1906 U.S. Open (golf)


The 1906 U.S. Open was the twelfth U.S. Open, held June 28–29 at Onwentsia Club in Lake Forest, Illinois, a suburb north of Chicago. Alex Smith won the first of his two U.S. Open titles, seven strokes ahead of runner-up Willie Smith, his younger brother and the 1899 champion.
Willie Anderson, three-time defending champion and club pro at Onwentsia, was the heavy favorite. He trailed Alex Smith by two strokes after the first 36 holes on Thursday, and by three after the third round on Friday morning, but an 84 that afternoon dropped him to a distant fifth. Smith posted rounds of 73-74-73-75 for 295, a U.S. Open record and the first sub-300 winning score. Not only did his brother Willie finish in second, his brother-in-law James Maiden tied for third.
Smith's win marked the end of a streak where Scottish-born players won seven consecutive major championships.
For the first time, no player from the inaugural U.S. Open in 1895 participated. Horace Rawlins, the first champion, had played in every edition until this year.

Past champions in the field

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Did not play: Harry Vardon, Fred Herd, Joe Lloyd, Horace Rawlins.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 28, 1906
PlacePlayerCountryScore
T1Willie Anderson73
T1Alex Smith73
T1Willie Smith73
4Jack Hobens75
T5Laurie Auchterlonie76
T5Alex Campbell76
T5Gilbert Nicholls76
T5Alex Ross76
T5James Watson76
T10Walter Fovargue77
T10Bim Lovekin77

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Second round

Thursday, June 28, 1906
PlacePlayerCountryScore
1Alex Smith73-74=147
2Willie Anderson73-76=149
3James Maiden80-73=153
T4Laurie Auchterlonie76-78=154
T4Willie Smith73-81=154
T6George Cumming79-76=155
T6Alex Ross76-79=155
T6George Smith79-76=155
T9Fred Brand78-78=156
T9Stewart Gardner80-76=156
T9Bernard Nicholls79-77=156

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Third round

Friday, June 29, 1906
PlacePlayerCountryScore
1Alex Smith73-74-73=220
2Willie Anderson73-76-74=223
3Willie Smith73-81-74=228
4Laurie Auchterlonie76-78-75=229
T5James Maiden80-73-77=230
T5Alex Ross76-79-75=230
T7Chandler Egan 79-78-76=233
T7Stewart Gardner80-76-77=233
9Gilbert Nicholls76-81-77=234
10Jack Hobens75-84-76=235

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Final round

Friday, June 29, 1906
PlacePlayerCountryScoreMoney
1Alex Smith73-74-73-75=295300
2Willie Smith73-81-74-74=302150
T3Laurie Auchterlonie76-78-75-76=30590
T3James Maiden80-73-77-75=30590
5Willie Anderson73-76-74-84=30770
6Alex Ross76-79-75-80=31060
7Stewart Gardner80-76-77-78=31150
T8Chandler Egan 79-78-76-80=3130
T8Gilbert Nicholls76-81-77-79=31340
10Jack Hobens75-84-76-79=31430

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Amateurs: Egan, Wood, Hunter, Sellers, Potter.