1923 U.S. Open (golf)


The 1923 U.S. Open was the 27th U.S. Open, held July 13–15 at Inwood Country Club in Inwood, New York, a suburb east of New York City on Long Island. Amateur golf legend Bobby Jones, age 21, captured his first career major championship, defeating Bobby Cruickshank by two strokes in an 18-hole Sunday playoff.
Qualifying directly preceded the tournament proper, which was held on Friday and Saturday, 36 holes per day, with no cut.
Jones held a three-stroke lead through 54 holes, but struggled throughout the final round on Saturday afternoon. He bogeyed the first, hit his tee shot out of bounds at the par-3 seventh for a double bogey, hit his second shot on 16 into the parking lot, and then added another bogey at 17. Still with the lead heading to the 18th, Jones made a double-bogey for a round of 76 and 296 total. Cruickshank, playing behind Jones, made double bogey at 16 and had to birdie the last to tie Jones; he hit his approach shot to and made the putt.
During the 18-hole playoff on Sunday, Jones and Cruickshank only halved three of the first 17 holes, but they were all square heading to the 18th. After both players drove into the rough, Cruickshank elected to lay up short of the green, but Jones went for it and hit a 2-iron to. After Cruickshank put his third shot into a bunker and fourth to, Jones two-putted for the championship.
This was the first of Jones' four U.S. Open titles, a record shared with three others: Willie Anderson, Ben Hogan, and Jack Nicklaus. It was also the first of four playoffs Jones was involved in, winning twice.

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3433715225305191772234183603,4632954211034204971734254054253,1696,632
Par445553344374434534443572

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Past champions in the field

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Round summaries

First round

Friday, July 13, 1923
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jock Hutchison
70−2
2Bobby Jones 71−1
3Fred Canausa72E
T4Bill Creavy73+1
T4Bobby Cruickshank73+1
T4Bill Mehlhorn73+1
T7Mike Brady74+2
T7Jack Burke Sr.74+2
T7Cyril Hughes74+2
T7Willie Ogg
74+2
T7Al Watrous74+2

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Second round

Friday, July 13, 1923
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jock Hutchison
70-72=142−2
2Bobby Jones 71-73=144E
3Bobby Cruickshank73-72=145+1
T4Jack Forrester75-73=148+4
T4Francis Gallett76-72=148+4
6Al Watrous74-75=149+5
T7Cyril Hughes74-76=150+6
T7Willie Ogg
74-76=150+6
T9Jack Burke Sr.74-78=152+8
T9Walter Hagen77-75=152+8
T9Bill Mehlhorn73-79=152+8

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Third round

Saturday, July 14, 1923
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bobby Jones 71-73-76=220+4
2Bobby Cruickshank73-72-78=223+7
3Jock Hutchison
70-72-82=224+8
T4Jack Forrester75-73-77=225+9
T4Francis Gallett76-72-77=225+9
T4Walter Hagen77-75-73=225+9
T4Al Watrous74-75-76=225+9
8Bill Mehlhorn73-79-75=227+11
T9Johnny Farrell76-77-75=228+12
T9C.L. Mothersole77-80-71=228+12

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Final round

Saturday, July 14, 1923
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
T1Bobby Jones 71-73-76-76=296+80
T1Bobby Cruickshank73-72-78-73=296+8500
3Jock Hutchison
70-72-82-78=302+14300
4Jack Forrester75-73-77-78=303+15200
T5Johnny Farrell76-77-75-76=304+16125
T5Francis Gallett76-72-77-79=304+16125
T5William Reekie 80-74-75-75=304+160
T8Leo Diegel77-77-76-76=306+1882
T8Bill Mehlhorn73-79-75-79=306+1882
T8Al Watrous74-75-76-81=306+1882

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Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par445553344443453444
Jones+5+5+5+5+4+4+6+6+6+5+5+5+5+4+4+5+6+8
Cruickshank+8+8+8+8+8+7+7+6+6+5+5+5+6+6+7+9+9+8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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Playoff

Sunday, July 15, 1923
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Bobby Jones 76+40
2Bobby Cruickshank78+6500

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Scorecard

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