U.S. Open countdown: McDermott wins again in 1912
18th U.S. Open/Aug. 1-2, 1912
Country Club of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
Leaderboard
| John McDermott, United States | 74 | - | 75 | - | 74 | - | 71 | — | 294 |
| Tom McNamara, United States | 74 | - | 80 | - | 73 | - | 69 | — | 296 |
| Mike Brady, United States | 72 | - | 75 | - | 73 | - | 79 | — | 299 |
| Alex Smith, Scotland | 77 | - | 70 | - | 77 | - | 75 | — | 299 |
| Alex Campbell, Scotland | 74 | - | 77 | - | 80 | - | 71 | — | 299 |
After more than a decade of the Scots dominating U.S. Open leaderboards, Americans were now cutting into that prominence. Tom McNamara was the first native golfer to crack the top three, in 1909 (runner-up to England’s George Sargent) — and now the Americans swept the top three spots in back-to-back years.
John McDermott, 20, the defending champion, trailed Mike Brady by three strokes heading into a rainy final round. But with Brady faltering (79), and McNamara too far back for his course-record 69 to do any good, McDermott’s 71 closed out a two-shot victory.
One interesting side note about this U.S. Open at a first-time site: The 10th hole played at 606 yards, and the USGA played it as a par 6 — the only time in tournament history any hole was assigned a par rating of 6.
todd.milles@thenewstribune.com
This story was originally published March 12, 2015 at 7:35 PM with the headline "U.S. Open countdown: McDermott wins again in 1912."