| 1909 U.S. Open | |
George Sargent carded three rounds of 72 or better in lowering the tournament scoring record to 290 and winning the 1909 U.S. Open.
Sargent, like many professional golfers of this era in American golf, was British, and moved to North America to take a club pro job. At the time of his win here, Sargent was the pro at Vermont's Hyde Manor club. He later won the 1912 Canadian Open, and was the head pro as such prestigious clubs as Scioto, Interlachen and East Lake. He alse served as president of the PGA of America.
In the second round, Tom McNamara - who eventually finished runner-up to Sargent, four strokes back - shot 69, the second sub-70 U.S. Open round.
Johnny McDermott, 17 years old, played in his first U.S. Open and placed 49th. McDermott finished in the Top 10 of the next five U.S. Opens - which were also the only ones he played before his career ended in his early 20s. He lost in a playoff in 1910, then won the 1911 U.S. Open and 1912 U.S. Open.
Four-time U.S. Open winner Willie Anderson finished tied for fourth, his last Top 10 in the tournament. Anderson played only once more. In 14 appearances in this event, Anderson finished outside the Top 5 just three times.
Horace Rawlins, winner of the very first U.S. Open (1895), made his last cut in the event, placing 60th.
1909 U.S. Open Golf Tournament Scores
Results from the 1909 U.S. Open golf tournament played at Englewood Golf Club in Englewood, New Jersey (a-amateur):
| George Sargent | 75-72-72-71--290 | $300 |
| Tom McNamara | 73-69-75-77--294 | $150 |
| Alex Smith | 76-73-74-72--295 | $100 |
| Willie Anderson | 79-74-76-70--299 | $70 |
| Jack Hobens | 75-78-72-74--299 | $70 |
| Isaac Mackie | 77-75-74-73--299 | $70 |
| Tom Anderson Jr. | 78-74-75-73--300 | $35 |
| Herbert Barker | 75-79-73-73--300 | $35 |
| Andrew Campbell | 71-75-77-77--300 | $35 |
| Tom Peebles | 76-73-73-78--300 | $35 |
| a-Walter Travis | 72-78-77-73--300 | |
| Mike Brady | 76-77-74-75--302 | $40 |
| Alex Campbell | 75-73-81-74--303 | |
| Fred McLeod | 78-76-74-75--303 | |
| Orrin Terry | 78-80-73-73--304 | |
| a-F.R. Upton Jr. | 72-79-78-75--304 | |
| Gilbert Nicholls | 73-75-79-79--306 | |
| Walter Fovargue | 80-76-77-74--307 | |
| David Ogilvie | 76-78-79-74--307 | |
| Peter Robertson | 79-72-78-79--308 | |
| Charles Rowe | 74-77-76-81--308 | |
| Jack Campbell | 74-79-75-81--309 | |
| Laurie Auchterlonie | 78-75-77-81--311 | |
| a-S. Findlay Douglas | 82-76-78-75--311 | |
| Jock Hutchison | 79-76-77-79--311 | |
| Tom Vardon | 80-75-82-74--311 | |
| John Dingwall | 79-74-77-82--312 | |
| George Low | 78-75-74-85--312 | |
| James Maiden | 76-78-80-78--312 | |
| Jack Burke Sr. | 75-78-81-79--313 | |
| David Hunter | 68-84-84-77--313 | |
| Charles Murray | 77-75-77-84--313 | |
| George Sparling | 78-79-76-81--314 | |
| James Thompson | 78-80-78-78--314 | |
| Robert Thompson | 83-78-78-75--314 | |
| Alex Ross | 76-79-78-84--317 | |
| Walter Clark | 82-79-72-84--317 | |
| Herbert Strong | 75-79-80-83--317 | |
| Joe Mitchell | 83-78-79-78--318 | |
| Albert H. Murray | 80-80-82-76--318 | |
| Frederick Pye | 78-81-78-81--318 | |
| a-Gilman Tiffany | 81-81-79-77--318 | |
| Alex Cunningham | 82-77-82-79--320 | |
| George Turnbull | 80-76-82-82--320 | |
| Fred Brand | 77-75-83-86--321 | |
| Richard Kimball | 77-82-77-85--321 | |
| Robert Simpson | 84-76-77-84--321 | |
| Jack Croke | 81-84-79-78--322 | |
| Elijah Horton | 79-85-76-82--322 | |
| John McDermott | 80-81-78-83--322 | |
| George Gordon | 84-79-81-79--323 | |
| a-W.F. Morgan Jr. | 78-84-84-78--324 | |
| Harry Vinall | 80-80-83-81--324 | |
| a-Max Behr | 81-83-83-78--325 | |
| W.D. Robinson | 84-81-82-79--326 | |
| William Byrne | 86-77-82-82--327 | |
| L. Stanley Jacobs | 78-79-85-85--327 | |
| a-Oswald Kirkby | 85-78-82-83--328 | |
| a-R.C. Watson | 80-82-85-81--328 | |
| Horace Rawlins | 82-83-81-83--329 |
Back to list of U.S. Open Winners
Related Articles
More on the U.S. Open
• Masters Winners
• British Open Winners
• PGA Championship Winners
• U.S. Open FAQ
• U.S. Open Golf Tournament
