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1932 British Open
Recap and Scores for the 1932 British Open Golf Tournament

Gene Sarazen took the Round 1 lead with a 70, and never trailed in winning the 1932 British Open. Sarazen led by three after the second round, four after the third round and won by five with a then-record score of 283.

It was Sarazen's only British Open victory, and the fifth of his seven wins in professional majors. He also won the 1932 U.S. Open this year.

The runner-up was Macdonald Smith, who is credited with 24 PGA Tour victories but never won a major. Smith did finish second in three majors, and this was the last of his three runner-up finishes.

The 1932 British Open was the only played at Prince's Golf Club in Sandwich, England, a course that is adjacent to the more famous Royal St. George's.

1932 British Open Golf Tournament Scores
Results from the 1932 British Open golf tournament played at Prince's Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent, England (a-amateur):

Gene Sarazen 70-69-70-74--283
Macdonald Smith 71-76-71-70--288
Arthur Havers 74-71-68-76--289
Percy Alliss 71-71-78-72--292
Alf Padgham 76-72-74-70--292
Charles Whitcombe 71-73-73-75--292
William H. Davies 71-73-74-75--293
Arthur Lacey 73-73-71-76--293
Fred Robson 74-71-78-71--294
Archie Compston 74-70-75-76--295
Henry Cotton 74-72-77-72--295
Abe Mitchell 77-71-75-72--295
Syd Easterbrook 74-75-72-77--298
Hubert Prowse 75-75-75-73--298
Cecil Denny 73-81-72-73--299
a-William L. Hope 74-79-75-71--299
Tommy Armour 75-70-74-81--300
Bert Hodson 77-73-77-73--300
Alf Perry 73-76-77-74--300
Charlie Ward 73-77-77-73--300
Reg Whitcombe 75-74-75-76--300
Ernest Kenyon 74-73-76-78--301
Mark Seymour 74-75-81-71--301
a-Thomas Torrance 75-73-76-77--301
Alfred G. Beck 78-71-74-79--302
a-Lister Hartley 76-73-80-73--302
Philip Rodgers 74-79-75-74--302
William Twine 80-74-71-77--302
Pierre Hirigoyen 79-73-75-76--303
a-Lionel Munn 74-75-78-76--303
Walter Pursey 76-75-73-79--303
Cedric Sayner 74-74-79-76--303
Percy Weston 75-79-76-73--303
Herbert Jolly 75-74-80-75--304
a-William Tulloch 75-77-76-76--304
Marcel Dallemagne 78-76-75-76--305
D.C. Jones 75-78-73-79--305
William Oke 77-74-76-78--305
a-Harry Bentley 75-78-79-74--306
Tom Dobson 77-75-76-78--306
Edward Jarman 75-76-79-76--306
William Smith 75-74-80-77--306
Fred Taggart 73-81-75-77--306
a-Bob Sweeny Jr. 78-74-77-78--307
Don Curtis 74-78-78-78--308
Albert Isherwood 75-74-81-78--308
S.J. Jones 79-75-74-80--308
Bob Bradbeer 76-75-79-79--309
Dick Burton 74-77-80-78--309
Reg Cox 77-76-75-81--309
Tom Green 75-77-79-78--309
George Kirby 79-72-82-76--309
a-Eric McRuvie 77-75-80-77--309
Harry Crapper 75-75-78-82--310
Stewart Field 74-76-82-78--310
John Burton 77-74-80-80--311
Ted Ray 75-77-80-79--311
George Gadd 76-77-80-79--312
Marcel Philippon 77-77-80-78--312
Percy Baxter 76-77-79-81--313
William McMinn 73-81-78-82--314
Stewart Burns 76-76-83-80--315
Albert Chevalier 77-75-83-80--315
Joseph Rouse 74-76-84-85--319

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