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1932 Open Championship

Field	Value
name	1932 Open Championship
dates	8–10 June 1932
location	Sandwich, England
course	Prince's Golf Club
par	72
yardage	6860 yd
field	110 players, 64 after cut
cut	154 (+10)
purse	£500
winners_share	£100
champion	USA Gene Sarazen
score	283 (−5)
previous	[1931](1931-open-championship)
next	[1933](1933-open-championship)

|UK England The 1932 Open Championship was the 67th Open Championship, held 8–10 June at Prince's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Gene Sarazen won his only Open title, five strokes ahead of runner-up Macdonald Smith. Sarazen led wire-to-wire to secure the fifth of his seven major championships.

Qualifying took place on 6–7 June, Monday and Tuesday, with 18 holes at Prince's and 18 holes at Royal St George's, and the top 100 and ties qualified. Bob Bradbeer led the qualifiers on 141; the qualifying score was 157 and 110 players advanced.

Sarazen opened with a 70 on Wednesday to take the lead, one stroke ahead of four others. He followed with a 69 for 139 (−5) for a three-stroke lead over Percy Alliss after 36 holes. The top sixty and ties would make the 36-hole cut; it was at 154 (+10) and 64 players advanced.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MPc9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=H0kMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5179%2C1628391

With a 70 in the third round on Friday morning, Sarazen increased his lead to four over Arthur Havers, who shot a course-record 68 (−4). A 74 in the final round that afternoon saw Sarazen post an Open record 283 total. Havers, playing well behind Sarazen, needed a 69 to win, but made the turn in 37 and could not close the gap. He could only manage a 76 for 289 and fell to third; Smith shot 71-70 to climb into solo second place at even-par 288.

Two weeks later in New York, Sarazen won the U.S. Open and joined Bobby Jones (1926, 1930) as the only two to win both the British Open and U.S. Open in the same year. Subsequent winners of both were Ben Hogan (1953), Lee Trevino (1971), Tom Watson (1982), and Tiger Woods (2000).

This was the only Open Championship held at Prince's, just north of Royal St George's, which has since been the only venue in southeastern England to host.

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 8 June 1932

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Gene Sarazen	70	−2
T2	ENG Percy Alliss	71	−1
ENG Bill Davies
USA Macdonald Smith
ENG Charles Whitcombe
T6	ENG Cecil Denny	72	E
ENG Arthur Lacey
SCO Willie McMinn
ENG Alf Perry
ENG Fred Taggart
ENG Charlie Ward

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Second round

Thursday, 9 June 1932

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Gene Sarazen	70-69=139	−5
2	ENG Percy Alliss	71-71=142	−2
T3	ENG Archie Compston	74-70=144	E
ENG Bill Davies	71-73=144
ENG Charles Whitcombe	71-73=144
T6	USA Tommy Armour	75-70=145	+1
ENG Arthur Havers	74-71=145
ENG Fred Robson	74-71=145
T9	ENG Henry Cotton	74-72=146	+2
ENG Arthur Lacey	73-73=146

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Third round

Friday, 10 June 1932 (morning)

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Gene Sarazen	70-69-70=209	−7
2	ENG Arthur Havers	74-71-68=213	−3
T3	ENG Arthur Lacey	73-73-71=217	+1
ENG Charles Whitcombe	71-73-73=217
T5	ENG Bill Davies	71-73-74=218	+2
USA Macdonald Smith	71-76-71=218
T7	USA Tommy Armour	75-70-74=219	+3
ENG Archie Compston	74-70-75=219
9	ENG Syd Easterbrook	74-75-72=221	+5
T10		ENG Henry Cotton	74-72-77=223	+7
ENG Bob Kenyon	74-73-76=223
ENG Abe Mitchell	77-71-75=223
ENG Fred Robson	74-71-78=223

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Final round

Friday, 10 June 1932 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	USA Gene Sarazen	70-69-70-74=283	−5	100
2	USA Macdonald Smith	71-76-71-70=288	E	75
3	ENG Arthur Havers	74-71-68-76=289	+1	50
T4	ENG Percy Alliss	71-71-78-72=292	+4	25
ENG Alf Padgham	76-72-74-70=292
ENG Charles Whitcombe	71-73-73-75=292
T7	ENG Bill Davies	71-73-74-75=293	+5	17
10s
ENG Arthur Lacey	73-73-71-76=293
9	ENG Fred Robson	74-71-78-71=294	+6	15
T10	ENG Archie Compston	74-70-75-76=295	+7	10
ENG Henry Cotton	74-72-77-72=295
ENG Abe Mitchell	77-71-75-72=295

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Amateurs: Hope (+11), Torrance (+13), Hartley (+14), Munn (+15), Tulloch (+16), Bentley (+18), Sweeny (+19), McRuvie (+21).

References

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(8 June 1932). "Golf – Open Championship – A day of low scoring". The Times.
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(9 June 1932). "Sarazen takes British Open lead with 70". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(10 June 1932). "Great golf at Sandwich". Glasgow Herald.
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