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1924 Open Championship - Wikipedia

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1924 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates	26–27 June 1924
Location	Hoylake, England
Course(s)	Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Statistics
Length	6,750 yards (6,172 m)^[1]
Field	86 players^[2]
Cut	none
Prize fund	£200
Winner's share	£75
Champion
Walter Hagen
301
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Hoylake

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Location in England

Hoylake

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Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, Merseyside, west of Liverpool, England

The 1924 Open Championship was the 59th Open Championship, held 26–27 June at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England. Walter Hagen won the second of his four Open Championships, one stroke ahead of runner-up Ernest Whitcombe.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] It was the fifth of Hagen's eleven major championships. Two years earlier in 1922, he became the Open's first winner born in the United States.

Tournament summary

Qualifying took place on 23–24 June, Monday and Tuesday, with 18 holes at Royal Liverpool and 18 holes at Formby,^[7]^[8] and the top 80 and ties qualified. J.H. Taylor led the field on 142; Hagen took 83 on the first day at Hoylake and was in some danger of not qualifying,^[9]^[10] but after a 73 at Formby for 156 he made it safely through. The qualifying score was 158 and 86 players advanced.^[11]^[12]^[13] Six-time champion Harry Vardon had 159 and missed by one stroke.^[11]^[12] Wednesday was an idle day.^[14]^[15]

In the opening round on Thursday morning, Cyril Tolley, the 1920 British Amateur champion, took the lead with 73, but his 82 in the second round dropped him out of contention. After opening with 77, Whitcombe carded a 70 for 147 for a two-stroke lead over five-time champion J.H. Taylor; Hagen and Macdonald Smith were a stroke back in third place.^[16]^[17]^[18] In the two-day format, there was not a cut after 36 holes.

In the third round on Friday morning, Hagen had 74 and Whitcombe 77, and they shared the 54-hole lead at 224. Three strokes back in a tie for third were George Duncan, Frank Ball, and Smith.^[19] In the afternoon, Duncan had 81 for 308 while Ball and Smith both finished on 304, which left Hagen and Whitcombe to battle for the title.^[5] Whitcombe shot 43 on the front-nine but responded with a 35 on the back to post 302. Hagen also shot 43 on the front but played his trademark brand of golf on the back. He sliced his second shot on the 12th and his approach shot found a bunker on the 13th, but both times recovered with a pitch and a putt. Hagen sank a downhill 6-footer (1.8 m) on the final hole to win on 301, a one-stroke victory margin. Had the putt not dropped, a 36-hole playoff was in order for Saturday.^[6]

Smith was three strokes back in a tie for third place, one of twelve times he finished in the top-five of a major championship without a victory. Taylor finished in fifth at the age of 53, thirty years after his first Open title. Gene Sarazen, age 22, played in his first British Open this year and was 41st. He won the championship in 1932 and played in the Open as late as 1976.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 26 June 1924 (morning)

Place	Player	Score
1	Cyril Tolley (a)	73
T2	George Duncan	74
	Len Holland
	Mark Seymour
T5	Aubrey Boomer	75
	J.H. Taylor
	Gilbert Nicholls
T8	Albert Hallam	76
	Sandy Herd
	Macdonald Smith
	Bert Weastell
	Frank Weston

Source:^[2]^[16]

Second round

Thursday, 26 June 1924 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score
1	Ernest Whitcombe	77-70=147
2	J.H. Taylor	75-74=149
T3	Walter Hagen	77-73=150
T3	Macdonald Smith	76-74=150
5	James Sherlock	76-75=151
T6	Len Holland	74-78=152
T6	Fred Leach	78-74=152
T8	Frank Ball	78-75=153
	Aubrey Boomer	75-78=153
	George Duncan	74-79=153
	Rowland Jones	80-73=153
	Gilbert Nicholls	75-78=153
	Frank Weston	76-77=153

Source:^[2]^[16]^[17]

Third round

Friday, 27 June 1924 (morning)

Place	Player	Score
T1	Walter Hagen	77-73-74=224
T1	Ernest Whitcombe	77-70-77=224
T3	Frank Ball	78-75-74=227
	George Duncan	74-79-74=227
	Macdonald Smith	76-74-77=227
6	J.H. Taylor	75-74-79=228
T7	Aubrey Boomer	75-78-76=229
T7	James Sherlock	76-75-78=229
T9	Len Holland	74-78-78=230
T9	Frank Weston	76-77-77=230

Source:^[2]

Final round

Friday, 27 June 1924 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score	Money (£)
1	Walter Hagen	77-73-74-77=301	75
2	Ernest Whitcombe	77-70-77-78=302	40
T3	Frank Ball	78-75-74-77=304	20
T3	Macdonald Smith	76-74-77-77=304	20
5	J.H. Taylor	75-74-79-79=307	10
T6	Aubrey Boomer	75-78-76-79=308	8 6s 8d
	George Duncan	74-79-74-81=308
	Len Holland	74-78-78-78=308
T9	Jim Barnes	78-77-79-75=309	2 10s
	George Gadd	79-75-78-77=309
	James Sherlock	76-75-78-80=309
	Frank Weston	76-77-77-79=309

Source:^[2]^[20]

Amateurs: Tolley (314), Sutton (323), Hassall (328), Hope (328), Robinson (329), Walker (332)

References

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^ Ray, Ted (24 June 1924). "Smith and Gene lead Yankees in British golf". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 19.
^ ^a ^b "Old guard's day". The Herald. Glasgow. 25 June 1924. p. 12.
^ ^a ^b Ray, Ted (25 June 1924). "Quintet of Yank golfers qualify in British Open". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 17.
^ "The Open Golf Championship – Qualifying Scores". The Times. 25 June 1924. p. 7.
^ "Hoylake battle begins". The Herald. Glasgow. 26 June 1924. p. 11.
^ "Four Britons, 4 Yanks favorites in British golf". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. 26 June 1924. p. 17.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Hoylake fight". The Herald. Glasgow. 27 June 1924. p. 9.
^ ^a ^b "British fear and Yanks hope for Hagen victory". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. 27 June 1924. p. 17.
^ "Whitcombe leads in British Open". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. 27 June 1924. p. 11. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
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