1923 U.S. Open

1923 U.S. Open

Tournament information
Dates	July 12–15, 1923
Location	Inwood, New York
Course(s)	Inwood Country Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Field	77
Winner's share	($500)
Champion
Bobby Jones
296 (+8)

The 1923 U.S. Open was the 27th U.S. Open. The golf tournament was held July 12–15, 1923, at Inwood Country Club in Inwood, New York. Bobby Jones captured his first career major championship by defeating Bobby Cruickshank in an 18-hole playoff.

Bobby Jones held a three-stroke lead through 54 holes, but struggled throughout the final round. He bogeyed the first, hit his tee shot out of bounds at seven for another 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 6 for a round of 76 and 296 total. Bobby Cruickshank, playing behind Jones, had to birdie the last to tie Jones and hit his approach shot to 5 feet to set up a birdie. During the playoff, 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 lay up short of the green, but Jones went for it and hit a 2-iron to 8 feet. After Cruickshank failed to get up-and-down, Jones two-putted for the championship.

This was the first of four U.S. Opens that Jones would win, equaling the tournament record. It was also the first of four playoffs he would be involved in, winning two and losing two.

Final leaderboard

#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings ($)
1	Bobby Jones (a)	United States	71-73-76-76=296	+8	0
2	Bobby Cruickshank	Scotland	73-72-78-73=296		500
3	Jock Hutchison	Scotland  United States	70-72-82-78=302	+14	300
4	Jack Forrester	?	75-73-77-78=303	+15	200
T5	Johnny Farrell	United States	76-77-75-76=304	+16	125
	Francis Gallett	?	76-72-77-79=304
	W. M. Reekie (a)	?	80-74-75-75=304		0
T8	Leo Diegel	United States	77-77-76-76=306	+18	82
	Bill Mehlhorn	United States	73-79-75-79=306
	Al Watrous	United States	74-75-76-81=306

(a) denotes amateur

Jones (76) defeated Cruickshank (78) in 18-hole playoff

External links

• 1923 U.S. Open
• USGA Championship Database