| 1914 U.S. Open | |
At the start of the 1914 U.S. Open, Walter Hagen was a brash, 22-year-old who had not yet won any tournaments now recognized as PGA Tour wins.
At the end of the tournament, Hagen was a U.S. Open winner - the first of his 45 wins recognized as PGA Tour victories, the first of his 11 major championship wins.
Hagen led by two over Tom McNamara and by three over defending champion (and amateur) Francis Ouimet entering the final round, but both McNamara (83) and Ouimet (78) faltered over the final 18. Hagen held steady with a 73, finishing one stroke ahead of fast-closing amateur Chick Evans. Ouimet wound up in fifth place.
Johnny McDermott, the 1911 and 1912 winner, tied for ninth. Despite being only 22 years old, it was McDermott's final appearance. Late in 1914, McDermott suffered a breakdown of some kind, from which he never recovered. He spent most of the rest of his life in a mental institution - although he continued to play golf recreationally, and often quite well.
Amateur Jack Neville, who several years later was one of the codesigners of Pebble Beach Golf Links, finished 39th in his only U.S. Open appearance.
1914 U.S. Open Golf Tournament Scores
Results from the 1914 U.S. Open golf tournament played at Midlothian Country Club in Midlothian, Illinois (a-amateur):
| Walter Hagen | 68-74-75-73--290 | $300 |
| a-Chick Evans | 76-74-71-70--291 | |
| Fred McLeod | 78-73-75-71--297 | $125 |
| George Sargent | 74-77-74-72--297 | $125 |
| Mike Brady | 78-72-74-74--298 | $75 |
| James Donaldson | 72-79-74-73--298 | $75 |
| a-Francis Ouimet | 69-76-75-78--298 | |
| Louis Tellier | 72-75-74-78--299 | $60 |
| John McDermott | 77-74-74-75--300 | $45 |
| Arthur Smith | 79-73-76-72--300 | $45 |
| a-William Rautenbush | 76-75-75-75--301 | |
| James Simpson | 76-71-77-77--301 | $30 |
| Jim Barnes | 73-76-80-73--302 | $3 |
| Charles Hoffner | 77-76-77-72--302 | $3 |
| Tom McNamara | 72-71-76-83--302 | $3 |
| Joe Mitchell | 77-69-77-79--302 | $3 |
| J.J. O'Brien | 74-72-77-79--302 | $3 |
| Robert Peebles | 78-75-74-75--302 | $3 |
| George Simpson | 73-76-76-77--302 | $3 |
| Dan Kenney | 76-75-76-76--303 | |
| Tom Kerrigan | 76-73-77-77--303 | |
| Alex Ross | 72-75-82-76--305 | |
| a-Warren Wood | 77-73-77-78--305 | |
| Walter Fovargue | 81-71-77-77--306 | |
| Jack Munro | 83-74-75-75--307 | |
| Robert Thompson | 79-75-78-75--307 | |
| Otto Hackbarth | 82-75-77-75--309 | |
| Fred Brand | 78-74-76-82--310 | |
| Jack Burke Sr. | 75-77-77-81--310 | |
| Chester Nelson | 77-81-77-75--310 | |
| Tom Vardon | 76-76-77-82--311 | |
| William Bell | 79-79-75-79--312 | |
| a-Kenneth Edwards | 77-76-81-78--312 | |
| Herbert Lagerblade | 75-78-75-84--312 | |
| Willie Kidd | 80-77-81-75--313 | |
| Alex Taylor | 80-77-77-79--313 | |
| Charles W. Hall | 76-77-81-81--315 | |
| Jack Jolly | 81-77-79-78--315 | |
| George Cummings | 77-81-80-78--316 | |
| a-Jack Neville | 78-77-80-81--316 | |
| John Gatherum | 78-77-82-80--317 | |
| a-Dave McKay | 77-82-79-79--317 | |
| Andrew Campbell | 83-80-73-82--318 | |
| Dick Hackbarth | 73-84-82-80--319 | |
| Jack Croke | 77-83-82-78--320 | |
| A.G. Herr | 80-78-79-83--320 | |
| Willie Maguire | 77-80-81-82--320 | |
| James Green | 80-81-79-82--322 | |
| Frank Adams | 80-81-84-80--325 | |
| James Thompson | 81-77-84-83--325 |
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