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1899 U.S. Open (golf)

Field	Value
name	1899 U.S. Open
dates	September 14–15, 1899
location	Baltimore, Maryland
course	Baltimore Country Club
org	USGA
format	Stroke play − 72 holes
field	72
purse	$750
winners_share	$150
champion	SCO Willie Smith
score	315
previous	[1898](1898-u-s-open-golf)
next	[1900](1900-u-s-open-golf)

|USA |USA Maryland The 1899 U.S. Open was the fifth U.S. Open, held September 14–15 at Baltimore Country Club in Baltimore, Maryland. Willie Smith won his only major title, a record eleven strokes ahead of three runners-up.

On Thursday, Smith and future four-time champion Willie Anderson co-led with 77 in the morning and Anderson took the lead in the afternoon at 158, with Smith a stroke back. In the third round on Friday morning, Anderson's 85 allowed Smith to take a four-stroke lead over Alex Campbell, and his 77 in the afternoon distanced him from the field; Campbell ballooned to 94 and fell to twelfth.

Playing out of Midlothian Country Club in Chicago,}} Smith's margin of victory was the largest in the U.S. Open for 101 years, until Tiger Woods won by fifteen shots in 2000. Smith's brother Alex, a future two-time champion, finished seventh.

Smith won a gold medal and was given custody of the Championship Cup for a year.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, September 14, 1899 (morning)

Place	Player	Score
1	SCO Willie Anderson	77
SCO Willie Smith
3	ENG Bert Way	80
T4	SCO Henry Gullane	81
ENG Horace Rawlins
T6	SCO George Low	82
SCO Alexander Patrick
SCO Writ Thompson
T9	SCO Alex Campbell	83
SCO David Foulis
Arthur Smith

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Second round

Thursday, September 14, 1899 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score
1	SCO Willie Anderson	77-81=158
2	SCO Willie Smith	77-82=159
3	SCO George Low	82-79=161
T4	SCO Alex Campbell	83-80=163
SCO Alex Smith	82-81=163
T6	SCO Val Fitzjohn	85-80=165
Alexander Patrick	82-83=165
ENG Bert Way	80-85=165
9	ENG Horace Rawlins	81-85=166
10	SCO Henry Gullane	81-86=167

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Third round

Friday, September 15, 1899 (morning)

Place	Player	Score
1	SCO Willie Smith	77-82-79=238
2	SCO Alex Campbell	83-80-79=242
T3	SCO Willie Anderson	77-81-85=243
SCO Jack Park	88-80-75=243
5	SCO Val Fitzjohn	85-80-79=244
T6	SCO Alex Smith	82-81-82=245
ENG Bert Way	80-85-80=245
T8	SCO Henry Gullane	81-86-80=247
SCO Peter Walker	84-86-77=247
10	SCO George Low	82-79-89=250

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Final round

Friday, September 15, 1899 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score	Money ($)
1	SCO Willie Smith	77-82-79-77=315	150
T2	SCO Val Fitzjohn	85-80-79-82=326	125
SCO George Low	82-79-89-76=326
ENG Bert Way	80-85-80-81=326
5	SCO Willie Anderson	77-81-85-84=327	80
6	SCO Jack Park	88-80-75-85=328	70
7	SCO Alex Smith	82-81-82-85=330	50
8	SCO Henry Gullane	81-86-80-84=331	25
T9	SCO Laurie Auchterlonie	86-87-82-78=333	0
SCO Peter Walker	84-86-77-86=333

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References

(September 14, 1899). "Open tourney on today". Chicago Daily Tribune.
Murphy, James Shields. (September 16, 1899). "Smith is the champion". Chicago Daily Tribune.
Murphy, James Shields. (September 15, 1899). "Anderson in the lead". Chicago Daily Tribune.
(September 16, 1899). "New Golf Champion of the United States". The San Francisco Call.
Brenner, Morgan G.. (2009). "The Majors of Golf: Complete Results of The Open, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and the Masters, 1860-2008".
(16 September 1899). "The Golf Championship". North Adams Transcript.

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