1926 U.S. Open

Tournament information
Dates	July 8–10, 1926
Location	Columbus, Ohio
Course	Scioto Country Club
Organized by	USGA
Format	Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par	72[1]
Length	6,736 yards (6,159 m)[2]
Field	148 players,[3] 63 after cut
Cut	159 (+15)
Prize fund	$2,000
Winner's share	$500 Awarded to runner-up
Champion
Bobby Jones(a)
293 (+5)
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Columbus

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Location in theUnited States

Scioto CC

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The1926 U.S. Open was the 30thU.S. Open, held July 8–10 atScioto Country Club inColumbus, Ohio. NotedamateurBobby Jones, winner of theBritish Open two weeks earlier, won the second of his four U.S. Opens, one stroke ahead of runner-upJoe Turnesa.^[4][5]

After rounds of 70-79-71, Jones was three strokes behind third round leader Turnesa, who unraveled on the last nine on Saturday afternoon, with five bogeys in six holes. He managed to birdie the final hole for a 77 and 294 total for solo second (and the winner's share of the purse). Jones got off to a slow start, with bogeys at three of his first five holes, then birdied the 7th and ran off a streak of nine consecutive fours. Needing a par on the par-5 18th to tie (and force a playoff round), Jones hit a 310-yard (283 m) tee shot, then followed with an approach to the green, leaving 15 feet (4.5 m) for eagle. Two-putting for birdie, Jones carded a one-over 73 to best Turnesa by a stroke.^[5]Bill Mehlhorn opened with 68 on Thursday,^[6][7] and led after both of the first two rounds,^[8][9] but was ten over par on Saturday and was four strokes back, in a four-way tie for third.^[4]

Jones became the first player to win the U.S. Open andBritish Open in the same year, and he won both again four years later in1930, during hisgrand slam year. Later double Open winners wereGene Sarazen (1932),Ben Hogan (1953),Lee Trevino (1971),Tom Watson (1982), andTiger Woods (2000). While Turnesa never won a major, he did finish second twice and his brotherJim won thePGA Championship in1952. Another brother,Willie, won theU.S. Amateur twice and theBritish Amateur once. In total, eight Turnesa brothers played on thePGA Tour.

This was also the first year since1919 that the tournament was extended to three days, because of the number of entries and the size of the gallery. The first two rounds were now played over two days, Thursday and Friday, with a 36-hole cut. The final two rounds continued to be played on one day, Saturday. This format continued through1964, except for the following year in1927, when it was held Tuesday through Thursday (with a Friday playoff). The final round in1959 was on Sunday due to weather delays.

Scioto was only ten years old at the time, and its club pro wasGeorge Sargent, the1909 champion,^[10] who did not compete. It later hosted theRyder Cup in1931 and thePGA Championship in1950. Scioto is also noteworthy as the club whereJack Nicklaus learned to play as a youth in the 1950s, under the tutelage ofJack Grout.

Thursday, July 8, 1926

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Bill Mehlhorn	68	−4
T2	Bobby Jones(a)	70	−2
	John Junor
T4	Al Espinosa	71	−1
	Joe Turnesa
T6	J.G. Collins	72	E
	Pat Doyle
	Leo Diegel
	Willie Macfarlane
	Dan Williams

Source:^[6][7]

Friday, July 9, 1926

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Bill Mehlhorn	68-75=143	−1
2	Joe Turnesa	71-74=145	+1
3	Dan Williams	72-74=146	+2
T4	Leo Diegel	72-76=148	+4
	George McLean	74-74=148
T6	Jack Forrester	76-73=149	+5
	Bobby Jones(a)	70-79=149
T8	Al Espinosa	71-79=150	+6
	Chick Evans (a)	75-75=150
	Walter Hagen	73-77=150
	John Junor	70-80=150
	Willie Klein	76-74=150

Source:^[8][9]

Saturday, July 10, 1926 (morning)

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Joe Turnesa	71-74-72=217	+1
2	Bill Mehlhorn	68-75-76=219	+3
3	Bobby Jones(a)	70-79-71=220	+4
4	Willie Hunter	75-77-69=221	+5
5	Leo Diegel	72-76-75=223	+7
T6	Johnny Farrell	76-79-69=224	+8
	Walter Hagen	73-77-74=224
8	Willie Klein	76-74-75=225	+9
T9	Tommy Armour	76-76-74=226	+10
	Macdonald Smith	82-76-68=226
	Dan Williams	72-74-80=226

Source:^[1][3]

Saturday, July 10, 1926 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Bobby Jones(a)	70-79-71-73=293	+5	0
2	Joe Turnesa	71-74-72-77=294	+6	500
T3	Leo Diegel	72-76-75-74=297	+9	188
	Johnny Farrell	76-79-69-73=297
	Bill Mehlhorn	68-75-76-78=297
	Gene Sarazen	78-77-72-70=297
7	Walter Hagen	73-77-74-74=298	+10	90
8	Willie Hunter	75-77-69-79=300	+12	80
T9	Tommy Armour	76-76-74-75=301	+13	68
	Willie Klein	76-74-75-76=301
	Macdonald Smith	82-76-68-75=301
	Dan Williams	72-74-80-75=301

Source:^[1][3]

Amateurs:Jones (+5),Evans (+14),Johnston (+21),MacDonald (+22),Shute (+28),Westland (+28).

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	5	3	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	5
Jones	+5	+5	+6	+6	+7	+7	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+5	+5	+6	+6	+6	+6	+5
Turnesa	+2	+2	+3	+3	+4	+4	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2	+3	+4	+5	+5	+6	+7	+6
Melhorn	+3	+3	+4	+5	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+7	+9	+8	+8	+8	+9	+9	+9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Source:^[1][3]

• USGA Championship Database
• USOpen.com - 1926

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