champion Willie Anderson played in his final U.S. Open and finished eleventh; he died four months later of epilepsy at age 31.
The course also hosted in 1907 and is the present-day St. Martin's course, now nine holes.

Past champions in the field

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Did not play: Laurie Auchterlonie, Harry Vardon, Willie Smith.

Round summaries

First round

Friday, June 17, 1910
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tom Anderson72−1
T2Tom McNamara73E
T2Gilbert Nicholls73E
T2Alex Smith73E
T5Willie Anderson74+1
T5John McDermott74+1
T5Macdonald Smith74+1
T5James R. Thomson74+1
T9Herbert Barker75+2
T9George Low75+2

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Second round

Friday, June 17, 1910
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Alex Smith73-73=146E
T2Tom Anderson72-76=148+2
T2John McDermott74-74=148+2
T2Fred McLeod78-70=148+2
T2Gilbert Nicholls73-75=148+2
T6Jack Hobens74-77=151+5
T6Tom McNamara73-78=151+5
T8Willie Anderson74-78=152+9
T8George Low75-77=152+9
T8Macdonald Smith74-78=152+9
T8Chay Thom80-72=152+9

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Third round

Saturday, June 18, 1910
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1John McDermott74-74-75=223+4
2Tom McNamara73-78-73=224+5
T3Jack Hobens74-77-74=225+6
T3Gilbert Nicholls73-75-77=225+6
T3Alex Smith73-73-79=225+6
6Fred McLeod78-70-78=226+7
T7Tom Bonnar74-78-75=227+8
T7Macdonald Smith74-78-75=227+8
T9Willie Anderson74-78-76=228+9
T9Jock Hutchison77-76-75=228+9

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Final round

Saturday, June 18, 1910
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
T1Alex Smith73-73-79-73=298+6Playoff
T1John McDermott74-74-75-75=298+6Playoff
T1Macdonald Smith74-78-75-71=298+6Playoff
4Fred McLeod78-70-78-73=299+780
T5Tom McNamara73-78-73-76=300+865
T5Gilbert Nicholls73-75-77-75=300+865
7Jack Hobens74-77-74-76=301+950
T8Tom Anderson72-76-81-73=302+1030
T8Herbert Barker75-78-77-72=302+1030
T8Jock Hutchison77-76-75-74=302+1030

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Playoff

Monday, June 20, 1910
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Alex Smith71–2300
2John McDermott75+2150
3Macdonald Smith77+4100

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