1902 U.S. Open | |
Dates: | October 10–11, 1902 |
Location: | Garden City, New York |
Course: | Garden City Golf Club |
Org: | USGA |
Format: | Stroke play − 72 holes |
Field: | 83 |
Cut: | none |
Winners Share: | $200 |
Champion: | Laurie Auchterlonie |
Score: | 307 |
Previous: | 1901 |
Next: | 1903 |
The 1902 U.S. Open was the eighth U.S. Open, held October 10–11 at Garden City Golf Club in Garden City, New York, on Long Island, east of New York City.[1] Laurie Auchterlonie established a new 72-hole U.S. Open scoring record to win his only major title, six strokes ahead of Stewart Gardner and amateur Walter Travis.[2] [3] [4]
Auchterlonie posted rounds of 78-78-74-77 and became the first in U.S. Open history to card four sub-80 rounds. His 307 total was six shots better than the previous championship record, set by Harry Vardon in 1900.
Clear skies greeted the field on Friday for the first two rounds.[5] The weather worsened on Saturday, with cloudy skies in the morning and a pouring rain in the afternoon. The adverse playing conditions didn't seem to affect the scoring; in fact many players played well in the final round in the rain. John Shippen, playing out of Marine Field Club in New York, became the first American-born player to finish in the money in a U.S. Open.[6]
The improvement in scores were in large part due to the introduction of the Haskell golf ball, which soon replaced the gutta-percha ball as the prominent golf ball in use.
Friday, October 10, 1902 (morning)
Place | Player | Score | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 77 | |||
2 | 78 | |||
align=center rowspan=5 | T3 | align=center rowspan=5 | 79 | |
Arthur Griffiths | ||||
Jack Park | ||||
T8 | align=center rowspan=3 | 80 | ||
Friday, October 10, 1902 (afternoon)
Place | Player | Score | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 78-78=156 | ||
2 | 82-76=158 | ||
3 | 80-83=160 | ||
align=center rowspan=2 | T4 | 79-82=161 | |
82-79=161 | |||
6 | 80-82=162 | ||
7 | 80-83=163 | ||
align=center rowspan=4 | T8 | David Hunter[7] | 83-81=164 |
83-81=164 | |||
Walter Travis (a) | 82-82=164 | ||
79-85=164 |
Saturday, October 11, 1902 (morning)
Place | Player | Score | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 78-78-74=230 | ||
2 | 82-76-77=235 | ||
3 | 79-82-76=237 | ||
align=center rowspan=2 | T4 | 83-81-75=239 | |
Walter Travis (a) | 82-82-75=239 | ||
align=center rowspan=2 | T6 | 80-83-78=241 | |
82-79-80=241 | |||
align=center rowspan=3 | T8 | 77-87-79=243 | |
80-82-80=242 | |||
79-85-78=242 |
Saturday, October 11, 1902 (afternoon)
Place | Player | Score | Money ($) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Laurie Auchterlonie | 78-78-74-77=307 | 200 | |
T2 | 82-76-77-78=313 | 150 | ||
Walter Travis (a) | 82-82-75-74=313 | 0 | ||
4 | 82-79-80-75=316 | 125 | ||
T5 | 79-82-76-81=318 | 90 | ||
83-81-75-79=318 | ||||
7 | 80-82-80-77=319 | 70 | ||
8 | 79-85-78-78=320 | 50 | ||
9 | 80-83-78-81=322 | 40 | ||
10 | 83-77-84-79=323 | 30 |
Amateurs: Travis (313), Murphy (341), Watson (345), Livingston (348), Seeley (353),
Lockwood (356), Macdonald (357), Croker (360).