1932 Open Championship

The 1932 Open Championship was the 67th Open Championship, held 8–10 June at Prince's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Gene Sarazen won his only Open title, five strokes ahead of runner-up Macdonald Smith. Sarazen led wire-to-wire to secure the fifth of his seven major championships.

Qualifying took place on 6–7 June, Monday and Tuesday, with 18 holes at Prince's and 18 holes at Royal St George's, and the top 100 and ties qualified. Bob Bradbeer led the qualifiers on 141; the qualifying score was 157 and 110 players advanced.

Sarazen opened with a 70 on Wednesday to take the lead, one stroke ahead of four others. He followed with a 69 for 139 (−5) for a three-stroke lead over Percy Alliss after 36 holes. The top sixty and ties would make the 36-hole cut; it was at 154 (+10) and 64 players advanced.

With a 70 in the third round on Friday morning, Sarazen increased his lead to four over Arthur Havers, who shot a course-record 68 (−4). A 74 in the final round that afternoon saw Sarazen post an Open record 283 total. Havers, playing well behind Sarazen, needed a 69 to win, but made the turn in 37 and could not close the gap. He could only manage a 76 for 289 and fell to third; Smith shot 71-70 to climb into solo second place at even-par 288.

Two weeks later in New York, Sarazen won the U.S. Open and joined Bobby Jones (1926, 1930) as the only two to win both the British Open and U.S. Open in the same year. Subsequent winners of both were Ben Hogan (1953), Lee Trevino (1971), Tom Watson (1982), and Tiger Woods (2000).

This was the only Open Championship held at Prince's, just north of Royal St George's, which has since been the only venue in southeastern England to host.

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 8 June 1932

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	United States Gene Sarazen	70	−2
T2	England Percy Alliss	71	−1
England Bill Davies
United States Macdonald Smith
England Charles Whitcombe
T6	England Cecil Denny	72	E
England Arthur Lacey
Scotland Willie McMinn
England Alf Perry
England Fred Taggart
England Charlie Ward

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Second round

Thursday, 9 June 1932

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	United States Gene Sarazen	70-69=139	−5
2	England Percy Alliss	71-71=142	−2
T3	England Archie Compston	74-70=144	E
England Bill Davies	71-73=144
England Charles Whitcombe	71-73=144
T6	United States Tommy Armour	75-70=145	+1
England Arthur Havers	74-71=145
England Fred Robson	74-71=145
T9	England Henry Cotton	74-72=146	+2
England Arthur Lacey	73-73=146

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Third round

Friday, 10 June 1932 (morning)

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	United States Gene Sarazen	70-69-70=209	−7
2	England Arthur Havers	74-71-68=213	−3
T3	England Arthur Lacey	73-73-71=217	+1
England Charles Whitcombe	71-73-73=217
T5	England Bill Davies	71-73-74=218	+2
United States Macdonald Smith	71-76-71=218
T7	United States Tommy Armour	75-70-74=219	+3
England Archie Compston	74-70-75=219
9	England Syd Easterbrook	74-75-72=221	+5
T10	England Henry Cotton	74-72-77=223	+7
England Bob Kenyon	74-73-76=223
England Abe Mitchell	77-71-75=223
England Fred Robson	74-71-78=223

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Final round

Friday, 10 June 1932 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	United States Gene Sarazen	70-69-70-74=283	−5	100
2	United States Macdonald Smith	71-76-71-70=288	E	75
3	England Arthur Havers	74-71-68-76=289	+1	50
T4	England Percy Alliss	71-71-78-72=292	+4	25
England Alf Padgham	76-72-74-70=292
England Charles Whitcombe	71-73-73-75=292
T7	England Bill Davies	71-73-74-75=293	+5	17 10s
England Arthur Lacey	73-73-71-76=293
9	England Fred Robson	74-71-78-71=294	+6	15
T10	England Archie Compston	74-70-75-76=295	+7	10
England Henry Cotton	74-72-77-72=295
England Abe Mitchell	77-71-75-72=295

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Amateurs: Hope (+11), Torrance (+13), Hartley (+14), Munn (+15), Tulloch (+16), Bentley (+18), Sweeny (+19), McRuvie (+21).

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