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1927 U.S. Open: Tommy Armour wins at Oakmont C.C.

Tommy Armour won the 1927 U.S. Open at Oakmont C.C. in Oakmont, Pennsylvania with 301 (+13), beating Harry Cooper in a playoff.

Updated October 23, 2026

See 1927 in the U.S. Open room, or every year on the U.S. Open winners list.

Dates
June 14, 1927 to June 17, 1927
Course
Oakmont C.C., Oakmont, Pennsylvania
Edition
31st U.S. Open
Champion
Tommy Armour · USA · born Edinburgh, Scotland
Champion's title
1st U.S. Open title
Winning score
301 (+13)
Runner-up
Harry Cooper
Playoff
18 holes, 76–79

Winner and runner-up

Pos.PlayerTotalTo par
1Tommy Armour301+13
2Harry Cooper

What happened at the 1927 U.S. Open

In Oakmont's first Open, Armour tied Cooper and won the playoff by three.

How this was built

Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's U.S. Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.

Data: us-open-years.json (the U.S. Open room's data); dates from GNN's U.S. Open final-day dates table (Wikipedia infoboxes).

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: 1927 U.S. Open (golf)