[1] Willie Smith won his only major title, a record eleven strokes ahead of three runners-up.

Playing out of Midlothian Country Club in Chicago,[2] Smith was the only player to record three sub-80 rounds, and did not score higher than a seven on any hole in the championship.

Val Fitzjohn, George Low, and Bert Way tied for second, eleven strokes behind.

[3][5] Smith's margin of victory was the largest in the U.S. Open for 101 years, until Tiger Woods won by fifteen shots in 2000.

Smith's brother Alex, a future two-time champion, finished seventh.