 He had been given four months leave from Royal St George's to work at the Onwentsia Club in Lake Forest, Illinois.This was part of a deal that allowed Vardon to enter that year's U.S. Open held at Englewood Golf Club, New Jersey.He finished his career at White Bear Yacht Club, located at White Bear Lake in Minnesota, arriving in 1913 and remaining there until his death in 1938, although he retired on pension one year before his death.