1902 U.S. Open

Tournament information
Dates	October 10–11, 1902
Location	Garden City, New York
Course(s)	Garden City Golf Club
Organized by	USGA
Format	Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Field	83
Cut	none
Winner's share	$200
Champion
Laurie Auchterlonie
307
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Garden City Golf Club

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Location in the United States

Garden City Golf Club 

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Location in New York

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. ^[4]

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.

Round summaries

First round

Friday, October 10, 1902 (morning)

Place	Player	Score
1	Jack Campbell	77
2	Laurie Auchterlonie	78
T3	Willie Anderson	79
	Arthur Griffiths
	Jack Park
	Alex Smith
	Harry Turpie
T8	David Brown	80
	Donald Ross
	Charles Thorn

Source: ^{[3] [5]}

Second round

Friday, October 10, 1902 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score
1	Laurie Auchterlonie	78-78=156
2	Stewart Gardner	82-76=158
3	Alex Ross	80-83=160
T4	Willie Anderson	79-82=161
	Willie Smith	82-79=161
6	Charles Thorn	80-82=162
7	Donald Ross	80-83=163
T8	David Hunter [7]	83-81=164
	John Shippen	83-81=164
	Walter Travis (a)	82-82=164
	Harry Turpie	79-85=164

Source: ^{[3] [5]}

Third round

Saturday, October 11, 1902 (morning)

Place	Player	Score
1	Laurie Auchterlonie	78-78-74=230
2	Stewart Gardner	82-76-77=235
3	Willie Anderson	79-82-76=237
T4	John Shippen	83-81-75=239
	Walter Travis (a)	82-82-75=239
T6	Donald Ross	80-83-78=241
	Willie Smith	82-79-80=241
T8	Jack Campbell	77-87-79=243
	Charles Thorn	80-82-80=242
	Harry Turpie	79-85-78=242

Source: ^{[2] [3]}

Final round

Saturday, October 11, 1902 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score	Money ( $)
1	Laurie Auchterlonie	78-78-74-77=307	200
T2	Stewart Gardner	82-76-77-78=313	150
	Walter Travis (a)	82-82-75-74=313	0
4	Willie Smith	82-79-80-75=316	125
T5	Willie Anderson	79-82-76-81=318	90
	John Shippen	83-81-75-79=318
7	Charles Thorn	80-82-80-77=319	70
8	Harry Turpie	79-85-78-78=320	50
9	Donald Ross	80-83-78-81=322	40
10	Alex Ross	83-77-84-79=323	30

Source: ^{[2] [3]}

Amateurs: Travis (313), Murphy (341), Watson (345), Livingston (348), Seeley (353),
                 Lockwood (356), Macdonald (357), Croker (360).

References

External links

• USGA Championship Database

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