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1925 U.S. Open Golf

1925 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 3–5, 1925
Location Worcester, Massachusetts
Course(s) Worcester Country Club
Organized by USGA
Format Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par 71
Length 6,430 yards (5,880 m)
Field 94
Cut none
Winner's share $500
Champion
Willie Macfarlane
291 (+7), playoff
← 1924 1926 →

Past champions in the field

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Bobby Jones (a) United States 1923 77 70 70 74 291 +7 2
Francis Ouimet (a) United States 1913 70 73 73 76 292 +8 T3
Walter Hagen United States 1914, 1919 72 76 71 74 293 +9 T5
Gene Sarazen United States 1922 72 72 75 74 293 +9 T5
Jim Barnes England 1921 74 77 71 75 307 +23 T29
Cyril Walker England 1924 81 73 80 82 316 +32 T47

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Francis Ouimet (a) United States 70 −1
T2 Johnny Farrell United States 71 E
Jack Forrester Scotland
United States
T4 Al Espinosa United States 72 +1
Walter Hagen United States
Willie Klein United States
Gene Sarazen United States
T8 Tom Boyd United States 73 −1
Leo Diegel United States
Francis Gallett United States
Macdonald Smith Scotland
United States

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Leo Diegel United States 73-68=141 −1
Willie Macfarlane Scotland 74-67=141
T3 Al Espinosa United States 72-71=143 +1
Francis Gallet United States 73-70=143
Francis Ouimet (a) United States 70-73=143
6 Gene Sarazen United States 72-72=144 +2
7 Johnny Farrell United States 71-74=145 +3
T8 Laurie Ayton, Snr Scotland 75-71=146 +4
Mike Brady United States 74-72=146
T10 Jack Forrester Scotland
United States		 71-76=147 +5
Bobby Jones (a) United States 77-70=147

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Willie Macfarlane Scotland 74-67-72=213 E
2 Johnny Farrell United States 71-74-69=214 +1
3 Francis Ouimet (a) United States 70-73-73=216 +3
T4 Al Espinosa United States 72-71-74=217 +4
Bobby Jones (a) United States 77-70-70=217
6 Leo Diegel United States 73-68-77=218 +5
T7 Laurie Ayton, Snr Scotland 75-71-73=219 +6
Walter Hagen United States 72-76-71=219
Gene Sarazen United States 72-72-75=219
10 Mike Brady United States 74-72-74=220 +7

Final round

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
T1 Willie Macfarlane Scotland 74-67-72-78=291 +7 Playoff
Bobby Jones (a) United States 77-70-70-74=291
T3 Johnny Farrell United States 71-74-69-78=292 +8 300
Francis Ouimet (a) United States 70-73-73-76=292 0
T5 Walter Hagen United States 72-76-71-74=293 +9 175
Gene Sarazen United States 72-72-75-74=293
7 Mike Brady United States 74-72-74-74=294 +10 100
8 Leo Diegel United States 73-68-77-78=296 +12 90
T9 Laurie Ayton, Snr Scotland 75-71-73-78=297 +13 78
Al Espinosa United States 72-71-74-80=297

Playoff

Player Country Score To par
Willie Macfarlane Scotland 75 +4
Bobby Jones (a) United States 75 +4
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 3 5 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 5 4
Macfarlane E +1 E E –1 –1 E +1 +2 +2 +2 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4
Jones E E E E E E E +1 +3 +4 +4 +5 +5 +4 +4 +5 +4 +4
Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Willie Macfarlane Scotland 72 +1 500
2 Bobby Jones (a) United States 73 +2 0
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 3 5 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 5 4
Macfarlane E E E +1 +1 +2 +2 +3 +4 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1
Jones E E E E –1 E E E E E E E +1 +1 +2 +2 +1 +2
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