| 1911 U.S. Open | |
A year earlier, when he was 18 years old, Johnny McDermott lost in a 3-way playoff at the 1910 U.S. Open. But at the 1911 U.S. Open, McDermott won in a 3-way playoff.
And that means McDermott won the U.S. Open at 19 years of age. He was the youngest champion then, and he remains the youngest U.S. Open winner ever still today.
McDermott repeated as champion in 1912, and he had other big wins in the 1910-1913 period, too. But a series of personal, financial and professional setbacks caused some kind of mental breakdown in McDermott late in 1914. His professional golf career was over at age 23, and he spent much of the rest of his life in mental institutions.
Mike Brady and George Simpson had already finished at 307, both shooting 75s in the final round, when McDermott reached the 72nd hole trailing by one. But McDermott sank a birdie to make it a three-man playoff.
Simpson was ill during the playoff and never a factor, while Brady battled McDermott to a tie through 14 holes. But McDermott took it from there, finishing with an 80 to Brady's 82.
Brady finished third the following year, and had one other runner-up finish in the U.S. Open, as well.
1911 U.S. Open Golf Tournament Scores
Results from the 1911 U.S. Open golf tournament played at
Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, Illinois (x-won playoff; a-amateur):
| x-John McDermott | 81-72-75-79--307 | $300 |
| Mike Brady | 76-77-79-75--307 | $150 |
| George Simpson | 76-77-79-75--307 | $100 |
| Fred McLeod | 77-72-76-83--308 | $80 |
| Jock Hutchison | 80-77-73-79--309 | $65 |
| Gilbert Nicholls | 76-78-74-81--309 | $65 |
| Herbert Barker | 75-81-77-78--311 | $45 |
| George Sargent | 76-77-84-74--311 | $45 |
| Peter Robertson | 79-76-78-79--312 | $25 |
| Alex Ross | 74-75-81-82--312 | $25 |
| a-Albert Seckel | 78-80-80-75--313 | |
| Alex Campbell | 81-77-72-84--314 | |
| Harry Turpie | 77-76-82-79--314 | |
| Chester Nelson | 79-85-74-77--315 | |
| James Donaldson | 78-81-83-74--316 | |
| George Low | 80-78-82-76--316 | |
| R.L. Simpson | 81-82-75-79--317 | |
| John Burke | 79-77-78-85--319 | |
| a-Ned Sawyer | 84-79-77-79--319 | |
| Grange Alves | 82-80-73-85--320 | |
| George Cummings | 82-80-79-79--320 | |
| a-Mason Phelps | 78-78-78-86--320 | |
| a-H. Chandler Egan | 81-80-77-83--321 | |
| a-Robert Gardner | 81-78-79-83--321 | |
| Alex Smith | 76-78-82-85--321 | |
| a-Robert Watson | 82-79-78-82--321 | |
| James B. Simpson | 81-82-78-80--321 | |
| Walter Fovargue | 83-81-80-78--322 | |
| a-S.J. Foulis | 79-80-82-83--324 | |
| Otto Hackbarth | 78-74-83-89--324 | |
| Robert MacDonald | 80-82-75-87--324 | |
| Tom McNamara | 77-87-79-81--324 | |
| Lee Nelson | 80-84-81-80--325 | |
| a-Knowlton Ames | 84-81-80-81--326 | |
| David Patrick | 83-81-77-85--326 | |
| John Gatherum | 80-81-82-84--327 | |
| Willard Hutchinson | 82-80-81-84--327 | |
| David Livie | 82-83-77-85--327 | |
| Willie Mann 3 | 84-79-81-83--327 | |
| Charles Rowe | 83-82-83-79--327 | |
| Jack Hobens | 82-82-81-83--328 | |
| William Hoare | 82-82-81-84--329 | |
| David Hunter | 79-81-82-87--329 | |
| Alex Taylor | 85-82-79-83--329 | |
| Charles Bell | 80-84-82-84--330 | |
| William Sherwood | 79-80-87-87--333 | |
| James Foulis Jr. | 83-82-85-84--334 | |
| Jack Croke | 83-78-88-86--335 | |
| John Dingwall | 88-80-81-86--335 | |
| Jack Jolly | 80-82-84-89--335 | |
| Robert Peebles | 84-82-85-84--335 | |
| a-John Sellers | 80-81-85-89--335 | |
| Wallie Nelson | 82-82-80-92--336 | |
| Jack Morton | 81-84-84-91--340 | |
| a-Carl Devol | 82-81-87-91--341 |
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