1920 U.S. Open (golf)


The 1920 U.S. Open was the 24th U.S. Open, held August 12–13 at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio.
Isle of Jersey natives Harry Vardon and Ted Ray played in their first U.S. Open since their playoff loss to Francis Ouimet in 1913. The 50-year-old Vardon, the champion twenty years earlier in 1900, held a five-stroke lead with just five holes to play. He then proceeded to three-putt three holes in a row, then double-bogeyed the 17th after finding the water. He shot 42 on the second nine, giving him a 78 for the round and 296 total, and finished in a tie for second, one stroke back. Ray also struggled in the final round, with four bogeys on the back nine. But he parred the 18th, giving him 295 total and a one-stroke victory over runners-up Vardon, Jock Hutchison, Leo Diegel, and Jack Burke Sr.
This Open marked the first appearance by Bobby Jones, Gene Sarazen, Tommy Armour, and Johnny Farrell. Between them, they won eight of the next twelve U.S. Opens. This Open returned to the two-day format, with the first two rounds played on the same day; the three-day schedule was permanently adopted for 1926 and the present four-day schedule was first used in 1965.
At the age of, Ray became the oldest U.S. Open champion, a record he held for 66 years, until Raymond Floyd, a few months older, won in 1986. Julius Boros was also 43 when he won in 1963. Hale Irwin set the current record in 1990 at age 45.
This was the first of six major championships at Inverness, which later hosted the U.S. Open in 1931, 1957, and 1979. The PGA Championship was played at the course in 1986 and 1993.

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3853921354304383603202084923,1603463595221504174464104303323,4096,569
Par443444435354453444443671

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Past champions in the field

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 12, 1920
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jock Hutchison
69−2
2Leo Diegel72+1
T3Bob MacDonald73+2
T3J. Douglas Edgar73+2
T5G.L. Bowden74+3
T5Chick Evans 74+3
T5Walter Hagen74+3
T5Ted Ray74+3
T5Harry Vardon74+3
T10Laurie Ayton, Snr75+4
T10Jack Burke Sr.75+4
T10Eddie Loos75+4
T10Fred McLeod75+4

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Second round

Thursday, August 12, 1920
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jock Hutchison
69-76=145+3
T2Jim Barnes76-70=146+4
T2Leo Diegel72-74=146+4
T4Walter Hagen74-73=147+5
T4Ted Ray74-73=147+5
T4Harry Vardon74-73=147+5
7Eddie Loos75-74=149+7
8Chick Evans 74-76=150+8
T9Bob MacDonald73-78=151+9
T9Willie Macfarlane76-75=151+9

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Third round

Friday, August 13, 1920
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Harry Vardon74-73-71=218+5
T2Leo Diegel72-74-73=219+6
T2Jock Hutchison
69-76-74=219+6
4Ted Ray74-73-73=220+7
T5Jim Barnes76-70-76=222+9
T5Bobby Jones 78-74-70=222+9
T5Bob MacDonald73-78-71=222+9
8Chick Evans 74-76-73=223+10
9Jack Burke Sr.75-77-72=224+11
10Willie Macfarlane76-75-74=225+12

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Final round

Friday, August 13, 1920
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Ted Ray74-73-73-75=295+11500
T2Jack Burke Sr.75-77-72-72=296+12188
T2Leo Diegel72-74-73-77=296+12188
T2Jock Hutchison
69-76-74-77=296+12188
T2Harry Vardon74-73-71-78=296+12188
T6Jim Barnes76-70-76-76=298+1490
T6Chick Evans 74-76-73-75=298+140
T8Bobby Jones 78-74-70-77=299+150
T8Willie Macfarlane76-75-74-74=299+1580
10Bob MacDonald73-78-71-78=300+1675

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Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par443444435445344444
Ray+7+7+7+6+6+7+6+7+7+7+8+9+9+9+10+10+11+11
Burke+11+11+10+11+11+12+14+13+13+12+12+11+11+12+12+12+12+12
Diegel+6+6+6+7+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+10+11+12+12+12
Hutchison+8+8+8+8+9+10+10+10+10+10+10+11+11+11+12+12+12+12
Vardon+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+6+6+6+5+6+7+8+9+10+12+12

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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