1904 U.S. Open (golf)


The 1904 U.S. Open was the tenth U.S. Open, held July 8–9 at Glen View Club in Golf, Illinois, a suburb northwest of Chicago. Defending champion Willie Anderson won the third of his four U.S. Open titles, five strokes ahead of runner-up Gilbert Nicholls.
Anderson shared the lead with Stewart Gardner at 75 on Friday morning, but a 78 in the afternoon dropped him two behind after 36 holes. In the third round on Saturday morning, Fred Mackenzie shot 74 to take a two-stroke lead over Anderson and Gardner after 54 holes. Mackenzie and Gardner fell back in the afternoon; Mackenzie's 80 took him down to third and Gardner's 85 dropped him to sixth. Anderson had 72 for the lowest round in U.S. Open history, and his 303 also established a new championship low. Nicholls posted a 73 in the final round to finish ascend the leaderboard to second place.
Anderson was the first to successfully defend a U.S. Open title, and he would become the first to win three straight the following year, yet to be equaled.
For the first time, the U.S. Open adopted a cut after 36 holes, eliminating those more than fifteen shots behind tenth place.

Past champions in the field

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Did not play: Harry Vardon, Willie Smith, Fred Herd, Joe Lloyd.

Round summaries

First round

Friday, July 8, 1904
PlacePlayerCountryScore
T1Willie Anderson
75
T1Stewart Gardner
75
3Fred Mackenzie76
4Jack Hobens77
T5Percy Barrett78
T5Alex Smith78
T5George Thomson78
T8David Foulis79
T8Horace Rawlins79
T10Laurie Auchterlonie80
T10John Campbell80
T10Bernard Nicholls80
T10Gilbert Nicholls80
T10Donald Ross80

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Second round

Friday, July 8, 1904
PlacePlayerCountryScore
1Stewart Gardner75-76=151
2Willie Anderson75-78=153
T3Fred Mackenzie76-79=155
T3Horace Rawlins79-76=155
5Gilbert Nicholls80-76=156
T6Percy Barrett78-79=157
T6James Foulis83-74=157
T6Bernard Nicholls80-77=157
T9Jack Hobens77-82=159
T9Alex Smith78-81=159

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Third round

Saturday, July 9, 1904
PlacePlayerCountryScore
1Fred Mackenzie76-79-74=229
T2Willie Anderson75-78-78=231
T2Stewart Gardner75-76-80=231
T4James Foulis83-74-78=235
T4Gilbert Nicholls80-76-79=235
T6Laurie Auchterlonie80-81-75=236
T6Percy Barrett78-79-79=236
T6Bernard Nicholls80-77-79=236
9Jack Hobens77-82-80=239
T10David Robertson82-78-80=240
T10Donald Ross80-82-78=240
T10Bobby Simpson82-82-76=240

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Final round

Saturday, July 9, 1904
PlacePlayerCountryScoreMoney
1Willie Anderson75-78-78-72=303200
2Gilbert Nicholls80-76-79-73=308150
3Fred Mackenzie76-79-74-80=309125
T4Laurie Auchterlonie80-81-75-78=31490
T4Bernard Nicholls80-77-79-78=31490
T6Percy Barrett78-79-79-80=31653
T6Stewart Gardner75-76-80-85=31653
T6Bobby Simpson82-82-76-76=31653
9James Foulis83-74-78-82=31730
10Donald Ross80-82-78-78=31825

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Amateurs: C. Egan, Hunter, Edwards, Phelps, Clingman, W. Egan