1922 U.S. Open Golf Tournament Winner and Scores
Winner: Gene Sarazen, 288
Where it was played: Skokie Country Club in Glencoe, Illinois
Tournament dates: July 14-15, 1922
Leader after first round: Walter Hagen, 68
Leader after second round: John Black, 142
Leader after third round: Bobby Jones and Bill Mehlhorn, 216
What Happened at the 1922 U.S. Open
Gene Sarazen was only 20 years old when he burst onto the professional golf scene, winning the 1922 U.S. Open and 1922 PGA Championship. Sarazen won this title by shooting 68 in the final round, three strokes better than anyone else managed. That included runners-up John Black (72) and 20-year-old amateur Bobby Jones (73).Jones, not yet a winner of any amateur or professional majors, moved into a tie for the lead at the end of the third round with "Wild Bill" Mehlhorn. But those two, along with Black, a club pro who began the final round in second place, were surpassed by Sarazen's outstanding final round. Sarazen's 68 tied the U.S. Open's 18-hole scoring record of the time. (Jones won his first U.S. Open crown one year later.)
Sarazen first played in the U.S. Open in 1920, when he was was 18 years old. He finished 30th that year, 17th the next, before winning the 1922 U.S. Open. Sarazen won the U.S. Open again in 1932, and when he won the 1935 Masters Sarazen became the first golfer to win what we now call the career Grand Slam — victories in each of the four professional majors.
Sarazen was not the youngest U.S. Open champ: Johnny McDermott was 19 when he won in 1911, and Francis Ouimet was a few days younger than Sarazen was here when Ouimet won in 1913. But to this day, Sarazen remains the third-youngest U.S. Open champion.
The 1922 U.S. Open was the first one with an admission charge for spectactors. Fans had to pay $1 for a single-round ticket.
1922 U.S. Open Final Scores
| Gene Sarazen | 72-73-75-68—288 |
| John Black | 71-71-75-72—289 |
| a-Bobby Jones | 74-72-70-73—289 |
| Bill Mehlhorn | 73-71-72-74—290 |
| Walter Hagen | 68-77-74-72—291 |
| George Duncan | 76-73-75-72—296 |
| Leo Diegel | 77-76-73-71—297 |
| Mike Brady | 73-75-74-76—298 |
| Johnny Golden | 73-77-77-71—298 |
| Jock Hutchison | 78-74-71-75—298 |
| Laurie Ayton | 72-76-78-73—299 |
| Johnny Farrell | 73-76-75-75—299 |
| Joe Kirkwood | 77-74-75-74—300 |
| Bob Macdonald | 73-76-75-76—300 |
| Eddie Loos | 75-76-73-77—301 |
| a-Chick Evans | 72-76-74-80—302 |
| George Hackney | 74-78-74-77—303 |
| Abe Mitchell | 79-75-76-73—303 |
| Emmett French | 76-74-77-78—305 |
| a-Jesse Guilford | 77-74-76-78—305 |
| Harry Hampton | 76-75-77-77—305 |
| Charles Hoffner | 79-76-77-73—305 |
| Willie Ogg | 79-72-78-76—305 |
| Jim Barnes | 74-75-77-80—306 |
| Cyril Hughes | 81-74-77-74—306 |
| a-Willie Hunter Jr. | 75-75-76-80—306 |
| a-Fred Wright Jr. | 76-77-73-80—306 |
| Jack Burke Sr. | 76-77-81-73—307 |
| Bobby Cruickshank | 82-74-74-77—307 |
| Lloyd Gullickson | 77-70-83-77—307 |
| George Bowden | 76-79-76-77—308 |
| Alfred Hackbarth | 77-75-77-79—308 |
| George Kerrigan | 76-78-78-76—308 |
| Tom Kerrigan | 80-79-75-74—308 |
| a-Jimmy Johnston | 78-75-80-76—309 |
| Pat O'Hara | 79-76-76-78—309 |
| Al Watrous | 73-79-79-79—310 |
| Chick Fraser | 79-76-76-80—311 |
| Thomas Harmon | 80-72-80-79—311 |
| William Creavy | 79-76-81-76—312 |
| P.O. Hart | 80-77-79-76—312 |
| Jack Turnesa | 75-78-81-78—312 |
| Cyril Walker | 76-81-77-78—312 |
| Jack Blakeslee | 80-82-76-75—313 |
| George Martin | 76-80-81-76—313 |
| George McLean | 78-78-79-78—313 |
| John Cowan | 74-78-84-79—315 |
| Mortie Dutra | 76-77-78-84—315 |
| Fred Ford | 79-79-75-82—315 |
| Otto Hackbarth | 76-81-79-79—315 |
| Frank Kennett | 80-82-80-73—315 |
| Alex Campbell | 78-79-78-81—316 |
| Charles Thom | 77-79-80-81—317 |
| Tom Boyd | 80-81-80-78—319 |
| Harry Bolestra | 76-83-82-80—321 |
| a-Frank Godchaux | 79-77-80-85—321 |
| Dave Robertson | 76-84-77-84—321 |
| John Rogers | 83-83-79-76—321 |
| Charles Rowe | 83-82-77-79—321 |
| a-Dewey Weber | 77-80-82-82—321 |
| Edward Gow | 83-85-79-75—322 |
| Robert Peebles | 84-81-80-77—322 |
| George Christ | 77-80-81-85—323 |
| Jack Croke | 82-85-78-78—323 |
| Ferdinand Decker | 74-76-86-87—323 |
| Frank Sprogell | 80-79-79-85—323 |
| Frank McNamara | 77-79-87-82—325 |
| Ned McKenna | 78-85-84-82—329 |
| Ben Lord | 80-83-87-86—336 |
| Alex Guild | 81-85-87-84—337 |
| a-Ira Couch | 86-81-86-86—339 |
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