1905 U.S. Open: No. 3 for Anderson
The 1905 U.S. Open was the 11th time the tournament was played, and the winner did something nobody before or since has done.
Winner: Willie Anderson, 314
Where it was played: Myopia Hunt Club in South Hamilton, Massachusetts
Tournament dates: September 21-22, 1905
Leader after first round: Joe Lloyd, 75
Leader after second round: Alex Smith and Stewart Gardner, 156
Leader after third round: Alex Smith, 236
Notable Notes: Willie Anderson won his third U.S. Open title consecutively, and became the first golfer to win this championship four times total. To date, no golfer has topped Anderson's four total wins (several have tied), and no other golfer has won three in a row.
Final Scores
Willie Anderson | 81-80-76-77—314 |
Alex Smith | 76-80-80-80—316 |
Percy Barrett | 81-80-77-79—317 |
Peter Robertson | 79-80-81-77—317 |
Stewart Gardner | 78-78-85-77—318 |
Alex Campbell | 82-76-80-81—319 |
Jack Hobens | 82-80-81-78—321 |
Gilbert Nicholls | 82-76-84-79—321 |
George Cummings | 85-82-75-81—323 |
Arthur Smith | 81-77-80-86—324 |
a-Arthur G. Lockwood | 84-85-76-80—325 |
a-Walter Travis | 81-80-80-84—325 |
Alex Ross | 79-86-78-83—326 |
Willie Smith | 86-81-76-83—326 |
George Low | 83-82-81-81—327 |
Joe Lloyd | 75-86-83-84—328 |
Fred Mackenzie | 81-85-80-82—328 |
Walter Clark | 86-81-82-80—329 |
Fred McLeod | 80-84-80-86—330 |
Tom McNamara | 81-79-82-89—331 |
Bernard Nicholls | 80-82-85-84—331 |
George Turnbull | 81-88-81-81—331 |
Bert Way | 81-89-84-77—331 |
Laurie Auchterlonie | 85-82-79-86—332 |
Donald Ross | 83-83-86-81—333 |
Jack Jolly | 82-83-85-85—335 |
James Maiden | 80-86-83-86—335 |
Robert Peebles | 81-81-86-88—336 |
Isaac Mackie | 82-82-83-90—337 |
Charles Murray | 84-85-83-85—337 |
Arthur Fenn | 82-83-87-86—338 |
James Foulis | 83-89-80-87—339 |
A.G. Griffiths | 82-84-89-84—339 |
John Jones | 89-82-87-81—339 |
Charles Rowe | 86-79-83-91—339 |
Harry Turpie | 80-86-82-91—339 |
Fred Brand | 83-82-86-89—340 |
Jack Campbell | 83-86-83-88—340 |
John Dingwall | 84-88-89-79—340 |
William Hoare | 89-80-86-85—340 |
David Ogilvie | 90-80-85-85—340 |
Horace Rawlins | 84-90-78-88—340 |
David Hunter | 85-85-88-85—343 |
John Mackie | 81-90-88-84—343 |
John Oke | 85-84-86-88—343 |
Herbert Strong | 88-85-83-88—344 |
Orrin Terry | 91-82-86-85—344 |
a-P. Gilbert | 81-87-91-86—345 |
a-Fay Ingalis | 90-85-94-96—365 |
George Pearson | 88-83-89-90—350 |
David Robertson | 88-87-91-84—350 |
a-A.L. White | 85-87-85-93—350 |
David Brown | 85-85-88-94—352 |