1905 U.S. Open (golf)


The 1905 U.S. Open was the 11th U.S. Open, held September 21–22 at Myopia Hunt Club in South Hamilton, Massachusetts, northeast of Boston. Willie Anderson won his third consecutive U.S. Open title, and his record fourth overall, two strokes ahead of runner-up Alex Smith.
Smith was the co-leader with Stewart Gardner at 156 after the first 36 holes on Thursday. Following the third round on Friday morning, Smith led Anderson by a shot, but a third consecutive 80 in the afternoon dropped him to second place. Five strokes back after the second round, Anderson closed with 76 and 77 for 314, two strokes ahead of Smith. Scoring conditions at Myopia were very difficult; the lowest score posted was 75, by 1897 champion Joe Lloyd in the opening round. His next best was 83 in the third round.
Anderson's feat of three consecutive U.S. Open titles remains unmatched, while his four wins were later equaled by three others: Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, and Jack Nicklaus. Anderson played in the next five editions with three top-five finishes and was eleventh in his last appearance in 1910; he died four months later at age 31.

Past champions in the field

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Did not play: Harry Vardon, Fred Herd, James Foulis.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, September 22, 1905
PlacePlayerCountryScore
1Joe Lloyd75
2Alex Smith76
3Stewart Gardner78
T4Peter Robertson79
T4Alec Ross79
T6Fred McLeod80
T6James Maiden80
T6Bernard Nicholls80
T6Harry Turpie80
T10Willie Anderson81
T10Percy Barrett81
T10Fred Mackenzie81
T10John Mackie81
T10Tom McNamara81
T10Bob Peebles81
T10Arthur Smith81
T10Walter Travis 81
T10George Turnbull81
T10Bert Way81

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Second round

Thursday, September 22, 1905
PlacePlayerCountryScore
T1Stewart Gardner78-78=156
T1Alex Smith76-80=156
T3Alex Campbell82-76=158
T3Gilbert Nicholls82-76=158
T3Arthur Smith81-77=158
6Peter Robertson79-80=159
7Tom McNamara81-79=160
T8Willie Anderson81-80=161
T8Percy Barrett81-80=161
T8Joe Lloyd75-86=161
T8Walter Travis 81-80=161

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Third round

Friday, September 22, 1905
PlacePlayerCountryScore
1Alex Smith76-80-80=236
2Willie Anderson81-80-76=237
T3Percy Barrett81-80-77=238
T3Alex Campbell82-76-80=238
T3Arthur Smith81-77-80=238
6Peter Robertson79-80-81=240
T7Stewart Gardner78-78-85=241
T7Walter Travis 81-80-80=241
T9George Cumming85-82-75=242
T9Gilbert Nicholls82-76-84=242

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Final round

Friday, September 22, 1905
PlacePlayerCountryScoreMoney
1Willie Anderson81-80-76-77=314200
2Alex Smith76-80-80-80=316150
T3Percy Barrett81-80-77-79=317113
T3Peter Robertson79-80-81-77=317113
5Stewart Gardner78-78-85-77=31880
6Alex Campbell82-76-80-81=31970
T7Jack Hobens82-80-81-78=32145
T7Gilbert Nicholls82-76-84-79=32145
9George Cumming85-82-75-81=32330
10Arthur Smith81-77-80-86=32425

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Amateurs: Lockwood, Travis.