1906 U.S. Open (golf)

1906 U.S. Open

Tournament information
Dates	June 28–29, 1906
Location	Lake Forest, Illinois
Course(s)	Onwentsia Club
Organized by	USGA
Format	Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Length	6,107 yards (5,584 m)
Field	66, 55 after cut
Cut	171
Winner's share	$300
Champion
Alex Smith
295
«1905 1907»

Onwentsia Club

Location in the United States

The 1906 U.S. Open was the 12th U.S. Open, held June 28–29 at Onwentsia Club in Lake Forest, Illinois, a suburb north of Chicago. Alex Smith won the first of his two U.S. Open titles, seven strokes ahead of runner-up Willie Smith, his younger brother and the 1899 champion.

Willie Anderson, three-time defending champion and club pro at Onwentsia, was the heavy favorite entering the tournament. He trailed Alex Smith by two-strokes through 36-holes and by three after the third round, but an 84 in the final round dropped him back to 5th place. Smith posted rounds of 73-74-73-75 for a total of 295, a new tournament record and the first sub-300 winning score. Not only did his brother Willie finish in second, his brother-in-law James Maiden tied for third.

For the first time, no player from the inaugural U.S. Open in 1895 played in the tournament. Horace Rawlins, the winner of the first tournament, had played in every U.S. Open since then but did not play this year.

Final leaderboard

Friday, June 29, 1906

Place	Player	Country	Score	Money ($)
1	Alex Smith	Scotland	73-74-73-75=295	300
2	Willie Smith	Scotland	73-81-74-74=302	150
T3	Laurie Auchterlonie	Scotland	76-78-75-76=305	90
	James Maiden	Scotland	80-73-77-75=305
5	Willie Anderson	Scotland	73-76-74-84=307	70
6	Alex Ross	Scotland	76-79-75-80=310	60
7	Stewart Gardner	Scotland	80-76-77-78=311	50
8	Chandler Egan (a)	United States	79-78-76-80=313	0
9	Jack Hobens	Scotland	75-84-76-79=314	30
T10	George Low	Scotland	79-82-76-79=316	10
	Bernard Nicholls	England	79-77-79-81=316
	Gilbert Nicholls	England	79-81-77-79=316

(a) denotes amateur

External links

• 1906 U.S. Open
• USGA Championship Database