1932 Open Championship


The 1932 Open Championship was the 67th Open Championship, held 8–10 June at Prince's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Gene Sarazen won his only Open title, five strokes ahead of runner-up Sarazen led wire-to-wire to secure the fifth of his seven major championships.
Qualifying took place on 6–7 June, Monday and Tuesday, with 18 holes at Prince's and 18 holes at Royal St George's, and the top 100 and ties qualified. Bob Bradbeer led the qualifiers on 141; the qualifying score was 157 and 110 players
Sarazen opened with a 70 on Wednesday to take the lead, one stroke ahead of four others. He followed with a 69 for 139 for a three-stroke lead over Percy Alliss after 36 holes. The top sixty and ties would make the 36-hole cut; it was at 154 and 64 players advanced.
With a 70 in the third round on Friday morning, Sarazen increased his lead to four over Arthur Havers, who shot a course-record A 74 in the final round that afternoon saw Sarazen post an Open record 283 total. Havers, playing well behind Sarazen, needed a 69 to win, but made the turn in 37 and could not close the gap. He could only manage a 76 for 289 and fell to third; Smith shot 71-70 to climb into solo second place at even-par 288.
Two weeks later in New York, Sarazen won the U.S. Open and joined Bobby Jones as the only two to win both the British Open and U.S. Open in the same year. Subsequent winners of both were Ben Hogan, Lee Trevino, Tom Watson, and Tiger Woods.
This was the only Open Championship held at Prince's, just north of Royal St George's, which has since been the only venue in southeastern England to host.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

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Missed the cut

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Did not advance past qualifying rounds :
Did not enter:

First round

Wednesday, 8 June 1932
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Gene Sarazen70–2
T2Percy Alliss71–1
T2Bill Davies71–1
T2Macdonald Smith
71–1
T2Charles Whitcombe71–1
T6Cecil Denny72E
T6Arthur Lacey72E
T6Willie McMinn72E
T6Alf Perry72E
T6Fred Taggart72E
T6Charlie Ward72E

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Second round

Thursday, 9 June 1932
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Gene Sarazen70-69=139–5
2Percy Alliss71-71=142–2
T3Archie Compston74-70=144E
T3Bill Davies71-73=144E
T3Charles Whitcombe71-73=144E
T6Tommy Armour
75-70=145+1
T6Arthur Havers74-71=145+1
T6Fred Robson74-71=145+1
T9Henry Cotton74-72=146+2
T9Arthur Lacey73-73=146+2

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Third round

Friday, 10 June 1932
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Gene Sarazen70-69-70=209–7
2Arthur Havers74-71-68=213–3
T3Arthur Lacey73-73-71=217+1
T3Charles Whitcombe71-73-73=217+1
T5Bill Davies71-73-74=218+2
T5Macdonald Smith
71-76-71=218+2
T7Tommy Armour
75-70-74=219+3
T7Archie Compston74-70-75=219+3
9Syd Easterbrook74-75-72=221+5
T10Henry Cotton74-72-77=223+7
T10Bob Kenyon74-73-76=223+7
T10Abe Mitchell77-71-75=223+7
T10Fred Robson74-71-78=223+7

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Final round

Friday, 10 June 1932
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Gene Sarazen70-69-70-74=283–5100
2Macdonald Smith
71-76-71-70=288E75
3Arthur Havers74-71-68-76=289+150
T4Percy Alliss71-71-78-72=292+425
T4Alf Padgham76-72-74-70=292+425
T4Charles Whitcombe71-73-73-75=292+425
T7Bill Davies71-73-74-75=293+517
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T7Arthur Lacey73-73-71-76=293+517
10s
9Fred Robson74-71-78-71=294+615
T10Archie Compston74-70-75-76=295+710
T10Henry Cotton74-72-77-72=295+710
T10Abe Mitchell77-71-75-72=295+710

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Amateurs: Hope, Torrance, Hartley, Munn, Tulloch,
Bentley, Sweeny, McRuvie.