1924 Open Championship

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.

1924 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates26–27 June 1924
LocationHoylake, England
Course(s)Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Statistics
Length6,750 yards (6,172 m)[1]
Field86 players[2]
Cutnone
Prize fund£200
Winner's share£75
Champion
Walter Hagen
301
Hoylake
Location in England
Hoylake
Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, Merseyside, west of Liverpool, England

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.

Past champions in the field
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalFinish
Walter Hagen United States1922777374773011
J.H. Taylor England1894, 1895
1900, 1909, 1913		757479793075
George Duncan Scotland192074797481308T6
Sandy Herd Scotland190276797679310T13
James Braid Scotland1901, 1905,
1906, 1908, 1910		80807876314T18
Arthur Havers England192379778675317T29
Ted Ray Jersey191280807980319T32
Arnaud Massy France19077887WD

Source:[2][3][4]

Did not advance past qualifying rounds (Monday & Tuesday):

Did not enter:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 26 June 1924 (morning)

PlacePlayerCountryScore
1Cyril Tolley (a) England73
T2George Duncan Scotland74
Len Holland England
Mark Seymour England
T5Aubrey Boomer Jersey75
J.H. Taylor England
Gilbert Nicholls England
 United States
T8Albert Hallam England76
Sandy Herd Scotland
Macdonald Smith Scotland
 United States
Bert Weastell England
Frank Weston England

Source:[2][16]

Second round

Thursday, 26 June 1924 (afternoon)

PlacePlayerCountryScore
1Ernest Whitcombe England77-70=147
2J.H. Taylor England75-74=149
T3Walter Hagen United States77-73=150
Macdonald Smith Scotland
 United States		76-74=150
5James Sherlock England76-75=151
T6Len Holland England74-78=152
Fred Leach England78-74=152
T8Frank Ball England78-75=153
Aubrey Boomer Jersey75-78=153
George Duncan Scotland74-79=153
Rowland Jones England80-73=153
Gilbert Nicholls England
 United States		75-78=153
Frank Weston England76-77=153

Source:[2][16][17]

Third round

Friday, 27 June 1924 (morning)

PlacePlayerCountryScore
T1Walter Hagen United States77-73-74=224
Ernest Whitcombe England77-70-77=224
T3Frank Ball England78-75-74=227
George Duncan Scotland74-79-74=227
Macdonald Smith Scotland
 United States		76-74-77=227
6J.H. Taylor England75-74-79=228
T7Aubrey Boomer Jersey75-78-76=229
James Sherlock England76-75-78=229
T9Len Holland England74-78-78=230
Frank Weston England76-77-77=230

Source:[2]

Final round

Friday, 27 June 1924 (afternoon)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreMoney (£)
1Walter Hagen United States77-73-74-77=30175
2Ernest Whitcombe England77-70-77-78=30240
T3Frank Ball England78-75-74-77=30420
Macdonald Smith Scotland
 United States		76-74-77-77=304
5J.H. Taylor England75-74-79-79=30710
T6Aubrey Boomer Jersey75-78-76-79=3088
6s 8d
George Duncan Scotland74-79-74-81=308
Len Holland England74-78-78-78=308
T9Jim Barnes England78-77-79-75=3092
10s
George Gadd England79-75-78-77=309
James Sherlock England76-75-78-80=309
Frank Weston England76-77-77-79=309

Source:[2][20]

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

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