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1910

Alex Smith

Alex Smith, now playing from the Wykagyl Country Club, New Rochelle, N.Y., won his second Open, and the third for his family, at the St. Martin's course of the Philadelphia Cricket Club in June. There occurred the first three-way playoff in which Alex scored 71, homebred Johnny McDermott made 75 and Alex's brother Macdonald took 77, Alex;'s score for the original 72 holes was 73-73-79-73-298.

OPEN RECORDS

Starts - 18

Best Finish - Winner 1906, '09

Rds - 70

Cuts Made - 17

Top 3 - 8

Top 5 - 10

Top 10 - 11

Top 25 - 17

Avg. - 79.27

Scores In 60s - 0

Rds Under Par - 0

Earnings - $1,530.00