| 1927 U.S. Open | |
The "Silver Scot," Tommy Armour, won the first of his three major championships at the 1927 U.S. Open, beating "Lighthorse Harry" Cooper in an 18-hole playoff to do it.
While Armour made his debut as a major champion, there was another significant debut: For the first time, Oakmont Country Club was the site of a U.S. Open.
Oakmont wasn't kind to Bobby Jones, who finished tied for 11th - his worst finish in any U.S. Open. Jones tied for eighth in his tournament debut in 1920, but finished inside the Top 5 in every other U.S. Open he played - except this one.
Jones' two great rivals - Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen - finished ahead of him. This tournament is the only U.S. Open where that happened. In fact, Hagen and Sarazen finished ahead of Jones in a U.S. Open only twice each. Hagen also did it at the 1921 U.S. Open, and Sarazen did it at the 1922 U.S. Open (which Sarazen won, with Jones tying for second).
British golfer Ted Ray played the U.S. Open only three times. In 1913, he (along with Harry Vardon) lost in a playoff to Francis Ouimet. In 1920, Ray won. And in his last appearance, here at the 1927 U.S. Open, Ray, at age 50, finished tied for 27th.
Armour sank a 10-foot putt on the 72nd hole to tie Cooper and force the playoff. Then Armour won the playoff, 76 to 79, taking control when Cooper double-bogied the 16th hole.
1927 U.S. Open Golf Tournament Scores
Results from the 1927 U.S. Open golf tournament played at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania (x-won playoff; a-amateur):
| x-Tommy Armour | 78-71-76-76--301 | $500 |
| "Lighthorse" Harry Cooper | 74-76-74-77--301 | $300 |
| Gene Sarazen | 74-74-80-74--302 | $200 |
| Emmett French | 75-79-77-73--304 | $150 |
| "Wild" Bill Mehlhorn | 75-77-80-73--305 | $100 |
| Walter Hagen | 77-73-76-81--307 | $90 |
| Archie Compston | 79-74-76-79--308 | $73 |
| Johnny Farrell | 81-73-78-76--308 | $73 |
| Johnny Golden | 83-77-75-73--308 | $73 |
| Harry Hampton | 73-78-80-77--308 | $73 |
| Bobby Cruickshank | 77-78-76-78--309 | $55 |
| Leo Diegel | 78-74-80-77--309 | $55 |
| a-Bobby Jones | 76-77-79-77--309 | |
| Eddie Jones Jr. | 76-77-79-77--309 | $55 |
| Fred Loos | 78-75-79-77--309 | $55 |
| Fred Baroni | 80-72-79-79--310 | $50 |
| Perry Del Vecchio | 79-79-76-76--310 | $50 |
| Arthur Havers | 79-77-74-80--310 | $50 |
| Al Espinosa | 83-80-79-69--311 | $50 |
| a-Jimmy Johnston | 73-74-87-77--311 | |
| Willie Macfarlane | 82-76-80-73--311 | $50 |
| Macdonald Smith | 78-76-81-76--311 | $50 |
| Al Watrous | 82-74-78-77--311 | $50 |
| Jock Hutchison | 80-77-77-78--312 | |
| Jim Barnes | 78-75-81-79--313 | |
| P.O. Hart | 77-77-86-73--313 | |
| Larry Nabholtz | 75-81-78-79--313 | |
| Ted Ray | 76-83-77-78--314 | |
| Joe Turnesa | 81-79-78-76--314 | |
| Thomas Harmon | 79-77-80-79--315 | |
| Bob MacDonald | 77-83-78-77--315 | |
| Aubrey Boomer | 83-79-80-74--316 | |
| Jim Foulis | 78-84-81-73--316 | |
| Charles Guest | 78-78-81-79--316 | |
| a-Eddie Held | 83-79-78-77--317 | |
| Willie Klein | 79-78-84-76--317 | |
| Dave Sutherland | 78-81-78-80--317 | |
| Leonard Schmutte | 79-80-78-81--318 | |
| Laurie Ayton | 80-83-80-76--319 | |
| Jack Forrester | 80-81-76-82--319 | |
| Harold Long | 83-78-79-79--319 | |
| a-Watts Gunn | 78-83-81-78--320 | |
| Neil Christian | 81-81-81-78--321 | |
| Herbert Jolly | 84-78-75-84--321 | |
| Willie Hunter Jr. | 80-79-81-82--322 | |
| George Sargent | 80-79-80-83--322 | |
| Horton Smith | 83-75-81-83--322 | |
| Charles Hoffner | 80-81-82-80--323 | |
| Johnny Jones | 80-82-81-82--325 | |
| Ernest Penfold | 79-80-82-84--325 | |
| Wilfred Reid | 80-79-86-80--325 | |
| Dave Robertson | 74-85-77-89--325 | |
| a-Denny Shute | 81-81-80-83--325 | |
| Clarence Gamber | 81-82-79-86--328 | |
| Louis Chiapetta | 84-79-85-81--329 | |
| George Christ | 84-78-89-81--332 | |
| Ted Longworth | 79-84-83-86--332 | |
| George Stark | 80-79-84-89--332 | |
| Waldo Crowder | 78-83-89-83--333 |
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