| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | September 18–20, 1913 |
| Location | Brookline, Massachusetts |
| Course | The Country Club |
| Organized by | USGA |
| Format | Stroke play − 72 holes |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 73 |
| Length | 6,235 yards (5,701 m)[1] |
| Field | 66 players, 54 after cut |
| Cut | 165 (+19) |
| Winner's share | ($300) |
| Champion | |
 Francis Ouimet(a) | |
| 304 (+12), playoff | |
The1913 U.S. Open was the 19thU.S. Open, held September 18–20 atThe Country Club inBrookline, Massachusetts, a suburb southwest ofBoston. AmateurFrancis Ouimet, age 20, won his only U.S. Open title in an 18-hole playoff, five strokes ahead of BritonsHarry Vardon andTed Ray.[1][2][3]
The four rounds were played over two days, Thursday and Friday. After 36 holes, Vardon andWilfrid Reid co-led at 147 (+1),[4][5] 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).[6][7][8]
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.[1][3] 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 byamateurs at the U.S. Open;Bobby Jones won four and the last wasJohnny Goodman in1933, 92 years ago.
The U.S. Open returned to the course for the 50th and 75th anniversaries in1963 and1988, and theU.S. Amateur was held at The Country Club on the centennial anniversary in 2013; it also hosted theRyder Cup in1999. All four events, except the 2013 U.S. Amateur, were won by Americans. The2022 U.S. Open, again played at The Country Club, was won by EnglishmanMatt Fitzpatrick.
Vardon, the1900 champion, won a sixthBritish Open in1914. Ray, the British Open champion in1912, won the U.S. Open in1920.
The tournament inspired theMark Frost bookThe Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf (2002). The book was adapted into the filmThe Greatest Game Ever Played (2005), directed byBill Paxton.[9]
| Hole | Name | Yards | Par | Hole | Name | Yards | Par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polo Field | 430 | 5 | 10 | Redan | 140 | 3 | |
| 2 | Cottage | 300 | 4 | 11 | Stockton | 390 | 4 | |
| 3 | Pond | 435 | 5 | 12 | Paddock | 415 | 4 | |
| 4 | Hospital | 300 | 4 | 13 | Maiden | 320 | 4 | |
| 5 | Newton | 420 | 4 | 14 | Quarry | 470 | 5 | |
| 6 | Bakers | 275 | 4 | 15 | Liverpool | 370 | 4 | |
| 7 | Plateau | 185 | 3 | 16 | Clyde | 125 | 3 | |
| 8 | Corner | 380 | 4 | 17 | Elbow | 360 | 4 | |
| 9 | Himalayas | 520 | 5 | 18 | Home | 410 | 4 | |
| Out | 3,245 | 38 | In | 2,990 | 35 | |||
| Source:[1][4][6] | Total | 6,245 | 73 | |||||
Thursday, September 18, 1913 (morning)
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 |  Alec Ross | 71 | −2 |
| Macdonald Smith | |||
| 3 | Jack Croke | 72 | −1 |
| T4 | Robert Andrews (a) | 73 | E |
| Walter Hagen | |||
| Tom McNamara | |||
| T5 |  Jim Barnes | 74 | +1 |
| John McDermott | |||
| T7 | Fred Herreshoff (a) | 75 | +2 |
| Wilfrid Reid | |||
| Herbert Strong | |||
 Harry Vardon |
Thursday, September 18, 1913 (afternoon)
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Wilfrid Reid | 75-72=147 | +1 |
| Harry Vardon | 75-72=147 | ||
| T3 | Ted Ray | 79-70=149 | +3 |
| Herbert Strong | 75-74=149 | ||
| T5 | Jim Barnes | 74-76=150 | +4 |
| Macdonald Smith | 71-79=150 | ||
| T7 | Walter Hagen | 73-78=151 | +5 |
| Francis Ouimet (a) | 77-74=151 | ||
| Alec Ross | 71-80=151 | ||
| George Sargent | 75-76=151 |
Friday, September 19, 1913 (morning)
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Francis Ouimet (a) | 77-74-74=225 | +6 |
| Ted Ray | 79-70-76=225 | ||
| Harry Vardon | 75-72-78=225 | ||
| 4 | Walter Hagen | 73-78-76=227 | +8 |
| 5 | Jim Barnes | 74-76-78=228 | +9 |
| T6 | John McDermott | 74-79-77=230 | +11 |
| George Sargent | 75-76-79=230 | ||
| Macdonald Smith | 71-79-80=230 | ||
| T9 |  Pat Doyle | 78-80-73=231 | +12 |
| Herbert Strong | 75-74-82=231 | ||
 Louis Tellier | 76-76-79=231 |
Friday, September 19, 1913 (afternoon)
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Francis Ouimet (a) | 77-74-74-79=304 | +12 | Playoff |
| Ted Ray | 79-70-76-79=304 | |||
| Harry Vardon | 75-72-78-79=304 | |||
| T4 | Walter Hagen | 73-78-76-80=307 | +15 | 78 |
| Jim Barnes | 74-76-78-79=307 | |||
| Macdonald Smith | 71-79-80-77=307 | |||
| Louis Tellier | 76-76-79-76=307 | |||
| 8 | John McDermott | 74-79-77-78=308 | +16 | 50 |
| 9 | Herbert Strong | 75-74-82-79=310 | +18 | 40 |
| 10 | Pat Doyle | 78-80-73-80=311 | +19 | 30 |
Amateurs:Ouimet (+12),Fownes (+20),Herreshoff (+26),Travers (+30)
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 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:[7]
Saturday, September 20, 1913
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francis Ouimet (a) | 38-34=72 | −1 | 0 |
| 2 | Harry Vardon | 38-39=77 | +4 | 300 |
| 3 | Ted Ray | 38-40=78 | +5 | 150 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Ouimet | E | E | −1 | −1 | E | E | +1 | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | −1 | −1 |
| Vardon | E | E | −1 | −1 | E | −1 | E | E | E | +1 | +1 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +4 |
| Ray | E | E | E | E | +1 | +1 | +1 | E | E | +1 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +4 | +5 | +6 | +5 |
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.
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