Noted amateur Bobby Jones, winner of the British Open two weeks earlier, won the second of his four U.S.

Needing a par on the par-5 18th to tie (and force a playoff round), Jones hit a 310-yard (283 m) tee shot, then followed with an approach to the green, leaving 15 feet (4.5 m) for eagle.

[5] Bill Mehlhorn opened with 68 on Thursday,[6][7] and led after both of the first two rounds,[8][9] but was ten over par on Saturday and was four strokes back, in a four-way tie for third.

Later double Open winners were Gene Sarazen (1932), Ben Hogan (1953), Lee Trevino (1971), Tom Watson (1982), and Tiger Woods (2000).

Scioto was only ten years old at the time, and its club pro was George Sargent, the 1909 champion,[10] who did not compete.