1899 U.S. Open Golf Tournament Winner and Scores
Winner: Willie Smith, 315
Where it was played: Baltimore Country Club in Baltimore, Maryland
Tournament dates: September 14-15, 1899
Leader after first round: Willie Smith and Willie Anderson, 77
Leader after second round: Willie Anderson, 158
Leader after third round: Willie Smith, 238
What Happened in the 1899 U.S. Open
Willie Smith won by 11 strokes over three runners-up. That margin of victory remained the largest in tournament history until Tiger Woods' 15-stroke win at the 2000 U.S. Open.Smith was the co-leader after the first round with future four-time winner Willie Anderson, and trailed Anderson by one stroke at the 36-hole mark. With a 79, his second-sub 80 round, Smith opened a four-stroke lead following the third round.
In the final round, Smith carded his second 77 of the tournament and third sub-80 round (the only golfer to do that) to finish at 315. That was 11 strokes better than the second-place trio of Val Fitzjohn, George Low and Bert Way. Anderson, who went on to win the U.S. Open in 1901, 1903, 1904 and 1905, finished fifth, 12 strokes behind Smith.
Willie Smith was part of a famous Scottish golfing family. His brother Alex Smith won the 1906 U.S. Open and 1910 U.S. Open. Another brother, Macdonald Smith, never won a major but did win 25 PGA Tour titles. Willie finished runner-up to Alex in 1906, and also was second in the 1908 U.S. Open.
The golfer who finished last with a total of 422 strokes was an amateur named Ormsby McCammon. He had three rounds over 100, including a final-round score of 116.
1899 U.S. Open Final Scores
| Willie Smith | 77-82-79-77—315 |
| Val Fitzjohn | 85-80-79-82—326 |
| George Low | 82-79-89-76—326 |
| Bert Way | 80-85-80-81—326 |
| Willie Anderson | 77-81-85-84—327 |
| Jack Park | 88-80-75-85—328 |
| Alex Smith | 82-81-82-85—330 |
| Henry Gullane | 81-86-80-84—331 |
| Laurie Auchterlonie | 86-87-82-78—333 |
| Peter Walker | 84-86-77-86—333 |
| Alex Findlay | 88-86-79-81—334 |
| Alex Campbell | 83-80-79-94—336 |
| a-Herbert Harriman | 87-88-85-79—339 |
| Alexander Patrick | 82-83-84-90—339 |
| Horace Rawlins | 81-85-86-87—339 |
| Alfred Ricketts | 87-85-88-80—340 |
| Bernard Nicholls | 86-88-85-84—343 |
| David Foulis | 83-86-91-85—345 |
| Harry Turpie | 91-88-83-83—345 |
| James Foulis | 94-84-88-80—346 |
| Gilbert Nicholls | 90-83-86-87—346 |
| Dan Leitch | 87-85-85-90—347 |
| Ernest Way | 85-87-87-89—348 |
| Writ Thompson | 82-90-87-90—349 |
| Fred Herd | 85-86-93-86—350 |
| John Shippen | 86-88-88-88—350 |
| Robert Braid | 85-90-86-90—351 |
| R. Stedman Patrick | 85-92-88-86—351 |
| Willie Tucker | 89-91-87-84—351 |
| William Donovan | 88-89-91-86—354 |
| David Hunter | 89-86-89-90—354 |
| Robert Thompson | 90-95-85-85—355 |
| Willie Dunn | 91-91-85-89—356 |
| a-Fred Menzies | 86-90-95-85—356 |
| James Campbell | 88-91-87-91—357 |
| R.B. Wilson | 87-88-89-93—357 |
| John Harrison | 92-93-84-89—358 |
| Donald Ball | 88-85-92-95—360 |
| Ed Fitzjohn | 92-91-90-90—363 |
| William Kirk | 93-92-88-91—364 |
| William Marshall | 87-101-89-87—364 |
| Fred Fitzjohn | 94-91-94-86—365 |
| Herbert Hoare | 87-94-90-94—365 |
| John Reid | 90-93-95-87—365 |
| Harry Rawlins | 89-93-98-86—366 |
| a-H.H. Cumming | 91-92-91-93—367 |
| John Forman | 98-91-89-90—368 |
| a-Courtney Jenkins | 88-98-96-87—369 |
| William Braid | 95-92-88-98—373 |
| John Tucker | 97-93-93-91—374 |
| a-Charles Cox | 90-95-100-98—383 |
| William Thompson | 97-101-96-91—385 |
| a-James Stillman | 101-94-98-95—388 |
| a-Wiliam McCawley | 100-102-97-98—397 |
| W.E. Stoddard | 101-106-96-95—398 |
| a-C.P. Linneaweaver | 100-102-103-97—402 |
| a-Ormsby McCammon | 94-102-110-116—422 |
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