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1922 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates	July 14–15, 1922
Location	Glencoe, Illinois
Course(s)	Skokie Country Club
Organized by	USGA
Format	Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par	70
Length	6,548 yards (5,987 m)
Field	78
Cut	none
Prize fund	$1,725
Winner's share	$500
Champion
	Gene Sarazen
	288 (+8)
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Skokie CC

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Location in the United States

Skokie CC

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Location in Illinois

The 1922 U.S. Open was the 26th U.S. Open, held July 14–15 at Skokie Country Club in Glencoe, Illinois, a suburb north of Chicago. Gene Sarazen won the first of his seven major championships, one stroke ahead of runners-up John Black and 20-year-old amateur Bobby Jones.^[2]^[3]

Walter Hagen, the winner of the British Open three weeks earlier, opened with 68 to take a three-shot lead over Black on Friday morning. In the second round that afternoon, Black shot a 71 to take a two-stroke lead over Bill Mehlhorn, with Hagen and Sarazen another stroke back.^[1]^[4]

Jones had an even-par 70 in the third round to take a share of the 54-hole lead with Mehlhorn, while Black's 75 left him one behind. The leaders could not contend with Sarazen's brilliant play in the final round, recording a two-putt birdie on the finishing hole for a 68 and 288 total. Black needed to par the final two holes to force a playoff, but his tee shot on 17 went out of bounds and led to a double bogey. Needing an eagle on the par-5 18th to tie, Black's second shot landed ten feet (3 m) from the pin, but in a greenside bunker. When he failed to hole out from the sand, Sarazen clinched the title.^[2]^[3]

Sarazen, age 20, became the fourth American-born champion of the U.S. Open, joining John McDermott, Francis Ouimet, and Hagen. He won a second U.S. Open ten years later in 1932.

Course layout

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	430	198	440	350	590	390	215	435	185	3,228	440	430	345	185	315	340	365	430	470	3,320	6,548
Par	4	3	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	34	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	5	36	70

Source:^[5]

Round summaries

First round

Friday, July 14, 1922 (morning)

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Walter Hagen	68	−2
2	John Black	71	+1
T3	Laurie Ayton, Snr	72	+2
	Chick Evans (a)
	Gene Sarazen
T6	Mike Brady	73	+3
	Johnny Farrell
	Bob MacDonald
	Bill Mehlhorn
	Al Watrous

Source:^[1]

Second round

Friday, July 14, 1922 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	John Black	71-71=142	+2
2	Bill Mehlhorn	73-71=144	+4
T3	Walter Hagen	68-77=145	+5
T3	Gene Sarazen	72-73=145	+5
5	Bobby Jones (a)	74-72=146	+6
6	Lloyd Gullickson (a)	77-70=147	+7
T7	Laurie Ayton, Snr	72-76=148	+8
	Mike Brady	73-75=148
	Chick Evans (a)	72-76=148
T10	Jim Barnes	74-75=149	+9
	George Duncan	76-73=149
	Johnny Farrell	73-76=149
	Bob MacDonald	73-76=149

Source:^[1]

Third round

Saturday, July 15, 1922 (morning)

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Bobby Jones (a)	74-72-70=216	+6
T1	Bill Mehlhorn	73-71-72=216	+6
T3	John Black	71-71-75=217	+7
4	Walter Hagen	68-77-74=219	+9
5	Gene Sarazen	72-73-75=220	+10
T6	Chick Evans (a)	72-76-74=222	+12
T6	Mike Brady	73-75-74=222	+12
8	Jock Hutchison	78-74-71=223	+13
9	George Duncan	76-73-75=224	+14
T10	Jim Barnes	74-75-77=226	+16
T10	Leo Diegel	77-76-73=226	+16

Source:^[2]

Final round

Saturday, July 15, 1922 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Gene Sarazen	72-73-75-68=288	+8	500
T2	John Black	71-71-75-72=289	+9	300
T2	Bobby Jones (a)	74-72-70-73=289	+9	0
4	Bill Mehlhorn	73-71-72-74=290	+10	200
5	Walter Hagen	68-77-74-72=291	+11	150
6	George Duncan	76-73-75-72=296	+16	100
7	Leo Diegel	77-76-73-71=297	+17	90
T8	Mike Brady	73-75-74-76=298	+18	73
	Johnny Golden	73-77-77-71=298
	Jock Hutchison	78-74-71-75=298

Source:^[2]

(a) denotes amateur

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	3	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5
Sarazen	+10	+11	+10	+9	+10	+10	+9	+9	+9	+10	+10	+9	+9	+9	+9	+9	+9	+8
Black	+7	+7	+7	+7	+7	+6	+6	+5	+6	+7	+7	+7	+7	+8	+8	+8	+10	+9
Jones	+6	+6	+7	+7	+8	+8	+8	+8	+8	+9	+9	+10	+10	+10	+10	+10	+10	+9
Mehlhorn	+7	+7	+7	+7	+8	+9	+9	+10	+10	+10	+10	+10	+11	+10	+10	+10	+10	+10
Hagen	+9	+8	+9	+9	+9	+9	+9	+10	+10	+10	+10	+10	+10	+10	+11	+11	+12	+11

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Fullerton, Hugh (July 15, 1922). "Black leads, Mehlhorn 2d, in title golf". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Fullerton, Hugh (July 16, 1922). "Sarazen wins thrilling golf finish". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1.
^ ^a ^b "Sarazen, lad of 21, wins golf tourney". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. July 16, 1922. p. 7.
^ "John Black leads first half at Skokie course". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). July 15, 1922. p. 14.
^ "Leading cards at Skokie". Chicago Daily Tribune. July 15, 1922.