1907 U.S. Open (golf)
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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.
After the first 36 holes on Thursday, Ross owned a one-shot lead over Jack Hobens, 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.
Defending champion Alex Smith opted to play in the Open Championship in England, held on the same two days at Hoylake.
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, June 20, 1907 (morning)
| Place | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scotland David Brown | 75 |
| T2 | United States Mike Brady | 76 |
| Scotland James Campbell | ||
| Scotland Jack Hobens | ||
| England Bernard Nicholls | ||
| Scotland Alec Ross | ||
| T7 | Scotland Laurie Auchterlonie | 77 |
| David Hunter | ||
| T9 | Scotland Alex Campbell | 78 |
| John Campbell | ||
| Scotland George Low |
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Second round
Thursday, June 20, 1907 (afternoon)
| Place | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scotland Alec Ross | 76-74=150 |
| 2 | Scotland Jack Hobens | 76-75=151 |
| T3 | Scotland Alex Campbell | 78-74=152 |
| England Bernard Nicholls | 76-76=152 | |
| David Hunter | 77-75=152 | |
| T6 | United States Mike Brady | 76-77=153 |
| England Gilbert Nicholls | 80-73=153 | |
| David Robertson | 81-77=153 | |
| T9 | Scotland Laurie Auchterlonie | 77-77=154 |
| Scotland George Low | 78-76=154 |
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Third round
Friday, June 21, 1907 (morning)
| Place | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scotland Jack Hobens | 76-75-73=224 |
| 2 | England Gilbert Nicholls | 80-73-72=225 |
| 3 | Scotland Alec Ross | 76-74-76=226 |
| 4 | Scotland Alex Campbell | 78-74-78=230 |
| 5 | Fred Brand | 78-80-73=231 |
| T6 | Scotland David Brown | 75-80-78=233 |
| Scotland George Low | 78-76-79=233 | |
| England Bernard Nicholls | 76-76-81=233 | |
| David Robertson | 81-77-78=233 | |
| 10 | Scotland Donald Ross | 78-80-76=234 |
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Final round
Friday, June 21, 1907 (afternoon)
| Place | Player | Score | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scotland Alec Ross | 76-74-76-76=302 | 300 |
| 2 | England Gilbert Nicholls | 80-73-72-79=304 | 150 |
| 3 | Scotland Alex Campbell | 78-74-78-75=305 | 100 |
| 4 | Scotland Jack Hobens | 76-75-73-85=309 | 80 |
| T5 | Scotland George Low | 78-76-79-77=310 | 60 |
| Scotland Fred McLeod | 79-77-79-75=310 | ||
| Scotland Peter Robertson | 81-77-78-74=310 | ||
| T8 | Scotland David Brown | 75-80-78-78=311 | 35 |
| England Bernard Nicholls | 76-76-81-78=311 | ||
| 10 | Scotland Donald Ross | 78-80-76-78=312 | 20 |
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Amateurs: Travers (324), Smith (328), Carr (334), West (335), Forrest (338), Cocharan (346).
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