1922 U.S. Open (golf)

1922 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates July 14–15, 1922
Location Glencoe, Illinois
Course(s) Skokie Country Club
Organized by USGA
Format Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par 70
Length 6,548 yards (5,987 m)[1]
Field 78
Cut none
Prize fund $1,725
Winner's share $500
Champion
United States Gene Sarazen
288 (+8)
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Skokie CC
Location in the United States
Skokie CC
Location in Illinois

The 1922 U.S. Open was the 26th U.S. Open, held July 14–15 at Skokie Country Club in Glencoe, Illinois, a suburb north of Chicago. Gene Sarazen won the first of his seven major championships, one stroke ahead of runners-up John Black and 20-year-old amateur Bobby Jones.[2]

Walter Hagen, the winner of the British Open three weeks earlier, shot a 68 to take a first-round lead over Black on Friday morning. In the second round that afternoon, Black shot a 71 to take a two-stroke lead over Bill Mehlhorn, with Hagen and Sarazen three off the lead.[1]

Jones shot a 70 in the third round to take a share of the 54-hole lead with Mehlhorn, while Black shot 75 and was a shot back. The leaders, however, could not contend with Sarazen's brilliant play in the final round, recording a two-putt birdie on the finishing hole for a 68 and 288 total. Black needed to par the final two holes to force a playoff, but hit his tee shot on 17 out of bounds, leading to a double bogey. Needing an eagle on the par-5 18th to tie, Black's second shot landed ten feet (3 m) from the pin, but in a greenside bunker. When he failed to chip in, Sarazen clinched the title.[2]

Sarazen, age 20, became the fourth American-born champion of the U.S. Open, joining John McDermott, Francis Ouimet, and Hagen. He won a second U.S. Open ten years later in 1932.

Past champions in the field

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Walter Hagen  United States 1914, 1919 68 77 74 72 291 +11 5
Chick Evans (a) United States 1916 72 76 74 80 302 +22 16
Jim Barnes  England 1921 74 75 77 80 306 +26 T24

Source:[2]

Final leaderboard

Saturday, July 15, 1922

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Gene Sarazen  United States 72-73-75-68=288 +8 500
T2 John Black  Scotland 71-71-75-72=289 +9 300
Bobby Jones (a)  United States 74-72-70-73=289 0
4 Bill Mehlhorn  United States 73-71-72-74=290 +10 200
5 Walter Hagen  United States 68-77-74-72=291 +11 150
6 George Duncan  Scotland 76-73-75-72=296 +16 100
7 Leo Diegel  United States 77-76-73-71=297 +17 90
T8 Mike Brady  United States 73-75-74-76=298 +18 73
Johnny Golden  United States 73-77-77-71=298
Jock Hutchison  United States 78-74-71-75=298

Source:[2]

(a) denotes amateur

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123  4  56  7  89101112131415161718
Par434454343 444344445
United States Sarazen+10+11+10+9+10+10+9+9+9+10+10+9+9+9+9+9+9+8
Scotland Black+7+7+7+7+7+6+6+5+6+7+7+7+7+8+8+8+10+9
United States Jones+6+6+7+7+8+8+8+8+8+9+9+10+10+10+10+10+10+9
United States Mehlhorn+7+7+7+7+8+9+9+10+10+10+10+10+11+10+10+10+10+10
United States Hagen+9+8+9+9+9+9+9+10+10+10+10+10+10+10+11+11+12+11

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Fullerton, Hugh (July 15, 1922). "Black leads, Mehlhorn 2d, in title golf". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Fullerton, Hugh (July 16, 1922). "Sarazen wins thrilling golf finish". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1.

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Coordinates: 42°07′41″N 87°45′43″W / 42.128°N 87.762°W / 42.128; -87.762

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