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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="width:25em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn" style="background-color:#ace1af;color:inherit;font-size: 125%"><span class="note">Willie Smith</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:WillieSmith.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/WillieSmith.jpg/220px-WillieSmith.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/WillieSmith.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="274" data-file-height="273" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ace1af;color:inherit;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><b>Full name</b></th><td class="infobox-data">William Smith</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><b>Born</b></th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1876-10-08</span>)</span>8 October 1876<br /><a href="/wiki/Dundee" title="Dundee">Dundee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><b>Died</b></th><td class="infobox-data">26 December 1916<span style="display:none">(1916-12-26)</span> (aged 40)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mexico_City" title="Mexico City">Mexico City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><b>Sporting nationality</b></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ace1af;color:inherit;">Career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><b>Status</b></th><td class="infobox-data">Professional</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><b>Professional wins</b></th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ace1af;color:inherit;">Best results in major championships<br />(wins: 1)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Masters_Tournament" title="Masters Tournament">Masters Tournament</a></th><td class="infobox-data">DNP</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/PGA_Championship" title="PGA Championship">PGA Championship</a></th><td class="infobox-data">DNP</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/U.S._Open_(golf)" title="U.S. Open (golf)">U.S. Open</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Won</b>: <a href="/wiki/1899_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="1899 U.S. Open (golf)">1899</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/The_Open_Championship" title="The Open Championship">The Open Championship</a></th><td class="infobox-data">T5: <a href="/wiki/1910_Open_Championship" title="1910 Open Championship">1910</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Willie Smith</b> (8 October 1876 – 26 December 1916) was a <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scottish</a> <a href="/wiki/Golf" title="Golf">golfer</a>. He won the <a href="/wiki/1899_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="1899 U.S. Open (golf)">1899 U.S. Open</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Smith_(golfer)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Willie Smith was born in <a href="/wiki/Dundee" title="Dundee">Dundee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> on 8 October 1876.<sup id="cite_ref-spbirth_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spbirth-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He learned to play golf in <a href="/wiki/Carnoustie" title="Carnoustie">Carnoustie</a>. His brothers <a href="/wiki/Alex_Smith_(golfer)" title="Alex Smith (golfer)">Alex</a> and <a href="/wiki/Macdonald_Smith" title="Macdonald Smith">Macdonald</a> were also expert golfers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Golf_career">Golf career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Smith_(golfer)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Golf career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1899_U.S._Open">1899 U.S. Open</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Smith_(golfer)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1899 U.S. Open"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Smith worked as a club professional at Midlothian Country Club, near <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, in his early adulthood. During this time he won the <a href="/wiki/1899_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="1899 U.S. Open (golf)">1899 U.S. Open</a>, played at <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Country_Club" title="Baltimore Country Club">Baltimore Country Club</a>'s Roland Park Course.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He won by a margin of eleven shots. This record wasn't broken during the entire 20th century and wasn't surpassed until <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a> won the <a href="/wiki/2000_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="2000 U.S. Open (golf)">2000 championship</a> by fifteen shots. Smith's prize was $150. He played in nine U.S. Opens in total, and made the top-10 in eight of them, but he did not win again. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Western_Open_and_California_State_Open">Western Open and California State Open</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Smith_(golfer)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Western Open and California State Open"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1899, Smith won the first <a href="/wiki/Western_Open" title="Western Open">Western Open</a> in a playoff against <a href="/wiki/Laurie_Auchterlonie" title="Laurie Auchterlonie">Laurie Auchterlonie</a>. He also won the 1900 <a href="/wiki/California_State_Open" title="California State Open">California State Open</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life">Later life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Smith_(golfer)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Later life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1904, Smith moved to <a href="/wiki/Mexico_City" title="Mexico City">Mexico City</a> to become the golf pro at the Mexico City Country Club. He was injured during the <a href="/wiki/Mexican_Revolution" title="Mexican Revolution">Mexican Revolution</a>. He had refused to leave his post at the country club and was found trapped under a fallen beam after <a href="/wiki/Emiliano_Zapata" title="Emiliano Zapata">Emiliano Zapata</a>'s troops ransacked the club which they saw as a symbol of the corrupt ruling class.<sup id="cite_ref-Zapata_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zapata-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was tasked with designing a new course, the <a href="/wiki/Club_de_Golf_Chapultepec" title="Club de Golf Chapultepec">Club de Golf Chapultepec</a>, however due to his death it was completed by his brother <a href="/wiki/Alex_Smith_(golfer)" title="Alex Smith (golfer)">Alex Smith</a>. It has hosted the <a href="/wiki/Mexican_Open_(golf)" title="Mexican Open (golf)">Mexican Open</a> multiple times, and the <a href="/wiki/WGC-Mexico_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="WGC-Mexico Championship">WGC-Mexico Championship</a> since 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-top100_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-top100-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-golf.com_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-golf.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Smith_(golfer)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He died of <a href="/wiki/Pneumonia" title="Pneumonia">pneumonia</a> on 26 December 1916.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His body was returned to <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> for burial in the family plot. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_championships">Major championships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Smith_(golfer)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Major championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wins_(1)"><span id="Wins_.281.29"></span>Wins (1)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Smith_(golfer)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Wins (1)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Championship</th> <th>54 holes</th> <th>Winning score</th> <th>Margin</th> <th>Runners-up </th></tr> <tr style="background:#FBCEB1;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1899_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="1899 U.S. Open (golf)">1899</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/U.S._Open_(golf)" title="U.S. Open (golf)">U.S. Open</a></td> <td>4 shot lead</td> <td>77-82-79-77=315</td> <td>11 strokes</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bert_Way" title="Bert Way">Bert Way</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Results_timeline">Results timeline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Smith_(golfer)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Results timeline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Smith played in only the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Open_(golf)" title="U.S. Open (golf)">U.S. Open</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Open_Championship" title="The Open Championship">The Open Championship</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Tournament </th> <th>1895 </th> <th>1896 </th> <th>1897 </th> <th>1898 </th> <th>1899 </th> <th>1900 </th> <th>1901 </th> <th>1902 </th> <th>1903 </th> <th>1904 </th> <th>1905 </th> <th>1906 </th> <th>1907 </th> <th>1908 </th> <th>1909 </th> <th>1910 </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/U.S._Open_(golf)" title="U.S. Open (golf)">U.S. Open</a> </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;"> </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;"> </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;"> </td> <td style="background:yellow;">5 </td> <td style="background:lime;"><b>1</b> </td> <td style="background:yellow;">5<sup id="cite_ref-Vardon_Wins_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vardon_Wins-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:yellow;">3 </td> <td style="background:yellow;">4<sup id="cite_ref-Saint_Paul_Globe_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saint_Paul_Globe-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:yellow;">T9 </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;"> </td> <td>T13 </td> <td style="background:yellow;">2 </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;"> </td> <td style="background:yellow;">2 </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;"> </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Open_Championship" title="The Open Championship">The Open Championship</a> </td> <td>WD </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;"> </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;"> </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;"> </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;"> </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;"> </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;"> </td> <td style="background:#eeeeee;"> 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class="nowrap">1909 <a href="/wiki/George_Sargent_(golfer)" title="George Sargent (golfer)">George Sargent</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1910 <a href="/wiki/Alex_Smith_(golfer)" title="Alex Smith (golfer)">Alex Smith</a>†</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1911 <a href="/wiki/John_McDermott_(golfer)" title="John McDermott (golfer)">John McDermott</a>†</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1912 <a href="/wiki/John_McDermott_(golfer)" title="John McDermott (golfer)">John McDermott</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1913 <a href="/wiki/Francis_Ouimet" title="Francis Ouimet">Francis Ouimet</a>#†</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1914‡ <a href="/wiki/Walter_Hagen" title="Walter Hagen">Walter Hagen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1915 <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Travers" title="Jerome Travers">Jerome Travers</a>#</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1916 <a href="/wiki/Chick_Evans" title="Chick Evans">Chick Evans</a>#</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1919 <a href="/wiki/Walter_Hagen" title="Walter Hagen">Walter Hagen</a>†</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1920 <a href="/wiki/Ted_Ray_(golfer)" title="Ted Ray (golfer)">Ted Ray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1921‡ <a href="/wiki/Jim_Barnes" title="Jim Barnes">Jim Barnes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1922 <a href="/wiki/Gene_Sarazen" title="Gene Sarazen">Gene Sarazen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1923 <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(golfer)" title="Bobby Jones (golfer)">Bobby Jones</a>#†</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1924 <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Walker_(golfer)" title="Cyril Walker (golfer)">Cyril Walker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1925 <a href="/wiki/Willie_Macfarlane" title="Willie Macfarlane">Willie Macfarlane</a>†</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1926 <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(golfer)" title="Bobby Jones (golfer)">Bobby Jones</a>#</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1927 <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Armour" title="Tommy Armour">Tommy Armour</a>†</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1928 <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Farrell" title="Johnny Farrell">Johnny Farrell</a>†</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1929 <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(golfer)" title="Bobby Jones (golfer)">Bobby Jones</a>#†</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1930 <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(golfer)" title="Bobby Jones (golfer)">Bobby Jones</a>#</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1931 <a href="/wiki/Billy_Burke_(golfer)" title="Billy Burke (golfer)">Billy Burke</a>†</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1932 <a href="/wiki/Gene_Sarazen" title="Gene Sarazen">Gene Sarazen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1933 <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Goodman" title="Johnny Goodman">Johnny Goodman</a>#</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1934 <a href="/wiki/Olin_Dutra" title="Olin Dutra">Olin Dutra</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1935 <a href="/wiki/Sam_Parks_Jr." title="Sam Parks Jr.">Sam Parks Jr.</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1936 <a 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class="nowrap">1949 <a href="/wiki/Cary_Middlecoff" title="Cary Middlecoff">Cary Middlecoff</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1950 <a href="/wiki/Ben_Hogan" title="Ben Hogan">Ben Hogan</a>†</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1951 <a href="/wiki/Ben_Hogan" title="Ben Hogan">Ben Hogan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952 <a href="/wiki/Julius_Boros" title="Julius Boros">Julius Boros</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953‡ <a href="/wiki/Ben_Hogan" title="Ben Hogan">Ben Hogan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954 <a href="/wiki/Ed_Furgol" title="Ed Furgol">Ed Furgol</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955 <a href="/wiki/Jack_Fleck" title="Jack Fleck">Jack Fleck</a>†</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956 <a href="/wiki/Cary_Middlecoff" title="Cary Middlecoff">Cary Middlecoff</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957 <a href="/wiki/Dick_Mayer" title="Dick Mayer">Dick Mayer</a>†</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958 <a 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