Fred Herd
Summary
- First major 1898 U.S. Open
Wins
- 1898 U.S. Open Myopia Hunt Club · 328 · by 7 strokes from Alex Smith
Results by championship
Best day
1898 U.S. Open
Myopia Hunt Club, South Hamilton, MA · 328 · by 7 strokes from Alex Smith
Chosen by rule: his widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 1898.
Career line, 1898–1898
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- Major win
Fred Herd was born on November 26, 1873, in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Herd won one major championship: the 1898 U.S. Open.
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The record
Wins in the majors (1)
- 1898 U.S. Open Myopia Hunt Club, South Hamilton, MA · 328 · by 7 strokes from Alex Smith
Near misses
U.S. Open top-10 finishes in his career: 1 (GNN U.S. Open room data).
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.