1922 U.S. Open (golf)


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.
Walter Hagen, the winner of the British Open three weeks earlier, opened with 68 to take a three-shot 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 another stroke back.
Jones had an even-par 70 in the third round to take a share of the 54-hole lead with Mehlhorn, while Black's 75 left him one behind. The leaders 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 his tee shot on 17 went out of bounds and led to a double bogey. Needing an eagle on the par-5 18th to tie, Black's second shot landed from the pin, but in a greenside bunker. When he failed to hole out from the sand, Sarazen clinched the title.
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.

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4301984403505903902154351853,2284404303451853153403654304703,3206,548
Par434454343344453444453670

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Past champions in the field

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Round summaries

First round

Friday, July 14, 1922
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Walter Hagen68−2
2John Black71+1
T3Laurie Ayton, Snr72+2
T3Chick Evans 72+2
T3Gene Sarazen72+2
T6Mike Brady73+3
T6Johnny Farrell73+3
T6Bob MacDonald
73+3
T6Bill Mehlhorn73+3
T6Al Watrous73+3

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Second round

Friday, July 14, 1922
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1John Black71-71=142+2
2Bill Mehlhorn73-71=144+4
T3Walter Hagen68-77=145+5
T3Gene Sarazen72-73=145+5
5Bobby Jones 74-72=146+6
6Lloyd Gullickson 77-70=147+7
T7Laurie Ayton, Snr72-76=148+8
T7Mike Brady73-75=148+8
T7Chick Evans 72-76=148+8
T10Jim Barnes74-75=149+9
T10George Duncan76-73=149+9
T10Johnny Farrell73-76=149+9
T10Bob MacDonald
73-76=149+9

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Third round

Saturday, July 15, 1922
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Bobby Jones 74-72-70=216+6
T1Bill Mehlhorn73-71-72=216+6
T3John Black71-71-75=217+7
4Walter Hagen68-77-74=219+9
5Gene Sarazen72-73-75=220+10
T6Chick Evans 72-76-74=222+12
T6Mike Brady73-75-74=222+12
8Jock Hutchison
78-74-71=223+13
9George Duncan76-73-75=224+14
T10Jim Barnes74-75-77=226+16
T10Leo Diegel77-76-73=226+16

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Final round

Saturday, July 15, 1922
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Gene Sarazen72-73-75-68=288+8500
T2John Black71-71-75-72=289+9300
T2Bobby Jones 74-72-70-73=289+90
4Bill Mehlhorn73-71-72-74=290+10200
5Walter Hagen68-77-74-72=291+11150
6George Duncan76-73-75-72=296+16100
7Leo Diegel77-76-73-71=297+1790
T8Mike Brady73-75-74-76=298+1873
T8Johnny Golden73-77-77-71=298+1873
T8Jock Hutchison
78-74-71-75=298+1873

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Scorecard

Final round
Hole123 4 56 7 89101112131415161718
Par434454343444344445
Sarazen+10+11+10+9+10+10+9+9+9+10+10+9+9+9+9+9+9+8
Black+7+7+7+7+7+6+6+5+6+7+7+7+7+8+8+8+10+9
Jones+6+6+7+7+8+8+8+8+8+9+9+10+10+10+10+10+10+9
Mehlhorn+7+7+7+7+8+9+9+10+10+10+10+10+11+10+10+10+10+10
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
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