1900 U.S. Open (golf)

1900 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates	October 4–5, 1900
Location	Wheaton, Illinois
Course(s)	Chicago Golf Club
Organized by	USGA
Format	Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Field	62^[1]
Cut	none
Winner's share	$200
Champion
Harry Vardon
313
«1899 1901»

Chicago
Golf Club

Location in the United States

The 1900 U.S. Open was the sixth U.S. Open, held October 4–5 at Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, Illinois, a suburb west of Chicago. On a tour of the United States, English great Harry Vardon won his first U.S. Open title, two strokes ahead of his great rival, John Henry Taylor.^[2]^[3]

In the U.S. to promote the Vardon Flyer Ball, Vardon made his first appearance at the U.S. Open. Taylor was also in America on business and decided to enter the tournament, creating a highly anticipated matchup between the two great British rivals. Together they formed two-thirds of the Great Triumvirate that dominated British golf at the turn of the century (the third, James Braid, never played in the U.S. Open). Taylor opened the tournament with a two-shot lead over Vardon, but an 82 in the second round saw him fall to one back of Vardon. Vardon opened up a four-stroke lead after the third round, and despite an 80 in the last he still prevailed by two over Taylor, who shot 78. Local Chicago pro David Bell finished in 3rd place, nine strokes back.

Neither Vardon nor Taylor would ever win another major outside of The Open Championship, which they won a combined 11 times. Vardon would not play in the U.S. Open again until 1913, when he lost in a playoff to Francis Ouimet. He was also runner-up in his third and final Open appearance, in 1920. Taylor would play the U.S. Open only once more, finishing in 30th place in 1913.

Final leaderboard

Friday, October 5, 1900

Place	Player	Country	Score	Money ($)
1	Harry Vardon	Jersey	79-78-76-80=313	200
2	John Henry Taylor	England	76-82-79-78=315	150
3	David Bell	Scotland	78-83-83-78=322	125
T4	Laurie Auchterlonie	Scotland	84-82-80-81=327	90
T4	Willie Smith	Scotland	82-83-79-83=327	90
6	George Low	Scotland	84-80-85-82=331	70
7	Tom Hutchinson	Scotland	81-87-81-84=333	50
8	Harry Turpie	Scotland	84-87-79-84=334	25
9	Stewart Gardner	Scotland	85-78-84-89=336	0
10	Val Fitzjohn	Scotland	84-83-89-82=338	0

Winner's scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Round 1	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	40	4	4	4	6	5	4	4	4	4	39	79
Round 2	4	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	3	38	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	6	40	78
Round 3	5	3	5	5	4	6	4	4	3	39	3	3	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	37	76
Round 4	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	3	4	40	3	4	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	40	80

Source^[2]

References

↑ "Scores of First Day's Golf Play". The Chicago Tribune. October 5, 1900.
1 2 "Vardon Golf Champion". The New York Times. October 6, 1900. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
↑ "Harry Vardon Golf Champion". The Chicago Tribune. October 6, 1900.

External links

1900 Men's Major Golf Championships

U.S. Open The Open Championship

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