1924 golf tournament held at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, Wirral, England
Golf tournament
1924 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates
26–27 June 1924
Location
Hoylake, England
Course(s)
Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Statistics
Length
6,750 yards (6,172 m)[1]
Field
86 players[2]
Cut
none
Prize fund
£200
Winner's share
£75
Champion
Walter Hagen
301
← 1923
1925 →
Hoylake
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Location in England
Hoylake
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Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, Merseyside, west of Liverpool, England
The 1924 Open Championship was the 59th Open Championship, held 26–27 June at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England. Walter Hagen won the second of his four Open Championships, one stroke ahead of runner-up Ernest Whitcombe.[3][4][5][6] It was the fifth of Hagen's eleven major championships. Two years earlier in 1922, he became the Open's first winner born in the United States.
^"Lengths of holes". The Herald. Glasgow. 27 June 1924. p. 9.
^"Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. p. 113. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
^"Hagen wins". The Herald. Glasgow. 28 June 1924. p. 9.
^"English cheer as Yank golfer wins their cup". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. 28 June 1924. p. 9.
^Prew, Robert J. (28 June 1924). "Hagen scores 301 to win British Open golf title". Milwaukee Sentinel. Universal Service. p. 9. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
^"Hagen wins British title by one stroke". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. 28 June 1924. p. 6. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
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