1915 U.S. Open Led to Retirement
The 1915 U.S. Open was the 21st time the tournament was played. The winner did something a little ununsual afterward.
Winner: Jerome Travers, 297
Where it was played: Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey
Tournament dates: June 17-18, 1915
Leader after first round: Chick Evans and Jim Barnes, 71
Leader after second round: Louis Tellier and Jim Barnes, 146
Leader after third round: Jerome Travers, 221
Notable Notes: Jerome Travers won by a stroke over Tom McNamara, and then retired from playing tournament golf. Travers was an amateur of great accomplishment, and this was his crowning achievement. So he walked away. He had previously won four U.S. Amateur titles.
Final Scores
| a-Jerome Travers | 76-72-73-76—297 |
| Tom McNamara | 78-71-74-75—298 |
| Bob MacDonald | 72-77-73-78—300 |
| Jim Barnes | 71-75-76-79—301 |
| Louis Tellier | 75-71-76-79—301 |
| Mike Brady | 76-71-75-80—302 |
| George Low | 78-74-76-75—303 |
| Jock Hutchison | 74-79-76-76—305 |
| Fred McLeod | 74-76-76-79—305 |
| Alex Campbell | 76-75-74-81—306 |
| Emmett French | 77-79-75-75—306 |
| Walter Hagen | 78-73-76-79—306 |
| Tom Kerrigan | 78-75-76-77—306 |
| Gilbert Nicholls | 78-81-73-74—306 |
| Jack Park | 77-77-75-77—306 |
| Wilfred Reid | 77-78-75-76—306 |
| George Sargent | 75-77-79-75—306 |
| a-Chick Evans | 71-81-80-75—307 |
| James Donaldson | 83-79-76-70—308 |
| a-Max Marston | 77-77-80-74—308 |
| Archibald Sanderson | 77-76-77-79—309 |
| Jack Dowling | 75-79-80-77—311 |
| Alex Smith | 78-76-78-79—311 |
| Herbert Barker | 77-78-80-77—312 |
| Charles Hoffner | 79-79-79-75—312 |
| Joe Mitchell | 76-80-74-83—313 |
| Herbert Strong | 83-76-78-76—313 |
| George Sayers | 76-80-81-77—314 |
| Otto Hackbarth | 80-75-79-81—315 |
| David Ogilvie | 75-78-83-79—315 |
| Ben Sayers | 80-79-79-77—315 |
| Elmer Loving | 78-78-75-85—316 |
| J.J. O'Brien | 82-75-80-79—316 |
| David Stevens | 76-80-80-80—316 |
| Willie Macfarlane | 81-83-75-78—317 |
| a-Francis Ouimet | 77-79-80-81—317 |
| Tom Anderson Jr. | 80-78-79-81—318 |
| Tom Boyd | 78-80-79-81—318 |
| Macdonald Smith | 80-79-80-79—318 |
| James Thompson | 81-80-78-79—318 |
| Bert Battell | 81-79-83-77—320 |
| Harry Hampton | 79-81-78-82—320 |
| Jack Hobens | 80-79-83-78—320 |
| Orrin Terry | 82-80-78-82—322 |
| Isaac Mackie | 79-81-81-82—323 |
| George McLean | 85-80-80-78—323 |
| Charles Rowe | 78-85-82-79—324 |
| George Simpson | 83-78-76-87—324 |
| Dan Kenney | 78-80-81-86—325 |
| Joe Sylvester | 81-76-84-88—329 |
| Eugene McCarthy | 82-84-81-84—331 |
