1924 Open Championship

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Tournament summary

Qualifying took place on 23–24 June, Monday and Tuesday, with 18 holes at Royal Liverpool and 18 holes at Formby,[5][6] and the top 80 and ties qualified. J.H. Taylor led the field on 142; Hagen took 83 on the first day at Hoylake and was in some danger of not qualifying,[7][8] but after a 73 at Formby for 156 he made it safely through. The qualifying score was 158 and 86 players advanced.[9][10][11] Six-time champion Harry Vardon had 159 and missed by one stroke.[9][10] Wednesday was an idle day.[12][13]

In the opening round on Thursday morning, Cyril Tolley, the 1920 British Amateur champion, took the lead with 73, but his 82 in the second round dropped him out of contention. After opening with 77, Whitcombe carded a 70 for 147 for a two-stroke lead over five-time champion J.H. Taylor; Hagen and Macdonald Smith were a stroke back in third place.[14][15][16] In the two-day format, there was not a cut after 36 holes.

In the third round on Friday morning, Hagen had 74 and Whitcombe 77, and they shared the 54-hole lead at 224. Three strokes back in a tie for third were George Duncan, Frank Ball, and Smith.[17] In the afternoon, Duncan had 81 for 308 while Ball and Smith both finished on 304, which left Hagen and Whitcombe to battle for the title.[3] Whitcombe shot 43 on the front-nine but responded with a 35 on the back to post 302. Hagen also shot 43 on the front but played his trademark brand of golf on the back. He sliced his second shot on the 12th and his approach shot found a bunker on the 13th, but both times recovered with a pitch and a putt. Hagen sank a downhill 6-footer (1.8 m) on the final hole to win on 301, a one-stroke victory margin. Had the putt not dropped, a 36-hole playoff was in order for Saturday.[4]

Smith was three strokes back in a tie for third place, one of twelve times he finished in the top-five of a major championship without a victory. Taylor finished in fifth at the age of 53, thirty years after his first Open title. Gene Sarazen, age 22, played in his first British Open this year and was 41st. He won the championship in 1932 and played in the Open as late as 1976.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 26 June 1924 (morning)

Place Player Score
1 Template:Flagicon Cyril Tolley (a) 73
T2 Template:Flagicon George Duncan 74
Template:Flagicon Len Holland
Template:Flagicon Mark Seymour
T5 Template:Flagicon Aubrey Boomer 75
Template:Flagicon J.H. Taylor
Template:Flagicon Gilbert Nicholls
T8 Template:Flagicon Albert Hallam 76
Template:Flagicon Sandy Herd
Template:Flagicon Macdonald Smith
Template:Flagicon Bert Weastell
Template:Flagicon Frank Weston

Source:[18][14]

Second round

Thursday, 26 June 1924 (afternoon)

Place Player Score
1 Template:Flagicon Ernest Whitcombe 77-70=147
2 Template:Flagicon J.H. Taylor 75-74=149
T3 Template:Flagicon Walter Hagen 77-73=150
Template:Flagicon Macdonald Smith 76-74=150
5 Template:Flagicon James Sherlock 76-75=151
T6 Template:Flagicon Len Holland 74-78=152
Template:Flagicon Fred Leach 78-74=152
T8 Template:Flagicon Frank Ball 78-75=153
Template:Flagicon Aubrey Boomer 75-78=153
Template:Flagicon George Duncan 74-79=153
Template:Flagicon Rowland Jones 80-73=153
Template:Flagicon Gilbert Nicholls 75-78=153
Template:Flagicon Frank Weston 76-77=153

Source:[18][14][15]

Third round

Friday, 27 June 1924 (morning)

Place Player Score
T1 Template:Flagicon Walter Hagen 77-73-74=224
Template:Flagicon Ernest Whitcombe 77-70-77=224
T3 Template:Flagicon Frank Ball 78-75-74=227
Template:Flagicon George Duncan 74-79-74=227
Template:Flagicon Macdonald Smith 76-74-77=227
6 Template:Flagicon J.H. Taylor 75-74-79=228
T7 Template:Flagicon Aubrey Boomer 75-78-76=229
Template:Flagicon James Sherlock 76-75-78=229
T9 Template:Flagicon Len Holland 74-78-78=230
Template:Flagicon Frank Weston 76-77-77=230

Source:[18]

Final round

Friday, 27 June 1924 (afternoon)

Place Player Score Money (£)
1 Template:Flagicon Walter Hagen 77-73-74-77=301 75
2 Template:Flagicon Ernest Whitcombe 77-70-77-78=302 40
T3 Template:Flagicon Frank Ball 78-75-74-77=304 20
Template:Flagicon Macdonald Smith 76-74-77-77=304
5 Template:Flagicon J.H. Taylor 75-74-79-79=307 10
T6 Template:Flagicon Aubrey Boomer 75-78-76-79=308 8
6s 8d
Template:Flagicon George Duncan 74-79-74-81=308
Template:Flagicon Len Holland 74-78-78-78=308
T9 Template:Flagicon Jim Barnes 78-77-79-75=309 2
10s
Template:Flagicon George Gadd 79-75-78-77=309
Template:Flagicon James Sherlock 76-75-78-80=309
Template:Flagicon Frank Weston 76-77-77-79=309

Source:[18][19]

Amateurs: Tolley (314), Sutton (323), Hassall (328), Hope (328), Robinson (329), Walker (332)

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