1920 U.S. Open (golf)

1920 U.S. Open

Tournament information
Dates	August 12–13, 1920
Location	Toledo, Ohio
Course(s)	Inverness Club
Organized by	USGA
Format	Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,569 yards (6,007 m)
Field	70
Cut	none
Winner's share	$500
Champion
Ted Ray
295 (+11)

Toledo

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Location in the United States

Toledo

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Location in Ohio

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 (+6) on the second nine, giving him a 78 (+7) for the round and 296 total (+12), 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 43 years and 138 days, 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

See also: Inverness Club

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	385	392	135	430	438	360	320	208	492	3,160	346	359	522	150	417	446	410	430	332	3,409	6,569
Par	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	5	35	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	36	71

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Past champions in the field

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Harry Vardon	Jersey	1900	74	73	71	78	296	+12	T2
Chick Evans (a)	United States	1916	74	76	73	75	298	+14	T6
Walter Hagen	United States	1914, 1919	74	73	77	77	301	+17	11
Fred McLeod	Scotland	1908	75	77	73	79	304	+20	13
Alec Ross	Scotland	1907	80	76	77	77	310	+26	T27
George Sargent	England	1909	76	81	78	78	313	+29	T38

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 12, 1920 (morning)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jock Hutchison	Scotland United States	69	−2
2	Leo Diegel	United States	72	+1
T3	Bob MacDonald	Scotland	73	+2
	J. Douglas Edgar	England
T5	G.L. Bowden		74	+3
	Chick Evans (a)	United States
	Walter Hagen	United States
	Ted Ray	Jersey
	Harry Vardon	Jersey
T10	Laurie Ayton, Snr	Scotland	75	+4
	Jack Burke Sr.	United States
	Eddie Loos	United States
	Fred McLeod	Scotland

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Second round

Thursday, August 12, 1920 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jock Hutchison	Scotland United States	69-76=145	+3
T2	Jim Barnes	England	76-70=146	+4
	Leo Diegel	United States	72-74=146
T4	Walter Hagen	United States	74-73=147	+5
	Ted Ray	Jersey	74-73=147
	Harry Vardon	Jersey	74-73=147
7	Eddie Loos	United States	75-74=149	+7
8	Chick Evans (a)	United States	74-76=150	+8
T9	Bob MacDonald	Scotland	73-78=151	+9
	Willie Macfarlane	Scotland	76-75=151

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Third round

Friday, August 13, 1920 (morning)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Harry Vardon	Jersey	74-73-71=218	+5
T2	Leo Diegel	United States	72-74-73=219	+6
	Jock Hutchison	Scotland United States	69-76-74=219
4	Ted Ray	Jersey	74-73-73=220	+7
T5	Jim Barnes	England	76-70-76=222	+9
	Bobby Jones (a)	United States	78-74-70=222
	Bob MacDonald	Scotland	73-78-71=222
8	Chick Evans (a)	United States	74-76-73=223	+10
9	Jack Burke Sr.	United States	75-77-72=224	+11
10	Willie Macfarlane	Scotland	76-75-74=225	+12

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Final round

Friday, August 13, 1920 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Ted Ray	Jersey	74-73-73-75=295	+11	500
T2	Jack Burke Sr.	United States	75-77-72-72=296	+12	188
	Leo Diegel	United States	72-74-73-77=296
	Jock Hutchison	Scotland United States	69-76-74-77=296
	Harry Vardon	Jersey	74-73-71-78=296
T6	Jim Barnes	England	76-70-76-76=298	+14	90
	Chick Evans (a)	United States	74-76-73-75=298		0
T8	Bobby Jones (a)	United States	78-74-70-77=299	+15	0
	Willie Macfarlane	Scotland	76-75-74-74=299		80
10	Bob MacDonald	Scotland	73-78-71-78=300	+16	75

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(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	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4
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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External links

• USGA Championship Database
• USOpen.com – 1920