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Fred Herd (26 November 1874 – 14 March 1954) was a Scottish professional golfer from St Andrews. In 1898 he won the fourth U.S. Open at Myopia Hunt Club in South Hamilton Massachusetts. 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. He won $150 but such was his reputation as a drinker that he was not allowed to take the U.S.