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.[2][3][4] It was the first of Hagen's four Open Championships and the fourth of his eleven major titles.

1922 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates22–23 June 1922
LocationSandwich, England
Course(s)Royal St George's Golf Club
Statistics
Field80 players[1]
Cutnone
Prize fund£200
Winner's share£75
Champion
Walter Hagen
300
Sandwich 
Location in England
Sandwich
Location in Kent. England

Qualifying took place on 19–20 June, Monday and Tuesday, with 18 holes at St. George's and 18 holes at Prince's;[5][6] 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.[7][8][9] Wednesday was an idle day, which included a driving contest.[10][11]

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.[12][13] 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.[14] Despite a seven on the fourth hole, Hutchison carded a 36 on the front nine of the final round,[15] but a 40 on the final nine led to a 76 and a fourth-place finish in his second and last Open.[2][3][16]

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.[7]

Past champions in the field
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalFinish
George Duncan Scotland192076758169301T2
Jock Hutchison Scotland
 United States		1921797473763024
J.H. Taylor England1894, 1895
1900, 1909, 1913		80787979316T44
Harry Vardon Jersey1896, 1898, 1899,
1903, 1911, 1914		79797475307T8
Sandy Herd Scotland190276798379317T32
Ted Ray Jersey191273838580321T46
Arnaud Massy France19078385WD
Jack White Scotland1904WD

Source:[1][2]

Did not advance past qualifying rounds (Monday & Tuesday):

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 22 June 1922 (morning)

PlacePlayerCountryScore
T1Ted Ray Jersey73
J.H. Taylor England
3Gus Faulkner England74
T4Percy Alliss England75
Jim Barnes England
Aubrey Boomer Jersey
Jean Gassiat France
Fred Jewell England
Alfred Miles England
Tom Walton England
Reg Wilson England

Source:[1][12][13]

Second round

Thursday, 22 June 1922 (afternoon)

PlacePlayerCountryScore
1Walter Hagen United States76-73=149
T2Jim Barnes England75-76=151
George Duncan Scotland76-75=151
J.H. Taylor England73-78=151
T5Percy Alliss England75-78=153
Jean Gassiat France75-78=153
Jock Hutchison Scotland
 United States		79-74=153
Tom Walton England75-78=153
T9Charles Johns England78-76=154
Roger Wethered (a) England76-78=154

Source:[1][12][13]

Third round

Friday, 23 June 1922 (morning)

PlacePlayerCountryScore
1Jock Hutchison Scotland
 United States		79-74-73=226
T2J.H. Taylor England73-78-76=227
Jean Gassiat France75-78-74=227
T4Jim Barnes England75-76-77=228
Walter Hagen United States76-73-79=228
Charles Whitcombe England77-79-72=228
7Tom Walton England75-78-77=230
T8Percy Alliss England75-78-78=231
Aubrey Boomer Jersey75-80-76=231
T10George Duncan Scotland76-75-81=232
Harry Vardon Jersey79-79-74=232
Ernest Whitcombe England77-78-77=232

Source:[1][2][3]

Final round

Friday, 23 June 1922 (afternoon)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreMoney (£)
1Walter Hagen United States76-73-79-72=30075
T2Jim Barnes England75-76-77-73=30132
10s
George Duncan Scotland76-75-81-69=301
4Jock Hutchison Scotland
 United States		79-74-73-76=30215
5Charles Whitcombe England77-79-72-75=30310
6J.H. Taylor England73-78-76-77=304
7Jean Gassiat France75-78-74-79=306     7 10s
T8Harry Vardon Jersey79-79-74-75=3076
5s
Tom Walton England75-78-77-77=307
10Percy Alliss England75-78-78-77=3085

Source:[1][2][3][17]

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