| 1928 British Open | |
Walter Hagen won the 1928 British Open, but let's start by mentioning Harry Vardon. Vardon was 58 years old in 1928, and he played four rounds of consistent golf: 78-79-80-80. The key is the four rounds, however: The 1928 British Open is the last time 6-time champion Vardon made the cut in this tournament. In fact, he played it only one more time.
A few weeks prior to the British Open, Compston and Hagen faced off in a 72-hole "challenge match," a match play exhibition that Compston dominated, winning 18-and-17.
At the British Open, however, Compston trailed Hagen by two strokes entering the final round, with Sarazen one behind Hagen.
At the last Open at Royal St. George's, in 1922, Hagen won. And proving he liked a good Sandwich, Hagen won here again this year. Hagen shot a final-round 72, one better than the 73s of Sarazen and Compston, to win by two.
It was the third Open Championship win for Hagen, who later added one more.
1928 British Open Golf Tournament Scores
Results from the 1928 British Open golf tournament played at Royal St. George's Golf Club in Sandwich, England (x-won playoff; a-amateur):
| Walter Hagen | 75-73-72-72--292 |
| Gene Sarazen | 72-76-73-73--294 |
| Archie Compston | 75-74-73-73--295 |
| Percy Alliss | 75-76-75-72--298 |
| Fred Robson | 79-73-73-73--298 |
| Jim Barnes | 81-73-76-71--301 |
| Aubrey Boomer | 79-73-77-72--301 |
| Jose Jurado | 74-71-76-80--301 |
| Bill Mehlhorn | 71-78-76-77--302 |
| William H. Davies | 78-74-79-73--304 |
| Fred Taggart | 76-74-77-78--305 |
| Albert Whiting | 78-76-76-75--305 |
| Jack Smith | 79-77-76-74--306 |
| a-T.P. Perkins | 80-79-76-72--307 |
| William Twine | 75-79-77-76--307 |
| Stewart Burns | 76-74-75-83--308 |
| a-Charles Hezlet | 79-76-78-76--309 |
| Henry Cotton | 77-75-83-75--310 |
| George Duncan | 75-77-78-80--310 |
| Duncan McCulloch | 78-78-78-76--310 |
| Abe Mitchell | 78-75-82-76--311 |
| Tom Williamson | 77-73-77-84--311 |
| Alfred Bradbeer | 83-76-78-75--312 |
| George Gadd | 83-73-78-78--312 |
| Jean Gassiat | 76-77-81-78--312 |
| a-W.L. Hope | 84-75-75-78--312 |
| James Ockenden | 80-78-79-75--312 |
| Reg Whitcombe | 79-77-81-75--312 |
| Reginald G. Wilson | 82-73-77-80--312 |
| Syd Wingate | 75-82-79-76--312 |
| Arthur Lacey | 80-77-79-77--313 |
| Arthur Young | 77-77-78-81--313 |
| Gus Faulkner | 80-75-81-78--314 |
| William Holley | 80-78-79-77--314 |
| Herbert Jolly | 84-73-75-82--314 |
| Ted Ray | 77-78-80-79--314 |
| Thomas Barber | 77-78-81-79--315 |
| James McDowall | 82-75-80-78--315 |
| Rufus Stewart | 79-75-82-79--315 |
| William Watt | 79-76-78-82--315 |
| James Braid | 80-79-81-76--316 |
| a-R.W. Hartley | 81-77-76-82--316 |
| Pierre Hirigoyen | 81-74-78-83--316 |
| Bert Hodson | 80-79-79-78--316 |
| Arnaud Massy | 79-79-79-79--316 |
| a-T.A. Torrance | 79-74-81-82--316 |
| Ernest Kenyon | 79-79-81-78--317 |
| Harry Vardon | 78-79-80-80--317 |
| Leo Wallace | 79-80-75-83--317 |
| a-A.J. Evans | 80-79-82-78--319 |
| Earnest Barker | 81-78-77-89--325 |
| Albert S. Tingey | 81-78-81-85--325 |
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