1907 U.S. Open (golf)

The 1907 U.S. Open was the 13th U.S. Open, held June 20–21 at Philadelphia Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, a neighborhood of northwest Philadelphia. Alec Ross posted four sub-80 rounds to win his only major title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Gilbert Nicholls.^[1][2]

1907 U.S. Open

Tournament information
Dates	June 20–21, 1907
Location	Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Course(s)	Philadelphia Cricket Club
Organized by	USGA
Format	Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Field	73, 51 after cut
Cut	169
Winner's share	$300
Champion
Alec Ross
302
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Philadelphia 

Location in the United States

Philadelphia 

Location in Pennsylvania

After the first 36 holes on Thursday, Ross owned a one-shot lead over Jack Hobens,^[3] who recorded the first hole-in-one in U.S. Open history in the second round.

Hobens led Nicholls by one after the third round on Friday morning, but an 85 in the afternoon dropped him to fourth place. Ross began the round two behind Hobens and shot a 76 to prevail by two over Nicholls, who shot 79. Ross' older brother Donald, the famed golf course architect, finished tenth.^[1][2]

Defending champion Alex Smith opted to play in the Open Championship in England, held on the same two days at Hoylake.^[4]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 20, 1907 (morning)

Place	Player	Score
1	David Brown	75
T2	Mike Brady	76
	James Campbell
	Jack Hobens
	Bernard Nicholls
	Alec Ross
T7	Laurie Auchterlonie	77
	David Hunter
T9	Alex Campbell	78
	John Campbell
	George Low

Source:^[2][3]

Second round

Thursday, June 20, 1907 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score
1	Alec Ross	76-74=150
2	Jack Hobens	76-75=151
T3	Alex Campbell	78-74=152
	Bernard Nicholls	76-76=152
	David Hunter	77-75=152
T6	Mike Brady	76-77=153
	Gilbert Nicholls	80-73=153
	David Robertson	81-77=153
T9	Laurie Auchterlonie	77-77=154
	George Low	78-76=154

Source:^[2][3]

Third round

Friday, June 21, 1907 (morning)

Place	Player	Score
1	Jack Hobens	76-75-73=224
2	Gilbert Nicholls	80-73-72=225
3	Alec Ross	76-74-76=226
4	Alex Campbell	78-74-78=230
5	Fred Brand	78-80-73=231
T6	David Brown	75-80-78=233
	George Low	78-76-79=233
	Bernard Nicholls	76-76-81=233
	David Robertson	81-77-78=233
10	Donald Ross	78-80-76=234

Source:^[1][2]

Final round

Friday, June 21, 1907 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score	Money ($)
1	Alec Ross	76-74-76-76=302	300
2	Gilbert Nicholls	80-73-72-79=304	150
3	Alex Campbell	78-74-78-75=305	100
4	Jack Hobens	76-75-73-85=309	80
T5	George Low	78-76-79-77=310	60
	Fred McLeod	79-77-79-75=310
	Peter Robertson	81-77-78-74=310
T8	David Brown	75-80-78-78=311	35
	Bernard Nicholls	76-76-81-78=311
10	Donald Ross	78-80-76-78=312	20

Source:^[1][2]

Amateurs: Travers (324), Smith (328), Carr (334), West (335), Forrest (338), Cocharan (346).