1895 U.S. Open (golf)

1895 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates	October 4, 1895
Location	Newport, Rhode Island
Course(s)	Newport Golf Club
Organized by	USGA
Format	Stroke play − 36 holes
Statistics
Length	5,510 yards (5,038 m)^[1]
Field	11: 10 pros, 1 amateur^[2]
Cut	none
Prize fund	$335
Winner's share	$150
Champion
Horace Rawlins
173
1896»

Newport
Golf Club

Location in the United States

The 1895 U.S. Open was the first U.S. Open, held on Friday, October 4, at Newport Golf Club in Newport, Rhode Island. Horace Rawlins won the inaugural U.S. Open title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Willie Dunn.^[3]

Eleven players began the tournament (three withdrew before play began), completing four loops around Newport's nine holes, which measured 2,755 yards (2,519 m).^[1] At the end of the first 18-holes Willie Campbell, Willie Dunn, and James Foulis were tied for the lead with 89, with Horace Rawlins two back at 91. Rawlins shot 41 on each of the last two loops of the course to post an 82 and 173 total, two ahead of Dunn and three ahead of Foulis and Canadian Andrew Smith, the lone amateur in the field. Rawlins won a winner's share of $150 and a gold medal.^[1]^[4]

The U.S. Open was played a day after the U.S. Amateur championship. The two championships were held on the same course for the next two years, at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in 1896 and the Chicago Golf Club in 1897. The U.S. Open was 36 holes total through 1897, increased to 72 in 1898.

The golf championships at Newport in 1895 were originally scheduled for September, but were postponed due to the America's Cup yacht races,^[5] won by Defender.

Final leaderboard

Friday, October 4, 1895

Place	Player	Country	Score	Money ($)
1	Horace Rawlins	England	91-82=173	150
2	Willie Dunn	Scotland	89-86=175	100
T3	James Foulis	Scotland	89-87=176	50
T3	Andrew Smith (a)	Canada	90-86=176	0
5	William Davis	Scotland	94-84=178	25
6	Willie Campbell	Scotland	89-90=179	10
T7	John Harland	England	93-90=183
T7	John Patrick	Scotland	94-89=183
9	Samuel Tucker	England	97-88=185	0
10	John Reid	Scotland	100-106=206	0

(a) denotes amateur

References

1 2 3 Gola, Hank (June 15, 1995). "U.S. Open challenges golf's best". Wilmington Morning Star. (New York Daily News). p. 4C.
↑ "10 pros, 1 amateur in first Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 13, 1983. p. 58.
↑ "Rawlins is Champion". The Evening Star. Washington, D.C. October 25, 1895. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
↑ "British dominate early history of Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 13, 1983. p. 44.
↑ Gundelfinger, Phil (May 15, 1962). "The Open has grown up since 1895 Rawlins win". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 19.

External links

1895 Men's Major Golf Championships

U.S. Open The Open Championship

U.S. Open Championships

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