This Day in Golf--Sept. 15

It's been long established that the U.S. Open ends in June on Father's Day. But the National Open wandered about the calendar from 1895 until it went permanently into June in 1932. The first few playings were in October (1895), July (1896), September (1897), June (1898) and back to September (1899) again. It was on this date in 1899 that Willie Smith, playing out of the Midlothian Club, won the U.S. Open by 11 shots at Baltimore C.C. with a score of 315, which included an 82 in Round 2.