1924 Open Championship: Walter Hagen wins at Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Walter Hagen won the 1924 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England with 301, by 1 stroke over Ernest Whitcombe.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1924 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 26 June 1924 to 27 June 1924
- Course
- Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England
- Edition
- 59th Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Field
- 86
- Purse
- £225
- Trophy
- Claret Jug
- Champion
- Walter Hagen · age 31 · USA · born Rochester, New York, USA
- Champion's title
- 2nd Open title
- Winning score
- 77-73-74-77 = 301 · won by 1 stroke
- Runner-up
- Ernest Whitcombe (302)
- 54-hole leaders
- Walter Hagen, Ernest Whitcombe (224)
- Deciding hole
- No. 18, round 4
- Low amateur
- Cyril Tolley (314)
Top 12 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walter Hagen | 77 | 73 | 74 | 77 | 301 |
| 2 | Ernest Whitcombe | 77 | 70 | 77 | 78 | 302 |
| T3 | Frank Ball | 78 | 75 | 74 | 77 | 304 |
| T3 | Macdonald Smith | 76 | 74 | 77 | 77 | 304 |
| 5 | J.H. Taylor | 75 | 74 | 79 | 79 | 307 |
| T6 | George Duncan | 74 | 79 | 74 | 81 | 308 |
| T6 | Len Holland | 74 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 308 |
| T6 | Aubrey Boomer | 75 | 78 | 76 | 79 | 308 |
| T9 | George Gadd | 79 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 309 |
| T9 | James Sherlock | 76 | 75 | 78 | 80 | 309 |
| T9 | Frank Weston | 76 | 77 | 77 | 79 | 309 |
| T9 | Jim Barnes | 78 | 77 | 79 | 75 | 309 |
What happened at the 1924 Open Championship
Told Whitcombe's total on the 12th tee, Hagen played in at level fours and holed a downhill six-footer at the last to win by one.
J.H. Taylor finished fifth at age 53, thirty years after his first title.
Hagen reached the 18th green needing to hole a six-foot downhill putt to beat Ernest Whitcombe's 302, and holed it to win by one.
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).