The 1932 Open Championship was the 67th

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, held 8–10 June at

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won his only Open title, five strokes ahead of runner-up 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

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, and the top 100 and ties qualified. Bob Bradbeer led the qualifiers on 141; the qualifying score was 157 and 110 players 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

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after 36 holes. The top sixty and ties would make the 36-hole cut; it was at 154 (+10) and 64 players advanced. With a 70 in the third round on Friday morning, Sarazen increased his lead to four over

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, who shot a course-record 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

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, Sarazen won the U.S. Open and joined Bobby Jones (

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) as the only two to win both the British Open and U.S. Open in the same year. Subsequent winners of both were

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). This was the only Open Championship held at Prince's, just north of

, which has since been the only venue in southeastern England to host.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Source:

Missed the cut

Source: Did not advance past qualifying rounds (Monday & Tuesday): *

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, 1908, 1910) 166. Did not enter: * Bobby Jones (

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Round summaries

First round

''Wednesday, 8 June 1932'' Source:

Second round

''Thursday, 9 June 1932'' Source:

Third round

''Friday, 10 June 1932 (morning)'' Source:

Final round

''Friday, 10 June 1932 (afternoon)'' Source: Amateurs: Hope (+11), Torrance (+13), Hartley (+14), Munn (+15), Tulloch (+16),
Bentley (+18), Sweeny (+19), McRuvie (+21).

References

External links

Prince's 1932 (Official site)
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