Golf Network News
Friday 15 September 1899Men’s majorsYear in Review
Smith wins U.S. Open
Baltimore Country Club, Baltimore, Maryland · Thursday 14 to Friday 15 September 1899
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 53° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
- U.S. Open
1895–2026 in our record, 126 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
U.S. Open
Baltimore C.C., Baltimore
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Val Fitzjohn, George Low Sr., Bert Way
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1876-10-08, Dundee, Angus, Scotland; Scotland; 1st major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet