Antique Golf Clubs from Scotland: Open Championship

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Open Championship

1922: Royal St George's

	Player	Score
1	Walter Hagen	300
2	Jim Barnes	301
	George Duncan	301
4	Jock Hutchison	302
5	Charles Whitcombe	303
6	J H Taylor	304
7	Jean Gassiat	306
8	Harry Vardon	307
	Thomas Walton	307
10	Percy Alliss	308

Hagen led the field after two rounds with a 76 and a 73. Jim Barnes was a stroke behind. Jock Hutchison, defending his title, started badly with a 79 and, according to Bernard Darwin had wretched luck. Yet it all turned around in the third round, Hutchison shot a 73 and Hagen had his bad round, a 79. The final round started with Hutchison leading on 226 and Hagen, Barnes and Whitcombe tied, two strokes behind him. These three played well but Hagen outshone them with a 72. Hagen was relaxing with a cigar when George Duncan began his charge. He had been well out of contention with a third round 81 and only a small group of spectators were following him around, one of whom was Darwin, 'They were full of joy over Duncan's astonishing play up to the flag and of despair because he could not crown these inspired approach shots by holing the putts ... One shot I seem to remember particularly, a lovely second lashed up to the fifteenth pin, and a three at that hole would have been worth much fine gold - but the putt never looked in "off the club"'. Nevertheless, he reached the 18th tee needing a four for a 68 and a tie. 'His tee shot was perfect and out came his spoon. Clearly he played to let the ball drift in a little from the left ... but alas! It never quite came in ... His pitch and run was hit hurriedly and ended very short. It was all over ... But it remains one of the great spurts of golfing history'. It was the first of Walter Hagen's four championships.