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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)
Field 78
Cut none
Prize fund $1,725
Winner's share $500
Champion
Gene Sarazen
288 (+8)
← 1921 1923 →

Course layout

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 430 198 440 350 590 390 215 435 185 3,228 440 430 345 185 315 340 365 430 470 3,320 6,548
Par 4 3 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 34 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 5 36 70

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

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Walter Hagen United States 68 −2
2 John Black Scotland 71 +1
T3 Laurie Ayton, Snr Scotland 72 +2
Chick Evans (a) United States
Gene Sarazen United States
T6 Mike Brady United States 73 +3
Johnny Farrell United States
Bob MacDonald Scotland
United States
Bill Mehlhorn United States
Al Watrous United States

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 John Black Scotland 71-71=142 +2
2 Bill Mehlhorn United States 73-71=144 +4
T3 Walter Hagen United States 68-77=145 +5
Gene Sarazen United States 72-73=145
5 Bobby Jones (a) United States 74-72=146 +6
6 Lloyd Gullickson (a) United States 77-70=147 +7
T7 Laurie Ayton, Snr Scotland 72-76=148 +8
Mike Brady United States 73-75=148
Chick Evans (a) United States 72-76=148
T10 Jim Barnes England 74-75=149 +9
George Duncan Scotland 76-73=149
Johnny Farrell United States 73-76=149
Bob MacDonald Scotland
United States		 73-76=149

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Bobby Jones (a) United States 74-72-70=216 +6
Bill Mehlhorn United States 73-71-72=216
T3 John Black Scotland 71-71-75=217 +7
4 Walter Hagen United States 68-77-74=219 +9
5 Gene Sarazen United States 72-73-75=220 +10
T6 Chick Evans (a) United States 72-76-74=222 +12
Mike Brady United States 73-75-74=222
8 Jock Hutchison Scotland
United States		 78-74-71=223 +13
9 George Duncan Scotland 76-73-75=224 +14
T10 Jim Barnes England 74-75-77=226 +16
Leo Diegel United States 77-76-73=226

Final round

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
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 Scotland
United States		 78-74-71-75=298

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 3 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 5
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
Jack Young