Golf at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's individual

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Men's individual golf
at the Games of the III Olympiad
George Lyon 1904.jpg
George Lyon during the golf tournament
Venue Glen Echo Country Club
DatesSeptember 19–24, 1904
Competitors75 from 2 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg George Lyon
Flag of Canada (1868-1921).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg Chandler Egan
US flag 45 stars.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Burt McKinnie
US flag 45 stars.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Francis Newton
US flag 45 stars.svg  United States
  1900
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The men's individual was an event held as part of the golf programme at the 1904 Summer Olympics. It was the second time the event was held at the Olympics, though it took a much different format than the 1900 golf tournament. 75 golfers from two nations competed. The competition was held approximately 5.75 km north of the Olympic Stadium at Glen Echo Country Club from September 19 to 24, 1904. [1] The event was won by George Lyon of Canada, one of three golfers not from the host United States. Lyon defeated American Chandler Egan in the final, giving Egan the silver medal. Americans Burt McKinnie and Francis Newton were the defeated semifinalists, each receiving bronze.

Background

The first Olympic golf tournaments were held at the 1900 Games, with events for both men and women. One of the men's players was Albert Bond Lambert, who finished eighth in the (Olympic) men's tournament and first in the (non-Olympic) handicap tournament. Lambert and his father-in-law George McGrew, prominent businessmen in the St. Louis area, determined to bring golf to the 1904 Games that would be held in St. Louis. They founded the Glen Echo Country Club and pressed for the inclusion of golf on the programme with a tournament to be held at Glen Echo. [2] The result was the second Olympic golf tournament, though the women's individual event was dropped and a men's team event added.

Golf was later planned to be on the programme for the 1908 Games in London, but a dispute among the British golfers led to them all boycotting. With only the Canadian defending champion Lyon scheduled to compete (and him unwilling to accept a gold medal by walkover), the 1908 golf event was cancelled. Golf would not be held again at the Olympics until 2016.

Canada made its debut in the event. The United States made its second appearance, the only nation to have golfers at both of the first two men's individual golf tournaments.

Competition format

The format for the 1904 men's individual tournament was a grueling one. In contrast to the 1900 Games, which used a 36-hole stroke play tournament as the entire competition, the 1904 tournament started with a 36-hole stroke play qualifying round. This was followed by the top 32 qualifiers playing a 5-round match play tournament with each round consisting of 36 holes. Each round was played on consecutive days, resulting in the finalists playing six straight days of 36 holes of golf. No bronze medal match was played; both semifinal losers received bronze medals. [3]

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Monday, September 19, 1904Qualifying
Tuesday, September 20, 1904Round of 32
Wednesday, September 21, 1904Round of 16
Thursday, September 22, 1904Quarterfinals
Friday, September 23, 1904Semifinals
Saturday, September 24, 1904Final

Results

Qualifying round

Golfers played two 18-hole rounds in qualifying play on September 19. The top 32 golfers advanced to match play. [4]

RankPlayerNationScoreNotes
1 Ralph McKittrick US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 163Q
Stuart Stickney US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 163Q
3 Francis Newton US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 164Q
4 Walter Egan US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 165Q
William Stickney US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 165Q
6 Chandler Egan US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 166Q
Mason Phelps US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 166Q
8 Albert Bond Lambert US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 168Q
9 George Lyon Flag of Canada (1868-1921).svg  Canada 169Q
Daniel Sawyer US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 169Q
11 Douglass Cadwallader US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 170Q
Burt McKinnie US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 170Q
Warren Wood US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 170Q
14 Robert Hunter US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 171Q
15 Henry Potter US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 173Q
16 Jesse Carleton US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 174Q
Simpson FoulisUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 174Q
Harold Weber US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 174Q
19 Orus Jones US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 177Q
Nathaniel Moore US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 177Q
Simeon Price US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 177Q
22Harry AllenUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 178Q
Arthur Havemeyer US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 178Q
Clement Smoot US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 178Q
25 Edward Cummins US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 179Q
26 Frederick Semple US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 180Q
27 John Cady US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 182Q
Abner VickeryUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 182Q
29 Harold Fraser US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 183Q
Raymond HavemeyerUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 183Q
Allan Lard US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 183Q
William SmithUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 183Q
33 Bart Adams US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 184
William BurtonUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 184
35Tim BoydUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 185
Charles ScudderUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 185
37 Edwin Hunter US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 187
Harold SimpkinsUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 187
39 John Rahm US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 188
40 Arthur Hussey US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 191
Herbert SumneyUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 191
42Campbell BrownUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 192
Henry CaseUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 192
Edgar DavisUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 192
45Robert ThachUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 195
George PowellUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 195
Charles WillardUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 195
48Clarkson PotterUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 196
George ThomasUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 196
50 George Oliver US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 197
51W. A. HerseyUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 198
52John BrandtUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 199
Bernard EdmundsUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 199
54Frederick NewberyUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 201
55Alfred AnnanUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 202
Leon HazeltonUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 202
57Murray CarletonUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 203
58Louis AllisUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 205
59John WatsonUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 206
60 Jarvis Hunt US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 207
Alexander MackintoshUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 207
62Wallace ShawUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 209
William WithersUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 209
64Joseph HowardUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 210
65 Bertie Austin Flag of Canada (1868-1921).svg  Canada 211
66James StackUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 213
Meade YatesUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 213
68William GrosecloseUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 214
Simon HarbaughUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 214
70Edward LansingUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 219
71Edward GouldUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 222
72Clarence AngierUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 226
73 Albert Austin Flag of Canada (1868-1921).svg  Canada 230
74Lee JonesUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 240
Charles B. Cory US flag 45 stars.svg  United States DNF

Match play

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
US flag 45 stars.svg  Burt McKinnie  (USA)37h
US flag 45 stars.svg  Harold Weber  (USA)US flag 45 stars.svg  McKinnie  (USA)7&6
US flag 45 stars.svg  Robert Hunter  (USA)8&7 US flag 45 stars.svg  Hunter  (USA)
US flag 45 stars.svg Raymond Havemeyer (USA)US flag 45 stars.svg  McKinnie  (USA)4&3
US flag 45 stars.svg  Simpson Foulis  (USA)5&3 US flag 45 stars.svg  Sawyer  (USA)
US flag 45 stars.svg  Henry Potter  (USA)US flag 45 stars.svg  Foulis  (USA)
US flag 45 stars.svg  Daniel Sawyer  (USA)8&7 US flag 45 stars.svg  Sawyer  (USA)2&1
US flag 45 stars.svg  Jesse Carleton  (USA)US flag 45 stars.svg  McKinnie  (USA)
US flag 45 stars.svg  William Stickney  (USA)2&1 US flag 45 stars.svg  C. Egan  (USA)4&3
US flag 45 stars.svg  Clement Smoot  (USA)US flag 45 stars.svg  Stickney  (USA)
US flag 45 stars.svg  Harry Allen  (USA)6&4 US flag 45 stars.svg  Allen  (USA)4&3
US flag 45 stars.svg  Warren Wood  (USA)US flag 45 stars.svg  Allen  (USA)
US flag 45 stars.svg  Nathaniel Moore  (USA)12&10 US flag 45 stars.svg  C. Egan  (USA)4&3
US flag 45 stars.svg  Orus Jones  (USA)US flag 45 stars.svg  Moore  (USA)
US flag 45 stars.svg  Chandler Egan  (USA)8&6 US flag 45 stars.svg  C. Egan  (USA)7&6
US flag 45 stars.svg  Harold Fraser  (USA)US flag 45 stars.svg  C. Egan  (USA)
US flag 45 stars.svg  Stuart Stickney  (USA)7&6 Flag of Canada (1868-1921).svg  Lyon  (CAN)3&2
US flag 45 stars.svg William Smith (USA)US flag 45 stars.svg  Stickney  (USA)
Flag of Canada (1868-1921).svg  George Lyon  (CAN)5&4 Flag of Canada (1868-1921).svg  Lyon  (CAN)11&9
US flag 45 stars.svg  John Cady  (USA)Flag of Canada (1868-1921).svg  Lyon  (CAN)5&4
US flag 45 stars.svg  Albert Bond Lambert  (USA)7&6 US flag 45 stars.svg  Lambert  (USA)
US flag 45 stars.svg  Walter Egan  (USA)US flag 45 stars.svg  Lambert  (USA)1 up
US flag 45 stars.svg  Ralph McKittrick  (USA)2&1 US flag 45 stars.svg  McKittrick  (USA)
US flag 45 stars.svg  Douglass Cadwallader  (USA)Flag of Canada (1868-1921).svg  Lyon  (CAN)1 up
US flag 45 stars.svg  Mason Phelps  (USA)6&4 US flag 45 stars.svg  Newton  (USA)
US flag 45 stars.svg  Frederick Semple  (USA)US flag 45 stars.svg  Phelps  (USA)12&10
US flag 45 stars.svg  Arthur Havemeyer  (USA)8&7 US flag 45 stars.svg  A. Havemeyer  (USA)
US flag 45 stars.svg  Simeon Price  (USA)US flag 45 stars.svg  Phelps  (USA)
US flag 45 stars.svg  Allan Lard  (USA)10&9 US flag 45 stars.svg  Newton  (USA)2&1
US flag 45 stars.svg  Abner Vickery  (USA)US flag 45 stars.svg  Lard  (USA)
US flag 45 stars.svg  Francis Newton  (USA)8&7 US flag 45 stars.svg  Newton  (USA)2&1
US flag 45 stars.svg  Edward Cummins  (USA)

References

  1. "Golf at the 1904 Summer Olympics: Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  2. "Individual, Men (1900)". Olympedia. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  3. "Individual, Men (1904)". Olympedia. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  4. "Golfers Tie In Medal Round" (PDF). The New York Times. September 20, 1904. Retrieved September 11, 2013.

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