| 1922 U.S. Open | |
Gene Sarazen was only 20 years old when he burst onto the professional golf scene, winning the 1922 U.S. Open and 1922 PGA Championship.
Jones, not yet a winner of any amateur or professional majors, moved into a tie for the lead at the end of the third round with Wild Bill Mehlhorn. But those two, along with Black, a club pro who began the final round in second, were surpassed by Sarazen's outstanding final round.
Sarazen first played in the U.S. Open in 1920, when he was was 18 years old. He finished 30th that year, 17th the next, before winning the 1922 U.S. Open. Sarazen won the U.S. Open again in 1932, and when he won the 1935 Masters Sarazen became the first golfer to win what we now call the career Grand Slam - victories in each of the four professional majors.
The 1922 U.S. Open was the first one with an admission charge for spectactors. Fans had to pay $1 for a single-round ticket.
1922 U.S. Open Golf Tournament Scores
Results from the 1922 U.S. Open golf tournament played at Skokie Country Club in Glencoe, Illinois (a-amateur):
| Gene Sarazen | 72-73-75-68--288 | $500 |
| John Black | 71-71-75-72--289 | $300 |
| a-Bobby Jones | 74-72-70-73--289 | |
| "Wild" Bill Mehlhorn | 73-71-72-74--290 | $200 |
| Walter Hagen | 68-77-74-72--291 | $150 |
| George Duncan | 76-73-75-72--296 | $100 |
| Leo Diegel | 77-76-73-71--297 | $90 |
| Mike Brady | 73-75-74-76--298 | $73 |
| Johnny Golden | 73-77-77-71--298 | $73 |
| Jock Hutchison | 78-74-71-75--298 | $73 |
| Laurie Ayton | 72-76-78-73--299 | $58 |
| Johnny Farrell | 73-76-75-75--299 | $58 |
| Joe Kirkwood | 77-74-75-74--300 | $25 |
| Bob Macdonald | 73-76-75-76--300 | $25 |
| Eddie Loos | 75-76-73-77--301 | |
| a-Chick Evans | 72-76-74-80--302 | |
| George Hackney | 74-78-74-77--303 | |
| Abe Mitchell | 79-75-76-73--303 | |
| Emmett French | 76-74-77-78--305 | |
| a-Jesse Guilford | 77-74-76-78--305 | |
| Harry Hampton | 76-75-77-77--305 | |
| Charles Hoffner | 79-76-77-73--305 | |
| Willie Ogg | 79-72-78-76--305 | |
| Jim Barnes | 74-75-77-80--306 | |
| Cyril Hughes | 81-74-77-74--306 | |
| a-Willie Hunter Jr. | 75-75-76-80--306 | |
| a-Fred Wright Jr. | 76-77-73-80--306 | |
| Jack Burke Sr. | 76-77-81-73--307 | |
| Bobby Cruickshank | 82-74-74-77--307 | |
| Lloyd Gullickson | 77-70-83-77--307 | |
| George Bowden | 76-79-76-77--308 | |
| Alfred Hackbarth | 77-75-77-79--308 | |
| George Kerrigan | 76-78-78-76--308 | |
| Tom Kerrigan | 80-79-75-74--308 | |
| a-Jimmy Johnston | 78-75-80-76--309 | |
| Pat O'Hara | 79-76-76-78--309 | |
| Al Watrous | 73-79-79-79--310 | |
| Chick Fraser | 79-76-76-80--311 | |
| Thomas Harmon | 80-72-80-79--311 | |
| William Creavy | 79-76-81-76--312 | |
| P.O. Hart | 80-77-79-76--312 | |
| Jack Turnesa | 75-78-81-78--312 | |
| Cyril Walker | 76-81-77-78--312 | |
| Jack Blakeslee | 80-82-76-75--313 | |
| George Martin | 76-80-81-76--313 | |
| George McLean | 78-78-79-78--313 | |
| John Cowan | 74-78-84-79--315 | |
| Mortie Dutra | 76-77-78-84--315 | |
| Fred Ford | 79-79-75-82--315 | |
| Otto Hackbarth | 76-81-79-79--315 | |
| Frank Kennett | 80-82-80-73--315 | |
| Alex Campbell | 78-79-78-81--316 | |
| Charles Thom | 77-79-80-81--317 | |
| Tom Boyd | 80-81-80-78--319 | |
| Harry Bolestra | 76-83-82-80--321 | |
| a-Frank Godchaux | 79-77-80-85--321 | |
| Dave Robertson | 76-84-77-84--321 | |
| John Rogers | 83-83-79-76--321 | |
| Charles Rowe | 83-82-77-79--321 | |
| a-Dewey Weber | 77-80-82-82--321 | |
| Edward Gow | 83-85-79-75--322 | |
| Robert Peebles | 84-81-80-77--322 | |
| George Christ | 77-80-81-85--323 | |
| Jack Croke | 82-85-78-78--323 | |
| Ferdinand Decker | 74-76-86-87--323 | |
| Frank Sprogell | 80-79-79-85--323 | |
| Frank McNamara | 77-79-87-82--325 | |
| Ned McKenna | 78-85-84-82--329 | |
| Ben Lord | 80-83-87-86--336 | |
| Alex Guild | 81-85-87-84--337 | |
| a-Ira Couch | 86-81-86-86--339 |
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