1927 U.S. Open Winner and Scores

The 1927 U.S. Open was the 31st time the tournament was played, and it ended in a playoff.

Winner: Tommy Armour, 301

Where it was played: Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania

Tournament dates: June 14-17, 1927

Leader after first round: Harry Hampton and Jimmy Johnson, 73

Leader after second round: Jimmy Johnston, 147

Leader after third round: Harry Cooper, 224

Notable Notes: Tommy Armour won the high-scoring 1927 U.S. Open in an 18-hole playoff over Harry Cooper. The two finished regulation tied at 301, the last time the winning score was over 300. The playoff was tied through 15 holes, but Cooper double-bogied the 16th. Armour wound up winning by three shots, 76 to 79. ... Johnston, the first-round co-leader and second-round outright leader, was an amateur who went on to win the 1929 U.S. Amateur. He fell apart in the third round, shooting 87.

Final Scores

Tommy Armour 78-71-76-76—301
Harry Cooper 74-76-74-77—301
Gene Sarazen 74-74-80-74—302
Emmet French 75-79-77-73—304
Bill Mehlhorn 75-77-80-73—305
Walter Hagen 77-73-76-81—307
Archie Compston 79-74-76-79—308
Johnny Farrell 81-73-78-76—308
Johnny Golden 83-77-75-73—308
Harry Hampton 73-78-80-77—308
Bobby Cruickshank 77-78-76-78—309
Leo Diegel 78-74-80-77—309
a-Bobby Jones 76-77-79-77—309
Eddie Jones Jr. 76-77-79-77—309
Fred Loos 78-75-79-77—309
Fred Baroni 80-72-79-79—310
Perry Del Vecchio 79-79-76-76—310
Arthur Havers 79-77-74-80—310
Al Espinosa 83-80-79-69—311
a-Jimmy Johnston 73-74-87-77—311
Willie Macfarlane 82-76-80-73—311
Macdonald Smith 78-76-81-76—311
Al Watrous 82-74-78-77—311
Jock Hutchison 80-77-77-78—312
Jim Barnes 78-75-81-79—313
P.O. Hart 77-77-86-73—313
Larry Nabholtz 75-81-78-79—313
Ted Ray 76-83-77-78—314
Joe Turnesa 81-79-78-76—314
Thomas Harmon 79-77-80-79—315
Bob MacDonald 77-83-78-77—315
Aubrey Boomer 83-79-80-74—316
Jim Foulis 78-84-81-73—316
Charles Guest 78-78-81-79—316
a-Eddie Held 83-79-78-77—317
Willie Klein 79-78-84-76—317
Dave Sutherland 78-81-78-80—317
Leonard Schmutte 79-80-78-81—318
Laurie Ayton 80-83-80-76—319
Jack Forrester 80-81-76-82—319
Harold Long 83-78-79-79—319
a-Watts Gunn 78-83-81-78—320
Neil Christian 81-81-81-78—321
Herbert Jolly 84-78-75-84—321
Willie Hunter Jr. 80-79-81-82—322
George Sargent 80-79-80-83—322
Horton Smith 83-75-81-83—322
Charles Hoffner 80-81-82-80—323
Johnny Jones 80-82-81-82—325
Ernest Penfold 79-80-82-84—325
Wilfred Reid 80-79-86-80—325
Dave Robertson 74-85-77-89—325
a-Denny Shute 81-81-80-83—325
Clarence Gamber 81-82-79-86—328
Louis Chiapetta 84-79-85-81—329
George Christ 84-78-89-81—332
Ted Longworth 79-84-83-86—332
George Stark 80-79-84-89—332
Waldo Crowder 78-83-89-83—333

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