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Golf tournament

1916 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates	June 29–30, 1916
Location	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Course(s)	Minikahda Club
Organized by	USGA
Format	Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,150 yards (5,624 m)
Field	62 players
Cut	None
Winner's share	($300)
Champion
Chick Evans (a)
286 (−2)
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Minneapolis class=notpageimage| Location in the United States

Minneapolis class=notpageimage| Location in Minnesota

The 1916 U.S. Open was the 22nd U.S. Open, held June 29–30 at Minikahda Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Amateur Chick Evans led wire-to-wire and set a new U.S. Open scoring record to win his only U.S. Open title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Jock Hutchison.

There were 94 entries and on-site qualifying was held and only the defending champion was exempt. Qualifying was held on Tuesday and Wednesday, and each day half the field played 36 holes for 32 places in the starting field of 64.

Evans opened the championship on Thursday with rounds of 70-69, the first in history to break 140 in the first two rounds of a U.S. Open. He led by three over Wilfrid Reid, who went out of contention after a 79 (+7) in the third round. Evans carded a 74 to maintain his three-shot advantage after 54 holes, with Jim Barnes as the nearest pursuer. After a double-bogey at the fourth hole, Evans recovered with a birdie at the next and matched Barnes through the front nine. At the par-5 12th, Evans found the green in two shots and two-putted for a birdie. He finished with a round of 73 to Barnes' 74. Hutchison, nine back after two rounds, moved up to second place with a 68 (−4), the lowest score to date in the final round of a U.S. Open. As the top professional, he took home the winner's share of the purse.

Evans' total of 286 established a new U.S. Open scoring record that stood for two decades, until 1936. Three months later, he won the U.S. Amateur championship at Merion near Philadelphia and became the first to win both titles in the same year. Evans won the U.S. Amateur again in 1920.

Like previous editions, this U.S. Open was scheduled for just two days, at 36 holes each. Not held in 1917 and 1918 due to World War I, it resumed in 1919 and was stretched to three days, with 18 holes on each of the first two days and 36 holes on the third. It reverted to the two-day format in 1920, then went to the three-day schedule in 1926.

Course layout

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 29, 1916 (morning)

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Chick Evans (a)	70	−2
T1	Wilfrid Reid	70	−2
T3	Jim Barnes	71	−1
T3	Jack Dowling	71	−1
T5	Alex Campbell	73	+1
	W. Clark
	Walter Hagen
	Jock Hutchison
	Gilbert Nicholls
	Bob Peebles
	Alec Ross

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Second round

Thursday, June 29, 1916 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Chick Evans (a)	70-69=139	−5
2	Wilfrid Reid	70-72=142	−2
T3	Jim Barnes	71-74=145	+1
T3	Bob Peebles	73-72=145	+1
T5	Bob MacDonald	74-72=146	+2
T5	George Sargent	75-71=146	+2
7	Jack Dowling	71-76=147	+3
T8	Mike Brady	75-73=148	+4
	J. Ferguson	75-73=148
	Jock Hutchison	73-75=148
	J. J. O'Brien	76-72=148
	Tom Vardon	76-72=148

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Third round

Friday, June 30, 1916 (morning)

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Chick Evans (a)	70-69-74=213	−3
2	Jim Barnes	71-74-71=216	E
3	George Sargent	75-71-72=218	+2
T4	Jock Hutchison	73-75-72=220	+4
T4	Gilbert Nicholls	73-76-71=220	+4
T6	J. J. O'Brien	76-72-73=221	+5
	Bob Peebles	73-72-76=221
	Wilfrid Reid	70-72-79=221
	Louis Tellier	74-75-72=221
10	Jack Dowling	71-76-75=222	+6

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Final round

Friday, June 30, 1916 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Chick Evans (a)	70-69-74-73=286	−2	0
2	Jock Hutchison	73-75-72-68=288	E	300
3	Jim Barnes	71-74-71-74=290	+2	150
T4	Gilbert Nicholls	73-76-71-73=293	+5	83
	Wilfrid Reid	70-72-79-72=293
	George Sargent	75-71-72-75=293
7	Walter Hagen	73-76-75-71=295	+7	60
8	Bob MacDonald	74-72-77-73=296	+8	50
T9	Mike Brady	75-73-75-74=297	+9	30
	J. J. O'Brien	76-72-73-76=297
	Tom Vardon	76-72-75-74=297

Source:

(a) denotes amateur

References

^ ""Chick" Evans wins title at Minneapolis". Youngstown Daily Vindicator. (Ohio). July 1, 1916. p. 9.
^ Sixty, Billy (July 1, 1916). "Golf". Milwaukee Journal. p. 8.
^ "Evans wins National Open golf title". Chicago Daily Tribune. July 1, 1916. p. 10.
Ritchie, J.H. (June 29, 1916). "Second flight honors captured by Simpson". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 12.
Trenham, Peter C. "A Chronicle of the Philadelphia Section PGA and its Members" (PDF). Philadelphia Section PGA. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 27, 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
"Chick Evans Jr. is a Comeback". Grand Forks Daily Herald. North Dakota. June 30, 1916. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
^ Ritchie, J.H. (June 30, 1916). "Evans leads in national golf tourney". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 14.
^ Evans, Chick (July 1916). "The Open Championship" (PDF). The American Golfer. pp. 169–174. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 23, 2016.

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Par	4	5	3	5	4	4	3	4	4	36	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	36	72