1929 Open Championship: Walter Hagen wins at Muirfield
Walter Hagen won the 1929 Open Championship at Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland with 292, by 6 strokes over Johnny Farrell.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1929 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 8 May 1929 to 10 May 1929
- Course
- Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland
- Edition
- 64th Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Field
- 109
- Made the cut
- 63 (cut at 157)
- Purse
- £275
- Trophy
- Claret Jug (replica to winner)
- Champion
- Walter Hagen · age 36 · USA · born Rochester, New York, USA
- Champion's title
- 4th Open title
- Winning score
- 75-67-75-75 = 292 · won by 6 strokes
- Runner-up
- Johnny Farrell (298)
- 54-hole leader
- Walter Hagen (217)
- Final-day weather
- poor weather (type not stated): "The weather took a turn for the worse on the final day"; "a difficult day for scoring"
- Low amateur
- Philip Perkins (312)
Top 10 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walter Hagen | 75 | 67 | 75 | 75 | 292 |
| 2 | Johnny Farrell | 72 | 75 | 76 | 75 | 298 |
| 3 | Leo Diegel | 71 | 69 | 82 | 77 | 299 |
| T4 | Percy Alliss | 69 | 76 | 76 | 79 | 300 |
| T4 | Abe Mitchell | 72 | 72 | 78 | 78 | 300 |
| 6 | Bobby Cruickshank | 73 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 301 |
| 7 | Jim Barnes | 71 | 80 | 78 | 74 | 303 |
| T8 | Gene Sarazen | 73 | 74 | 81 | 76 | 304 |
| T8 | Al Watrous | 73 | 79 | 75 | 77 | 304 |
| 10 | Tommy Armour | 75 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 305 |
What happened at the 1929 Open Championship
Hagen's second-round 67 was the first 67 in Open history.
The top three (Hagen, Farrell, Diegel) were the reigning holders of the other majors, an unprecedented 1-2-3.
No source names a deciding hole; Hagen won by six after his record second-round 67.
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).