1932 Open Championship

1932 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates	8–10 June 1932
Location	Sandwich, England
Course(s)	Prince's Golf Club
Statistics
Par	72 ^[1]
Length	6,860 yards (6,273 m)^[1]
Field	110 players, 64 after cut^[2]
Cut	154 (+10)
Prize fund	£500
Winner's share	£100
Champion
Gene Sarazen
283 (–13)
«1931 1933»

Sandwich

Location in England

Sandwich

Location in Kent, England

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 Macdonald Smith.^[3]^[4]^[5] 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.^[6] Bob Bradbeer led the qualifiers on 141; the qualifying score was 157 and 110 players advanced.^[1]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Sarazen opened with a 70 on Wednesday to take the lead, one stroke ahead of four others.^[10]^[11] He followed with a 69 for 139 (–5) for a three-stroke lead over Percy Alliss after 36 holes.^[12]^[13] The top sixty and ties would make the 36-hole cut; it was at 154 (+10) and 64 players advanced.^[14]

With a 70 in the third round on Friday morning, Sarazen increased his lead to four over Arthur Havers, who shot a course-record 68 (–4). 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.^[3]^[4]

Two weeks later in New York, Sarazen won the U.S. Open and joined Bobby Jones (1926, 1930) 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 (1953), Lee Trevino (1971), Tom Watson (1982), and Tiger Woods (2000).

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

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Arthur Havers	England	1923	74	71	68	76	289	+1	3
Tommy Armour	Scotland United States	1931	75	70	74	81	300	+12	T17
Ted Ray	Jersey	1912	75	77	80	79	311	+23	T56

Source:^[2]^[4]

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
George Duncan	Scotland	1920	80	80	160	+17

Source:^[2]^[14]

Did not advance past qualifying rounds (Monday & Tuesday):

Sandy Herd (1902) 161, Harry Vardon (1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1911, 1914) 165,
James Braid (1901, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1910) 166.^[1]^[7]

Did not enter:

Bobby Jones (1926, 1927, 1930), Walter Hagen (1922, 1924, 1928, 1929),
Jim Barnes (1925), Jock Hutchison (1921).^[1]^[2]^[7]

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 8 June 1932

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Gene Sarazen	United States	70	–2
T2	Percy Alliss	England	71	–1
	Bill Davies	England
	Macdonald Smith	Scotland United States
	Charles Whitcombe	England
T6	Cecil Denny	England	72	E
	Arthur Lacey	England
	Willie McMinn	Scotland
	Alf Perry	England
	Fred Taggart	England
	Charlie Ward	England

Source:^[10]^[11]

Second round

Thursday, 9 June 1932

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Gene Sarazen	United States	70-69=139	–5
2	Percy Alliss	England	71-71=142	–2
T3	Archie Compston	England	74-70=144	E
	Bill Davies	England	71-73=144
	Charles Whitcombe	England	71-73=144
T6	Tommy Armour	Scotland United States	75-70=145	+1
	Arthur Havers	England	74-71=145
	Fred Robson	England	74-71=145
T9	Henry Cotton	England	74-72=146	+2
T9	Arthur Lacey	England	73-73=146	+2

Source:^[12]^[13]^[14]

Third round

Friday, 10 June 1932 (morning)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Gene Sarazen	United States	70-69-70=209	–7
2	Arthur Havers	England	74-71-68=213	–3
T3	Arthur Lacey	England	73-73-71=217	+5
T3	Charles Whitcombe	England	71-73-73=217	+5
T5	Bill Davies	England	71-73-74=218	+2
T5	Macdonald Smith	Scotland United States	71-76-71=218	+2
T7	Tommy Armour	Scotland United States	75-70-74=219	+3
T7	Archie Compston	England	74-70-75=219	+3
9	Syd Easterbrook	England	74-75-72=221	+5
T10	Henry Cotton	England	74-72-77=223	+7
	Bob Kenyon	England	74-73-76=223
	Abe Mitchell	England	77-71-75=223
	Fred Robson	England	74-71-78=223

Source:^[2]^[4]

Final round

Friday, 10 June 1932 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Gene Sarazen	United States	70-69-70-74=283	–5	100
2	Macdonald Smith	Scotland United States	71-76-71-70=288	E	75
3	Arthur Havers	England	74-71-68-76=289	+1	50
T4	Percy Alliss	England	71-71-78-72=292	+4	25
	Alf Padgham	England	76-72-74-70=292
	Charles Whitcombe	England	71-73-73-75=292
T7	Bill Davies	England	71-73-74-75=293	+5	17 10s
T7	Arthur Lacey	England	73-73-71-76=293	+5	17 10s
9	Fred Robson	England	74-71-78-71=294	+6	15
T10	Archie Compston	England	74-70-75-76=295	+7	10
	Henry Cotton	England	74-72-77-72=295
	Abe Mitchell	England	77-71-75-72=295

Source:^[2]^[4]

Amateurs: Hope (+11), Torrance (+13), Hartley (+14), Munn (+15), Tulloch (+16),
Bentley (+18), Sweeny (+19), McRuvie (+21).

References

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External links

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