1923 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJuly 13–15, 1923
LocationInwood, New York
Course(s)Inwood Country Club
Organized byUSGA
FormatStroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,632 yards (6,064 m)[1]
Field77[1]
Cutnone
Winner's share($500)
Champion
United States Bobby Jones (a)
296 (+8), playoff
Inwood CC is located in the United States
Inwood CC
Inwood CC
Location in the United States
Inwood CC is located in New York
Inwood CC
Inwood CC
Location in New York

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,[2] 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 (+4) and 296 (+8) 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 five feet (1.5 m) and made the putt.[3][4]

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 put his third shot into a bunker and fourth to 15 feet (4.6 m), Jones two-putted for the championship.[5][6]

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

Source:[1][4]

Round summaries

First round

Friday, July 13, 1923 (morning)

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Jock Hutchison70−2
2United States Bobby Jones (a)71−1
3United States Fred Canausa72E
T4United States Bill Creavy73+1
Scotland Bobby Cruickshank
United States Bill Mehlhorn
T7United States Mike Brady74+2
United States Jack Burke Sr.
England Cyril Hughes
United States Willie Ogg
United States Al Watrous

Source:[1][7]

Second round

Friday, July 13, 1923 (afternoon)

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Jock Hutchison70-72=142−2
2United States Bobby Jones (a)71-73=144E
3Scotland Bobby Cruickshank73-72=145+1
T4Scotland Jack Forrester75-73=148+4
Scotland Francis Gallett76-72=148
6United States Al Watrous74-75=149+5
T7England Cyril Hughes74-76=150+6
United States Willie Ogg74-76=150
T9United States Jack Burke Sr.74-78=152+8
United States Walter Hagen77-75=152
United States Bill Mehlhorn73-79=152

Source:[1][7]

Third round

Saturday, July 14, 1923 (morning)

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Bobby Jones (a)71-73-76=220+4
2Scotland Bobby Cruickshank73-72-78=223+7
3United States Jock Hutchison70-72-82=224+8
T4Scotland Jack Forrester75-73-77=225+9
Scotland Francis Gallett76-72-77=225
United States Walter Hagen77-75-73=225
United States Al Watrous74-75-76=225
8United States Bill Mehlhorn73-79-75=227+11
T9United States Johnny Farrell76-77-75=228+12
United States C.L. Mothersole77-80-71=228

Source:[4]

Final round

Saturday, July 14, 1923 (afternoon)

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1United States Bobby Jones (a)71-73-76-76=296+80
Scotland Bobby Cruickshank73-72-78-73=296500
3United States Jock Hutchison70-72-82-78=302+14300
4Scotland Jack Forrester75-73-77-78=303+15200
T5United States Johnny Farrell76-77-75-76=304+16125
Scotland Francis Gallett76-72-77-79=304
United States William Reekie (a)80-74-75-75=3040
T8United States Leo Diegel77-77-76-76=306+1882
United States Bill Mehlhorn73-79-75-79=306
United States Al Watrous74-75-76-81=306

Source:[4]

(a) denotes amateur

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par445553344443453444
United States Jones+5+5+5+5+4+4+6+6+6+5+5+5+5+4+4+5+6+8
Scotland 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
Source:[4]

Playoff

Sunday, July 15, 1923

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1United States Bobby Jones (a)76+40
2Scotland Bobby Cruickshank78+6500

Source:[5]

Scorecard

Hole1 2 345678 9 101112131415161718
Par445553344443453444
United States JonesEEE−1−1EEEE+1+2+1+1+1+3+3+4+4
Scotland Cruickshank+1E−1−1−2−2−1−1E+2+3+3+3+2+3+4+4+6

Source:[6][8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Jock Hutchinson's 142 sets record to top Inwood field". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. July 14, 1923. p. 8.
  2. ↑ "Guilford falls, star pros waver in National Open". Chicago Daily Tribune. July 13, 1923. p. 13.
  3. ↑ "Cruickshank ties Jones at Inwood". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. July 15, 1923. p. 4-part 2.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Fullerton, Hugh (July 15, 1923). "Cruickshank and Jones tie for golf title". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1.
  5. 1 2 "Robert Jones won title in play-off". Montreal Gazette. Associated Press. July 16, 1923. p. 13.
  6. 1 2 Fullerton, Hugh (July 16, 1923). "Bobby Jones wins golf title on last hole". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
  7. 1 2 "Chicago Scot leads golfers". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. July 14, 1923. p. 8.
  8. ↑ "Details of the play". Chicago Daily Tribune. July 16, 1923. p. 13.

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