Fred Herd (November 26, 1874 – March 14, 1954) was a Scottish professional golfer from St Andrews. Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. St Andrews (Cill Rìmhinn is a Town and former Royal burgh on the east coast of Fife, Scotland. In 1898 he won the fourth U.S. Open at Myopia Hunt Club, in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the US Myopia Hunt Club is a foxhunting and private Country club at 435 Bay Road in South Hamilton Massachusetts founded in 1882 South Hamilton is a village in Hamilton, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. This was the first U. S. Open to be played over 72 holes, requiring the competitors to play eight rounds of Myopia's nine hole course. Herd was a professional at the Washington Park course in Chicago at this time. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. He won $150, but such was his reputation as a drinker that he was not allowed to take the U. S. Open trophy away until he had paid a deposit, as the USGA was worried that he might pawn it to buy drink. The United States Golf Association ( USGA) is the United States ' national association of golf courses, clubs and facilities and the governing body
Herd played in the U. S. Open on three other occasions, but did not have any other top ten finishes. His brother Alexander or Sandy Herd, won the British Open in 1902. Alexander "Sandy" Herd (1868&ndash1944 was a Scottish professional Golfer from St Andrews. The Open Championship, or simply The Open (often referred to as the British Open outside the UK) is the oldest of the four major championships