1913 U.S. Open (golf)

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

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]

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, 92 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

Main article: The Country Club
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

First round

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 (a) 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  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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