1899 U.S. Open: Runaway Win
The 1899 U.S. Open was the fifth time the tournament was played. The winner set a record not bettered until 2000.
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
Notable Notes: Willie Smith won by 11 strokes over runner-up Val Fitzjohn. That margin of victory remained the largest in tournament history until Tiger Woods' 15-stroke win at the 2000 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 |
