1923 U.S. Open (golf)

1923 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates	July 13–15, 1923
Location	Inwood, New York
Course(s)	Inwood Country Club
Organized by	USGA
Format	Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par	72
Field	77
Winner's share	($500)
Champion
Bobby Jones (a)
296 (+8)
«1922 1924»

Inwood CC

Location in the United States

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. Amateur golf legend Bobby Jones, age 21, captured his first career major championship by defeating Bobby Cruickshank in an 18-hole Sunday playoff.

Qualifying directly preceded the tournament proper, which was held on Friday and Saturday, 36 holes per day.

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 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 (+4) and 296 (+8) total. Cruickshank, playing behind Jones, had to birdie the last to tie Jones and hit his approach shot to 5 feet (1.5 m) to set up a birdie, which he made.^[1]

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 8 feet (2.4 m). After Cruickshank failed to get up-and-down, Jones two-putted for the championship.^[2]

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.

Final leaderboard

Saturday, July 14, 1923

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Bobby Jones (a)	United States	71-73-76-76=296	+8	0
2	Bobby Cruickshank	Scotland	73-72-78-73=296	+8	500
3	Jock Hutchison	United States	70-72-82-78=302	+14	300
4	Jack Forrester	Scotland	75-73-77-78=303	+15	200
T5	Johnny Farrell	United States	76-77-75-76=304	+16	125
	Francis Gallett	Scotland	76-72-77-79=304		125
	William Reekie (a)	United States	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

Playoff

Sunday, July 15, 1923

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Bobby Jones (a)	United States	37-39=76	+4	0
2	Bobby Cruickshank	Scotland	37-41=78	+6	500

Source:^[2]

References

↑ "Cruickshank ties Jones at Inwood". Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. July 15, 1923. p. 4-part 2.
1 2 "Robert Jones won title in play-off". Montreal Gazette. Associated Press. July 16, 1923. p. 13.

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