Wanamaker proposed that the newly formed organization hold an annual tournament, and offered to donate money for a trophy and prize fund.

James M. Barnes defeated Jock Hutchison in the championship match, taking home the Wanamaker Trophy and $2,580 as his share of the purse.

[7][8] In a friendly match against Tom Vardon at Sandwich on 27 May 1903, Strong made a hole-in-one (likely wind assisted) on a par 4 hole.

[7] He entered the 1903 Open Championship held at Prestwick Golf Club, South Ayrshire, Scotland, but failed to advance past the half-way cut.

[9] In 1905, he emigrated to the United States and became the professional at The Apawamis Club[10] in Rye, New York, a course featuring pronounced land forms and blind shots.

When you combine this with his time spent at Royal St George's, the course nearest his home where he learned to play golf, you start to see a lot of his architectural influence.

On 16 September 1905 Strong partnered with 18-year-old Jerome Travers to tie for second place, shooting 72, in a four-ball tournament—part of the 1905 Metropolitan Open—that was held at Fox Hills Golf Club on Staten Island.

Within those features are subtle touches that only those familiar with the course recognize: the well-placed roll in the fairway or the slight green contouring that sends putts in directions that seemingly defy the law of gravity.

A sports writer of the time wrote in August 1920: "No young club in the history of golf, let it go back 400 years, has come in for as much discussion and comment as Engineers.

The island itself, lying 157 yards from the tee, is edged by palm trees and peppered with bunkers; the hole seldom plays easy due to stiff ocean breezes.

At Engineers Country Club, Strong's routing approached the hills from every conceivable angle making a full and varied use of the available topography.

The original Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu course in Quebec, Canada, is full of fascinating holes that traverse an extremely hilly and severe property.

Amateur Francis Ouimet, age 20, won his only U.S. Open title in an 18-hole playoff, five strokes ahead of British stars Harry Vardon and Ted Ray.

[1] An article in the Indianapolis Star, published on 19 September 1913, referred to Strong as "a dark horse of the first magnitude"[25] after he scored surprisingly well in rounds one and two, playing alone and without a partner.

Due to an uneven number of players in the field, Strong ended up playing all four rounds alone, with only a scoring official accompanying him on the course.

His second marriage to Ann Jordan yielded one son and a daughter: Strong died at age 64 of a heart attack in Fort Pierce, Florida, on 8 October 1944.