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1902 U.S. Open: Laurie Auchterlonie wins at Garden City G.C.

Laurie Auchterlonie won the 1902 U.S. Open at Garden City G.C. in Garden City, New York with 307, by 6 strokes over Stewart Gardner and Walter Travis.

Updated October 23, 2026

See 1902 in the U.S. Open room, or every year on the U.S. Open winners list.

Dates
October 10, 1902 to October 11, 1902
Course
Garden City G.C., Garden City, New York
Edition
8th U.S. Open
Champion
Laurie Auchterlonie · Scotland · born St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Champion's title
1st U.S. Open title
Winning score
307 · won by 6 strokes
Runners-up
Stewart Gardner, Walter Travis (a)

Winner and runners-up

What happened at the 1902 U.S. Open

Auchterlonie won by six. The amateur Travis shared second with Gardner.

How this was built

Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's U.S. Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.

Data: us-open-years.json (the U.S. Open room's data); dates from GNN's U.S. Open final-day dates table (Wikipedia infoboxes).

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: 1902 U.S. Open (golf)