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1915 U.S. Open: Jerome Travers wins at Baltusrol G.C.

Jerome Travers (an amateur) won the 1915 U.S. Open at Baltusrol G.C. in Springfield, New Jersey with 297 (+1), by 1 stroke over Tom McNamara.

Updated October 23, 2026

See 1915 in the U.S. Open room, or every year on the U.S. Open winners list.

Dates
June 17, 1915 to June 18, 1915
Course
Baltusrol G.C., Springfield, New Jersey
Edition
21st U.S. Open
Champion
Jerome Travers · USA · amateur · born New York City, New York, USA
Champion's title
1st U.S. Open title
Winning score
297 (+1) · won by 1 stroke
Runner-up
Tom McNamara

Winner and runner-up

Pos.PlayerTotalTo par
1Jerome Travers297+1
2Tom McNamara

What happened at the 1915 U.S. Open

The amateur Travers won by one. McNamara was runner-up for the third time.

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: 1915 U.S. Open (golf)