1900 U.S. Open Tournament: Vardon's Victory
The 1900 U.S. Open was the sixth time the tournament was played. And golf's first international superstar was the winner.
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
Notable Notes: This was the first U.S. Open that had real star power as the two best golfers in the world at this time — Brits Harry Vardon and J.H. Taylor — both just happened to be traveling in the United States at the right time to enter. No surprise they finished 1-2, with runner-up Taylor seven strokes clear of the third-place finisher.
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 |