| 1895 U.S. Open | |
The 1895 U.S. Open was the first one ever played. It took place at Newport Country Club in Rhode Island, with four rounds of nine holes each, 36 holes total. Horace Rawlins was the first U.S. Open champion.
The U.S. Open was played a day after the completion of the very first U.S. Amateur (won by Macdonald), which was contested on the same course. (The Open and Amateur were played on the same course each of the first three years of their existence.)
Rawlins won by two strokes over Willie Dunn and by three over James Foulis and amateur Andrew Smith. For winning, Rawlins received a gold medal and $150.
Rawlins was runner-up the following year (to Foulis), and played in 15 U.S. Opens total, the last in 1912.
1895 U.S. Open Golf Tournament Scores
Results from the 1895 U.S. Open golf tournament played at Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island (a-amateur):
| Horace Rawlins | 45-46-41-41--173 | $150 |
| Willie Dunn | 43-46-44-42--175 | $100 |
| James Foulis | 46-43-44-43--176 | $50 |
| a-Andrew Smith | 47-43-44-42--176 | |
| William Davis | 45-49-42-42--178 | $25 |
| Willie Campbell | 41-48-42-48--179 | $10 |
| John Harland | 45-48-43-47--183 | $10 |
| John Patrick | 46-48-46-43--183 | $10 |
| Samuel Tucker | 49-48-45-43--185 | |
| John Reid | 49-51-55-51--206 |
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