1932 British Open Winner and Scores

The 1932 British Open was the 67th time this major was played. The winner led wire-to-wire and set a new scoring record.

Winner: Gene Sarazen, 283

Where it was played: Prince's Golf Club in Sandwich, England

Tournament dates: June 8-10, 1932

Leader after first round: Gene Sarazen, 70

Leader after second round: Gene Sarazen, 139

Leader after third round: Gene Sarazen, 209

Notable Notes: Gene Sarazen extended his lead after each of the first three rounds until ultimately winning by five strokes with a new tournament record score of 283. ... This was the fifth of Sarazen's seven career wins in majors. ... Two weeks later he won the U.S. Open, becoming the second golfer (after Bobby Jones) to win both national Opens in the same year. ... This was the only British Open played at Prince's Golf Club.

Final Scores

Gene Sarazen 70-69-70-74—283
Macdonald Smith 71-76-71-70—288
Arthur Havers 74-71-68-76—289
Percy Alliss 71-71-78-72—292
Alf Padgham 76-72-74-70—292
Charles Whitcombe 71-73-73-75—292
William H. Davies 71-73-74-75—293
Arthur Lacey 73-73-71-76—293
Fred Robson 74-71-78-71—294
Archie Compston 74-70-75-76—295
Henry Cotton 74-72-77-72—295
Abe Mitchell 77-71-75-72—295
Syd Easterbrook 74-75-72-77—298
Hubert Prowse 75-75-75-73—298
Cecil Denny 73-81-72-73—299
a-William L. Hope 74-79-75-71—299
Tommy Armour 75-70-74-81—300
Bert Hodson 77-73-77-73—300
Alf Perry 73-76-77-74—300
Charlie Ward 73-77-77-73—300
Reg Whitcombe 75-74-75-76—300
Ernest Kenyon 74-73-76-78—301
Mark Seymour 74-75-81-71—301
a-Thomas Torrance 75-73-76-77—301
Alfred G. Beck 78-71-74-79—302
a-Lister Hartley 76-73-80-73—302
Philip Rodgers 74-79-75-74—302
William Twine 80-74-71-77—302
Pierre Hirigoyen 79-73-75-76—303
a-Lionel Munn 74-75-78-76—303
Walter Pursey 76-75-73-79—303
Cedric Sayner 74-74-79-76—303
Percy Weston 75-79-76-73—303
Herbert Jolly 75-74-80-75—304
a-William Tulloch 75-77-76-76—304
Marcel Dallemagne 78-76-75-76—305
D.C. Jones 75-78-73-79—305
William Oke 77-74-76-78—305
a-Harry Bentley 75-78-79-74—306
Tom Dobson 77-75-76-78—306
Edward Jarman 75-76-79-76—306
William Smith 75-74-80-77—306
Fred Taggart 73-81-75-77—306
a-Bob Sweeny Jr. 78-74-77-78—307
Don Curtis 74-78-78-78—308
Albert Isherwood 75-74-81-78—308
S.J. Jones 79-75-74-80—308
Bob Bradbeer 76-75-79-79—309
Dick Burton 74-77-80-78—309
Reg Cox 77-76-75-81—309
Tom Green 75-77-79-78—309
George Kirby 79-72-82-76—309
a-Eric McRuvie 77-75-80-77—309
Harry Crapper 75-75-78-82—310
Stewart Field 74-76-82-78—310
John Burton 77-74-80-80—311
Ted Ray 75-77-80-79—311
George Gadd 76-77-80-79—312
Marcel Philippon 77-77-80-78—312
Percy Baxter 76-77-79-81—313
William McMinn 73-81-78-82—314
Stewart Burns 76-76-83-80—315
Albert Chevalier 77-75-83-80—315
Joseph Rouse 74-76-84-85—319

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