1924 U.S. Open Winner and Scores

The 1924 U.S. Open was the 28th time the tournament was played. A golfer little-remembered today was the winner.

Winner: Cyril Walker, 297

Where it was played: Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Michigan

Tournament dates: June 5-6, 1924

Leader after first round: Bill Mehlhorn, 72

Leader after second round: Bobby Jones and Bill Mehlhorn, 147

Leader after third round: Bobby Jones and Cyril Walker, 222

Notable Notes: Cyril Walker outplayed Bobby Jones in the final round to win by three. Jones was trying for his second consecutive U.S. Open title, and shared the third-round lead with Walker. But Walker carded a 75 in Round 4 to Jones' 78.

Final Scores

Cyril Walker 74-74-74-75—297
a-Bobby Jones 74-73-75-78—300
Bill Mehlhorn 72-75-76-78—301
Bobby Cruickshank 77-72-76-78—303
Walter Hagen 75-75-76-77—303
Macdonald Smith 78-72-77-76—303
Abe Espinosa 80-71-77-77—305
Peter O'Hara 76-79-74-76—305
Mike Brady 75-77-77-77—306
a-Chick Evans 77-77-76-77—307
Eddie Loos 73-81-75-78—307
Dave Robertson 73-76-77-81—307
Tommy Armour 78-76-75-80—309
Clarence Hackney 81-72-78-78—309
Willie Ogg 75-80-76-79—310
Joe Turnesa 76-78-78-78—310
Walter Bourne 78-76-79-80—313
Gene Sarazen 74-80-80-79—313
Johnny Farrell 79-76-77-82—314
Tom Kerrigan 77-74-89-74—314
Jock Rogers 82-77-77-78—314
Emmet French 79-79-78-79—315
Joe Kirkwood 77-80-80-78—315
James West 81-72-78-84—315
Laurie Ayton 77-79-84-76—316
Leo Diegel 78-78-82-78—316
Johnny Golden 75-83-78-80—316
Jack Stait 79-77-81-79—316
Wiffy Cox 82-76-81-78—317
a-Jesse Guilford 80-78-79-80—317
Otto Hackbarth 79-79-76-84—318
Jock Hutchison 84-79-74-81—318
Thomas Harmon 85-77-81-77—320
P.O. Hart 81-75-80-84—320
Charles Lorms 78-85-75-82—320
Jack Forrester 80-82-80-79—321
George Aulbach 77-84-80-81—322
Gunnar Nelson 76-85-76-85—322
Joe Novak 81-80-80-81—322
Charles Hoffner 78-76-85-84—323
Cyril Hughes 79-77-83-84—323
Fred McLeod 81-76-80-86—323
George Sargent 79-84-77-84—324
Andrew Kay 80-81-79-85—325
Doc Treacy 83-79-85-78—325
Jock Hendry 79-80-83-84—326
Richard Linares 86-82-78-81—327
Wilfred Reid 79-83-83-82—327
Dave Trufelli 84-83-78-82—327
D.D. Hackney 82-89-78-79—328
Eugene McCarthy 81-84-80-83—328
Frank Sprogell 80-83-85-81—329
Alex Campbell 78-80-89-84—331
Harold Long 84-81-83-85—333
Ben Lord 83-83-84-87—337
Joe Devaney 87-84-84-85—340
a-Arthur Sweet 81-88-87-87—343

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