1932 Open Championship: Gene Sarazen wins at Prince's Golf Club
Gene Sarazen won the 1932 Open Championship at Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich, England with 283, by 5 strokes over Macdonald Smith.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1932 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 8 June 1932 to 10 June 1932
- Course
- Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich, England
- Edition
- 67th Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Field
- 110
- Made the cut
- 64 (cut at 154)
- Purse
- £500 · winner's share £100
- Trophy
- Claret Jug (replica to winner)
- Champion
- Gene Sarazen · age 30 · USA · born Harrison, New York, USA
- Champion's title
- 1st Open title
- Winning score
- 70-69-70-74 = 283 · won by 5 strokes
- Runner-up
- Macdonald Smith (288)
- 54-hole leader
- Gene Sarazen (209)
- Caddie
- Skip Daniels
- Low amateur
- William L. Hope (299)
Top 12 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gene Sarazen | 70 | 69 | 70 | 74 | 283 |
| 2 | Macdonald Smith | 71 | 76 | 71 | 70 | 288 |
| 3 | Arthur Havers | 74 | 71 | 68 | 76 | 289 |
| T4 | Charles Whitcombe | 71 | 73 | 73 | 75 | 292 |
| T4 | Percy Alliss | 71 | 71 | 78 | 72 | 292 |
| T4 | Alf Padgham | 76 | 72 | 74 | 70 | 292 |
| T7 | William H. Davies | 71 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 293 |
| T7 | Arthur Lacey | 73 | 73 | 71 | 76 | 293 |
| 9 | Fred Robson | 74 | 71 | 78 | 71 | 294 |
| T10 | Henry Cotton | 74 | 72 | 77 | 72 | 295 |
| T10 | Archie Compston | 74 | 70 | 75 | 76 | 295 |
| T10 | Abe Mitchell | 77 | 71 | 75 | 72 | 295 |
What happened at the 1932 Open Championship
Sarazen used his newly invented sand wedge in competition for the first time.
His 283 broke Jones's 1927 record by two, and he led outright after every round.
No source names a deciding hole; Sarazen led after every round and won by five.
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).