The 1904 U.S. Open was the tenth U.S. Open, held July 8–9 at Glen View Club in Golf, Illinois, a suburb northwest of Chicago. Defending champion Willie Anderson won the third of his four U.S. Open titles, five strokes ahead of runner-up Gilbert Nicholls.
Anderson shared the lead with Stewart Gardner at 75 on Friday morning, but a 78 in the afternoon dropped him two behind after 36 holes. In the third round on Saturday morning, Fred Mackenzie shot 74 to take a two-stroke lead over Anderson and Gardner after 54 holes. Mackenzie and Gardner fell back in the afternoon; Mackenzie's 80 took him down to third and Gardner's 85 dropped him to sixth. Anderson had 72 for the lowest round in U.S. Open history, and his 303 also established a new championship low. Nicholls posted a 73 in the final round to finish ascend the leaderboard to second place.
Anderson was the first to successfully defend a U.S. Open title, and he would become the first to win three straight the following year, yet to be equaled.
For the first time, the U.S. Open adopted a cut after 36 holes, eliminating those more than fifteen shots behind tenth place.
Round summaries First round Friday, July 8, 1904 (morning) PlacePlayerScoreT1 Willie Anderson 75 Stewart Gardner 3 Fred Mackenzie 76 4 Jack Hobens 77T5 Percy Barrett 78 Alex Smith George ThomsonT8 David Foulis 79 Horace Rawlins T10 Laurie Auchterlonie 80 John Campbell Bernard Nicholls Gilbert Nicholls Donald Ross Source:
Second round Friday, July 8, 1904 (afternoon) PlacePlayerScore1 Stewart Gardner 75-76=1512 Willie Anderson 75-78=153T3 Fred Mackenzie 76-79=155 Horace Rawlins 79-76=1555 Gilbert Nicholls 80-76=156T6 Percy Barrett 78-79=157 James Foulis 83-74=157 Bernard Nicholls 80-77=157T9 Jack Hobens 77-82=159 Alex Smith 78-81=159 Source:
Third round Saturday, July 9, 1904 (morning) PlacePlayerScore1 Fred Mackenzie 76-79-74=229 T2 Willie Anderson 75-78-78=231 Stewart Gardner 75-76-80=231T4 James Foulis 83-74-78=235 Gilbert Nicholls 80-76-79=235T6 Laurie Auchterlonie 80-81-75=236 Percy Barrett 78-79-79=236 Bernard Nicholls 80-77-79=2369 Jack Hobens 77-82-80=239T10 David Robertson 82-78-80=240 Donald Ross 80-82-78=240 Bobby Simpson 82-82-76=240 Source:
Final round Saturday, July 9, 1904 (afternoon) PlacePlayerScoreMoney ($)1 Willie Anderson 75-78-78-72=303 2002 Gilbert Nicholls 80-76-79-73=308 1503 Fred Mackenzie 76-79-74-80=309 125T4 Laurie Auchterlonie 80-81-75-78=314 90 Bernard Nicholls 80-77-79-78=314T6 Percy Barrett 78-79-79-80=316 53 Stewart Gardner 75-76-80-85=316 Bobby Simpson 82-82-76-76=3169 James Foulis 83-74-78-82=317 3010 Donald Ross 80-82-78-78=318 25 Source:
Amateurs: C. Egan (329), Hunter (331), Edwards (332), Phelps (348), Clingman (349), W. Egan (363)
References
External links USGA Championship Database