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1927 U.S. Open Golf

1927 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 14–17, 1927
Location Oakmont, Pennsylvania
Course(s) Oakmont Country Club
Organized by USGA
Format Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par 72
Length 6,965 yards (6,369 m)
Field 148 players, 62 after cut
Cut 163 (+19)
Prize fund $2,000
Winner's share $500
Champion
Tommy Armour
301 (+13), playoff
← 1926 1928 →

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Gene Sarazen United States 1922 74 74 80 74 302 +14 3
Walter Hagen United States 1914, 1919 77 73 76 81 307 +19 6
Bobby Jones (a) United States 1923, 1926 76 77 79 77 309 +21 T11
Willie Macfarlane Scotland 1925 82 76 80 73 311 +23 T18
Jim Barnes England 1921 78 75 81 79 313 +25 T24
Ted Ray Jersey 1920 76 83 77 78 314 +26 T27
George Sargent England 1909 80 79 80 83 322 +34 T44

Missed the cut

Player Country Year won R1 R2 Total To par
Chick Evans (a) United States 1916 88 78 166 +22

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Harry Hampton Scotland
United States		 73 +1
Jimmy Johnston (a) United States
T3 Harry Cooper England
United States		 74 +2
Gene Sarazen United States
T5 Emmet French United States 75 +3
Bill Mehlhorn United States
Larry Nabboltz United States
T8 Bobby Jones (a) United States 76 +4
Ted Ray Jersey
T10 Bobby Cruickshank Scotland
United States		 77 +5
Walter Hagen United States
P.O. Hart United States
Bob MacDonald Scotland
United States

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Jimmy Johnston (a) United States 73-74=147 +3
2 Gene Sarazen United States 74-74=148 +4
3 Tommy Armour Scotland
United States		 78-71=149 +5
T4 Harry Cooper England
United States		 74-76=150 +6
Walter Hagen United States 77-73=150
6 Harry Hampton Scotland
United States		 73-78=151 +7
T7 Fred Baroni United States 80-72=152 +8
Leo Diegel United States 78-74=152
Bill Mehlhorn United States 75-77=152
T10 Jim Barnes United States 78-75=153 +9
Archie Compston England 79-74=153
Bobby Jones (a) United States 76-77=153
Eddie Loos United States 78-75=153

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Harry Cooper England
United States		 74-76-74=224 +8
2 Tommy Armour Scotland
United States		 78-71-76=225 +9
3 Walter Hagen United States 77-73-76=226 +10
4 Gene Sarazen United States 74-74-80=228 +12
5 Archie Compston England 79-74-76=229 +13
T6 Bobby Cruickshank Scotland
United States		 77-78-76=231 +15
Emmet French United States 75-79-77=231
Harry Hampton Scotland
United States		 73-78-80=231
T9 Leo Diegel United States 78-74-80=232 +16
Johnny Farrell United States 81-73-78=232
Eddie Loos United States 78-75-79=232
Bill Mehlhorn United States 75-77-80=232

Final round

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
T1 Tommy Armour Scotland
United States		 78-71-76-76=301 +13 Playoff
Harry Cooper England
United States		 74-76-74-77=301
3 Gene Sarazen United States 74-74-80-74=302 +14 200
4 Emmet French United States 75-79-77-73=304 +16 150
5 Bill Mehlhorn United States 75-77-80-73=305 +17 100
6 Walter Hagen United States 77-73-76-81=307 +19 90
T7 Archie Compston England 79-74-76-79=308 +20 73
Johnny Farrell United States 81-73-78-76=308
Johnny Golden United States 83-77-75-73=308
Harry Hampton Scotland
United States		 73-78-80-77=308

Playoff

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Tommy Armour Scotland
United States		 39-37=76 +4 500
2 Harry Cooper England
United States		 39-40=79 +7 300

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 5 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 4
Armour –1 –1 E E +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +3 +4 +4 +4 +5 +5 +5 +4 +4
Cooper E E E +1 +1 +2 +2 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +4 +5 +7 +6 +7
  Eagle   Birdie   Bogey   Double bogey   Triple bogey+
Miroslaw Jaworski