1921 Open Championship: Jock Hutchison wins at Old Course, St Andrews
Jock Hutchison won the 1921 Open Championship at Old Course, St Andrews, Scotland with 296, beating Roger Wethered (a) in a playoff.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1921 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 23 June 1921 to 25 June 1921
- Course
- Old Course, St Andrews, Scotland
- Edition
- 56th Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Field
- 85
- Purse
- £225
- Trophy
- Claret Jug
- Champion
- Jock Hutchison · age 37 · USA (born Scotland) · born St Andrews, Scotland
- Champion's title
- 1st Open title
- Winning score
- 72-75-79-70 = 296
- Runner-up
- Roger Wethered (a) (296)
- 54-hole leaders
- Jim Barnes, Sandy Herd (222) · Jock Hutchison was 4 strokes back
- Playoff
- 36-hole stroke play; beat Roger Wethered (a); Hutchison 150 (74-76); Wethered 159 (77-82)
- Low amateur
- Roger Wethered (296)
Top 12 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jock Hutchison | 72 | 75 | 79 | 70 | 296 |
| 2 | Roger Wethered (a) | 78 | 75 | 72 | 71 | 296 |
| 3 | Tom Kerrigan | 74 | 80 | 72 | 72 | 298 |
| 4 | Arthur Havers | 76 | 74 | 77 | 72 | 299 |
| 5 | George Duncan | 74 | 75 | 78 | 74 | 301 |
| T6 | Fred Leach | 78 | 75 | 76 | 73 | 302 |
| T6 | Tom Williamson | 79 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 302 |
| T6 | Joe Kirkwood | 76 | 74 | 73 | 79 | 302 |
| T6 | Jim Barnes | 74 | 74 | 74 | 80 | 302 |
| T6 | Walter Hagen | 74 | 79 | 72 | 77 | 302 |
| T6 | Sandy Herd | 75 | 74 | 73 | 80 | 302 |
| T6 | Arnaud Massy | 74 | 75 | 74 | 79 | 302 |
What happened at the 1921 Open Championship
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.
Hutchison beat amateur Roger Wethered 150 to 159 over 36 holes; no source names a playoff hole.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's The Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: the-open.json (The Open room's data), with GNN's Open Championship addendum tables L (top ten by round), H (deciding hole), W (final-day weather).