The 1922 U.S. Open was the 26th U.S. Open, held July 14–15 at Skokie Country Club in Glencoe, Illinois, a suburb north of Chicago. Gene Sarazen won the first of his seven major championships, one stroke ahead of runners-up John Black and 20-year-old amateur Bobby Jones.
Walter Hagen, the winner of the British Open three weeks earlier, opened with 68 to take a three-shot lead over Black on Friday morning. In the second round that afternoon, Black shot a 71 to take a two-stroke lead over Bill Mehlhorn, with Hagen and Sarazen another stroke back.
Jones had an even-par 70 in the third round to take a share of the 54-hole lead with Mehlhorn, while Black's 75 left him one behind. The leaders could not contend with Sarazen's brilliant play in the final round, recording a two-putt birdie on the finishing hole for a 68 and 288 total. Black needed to par the final two holes to force a playoff, but his tee shot on 17 went out of bounds and led to a double bogey. Needing an eagle on the par-5 18th to tie, Black's second shot landed from the pin, but in a greenside bunker. When he failed to hole out from the sand, Sarazen clinched the title.
Sarazen, age 20, became the fourth American-born champion of the U.S. Open, joining John McDermott, Francis Ouimet, and Hagen. He won a second U.S. Open ten years later in 1932.
Course layout
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards4301984403505903902154351853,2284404303451853153403654304703,3206,548Par434454343344453444453670 Source:
Round summaries First round Friday, July 14, 1922 (morning) PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Walter Hagen 68 −2 2 John Black 71 +1 T3 Laurie Ayton, Snr 72 +2 Chick Evans (a) Gene Sarazen T6 Mike Brady 73 +3 Johnny Farrell Bob MacDonald Bill Mehlhorn Al Watrous Source:
Second round Friday, July 14, 1922 (afternoon) PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 John Black 71-71=142 +2 2 Bill Mehlhorn 73-71=144 +4 T3 Walter Hagen 68-77=145 +5 Gene Sarazen 72-73=1455 Bobby Jones (a) 74-72=146 +6 6 Lloyd Gullickson (a) 77-70=147 +7 T7 Laurie Ayton, Snr 72-76=148 +8 Mike Brady 73-75=148 Chick Evans (a) 72-76=148 T10 Jim Barnes 74-75=149 +9 George Duncan 76-73=149 Johnny Farrell 73-76=149 Bob MacDonald 73-76=149 Source:
Third round Saturday, July 15, 1922 (morning) PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Bobby Jones (a) 74-72-70=216 +6 Bill Mehlhorn 73-71-72=216 T3 John Black 71-71-75=217 +7 4 Walter Hagen 68-77-74=219 +9 5 Gene Sarazen 72-73-75=220 +10 T6 Chick Evans (a) 72-76-74=222 +12 Mike Brady 73-75-74=222 8 Jock Hutchison 78-74-71=223 +13 9 George Duncan 76-73-75=224 +14 T10 Jim Barnes 74-75-77=226 +16 Leo Diegel 77-76-73=226 Source:
Final round Saturday, July 15, 1922 (afternoon) PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Gene Sarazen 72-73-75-68=288 +8 500T2 John Black 71-71-75-72=289 +9 300 Bobby Jones (a) 74-72-70-73=289 04 Bill Mehlhorn 73-71-72-74=290 +10 2005 Walter Hagen 68-77-74-72=291 +11 1506 George Duncan 76-73-75-72=296 +16 1007 Leo Diegel 77-76-73-71=297 +17 90T8 Mike Brady 73-75-74-76=298 +18 73 Johnny Golden 73-77-77-71=298 Jock Hutchison 78-74-71-75=298 Source: (a) denotes amateur
Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par434454343 444344445 Sarazen+10+11+10+9+10+10+9+9+9+10+10+9+9+9+9+9+9+8 Black+7+7+7+7+7+6+6+5+6+7+7+7+7+8+8+8+10+9 Jones+6+6+7+7+8+8+8+8+8+9+9+10+10+10+10+10+10+9 Mehlhorn+7+7+7+7+8+9+9+10+10+10+10+10+11+10+10+10+10+10 Hagen+9+8+9+9+9+9+9+10+10+10+10+10+10+10+11+11+12+11 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source:
References
External links USGA Championship Database USOpen.com - 1922