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	6,563 yards (6,001 m)
Field	78
Prize fund	$1,725
Winner's share	$500
Champion
Gene Sarazen
288 (+8)
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Skokie CC

Location in the United States

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 amateur Bobby Jones.

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

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 in 1932.

Final leaderboard

Saturday, July 15, 1922

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Gene Sarazen	United States	72-73-75-68=288	+8	500
T2	John Black	Scotland	71-71-75-72=289	+9	300
T2	Bobby Jones (a)	United States	74-72-70-73=289	+9	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

(a) denotes amateur

External links

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