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Jock Hutchison

USA (born Scotland) · born , St Andrews, Fife, Scotland · died

2major championships

Summary

  • First major 1920 PGA Championship
  • Last major 1921 The Open
  • Runner-up in majors 3 times

Wins

  1. 1920 PGA Championship Flossmoor Country Club · won the final 1 up against J. Douglas Edgar
  2. 1921 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · 296 · won a playoff against Roger Wethered

Near misses

  1. 1916 PGA Championship Siwanoy Country Club · runner-up to Jim Barnes · lost the final 1 up
  2. 1916 U.S. Open Minikahda Club · runner-up to Chick Evans
  3. 1920 U.S. Open Inverness Club · runner-up to Ted Ray
  4. 1922 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · finished 4 · 302

Rivals

Beat him

Beaten in finals and playoffs

J. Douglas EdgarLost the 1920 PGA Championship final to Jock HutchisonRoger WetheredLost a playoff to Jock Hutchison, 1921 Open

Next in the chain: Jim Barnes' rivals →

Moments

  1. 1920 PGA Championship Hutchison led Edgar by three holes with five to play, Edgar won the next two, then three-putted the following hole.
  2. 1920 PGA Championship Clarence Hackney ended Jim Barnes's PGA reign, beating the two-time champion 5 & 4 in the round of 16.
  3. 1921 Open Hutchison made a hole-in-one at the 8th in round one, then drove the 9th green to within three inches.
  4. 1921 Open Bobby Jones, on his Open debut, tore up his card after four shots in Hill bunker at the 11th in round three.

Records and firsts

  1. 1921 Open First Open champion from: United States (citizen)
  2. 1920 PGA Championship First PGA champion from: Scotland / United States

Results by championship

    Best day

    1921 The Open

    Old Course, St Andrews · 296 · won a playoff against Roger Wethered (Hutchison 150 (74-76); Wethered 159 (77-82))

    Hutchison made a hole-in-one at the 8th in round one, then drove the 9th green to within three inches.

    Bobby Jones, on his Open debut, tore up his card after four shots in Hill bunker at the 11th in round three.

    Record: United States (citizen)

    Chosen by rule: the major win our record tables single out. Year page: 1921.

    Career line, 1916–1922

    PGA Championship
    1916 PGA Championship: runner-up to Jim Barnes1920 PGA Championship: won
    U.S. Open
    1916 U.S. Open: runner-up to Chick Evans1920 U.S. Open: runner-up to Ted Ray
    The Open
    1921 The Open: won1922 The Open: finished 4
    1916191819201922

    6 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Runner-up
    • Top 10

    Jock Hutchison was born on June 6, 1884, in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Hutchison won 2 major championships: 1 PGA Championship (1920) and 1 Open Championship (1921).

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (2)

    1. 1920 PGA Championship Flossmoor Country Club, Flossmoor, Illinois · won the final 1 up against J. Douglas Edgar
    2. 1921 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · 296 · won a playoff against Roger Wethered (Hutchison 150 (74-76); Wethered 159 (77-82))

    Near misses

    Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.

    1. 1916 PGA Championship Siwanoy Country Club · runner-up to Jim Barnes · lost the final 1 up
    2. 1916 U.S. Open Minikahda Club · runner-up to Chick Evans
    3. 1920 U.S. Open Inverness Club · runner-up to Ted Ray
    4. 1922 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · finished 4 · 302

    U.S. Open top-10 finishes in his career: 9 (GNN U.S. Open room data).

    PGA Championship match play

    Every recorded match in our bracket file, 1916–1957: 17 won, 6 lost, including 1 of 2 finals.

    1. 1916 Round of 32 beat Joe Mitchell 11 & 9
    2. 1916 Round of 16 beat W. Brown 11 & 9
    3. 1916 Quarterfinal beat Cyril Walker 4 & 3
    4. 1916 Semifinal beat Walter Hagen 2 up
    5. 1916 Final lost to Jim Barnes 1 up
    6. 1919 Round of 32 beat John Bredemus 6 & 5
    7. 1919 Round of 16 beat Tom McNamara 8 & 6
    8. 1919 Quarterfinal lost to Bob MacDonald 3 & 2
    9. 1920 Round of 32 beat Eddie Loos 5 & 3
    10. 1920 Round of 16 beat Laurie Ayton 5 & 3
    11. 1920 Quarterfinal beat Louis Tellier 6 & 5
    12. 1920 Semifinal beat Harry Hampton 4 & 3
    13. 1920 Final beat J. Douglas Edgar 1 up
    14. 1921 Round of 32 beat Pat O’Hara won on 39th hole
    15. 1921 Round of 16 lost to Gene Sarazen 8 & 7
    16. 1922 Round of 64 beat Louis Goldbeck 6 & 5
    17. 1922 Round of 32 beat Dan Goss 6 & 4
    18. 1922 Round of 16 beat Harry Hampton 4 & 3
    19. 1922 Quarterfinal lost to Gene Sarazen 3 & 1
    20. 1924 Round of 32 lost to Eddie Towns 4 & 3
    21. 1928 Round of 32 beat Willie Klein 3 & 2
    22. 1928 Round of 16 beat Pat Doyle 1 up
    23. 1928 Quarterfinal lost to Al Espinosa 5 & 4

    Records and firsts

    Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.

    1. 1921 Open First Open champion from: United States (citizen)
    2. 1920 PGA Championship First PGA champion from: Scotland / United States

    Sources

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. Golf Compendium
    2. Golf Today
    3. PGA Tour
    4. Golf Compendium PGA Tour career wins
    5. Golf Compendium winners list
    6. PGA of America winners & venues
    7. Golf Compendium 1920
    8. The Golf News Net history table (2026)
    9. Today's Golfer purse history
    10. Met PGA, Hutchison
    11. Golf Today past winners
    12. PGA of America 2013 media guide, p. 111
    13. R&A 1921
    14. GC 1921
    15. R&A 1922
    16. Golf Compendium 1916
    17. Golf Compendium 1919
    18. Golf Compendium 1921
    19. Golf Compendium 1922
    20. Golf Compendium 1928
    21. R&A notable firsts