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Monday 20 June 1910Men’s majorsYear in Review

Smith wins U.S. Open

Philadelphia Cricket Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Friday 17 to Monday 20 June 1910

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

14 h 51 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

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The name over time

  1. 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

Men's major

U.S. Open

Philadelphia Cricket Club, Philadelphia

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Alex Smith

298Total
+6To par
playoff: 18 holes; Alex Smith 71, McDermott 75, Macdonald Smith 77Margin
PlayoffDecided

Runner-up: John McDermott

The golfer

b. 1874-01-28, Dundee, Angus, Scotland; Scotland; 2nd major (card's count)

Alex Smith’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet

From the papers

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