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1926 U.S. Open Golf

1926 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates July 8–10, 1926
Location Columbus, Ohio
Course(s) Scioto Country Club
Organized by USGA
Format Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par 72
Length 6,736 yards (6,159 m)
Field 148 players, 63 after cut
Cut 159 (+15)
Prize fund $2,000
Winner's share $500
Awarded to runner-up
Champion
Bobby Jones (a)
293 (+5)
← 1925 1927 →

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Bobby Jones (a) United States 1923 70 79 71 73 293 +5 1
Gene Sarazen United States 1922 78 77 72 70 297 +9 T3
Walter Hagen United States 1914, 1919 73 77 74 74 298 +10 7
Chick Evans (a) United States 1916 75 75 73 79 302 +14 T13
Willie Macfarlane Scotland 1925 72 79 75 81 307 +19 T20
Alec Ross Scotland 1907 81 75 79 78 313 +25 T34
Cyril Walker England 1924 78 81 80 82 321 +33 T55

Missed the cut

Player Country Year won R1 R2 Total To par
Jim Barnes England 1921 77 83 160 +16
Fred McLeod Scotland
United States		 1908 74 86 160 +16

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Bill Mehlhorn United States 68 −4
T2 Bobby Jones (a) United States 70 −2
John Junor United States
T4 Al Espinosa United States 71 −1
Joe Turnesa United States
T6 J.G. Collins United States 72 E
Pat Doyle Ireland
United States
Leo Diegel United States
Willie Macfarlane Scotland
Dan Williams United States

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Bill Mehlhorn United States 68-75=143 −1
2 Joe Turnesa United States 71-74=145 +1
3 Dan Williams United States 72-74=146 +2
T4 Leo Diegel United States 72-76=148 +4
George McLean United States 74-74=148
T6 Jack Forrester Scotland
United States		 76-73=149 +5
Bobby Jones (a) United States 70-79=149
T8 Al Espinosa United States 71-79=150 +6
Chick Evans (a) United States 75-75=150
Walter Hagen United States 73-77=150
John Junor United States 70-80=150
Willie Klein United States 76-74=150

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Joe Turnesa United States 71-74-72=217 +1
2 Bill Mehlhorn United States 68-75-76=219 +3
3 Bobby Jones (a) United States 70-79-71=220 +4
4 Willie Hunter Scotland
United States		 75-77-69=221 +5
5 Leo Diegel United States 72-76-75=223 +7
T6 Johnny Farrell United States 76-79-69=224 +8
Walter Hagen United States 73-77-74=224
8 Willie Klein United States 76-74-75=225 +9
T9 Tommy Armour Scotland
United States		 76-76-74=226 +10
Macdonald Smith Scotland
United States		 82-76-68=226
Dan Williams United States 72-74-80=226

Final round

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Bobby Jones (a) United States 70-79-71-73=293 +5 0
2 Joe Turnesa United States 71-74-72-77=294 +6 500
T3 Leo Diegel United States 72-76-75-74=297 +9 188
Johnny Farrell United States 76-79-69-73=297
Bill Mehlhorn United States 68-75-76-78=297
Gene Sarazen United States 78-77-72-70=297
7 Walter Hagen United States 73-77-74-74=298 +10 90
8 Willie Hunter Scotland
United States		 75-77-69-79=300 +12 80
T9 Tommy Armour Scotland
United States		 76-76-74-75=301 +13 68
Willie Klein United States 76-74-75-76=301
Macdonald Smith Scotland
United States		 82-76-68-75=301
Dan Williams United States 72-74-80-75=301

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 5 3 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 5
Jones +5 +5 +6 +6 +7 +7 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +5 +5 +6 +6 +6 +6 +5
Turnesa +2 +2 +3 +3 +4 +4 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +3 +4 +5 +5 +6 +7 +6
Melhorn +3 +3 +4 +5 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +7 +9 +8 +8 +8 +9 +9 +9
  Eagle   Birdie   Bogey   Double bogey   Triple bogey+
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