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1924 U.S. Open Golf

1924 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 5–6, 1924
Location Birmingham, Michigan
Course(s) Oakland Hills Country Club
South Course
Organized by USGA
Format Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par 72
Length 6,874 yards (6,286 m)
Field 84
Cut none
Winner's share $500
Champion
Cyril Walker
297 (+9)
← 1923 1925 →

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 436 490 198 418 407 353 384 450 237 3,403 450 403 552 142 461 412 384 191 476 3,471 6,874
Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 35 4 4 5 3 5 4 4 3 5 37 72

Past champions in the field

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Bobby Jones (a) United States 1923 74 73 75 78 300 +12 2
Walter Hagen United States 1914, 1919 75 75 76 77 303 +15 T4
Chick Evans (a) United States 1916 77 77 76 77 307 +19 T10
Gene Sarazen United States 1922 74 80 80 79 313 +25 T17
Fred McLeod Scotland 1908 81 76 80 86 323 +35 T40
George Sargent England 1909 79 84 77 84 324 +36 43

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Bill Mehlhorn United States 72 E
T2 Eddie Loos United States 73 +1
Dave Robertson United States
T4 Bobby Jones (a) United States 74 +2
Gene Sarazen United States
Herbert Lagerblade United States
Cyril Walker England
T8 Mike Brady United States 75 +3
Johnny Golden United States
Walter Hagen United States
Willie Ogg Scotland
United States

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Bobby Jones (a) United States 74-73=147 +3
Bill Mehlhorn United States 72-75=147
3 Cyril Walker England 74-74=148 +4
T4 Bobby Cruickshank Scotland 77-72=149 +5
Dave Robertson United States 73-76=149
T6 Walter Hagen United States 75-75=150 +6
Macdonald Smith Scotland
United States
78-72=150
8 Abe Espinosa United States 80-71=151 +7
T9 Mike Brady United States 75-77=152 +8
Tom Kerrigan United States 75-77=152

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Bobby Jones (a) United States 74-73-75=222 +6
Cyril Walker England 74-74-74=222
3 Bill Mehlhorn United States 72-75-76=223 +7
4 Bobby Cruickshank Scotland 77-72-76=225 +9
T5 Walter Hagen United States 75-75-76=226 +10
Dave Robertson United States 73-76-77=226
7 Macdonald Smith Scotland
United States
78-72-77=227 +11
T8 Abe Espinosa United States 80-71-77=228 +12
Tommy Armour Scotland
United States
77-76-75=228
T10 Peter O'Hara United States 76-79-74=229 +13
Mike Brady United States 75-77-77=229
Eddie Loos United States 73-81-75=229

Final round

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Cyril Walker England 74-74-74-75=297 +9 500
2 Bobby Jones (a) United States 74-73-75-78=300 +12 0
3 Bill Mehlhorn United States 72-75-76-78=301 +13 300
T4 Bobby Cruickshank Scotland 77-72-76-78=303 +15 150
Walter Hagen United States 75-75-76-77=303
Macdonald Smith Scotland
United States
78-72-77-76=303
T7 Abe Espinosa United States 80-71-77-77=305 +17 85
Peter O'Hara United States 76-79-74-76=305
9 Mike Brady United States 75-77-77-77=306 +18 75
T10 Chick Evans (a) United States 77-77-76-77=307 +19 0
Eddie Loos United States 73-81-75-78=307 63
Dave Robertson United States 73-76-77-81=307
Miroslaw Jaworski