1902 U.S. Open (golf)

1902 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates	October 10–11, 1902
Location	Garden City, New York
Course(s)	Garden City Golf Club
Organized by	USGA
Format	Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Field	83
Cut	none
Winner's share	$200
Champion
Laurie Auchterlonie
307
«1901 1903»

Garden City Golf Club

Location in the United States

The 1902 U.S. Open was the eighth U.S. Open, held October 10–11 at Garden City Golf Club in Garden City, New York, on Long Island, east of New York City. Laurie Auchterlonie established a new 72-hole U.S. Open scoring record to win his first U.S. Open title by six strokes ahead of Stewart Gardner and Walter Travis.^[1]

Laurie Auchterlonie turned in a record-breaking performance on his way to the championship. He posted rounds of 78-78-74-77, becoming the first golfer in U.S. Open history to card four sub-80 rounds. His 307 total was six shots better than the previous tournament record, set by Harry Vardon in 1900. Stewart Gardner and amateur Walter Travis, the designer of Garden City Golf Club, both posted a 313 total to share 2nd place.^[1]

The weather on Saturday, October 10, during the first two rounds, was fine when the golfers enjoyed clear skies. In the final two rounds on Sunday, however, the weather worsened with cloudy skies in the morning and a pouring rain in the afternoon. The adverse playing conditions didn't seen to affect the scoring; in fact many players played well in the rain on Sunday afternoon. John Shippen—playing out of Marine Field Club in New York—became the first American-born player to finish in the money in an Open Championship in the United States.^[2]

The low scores were in large part due to the introduction of the Haskell golf ball, which soon replaced the gutta-percha ball as the prominent golf ball in use.

Final leaderboard

Place	Player	Country	Score	Money ($)
1	Laurie Auchterlonie	Scotland	78-78-74-77=307	200
T2	Stewart Gardner	Scotland	82-76-77-78=313	150
T2	Walter Travis (a)	United States	82-82-75-74=313	0
4	Willie Smith	Scotland	82-79-80-75=316	125
T5	Willie Anderson	Scotland	79-82-76-81=318	90
T5	John Shippen	United States	83-81-75-79=318	90
7	Charles Thorn	Scotland	80-82-80-77=319	70
8	Harry Turpie	Scotland	79-85-78-78=320	50
9	Donald Ross	Scotland	80-83-78-81=322	40
10	Alex Ross	Scotland	83-77-84-79=323	30

(a) denotes amateur

External links

References

1 2 "Auchterlonie Wins Open Championship at Garden City – Travis Ties for Second Place". The Fitchburg Sentinel. Fitchburg, Massachusetts. October 13, 1902. p. 1.
↑ "Open Golf Champion". The Saint Paul Globe. Minnesota. October 12, 1902. Retrieved August 26, 2015.

1902 Men's Major Golf Championships

U.S. Open The Open Championship

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