1920 U.S. Open: Ray Over Vardon
The 1920 U.S. Open was the 24th time the tournament was played, and it was a near-miss for a 50-year-old golf legend.
Winner: Ted Ray, 295
Where it was played: Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio
Tournament dates: August 12-13, 1920
Leader after first round: Jock Hutchison, 69
Leader after second round: Jock Hutchison, 145
Leader after third round: Harry Vardon, 218
Notable Notes: Brits Harry Vardon and Ted Ray famously lost in a playoff at the 1913 U.S. Open. But they returned this year and were part of the story again. Vardon, age 50, was the third-round leader and led by five with five holes to play, but collapsed over those last holes. That gave Ray the chance to jump into the lead, and he took that chance, winning at age 43. It was one of two majors for Ray.
Final Scores
| Ted Ray | 74-73-73-75—295 |
| Jack Burke Sr. | 75-77-72-72—296 |
| Leo Diegel | 72-74-73-77—296 |
| Jock Hutchison | 69-76-74-77—296 |
| Harry Vardon | 74-73-71-78—296 |
| Jim Barnes | 76-70-76-76—298 |
| a-Chick Evans | 74-76-73-75—298 |
| a-Bobby Jones | 78-74-70-77—299 |
| Willie Macfarlane | 76-75-74-74—299 |
| Bob Macdonald | 73-78-71-78—300 |
| Walter Hagen | 74-73-77-77—301 |
| Clarence Hackney | 78-74-74-76—302 |
| Fred McLeod | 75-77-73-79—304 |
| Mike Brady | 77-76-74-78—305 |
| Frank McNamara | 78-77-76-74—305 |
| Charles Rowe | 76-78-77-74—305 |
| Laurie Ayton | 75-78-76-77—306 |
| Johnny Golden | 77-80-74-75—306 |
| Eddie Loos | 75-74-73-84—306 |
| J.D. Edgar | 73-82-74-78—307 |
| James West | 80-77-75-75—307 |
| Harry Hampton | 79-76-74-79—308 |
| Tom Kerrigan | 77-81-74-77—309 |
| Gilbert Nicholls | 77-82-75-75—309 |
| J.J. Obrien | 82-77-73-77—309 |
| David K. White | 78-75-79-77—309 |
| Bill Mehlhorn | 78-74-79-79—310 |
| Peter O'Hara | 84-74-74-78—310 |
| Alex Ross | 80-76-77-77—310 |
| George Bowden | 74-80-76-81—311 |
| Charles Hall | 77-80-76-78—311 |
| Willie Kidd | 77-81-76-77—311 |
| George McLean | 83-76-73-79—311 |
| Gene Sarazen | 79-79-76-77—311 |
| Fred Bell | 80-79-76-77—312 |
| a-W.C. Fownes Jr. | 80-78-71-83—312 |
| Emil Loeffler Jr. | 76-80-77-79—312 |
| Jack Dowling | 81-79-78-75—313 |
| Jack Gordon | 79-77-76-81—313 |
| Willie Hunter | 75-82-78-78—313 |
| George Sargent | 76-81-78-78—313 |
| Louis Tellier | 78-75-77-83—313 |
| Pat Doyle | 85-76-79-74—314 |
| Otto Hackbarth | 83-78-77-76—314 |
| Johnny Farrell | 80-77-78-80—315 |
| Charles Thom | 79-83-78-75—315 |
| a-Rudolph Knepper | 76-77-83-80—316 |
| a-Tommy Armour | 77-83-76-81—317 |
| a-Jimmy Johnston | 80-81-76-80—317 |
| Fred Brand | 84-77-80-77—318 |
| Alex Cunningham | 79-78-80-81—318 |
| a-John Simpson | 78-77-85-78—318 |
| Frank Adams | 82-84-73-81—320 |
| Alex Ayton | 79-79-76-86—320 |
| Dave Robertson | 82-77-83-78—320 |
| Charles Lorms | 82-79-78-82—321 |
| Charles Mayo | 77-81-83-80—321 |
| Wilfred Reid | 80-85-78-78—321 |
| John Cowan | 83-78-81-80—322 |
| Dan Kenney | 78-81-79-84—322 |
| Frank Sprogell | 81-82-79-80—322 |
| James Carberry | 80-81-80-83—324 |
| Lloyd Gullickson | 80-80-86-79—325 |
| a-Howard Lee | 83-82-83-79—327 |
| John Rodgers | 90-82-81-76—329 |
| Peter Walsh | 85-88-80-83—336 |
| Eugene McCarthy | 76-83-87-91—337 |
