1900 U.S. Open Golf Tournament Winner and Scores
Winner: Harry Vardon, 313
Where it was played: Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, Illinois
Tournament dates: October 4-5, 1900
Leader after first round: J.H. Taylor, 76
Leader after second round: Harry Vardon, 157
Leader after third round: Harry Vardon, 233
What Happened in the 1900 U.S. Open
The 1900 U.S. Open was the first one with real star power: Two-thirds of Britain's "Great Triumvirate" of golfers was entered, and they finished 1-2. Harry Vardon was the winner, and J.H. Taylor the runner-up.It was Vardon's first time playing the U.S. Open. He was in America on an exhibition tour for Spalding Sporting Goods, which made the "Vardon Flyer" golf ball. Vardon, who became golf's first international star with this victory, played the U.S. Open only twice more. He was runner-up both times (1913 and 1920).
Taylor was also playing the U.S. Open for the first time, and he played it only twice more. Taylor was coincidentally in America for business purposes in 1900, giving him this opportunity. (The third member of the Great Triumvirate, James Braid, never played a U.S. Open.)
Vardon led Taylor by a stroke after 36 holes and by four shots following the third round. Vardon then carded 80 to Taylor's 78 for the final 2-stroke margin of victory. The third-place finisher, David Bell, was another seven shots behind Taylor.
1900 U.S. Open Final Scores
| Harry Vardon | 79-78-76-80—313 |
| J.H. Taylor | 76-82-79-78—315 |
| David Bell | 78-83-83-78—322 |
| Laurie Auchterlonie | 84-82-80-81—327 |
| Willie Smith | 82-83-79-83—327 |
| George Low | 84-80-85-82—331 |
| Tom Hutchinson | 81-87-81-84—333 |
| Harry Turpie | 84-87-79-84—334 |
| Stewart Gardner | 85-78-84-89—336 |
| Val Fitzjohn | 84-83-89-82—338 |
| Willie Anderson | 83-88-79-89—339 |
| Alex Campbell | 86-77-93-83—339 |
| Alex Smith | 90-84-82-84—340 |
| James Foulis | 86-88-87-82—343 |
| Robert Simpson | 84-84-88-87—343 |
| Fred Herd | 85-89-84-86—344 |
| Arthur Smith | 89-85-85-85—344 |
| Bert Way | 88-85-84-87—344 |
| William Norton | 87-87-84-87—345 |
| Harry Rawlins | 86-84-90-85—345 |
| Ernest Way | 89-92-81-84—346 |
| Joseph Schlotman | 85-94-83-88—350 |
| Robert McAndrew | 87-93-87-84—351 |
| Joe Mitchell | 88-96-82-85—351 |
| Henry Gullane | 89-89-92-82—352 |
| Arner Tollifson | 93-87-88-84—352 |
| William Hoare | 90-87-91-85—353 |
| John Shippen | 94-87-89-83—353 |
| Robert Foulis | 85-89-90-90—354 |
| a-Charles Macdonald | 86-90-90-89—355 |
| a-Hugo Johnston | 85-87-90-94—356 |
| Horace Rawlins | 98-85-88-85—356 |
| John Campbell | 96-85-89-87—357 |
| James Hutchinson | 86-89-87-96—358 |
| David Hunter | 89-86-94-91—360 |
| Alex Taylor | 89-87-93-91—360 |
| a-William Holabird | 93-87-92-89—361 |
| George Turpie | 89-84-91-97—361 |
| a-John Stuart | 94-92-84-92—362 |
| George Braid | 84-93-90-96—363 |
| David Mentiply | 90-89-94-91—364 |
| Patrick Corcoran | 101-90-96-90—377 |
| Robert White | 99-94-93-92—378 |
| a-Walter Egan | 98-89-90-102—379 |
| John Harrison | 102-90-93-98—383 |
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