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1909 U.S. Open (golf)

Field	Value
name	1909 U.S. Open
dates	June 24–25, 1909
location	Englewood, New Jersey
course	Englewood Golf Club
org	USGA
format	Stroke play − 72 holes
par	72
field	79, 66 after cut
cut	165 (+21)
winners_share	$300
champion	ENG George Sargent
score	290 (+2)
previous	[1908](1908-u-s-open-golf)
next	[1910](1910-u-s-open-golf)

|USA |New Jersey |New York City Golf Club
The 1909 U.S. Open was the fifteenth U.S. Open, held June 24–25 at Englewood Golf Club in Englewood, New Jersey, north of downtown New York City (Manhattan). George Sargent established a new U.S. Open scoring record to win his only major title, four strokes ahead of runner-up Tom McNamara.

In the opening round on Thursday morning, David Hunter made U.S. Open history as the first player to break 70, but he had some problems in the second round when he hit his ball into a brook and subsequently used four niblick shots in getting out. After reaching the turn in 47 he made a nice recovery on the back nine and came home in 37 for 84 (he had another 84 in the third round and finished thirtieth). McNamara also had a sub-70 score with 69 in the second round and led by four strokes midway at 142.

McNamara carried a two-stroke lead over Sargent into the final round on Friday afternoon. Sargent birdied the final hole for 71 and his third consecutive round of 72 or better. McNamara struggled over the final 18 holes with 77 and finished four back of Sargent. Sargent's winning total of 290 broke the U.S. Open scoring record by five shots. Bob Peebles was well positioned after three rounds on 222 but struggled and fell back into the pack with a final round 78.

John McDermott made his U.S. Open debut at age 17 and was 49th. He placed in the top-ten in each of the next five, with consecutive wins in 1911 and 1912, the first American-born champion. Four-time champion Willie Anderson tied for fourth in his penultimate U.S. Open. Horace Rawlins, the inaugural champion fourteen years earlier in 1895, made his last cut in the championship and finished sixtieth.

Due to financial problems, Englewood closed in 1977, making it one of two U.S. Open courses that no longer exist, the others being the original site at Fresh Meadow Country Club which hosted in 1932. The Philadelphia Cricket Club's St. Martins course, which hosted both the 1907 and 1910 editions now plays as a nine-hole course.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 24, 1909 (morning)

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	David Hunter	68	−4
2	SCO Andrew Campbell	71	−1
T3	USA Walter Travis (a)	72	E
F.R. Upton (a)
T5	USA Tom McNamara	73	+1
ENG Gilbert Nicholls
T7	John Campbell	74	+2
Charles Rowe
T7	ENG Herbert Barker	75	+3
USA Jack Burke Sr.
SCO Alex Campbell
ENG George Sargent
ENG Herbert Strong

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Second round

Thursday, June 24, 1909 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Tom McNamara	73-69=142	−2
2	SCO Andrew Campbell	71-75=146	+2
3	ENG George Sargent	75-72=147	+3
T4	SCO Alex Campbell	75-73=148	+4
ENG Gilbert Nicholls	73-75=148
T6	SCO Bob Peebles	76-73=149	+5
SCO Alex Smith	76-73=149
8	USA Walter Travis (a)	72-78=150	+6
T9	SCO Peter Robertson	79-72=151	+7
Charles Rowe	74-77=151
F.R. Upton (a)	72-79=151

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Third round

Friday, June 25, 1909 (morning)

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Tom McNamara	73-69-75=217	+1
2	ENG George Sargent	75-72-72=219	+3
3	SCO Bob Peebles	76-73-73=222	+6
T4	SCO Andrew Campbell	71-75-77=223	+7
SCO Alex Smith	76-73-74=223
6		SCO Jack Hobens	75-78-72=225	+9
7	SCO Isaac Mackie	77-75-74=226	+10
T8	SCO Tom Anderson, Jr.	78-74-75=227	+11
ENG Herbert Barker	75-79-73=227
USA Mike Brady	76-77-74=227
SCO George Low	78-75-74=227
ENG Gilbert Nicholls	73-75-79=227
Charles Rowe	74-77-76=227

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Final round

Friday, June 25, 1909 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	ENG George Sargent	75-72-72-71=290	+2	300
2	USA Tom McNamara	73-69-75-77=294	+6	150
3	SCO Alex Smith	76-73-74-72=295	+7	100
T4	SCO Willie Anderson	79-74-76-70=299	+11	70
SCO Jack Hobens	75-78-72-74=299
SCO Isaac Mackie	77-75-74-73=299
T7	SCO Tom Anderson, Jr.	78-74-75-73=300	+12	35
ENG Herbert Barker	75-79-73-73=300
SCO Andrew Campbell	71-75-77-77=300
SCO Bob Peebles	76-73-73-78=300
USA Walter Travis (a)	72-78-77-73=300	0

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Amateurs: Travis (+12), Upton (+16), Douglas (+23), Tiffany (+30), Morgan (+36), Behr (+37), Kirkby (+40), Watson (+40)

References

(June 26, 1909). "George Sargent is golf champion". Chicago Daily Tribune.
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".
(June 25, 1909). "Fast Golf in Open". New York Tribune.
(June 25, 1909). "Boston golfer gets low score". Chicago Daily Tribune.

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