1902 U.S. Open Golf Tournament

The 1902 U.S. Open was the eighth time the tournament was played. A significant tournament first happened this year.

Winner: Laurie Auchterlonie, 307

Where it was played: Garden City Golf Club in Garden City, New York

Tournament dates: October 10-11, 1902

Leader after first round: Jack Campbell, 77

Leader after second round: Laurie Auchterlonie, 156

Leader after third round: Laurie Auchterlonie, 230

Notable Notes: Laurie Auchterlonie won by six strokes over Stewart Gardner, posting four sub-80 rounds to do it. That's significant as the first time in U.S. Open history a golfer shot in the 70s in each round.

Final Scores

Laurie Auchterlonie 78-78-74-77—307
Stewart Gardner 82-76-77-78—313
a-Walter Travis 82-82-75-74—313
Willie Smith 82-79-80-75—316
Willie Anderson 79-82-76-81—318
John Shippen 83-81-75-79—318
Charles Thorn 80-82-80-77—319
Harry Turpie 79-85-78-78—320
Donald Ross 80-83-78-81—322
Alex Ross 83-77-84-79—323
William Norton 83-82-79-81—325
David Brown 80-88-82-76—326
George Low 83-84-78-81—326
Jack Campbell 77-87-79-85—328
Jack Hobens 85-82-80-81—328
A.G. Griffiths 79-86-82-83—330
Horace Rawlins 89-83-79-79—330
Gilbert Nicholls 88-86-73-84—331
Alex Smith 79-86-80-86—331
Alex Campbell 88-82-83-79—332
James Foulis 81-88-82-81—332
John Harland 82-82-83-85—332
Willie Hunter 82-82-81-87—332
Fred Herd 82-79-83-89—333
Jack Park 79-89-85-81—334
George Braid 85-81-84-85—335
James Campbell 88-84-82-81—335
Bernard Nicholls 89-84-84-79—336
John Mackie 88-82-84-84—338
Alex Findlay 85-81-87-86—339
David Hunter 83-81-91-84—339
R.S. Patrick 85-87-84-83—339
William Donovan 88-84-83-85—340
David Ogilvie 86-90-83-81—340
Walter Fovargue n 90-86-81-84—341
a-Paul Murphy 86-90-83-82—341
Peter Eagan 85-86-89-82—342
John Young 84-86-80-92—342
John Pierson 87-87-85-84—343
David Leitch 84-86-87-88—345
a-Robert C. Watson 88-85-86-86—345
John Jones 89-88-88-82—347
a-Louis Livingston Jr. 90-83-87-88—348
Robert Thompson 87-92-83-86—348
David Patrick 92-85-86-87—350
Arthur Fenn 92-93-83-84—352
Jack Jolly 84-97-95-86—362
Robert Dow 89-92-89-83—353
Charles Seeley 82-90-93-88—353
a-Arthur Lockwood 96-81-87-92—356
Joe Mitchell 91-84-92-89—356
a-Charles Macdonald 87-91-90-89—357
a-Frank Croker 90-88-87-95—360
Willie Collins 90-90-92-89—361

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