1913 U.S. Open ( golf ) - wikipedia 1913 U.S. Open ( golf ) 1913 U.S. Open Tournament information Dates September 18 -- 20, 1913 Location Brookline, Massachusetts Course ( s ) The Country Club Organized by USGA Format Stroke play − 72 holes Statistics Par 73 Length 6,235 yards ( 5,701 m ) Field 66 players, 54 after cut Cut 165 ( + 19 ) Winner 's share ( $300 ) Champion Francis Ouimet ( a ) 304 ( + 12 ), playoff `` 1912 1914 '' 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 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. The four rounds were played over two days, Thursday and Friday. After 36 holes. Vardon and Wilfrid Reid co-led at 147 ( + 1 ), 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 ). 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. 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, 84 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. Contents 1 Course 2 Past champions in the field 3 Round summaries 3.1 First round 3.2 Second round 3.3 Third round 3.4 Final round 3.4. 1 Scorecard 3.5 Playoff 3.5. 1 Scorecard 4 References 5 External links Course Main article : The Country Club Hole Yards Par Hole Yards Par 430 5 10 140 300 11 390 435 5 12 415 300 13 320 5 420 14 470 5 6 275 15 370 7 185 16 125 8 380 17 350 9 520 5 18 410 Out 3,245 38 In 2,990 35 Source : Total 6,235 73 Past champions in the field Player Country Year ( s ) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish Harry Vardon Jersey 1900 75 72 78 79 304 + 12 John McDermott United States 1911, 1912 74 79 77 78 308 + 16 T9 Alex Smith Scotland 1906, 1910 82 75 82 79 318 + 26 T16 George Sargent England 1909 75 76 79 89 319 + 27 T20 Alec Ross Scotland 1907 71 80 93 82 326 + 34 T36 Fred McLeod Scotland 1908 80 85 82 80 327 + 35 T39 Source : Did not play : Laurie Auchterlonie ( 1902 ), Willie Smith ( 1899 ). Round summaries First round Thursday, September 18, 1913 ( morning ) Place Player Country Score To par T1 Alec Ross Scotland 71 − 2 Macdonald Smith Scotland Jack Croke United States 72 − 1 T4 Robert Andrews 73 Walter Hagen United States Tom McNamara United States T5 Jim Barnes England 74 + 1 John McDermott United States T7 Fred Herreshoff ( a ) United States 75 + 2 Wilfrid Reid England Herbert Strong England Harry Vardon Jersey Source : Second round Thursday, September 18, 1913 ( afternoon ) Place Player Country Score To par T1 Wilfrid Reid England 75 - 72 = 147 + 1 Harry Vardon Jersey 75 - 72 = 147 T3 Ted Ray Jersey 79 - 70 = 149 + 3 Herbert Strong England 75 - 74 = 149 T5 Jim Barnes England 74 - 76 = 150 + 4 Macdonald Smith Scotland 71 - 79 = 150 T7 Walter Hagen United States 73 - 78 = 151 + 5 Francis Ouimet ( a ) United States 77 - 74 = 151 Alec Ross Scotland 71 - 80 = 151 George Sargent England 75 - 76 = 151 Source : Third round Friday, September 19, 1913 ( morning ) Place Player Country Score To par T1 Francis Ouimet ( a ) United States 77 - 74 - 74 = 225 + 6 Ted Ray Jersey 79 - 70 - 76 = 225 Harry Vardon Jersey 75 - 72 - 78 = 225 Walter Hagen United States 73 - 78 - 76 = 227 + 8 5 Jim Barnes England 74 - 76 - 78 = 228 + 9 T6 John McDermott United States 74 - 79 - 77 = 230 + 11 George Sargent England 75 - 76 - 79 = 230 Macdonald Smith Scotland 71 - 79 - 80 = 230 T9 Pat Doyle Ireland 78 - 80 - 73 = 231 + 12 Herbert Strong England 75 - 74 - 82 = 231 Louis Tellier France 76 - 76 - 79 = 231 Source : Final round Friday, September 19, 1913 ( afternoon ) Place Player Country Score To par Money ( $ ) T1 Francis Ouimet ( a ) United States 77 - 74 - 74 - 79 = 304 + 12 Playoff Ted Ray Jersey 79 - 70 - 76 - 79 = 304 Harry Vardon Jersey 75 - 72 - 78 - 79 = 304 T4 Walter Hagen United States 73 - 78 - 76 - 80 = 307 + 15 78 Jim Barnes England 74 - 76 - 78 - 79 = 307 Macdonald Smith Scotland 71 - 79 - 80 - 77 = 307 Louis Tellier France 76 - 76 - 79 - 76 = 307 8 John McDermott United States 74 - 79 - 77 - 78 = 308 + 16 50 9 Herbert Strong England 75 - 74 - 82 - 79 = 310 + 18 40 10 Pat Doyle Ireland 78 - 80 - 73 - 80 = 311 + 19 30 Source : 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 5 5 5 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 : Playoff Saturday, September 20, 1913 Place Player Country Score To par Money ( $ ) Francis Ouimet ( a ) United States 38 - 34 = 72 -- 1 0 Harry Vardon Jersey 38 - 39 = 77 + 4 300 Ted Ray Jersey 38 - 40 = 78 + 5 150 Source : Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Par 5 5 5 5 Ouimet -- 1 -- 1 + 1 -- 1 -- 1 Vardon -- 1 -- 1 -- 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 4 Ray + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 5 Source : References ^ Jump up to : Darwin, Bernard ( September 21, 1913 ). `` Francis Ouimet scores triumph in golf tourney ''. Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, sports. Jump up ^ Sheridan, Hal ( September 21, 1913 ). `` Ouimet 's great victory makes him hero of golfers ''. Pittsburg Press. p. 21. ^ Jump up to : `` American Open golf championship ''. Glasgow Herald. ( Scotland ). September 22, 1913. p. 9. ^ Jump up to : Darwin, Bernard ( September 19, 1913 ). `` English golfers perform superbly ''. Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 15. ^ Jump up to : `` Golf in America - the Open championship ''. Glasgow Herald. ( Scotland ). September 19, 1913. p. 9. ^ Jump up to : Darwin, Bernard ( September 20, 1913 ). `` Golfers battle over soggy links in final rounds ''. Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 13. ^ Jump up to : `` Golf in America - tie for championship ''. Glasgow Herald. ( Scotland ). September 20, 1913. p. 7. Jump up ^ `` 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. Jump up ^ 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. Retrieved June 15, 2017. External links 1913 U.S. Open Results at USGA site USOpen.com -- 1913 1913 Men 's Major Golf Championships U.S. Open The Open Championship U.S. Open Championships 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Coordinates : 42 ° 18 ′ 54 '' N 71 ° 08 ′ 53 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 42.315 ° N 71.148 ° W ﻿ / 42.315 ; - 71.148 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1913_U.S._Open_(golf)&oldid=790837054 '' Categories : U.S. Open ( golf ) Golf in Massachusetts Brookline, Massachusetts 1913 in golf 1913 in American sports 1913 in Massachusetts September 1913 sports events Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 16 July 2017, at 12 : 20. 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Question: who won the 1913 us open golf tournament
Answer: Francis Ouimet