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Fred McLeod

Scotland · born , North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland · died

1major championship

Summary

  • First major 1908 U.S. Open
  • Runner-up in majors 2 times

Wins

  1. 1908 U.S. Open Myopia Hunt Club · 322 · won a playoff against Willie Smith

Near misses

  1. 1919 PGA Championship Engineers Country Club · runner-up to Jim Barnes · lost the final 6 & 5
  2. 1921 U.S. Open Columbia C.C. · runner-up to Jim Barnes
  3. 1926 The Open Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club · finished 7 · 301

Rivals

Beat him

Beaten in finals and playoffs

Next in the chain: Jim Barnes' rivals →

Results by championship

    Best day

    1908 U.S. Open

    Myopia Hunt Club, South Hamilton, MA · 322 · won a playoff against Willie Smith (18 holes, 77–83)

    Chosen by rule: his most recent major win. Year page: 1908.

    Career line, 1908–1926

    PGA Championship
    1919 PGA Championship: runner-up to Jim Barnes
    U.S. Open
    1908 U.S. Open: won1921 U.S. Open: runner-up to Jim Barnes
    The Open
    1926 The Open: finished 7
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    4 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Runner-up
    • Top 10

    Fred McLeod was born on April 25, 1882, in North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland. McLeod won one major championship: the 1908 U.S. Open.

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (1)

    1. 1908 U.S. Open Myopia Hunt Club, South Hamilton, MA · 322 · won a playoff against Willie Smith (18 holes, 77–83)

    Near misses

    Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.

    1. 1919 PGA Championship Engineers Country Club · runner-up to Jim Barnes · lost the final 6 & 5
    2. 1921 U.S. Open Columbia C.C. · runner-up to Jim Barnes
    3. 1926 The Open Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club · finished 7 · 301

    U.S. Open top-10 finishes in his career: 8 (GNN U.S. Open room data).

    PGA Championship match play

    Every recorded match in our bracket file, 1916–1957: 9 won, 5 lost, including 0 of 1 finals.

    1. 1919 Round of 32 beat James Rose 9 & 7
    2. 1919 Round of 16 beat George Gordon 2 up
    3. 1919 Quarterfinal beat J. Douglas Edgar 8 & 6
    4. 1919 Semifinal beat George McLean 3 & 2
    5. 1919 Final lost to Jim Barnes 6 & 5
    6. 1921 Round of 32 beat Fred Canausa won on 37th hole
    7. 1921 Round of 16 beat Jack Gordon 4 & 2
    8. 1921 Quarterfinal lost to Jim Barnes 11 & 9
    9. 1923 Round of 64 beat Wiffy Cox 5 & 4
    10. 1923 Round of 32 beat James Meehan 4 & 3
    11. 1923 Round of 16 beat Clarence Hackney 1 up
    12. 1923 Quarterfinal lost to Walter Hagen 5 & 4
    13. 1924 Round of 32 lost to Gene Sarazen 5 & 4
    14. 1926 Round of 32 lost to Dick Linnars 5 & 4

    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.

    1. GNN U.S. Open room (champions data)
    2. R&A 1926
    3. PGA of America 2013 media guide, p. 112
    4. Golf Compendium 1919
    5. PGA of America winners & venues
    6. Golf Compendium, Jim Barnes
    7. Golf Compendium 1921
    8. Golf Compendium 1923