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1922 Open Championship
The 1922 Open Championship was the 57th Open Championship, played 22–23 June at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Walter Hagen became the first American-born winner of the Open Championship, one stroke ahead of runners-up Jim Barnes and George Duncan. It was the first of Hagen's four Open Championships and the fourth of his eleven major titles.

Qualifying took place on 19–20 June, Monday and Tuesday, with 18 holes at St. George's and 18 holes at Prince's; the top eighty and ties qualified. Hagen and Joe Kirkwood led the field on 147; the qualifying score was 161 and exactly 80 players advanced. Wednesday was an idle day, which included a driving contest.

Hagen, the winner over Barnes in the PGA Championship finals in 1921, was the 36-hole leader at 149, two strokes ahead of Duncan, Barnes, and five-time champion J.H. Taylor. In the two-day format, there was not a cut after 36 holes.

In the third round on Friday morning, defending champion Jock Hutchison shot 73 and moved to the lead, one shot ahead of Taylor and Jean Gassiat, and two shots over Hagen and Barnes. Despite a seven on the fourth hole, Hutchison carded a 36 on the front nine of the final round, but a 40 on the final nine led to a 76 and a fourth-place finish in his second and last Open.

Hagen and Barnes battled for the championship, but Barnes' 73 was one off Hagen's 72, his lowest round of the championship. Duncan, the 1920 champion, shot an 81 in the third round and fell six strokes back into a tie for tenth, then rebounded with a 69 in the afternoon to climb the leaderboard and tie Barnes for second. Taylor and Gassiat shot high scores in the final round and dropped to sixth and seventh, respectively.

For the final time, two members of the Great Triumvirate finished in the top-10 at the Open Championship; Taylor, age 51, finished sixth and six-time champion Harry Vardon, age 52, tied for eighth. The third member, James Braid, missed qualifying on Tuesday by a stroke.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 22 June 1922 (morning)

Place Player Score
T1 Jersey Ted Ray 73
England J.H. Taylor
3 England Gus Faulkner 74
T4 England Percy Alliss 75
England Jim Barnes
Jersey Aubrey Boomer
France Jean Gassiat
England Fred Jewell
England Alfred Miles
England Tom Walton
England Reg Wilson

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Second round

Thursday, 22 June 1922 (afternoon)

Place Player Score
1 United States Walter Hagen 76-73=149
T2 England Jim Barnes 75-76=151
Scotland George Duncan 76-75=151
England J.H. Taylor 73-78=151
T5 England Percy Alliss 75-78=153
France Jean Gassiat 75-78=153
United States Jock Hutchison 79-74=153
England Tom Walton 75-78=153
T9 England Charles Johns 78-76=154
England Roger Wethered (a) 76-78=154

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Third round

Friday, 23 June 1922 (morning)

Place Player Score
1 United States Jock Hutchison 79-74-73=226
T2 England J.H. Taylor 73-78-76=227
France Jean Gassiat 75-78-74=227
T4 England Jim Barnes 75-76-77=228
United States Walter Hagen 76-73-79=228
England Charles Whitcombe 77-79-72=228
7 England Tom Walton 75-78-77=230
T8 England Percy Alliss 75-78-78=231
Jersey Aubrey Boomer 75-80-76=231
T10 Scotland George Duncan 76-75-81=232
Jersey Harry Vardon 79-79-74=232
England Ernest Whitcombe 77-78-77=232

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Final round

Friday, 23 June 1922 (afternoon)

Place Player Score Money (£)
1 United States Walter Hagen 76-73-79-72=300 75
T2 England Jim Barnes 75-76-77-73=301 32
10s
Scotland George Duncan 76-75-81-69=301
4 United States Jock Hutchison 79-74-73-76=302 15
5 England Charles Whitcombe 77-79-72-75=303 10
6 England J.H. Taylor 73-78-76-77=304
7 France Jean Gassiat 75-78-74-79=306 7 10s
T8 Jersey Harry Vardon 79-79-74-75=307 6
5s
England Tom Walton 75-78-77-77=307
10 England Percy Alliss 75-78-78-77=308 5

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  17. ^ Brenner, Morgan G. (2009). The Majors of Golf: Complete Results of the Open, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and the Masters, 1860-2008. Vol. 1. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3360-5.

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