1914 U.S. Open (golf)

1914 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates	August 20–21, 1914
Location	Midlothian, Illinois
Course(s)	Midlothian Country Club
Organized by	USGA
Format	Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,421 yards (5,871 m)^[1]
Field	66 players
Winner's share	$300
Champion
Walter Hagen
290 (+2)
«1913 1915»

Midlothian
Country Club

Location in the United States

The 1914 U.S. Open was the 20th U.S. Open, held August 20–21 at Midlothian Country Club in Midlothian, Illinois, a suburb southwest of Chicago. 21-year-old Walter Hagen held off amateur Chick Evans by a single stroke to win the first of his two U.S. Open titles.^[1] It was the first of Hagen's eleven major championships.

Hagen opened the tournament with a U.S. Open record 68, a stroke ahead of defending champion Francis Ouimet. He led Tom McNamara by a shot after 36 holes,^[2] then took a two-stroke lead over McNamara into the final round, with Ouimet three back. McNamara and Ouimet, however, fell back with rounds of 83 and 78, respectively. That left the hard-charging Evans as the last player capable of catching Hagen. Evans needed a 2 on the 18th to tie, but his chip from the edge of the green came up just short. Hagen birdied the 18th for the fourth consecutive round, a feat unmatched by any U.S. Open champion before or since, and prevailed by one over Evans. Evans' 141 total over the final 36-holes set a new U.S. Open record, but it would be broken just two years later.

John McDermott, two-time U.S. Open champion, finished in ninth place in his final U.S. Open appearance, despite being just 22 years old.

Final leaderboard

Friday, August 21, 1914

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Walter Hagen	United States	68-74-75-73=290	+2	300
2	Chick Evans (a)	United States	76-74-71-70=291	+3	0
T3	Fred McLeod	Scotland	78-73-75-71=297	+9	125
T3	George Sargent	England	74-77-74-72=297	+9	125
T5	Mike Brady	United States	78-72-74-74=298	+10	75
	James Donaldson	Scotland	72-79-74-73=298		75
	Francis Ouimet (a)	United States	69-76-75-78=298		0
8	Louis Tellier	France	72-75-74-78=299	+11	60
T9	John McDermott	United States	77-74-74-75=300	+12	45
T9	Arthur Smith		79-73-76-72=300	+12	45

(a) denotes amateur

References

1 2 "Hagen captures Open golf title". Milwaukee Sentinel. August 22, 1914. p. 8. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
↑ "Hagen leads field in national meet". Milwaukee Sentinel. August 21, 1914. p. 5. Retrieved May 17, 2013.

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1914 Men's Major Golf Championships

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