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1933 Open Championship

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1933 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates5–8 July 1933
LocationSt Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Course(s)Old Course at St Andrews
Statistics
Par73[1][2]
Length6,572 yards (6,009 m)[3]
Field117 players, 61 after cut[4]
Cut152 (+6)
Prize fund£500
Winner's share£100
Champion
United States Denny Shute
292 (E), playoff
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St Andrews is located in Fife
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Location in Fife, Scotland

The 1933 Open Championship was the 68th Open Championship, held 5–8 July at the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. Denny Shute defeated fellow American Craig Wood by five strokes in a 36-hole Saturday playoff to win his only Open title,[5][6] the first of his three major championships. The Ryder Cup was held in late June at Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club in North West England, and the members of the American team played in the championship, similar to four years later in 1937.

Qualifying took place on 3–4 July, Monday and Tuesday, with 18 holes on the Old Course and 18 holes on the New Course, and the top 100 and ties qualified. Willie Nolan led the qualifiers with 138; the qualifying score was 158 and 117 players qualified.[7][8] The leading 60 players and ties after 36 holes made the cut to play on the final day.[9] Walter Hagen led after each of the first two rounds and scores of 152 (+6) and better made the cut.[10][11][12]

In pursuit of his twelfth major title, Hagen opened with 68 to take the lead on Wednesday.[13][14] He held on to it after 36 holes at 140 on Thursday,[11][12] but then carded 161 (+15) in the final two rounds and fell out of the top twenty.[15][16]

A group of four players shared the 54-hole lead at 216 (−3) at midday on Friday: Henry Cotton, Abe Mitchell, Syd Easterbrook, and Leo Diegel. Wood began the final round a stroke behind, while Shute was three back at even par. The final round was a disaster for the leaders as Easterbrook shot 77 (+4), while Cotton and Mitchell both carded 79 (+6). Shute and Wood tied for the clubhouse lead with rounds of 73 and 75, respectively.[15] Diegel found the 18th green in two and needed only a two-putt to join the playoff. He left his first putt short, then completely missed the ball on his second attempt. The untimely mistake caused him to miss out on the playoff by a single stroke, as did American Gene Sarazen. In the final round Wood managed to hit a 440-yard (400 m) drive at the 5th, but he found a bunker and lost a stroke on the hole.

During the playoff, Wood opened with a pair of sixes and was four strokes down after two holes.[6] Shute prevailed over Wood in the 36-hole playoff by five shots. Wood lost playoffs at all four major championships before finally winning one, this loss was the first. He won two majors in 1941 at The Masters and U.S. Open.

This was the first playoff at the Open in a dozen years, since 1921, also won by an American at St Andrews; Jock Hutchison (1884–1977) was born in Scotland but became a U.S. citizen the previous year.

The Old Course was par 73 in 1933;[1][2] the #17 Road Hole was a par-5 through the 1946 Open.[17]

Card of the course

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Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par
1 Burn 368 4 10 Tenth ^ 312 4
2 Dyke 401 4 11 High (In) 164 3
3 Cartgate (Out) 386 4 12 Heathery (In) 314 4
4 Ginger Beer 427 4 13 Hole O'Cross (In) 410 4
5 Hole O'Cross (Out) 530 5 14 Long 527 5
6 Heathery (Out) 367 4 15 Cartgate (In) 409 4
7 High (Out) 352 4 16 Corner of the Dyke 348 4
8 Short 150 3 17 Road 467 5
9 End 306 4 18 Tom Morris 364 4
Out 3,257 36 In 3,315 37
Source:[3] Total 6,572 73

^ The 10th hole was posthumously named for Bobby Jones in 1972

Round summaries

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First round

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Wednesday, 5 July 1933

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Walter Hagen 68 −5
T2 United States Ed Dudley 70 −3
Scotland Tom Fernie
England Cyril Tolley (a)
T5 Herbert Jolly 71 −2
Republic of Ireland Willie Nolan
Scotland Fred Robertson
T8 England Archie Compston 72 −1
United States George Dunlap (a)
United States Gene Sarazen
England Bert Weastell

Source:[4][13]

Second round

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Thursday, 6 July 1933

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Walter Hagen 68-72=140 −6
2 United States Ed Dudley 70-71=141 −5
T3 England Abe Mitchell 74-68=142 −4
Scotland Fred Robertson 71-71=142
5 England Cyril Tolley (a) 70-73=143 −3
T6 Jersey Aubrey Boomer 74-70=144 −2
England Henry Cotton 73-71=144
T8 United States Leo Diegel 75-70=145 −1
England Syd Easterbrook 73-72=145
Australia Joe Kirkwood Sr. 72-73=145
United States Gene Sarazen 72-73=145
Scotland Willie Spark 73-72=145

Source:[4][11]

Third round

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Friday, 7 July 1933 (morning)

Place Player Score To par
T1 England Henry Cotton 73-71-72=216 −3
United States Leo Diegel 75-70-71=216
England Syd Easterbrook 73-72-71=216
Australia Joe Kirkwood Sr. 72-73-71=216
England Abe Mitchell 74-68-74=216
T6 United States Ed Dudley 70-71-76=217 −2
United States Craig Wood 77-72-68=217
T8 France Auguste Boyer 76-72-70=218 −1
United States Gene Sarazen 72-73-73=218
T10 United States Walter Hagen 68-72-79=219 E
Scotland Fred Robertson 71-71-77=219
United States Denny Shute 73-73-73=219
England Cyril Tolley (a) 70-73-76=219

Source:[4][15][16]

Final round

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Friday, 7 July 1933 (afternoon)

Place Player Score To par Money (£)
T1 United States Denny Shute 73-73-73-73=292 E Playoff
United States Craig Wood 77-72-68-75=292
T3 United States Leo Diegel 75-70-71-77=293 +1 35
England Syd Easterbrook 73-72-71-77=293
United States Gene Sarazen 72-73-73-75=293
6 United States Olin Dutra 76-76-70-72=294 +2 20
T7 England Henry Cotton 73-71-72-79=295 +3 14
United States Ed Dudley 70-71-76-78=295
England Abe Mitchell 74-68-74-79=295
England Alf Padgham 74-73-74-74=295
England Reg Whitcombe 76-75-72-72=295

Source:[4][15][16]
Amateurs: McLean (+6), Tolley (+6), Somerville (+12), Dunlap (+14), Jamieson (+18)

Playoff

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Saturday, 8 July 1933

Place Player Score To par Money (£)
1 United States Denny Shute 75-74=149 +3 100
2 United States Craig Wood 78-76=154 +8 75

Scorecards

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Morning round

Hole  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Back Total
United States Shute 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 36 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 39 75
United States Wood 6 6 4 5 4 3 5 3 3 39 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 39 78

Afternoon round

Hole  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Back Total
United States Shute 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 36 3 3 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 38 74
United States Wood 4 5 4 4 4 4 6 4 4 39 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 37 76

Source:[5]

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

References

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  1. ^ a b "British Open golf scores". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). 8 July 1933. p. 6. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Shute and Wood play off today in British Open". Montreal Gazette. Associated Press. 8 July 1933. p. 12. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Card of the Old Course". The Herald. Glasgow. 5 July 1933. p. 11.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. p. 102. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Shute defeats Wood to take British crown". Chicago Sunday Tribune. 9 July 1933. p. 1, sec. 2.
  6. ^ a b King, Frank H. (9 July 1933). "Denny Shute awes British with victory". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. p. C-3. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  7. ^ ""Open" golf scores". The Herald. Glasgow. 5 July 1933. p. 6.
  8. ^ "Golf – Open Championship – The qualifiers". The Times. 5 July 1933. p. 4.
  9. ^ "Golf – The Open Championship". The Times. 13 June 1933. p. 7.
  10. ^ "Golf – The Championship – Hagen still leads". The Times. 7 July 1933. p. 6.
  11. ^ a b c "British golfers bid for Open title". The Herald. Glasgow. 7 July 1933. p. 11.
  12. ^ a b "Hagen gets 140; tops survivors in British Open". Chicago Daily Tribune. 7 July 1933. p. 26.
  13. ^ a b "Hagen sets the pace". The Herald. Glasgow. 6 July 1933. p. 11.
  14. ^ "Hagen shoots 68 to lead British Open tourney". Chicago Daily Tribune. 6 July 1933. p. 21.
  15. ^ a b c d "Shute, Wood tie in British Open tourney". Chicago Daily Tribune. 8 July 1933. p. 15.
  16. ^ a b c "Blow to British golf". The Herald. Glasgow. 8 July 1933. p. 9.
  17. ^ Harig, Bob (13 July 2010). "Road Hole now an even stronger test". ESPN. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
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