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1904 U.S. Open: Willie Anderson wins at Glen View Club

Willie Anderson won the 1904 U.S. Open at Glen View Club in Golf, Illinois with 303, by 5 strokes over Gilbert Nicholls.

Updated October 23, 2026

See 1904 in the U.S. Open room, or every year on the U.S. Open winners list.

Dates
July 8, 1904 to July 9, 1904
Course
Glen View Club, Golf, Illinois
Edition
10th U.S. Open
Champion
Willie Anderson · Scotland · born North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
Champion's title
3rd U.S. Open title
Winning score
303 · won by 5 strokes
Runner-up
Gilbert Nicholls

Winner and runner-up

What happened at the 1904 U.S. Open

Anderson closed with 72 and set a scoring record of 303. Nicholls was five back.

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: 1904 U.S. Open (golf)