1922 Open Championship


The 1922 Open Championship was the 57th Open Championship, played 22–23 June at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Walter Hagen became the first American-born winner of the Open Championship, one stroke ahead of runners-up Jim Barnes and George Duncan. It was the first of Hagen's four Open Championships and the fourth of his eleven major titles.
Qualifying took place on 19–20 June, Monday and Tuesday, with 18 holes at St. George's and 18 holes at the top eighty and ties qualified. Hagen and Joe Kirkwood led the field on 147; the qualifying score was 161 and exactly 80 players advanced. Wednesday was an idle day, which included a driving contest.
Hagen, the winner over Barnes in the PGA Championship finals in 1921, was the 36-hole leader at 149, two strokes ahead of Duncan, Barnes, and five-time champion J.H. Taylor. In the two-day format, there was not a cut after 36 holes.
In the third round on Friday morning, defending champion Jock Hutchison shot 73 and moved to the lead, one shot ahead of Taylor and Jean Gassiat, and two shots over Hagen and Barnes. Despite a seven on the fourth hole, Hutchison carded a 36 on the front nine of the final round, but a 40 on the final nine led to a 76 and a fourth-place finish in his second and last Open.
Hagen and Barnes battled for the championship, but Barnes' 73 was one off Hagen's 72, his lowest round of the championship. Duncan, the 1920 champion, shot an 81 in the third round and fell six strokes back into a tie for tenth, then rebounded with a 69 in the afternoon to climb the leaderboard and tie Barnes for second. Taylor and Gassiat shot high scores in the final round and dropped to sixth and seventh, respectively.
For the final time, two members of the Great Triumvirate finished in the top-10 at the Open Championship; Taylor, age 51, finished sixth and six-time champion Harry Vardon, age 52, tied for eighth. The third member, James Braid, missed qualifying on Tuesday by a stroke.

Past champions in the field

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First round

Thursday, 22 June 1922
PlacePlayerCountryScore
T1Ted Ray73
T1J.H. Taylor73
3Gus Faulkner74
T4Percy Alliss75
T4Jim Barnes75
T4Aubrey Boomer75
T4Jean Gassiat75
T4Fred Jewell75
T4Alfred Miles75
T4Tom Walton75
T4Reg Wilson75

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Second round

Thursday, 22 June 1922
PlacePlayerCountryScore
1Walter Hagen76-73=149
T2Jim Barnes75-76=151
T2George Duncan76-75=151
T2J.H. Taylor73-78=151
T5Percy Alliss75-78=153
T5Jean Gassiat75-78=153
T5Jock Hutchison
79-74=153
T5Tom Walton75-78=153
T9Charles Johns78-76=154
T9Roger Wethered 76-78=154

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Third round

Friday, 23 June 1922
PlacePlayerCountryScore
1Jock Hutchison
79-74-73=226
T2J.H. Taylor73-78-76=227
T2Jean Gassiat75-78-74=227
T4Jim Barnes75-76-77=228
T4Walter Hagen76-73-79=228
T4Charles Whitcombe77-79-72=228
7Tom Walton75-78-77=230
T8Percy Alliss75-78-78=231
T8Aubrey Boomer75-80-76=231
T10George Duncan76-75-81=232
T10Harry Vardon79-79-74=232
T10Ernest Whitcombe77-78-77=232

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Final round

Friday, 23 June 1922
PlacePlayerCountryScoreMoney
1Walter Hagen76-73-79-72=30075
T2Jim Barnes75-76-77-73=30132
10s
T2George Duncan76-75-81-69=30132
10s
4Jock Hutchison
79-74-73-76=30215
5Charles Whitcombe77-79-72-75=30310
6J.H. Taylor73-78-76-77=30410
7Jean Gassiat75-78-74-79=3067 10s
T8Harry Vardon79-79-74-75=3076
5s
T8Tom Walton75-78-77-77=3076
5s
10Percy Alliss75-78-78-77=3085

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