James Foulis
Summary
- First major 1896 U.S. Open
Wins
- 1896 U.S. Open Shinnecock Hills G.C. · 152 · by 3 strokes from Horace Rawlins
Results by championship
Best day
1896 U.S. Open
Shinnecock Hills G.C., Southampton, NY · 152 · by 3 strokes from Horace Rawlins
Chosen by rule: his widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 1896.
Career line, 1896–1896
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- Major win
James Foulis was born on August 22, 1871, in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Foulis won one major championship: the 1896 U.S. Open.
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The record
Wins in the majors (1)
- 1896 U.S. Open Shinnecock Hills G.C., Southampton, NY · 152 · by 3 strokes from Horace Rawlins
Near misses
U.S. Open top-10 finishes in his career: 4 (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.