A playoff was arranged on October 4 at Englewood Golf Club between Jack Dowling, Clarence Hackney and Macdonald Smith who had tied for 13th place in the qualifying event on September 29.

Smith arrived too late to play and Dowling beat Hackney by a score of 147 to 165 over 36 holes.

One of the surprises was the 6 and 5 victory of George McLean over Tom McNamara, runner-up in the 1915 U.S. Open.

[12] The biggest surprise of the round was the defeat of Mike Brady by Willie Macfarlane.

Jim Barnes beat Tom Kerrigan, the local professional, 3 and 1.

The semi-finals saw the defeat of the last two remaining qualifiers from the Metropolitican section, Willie Macfarlane and Walter Hagen.

Hagen was still one up after 11 holes in the afternoon but played poorly at the 12th and 13th, Hutchison taking the lead in the match.

Hagen made a birdie 3 at the 14th hole to level the match but lost the 16th after a bogey 5.

[15] In the Saturday final, Jim Barnes defeated Jock Hutchison by 1 hole to be the first holder of the Wanamaker trophy.

Barnes and Hutchison had both qualified through the Southeast section where they had tied for the leading score.

On that occasion Hutchison had beaten Barnes in a 9-hole playoff to decide the winner.

Hutchison then won the 13th hole with a par 3 to level the match and went ahead again at the 15th after another bogey from Barnes.

The 16th was halved but Hutchison found a bunker at the 17th, made a bogey 5, and the match was all square.

A measurement was needed to determine who putted first and Barnes was an inch closer.