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
Length 6,632 yards (6,064 m)[1]
Field 77[1]
Cut none
Winner's share ($500)
Champion
United States Bobby Jones (a)
296 (+8), playoff
Inwood CC
Location in the United States
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]

Past champions in the field

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Jim Barnes England192178817475308+20T12
Chick Evans (a) United States191679807674309+21T14
Gene Sarazen United States192279787380310+22T16
Walter Hagen United States1914, 191977757380311+23T18
Francis Ouimet (a) United States191382757882317+29T29
George Sargent England190977778182317+29T29

Source:[4]

Round summaries

First round

Friday, July 13, 1923 (morning)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jock Hutchison Scotland
 United States		70−2
2Bobby Jones (a) United States71−1
3Fred Canausa United States72E
T4Bill Creavy United States73+1
Bobby Cruickshank Scotland
Bill Mehlhorn United States
T7Mike Brady United States74+2
Jack Burke Sr. United States
Cyril Hughes England
Willie Ogg Scotland
 United States
Al Watrous United States

Source:[1][7]

Second round

Friday, July 13, 1923 (afternoon)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jock Hutchison Scotland
 United States		70-72=142−2
2Bobby Jones (a) United States71-73=144E
3Bobby Cruickshank Scotland73-72=145+1
T4Jack Forrester Scotland75-73=148+4
Francis Gallett Scotland76-72=148
6Al Watrous United States74-75=149+5
T7Cyril Hughes England74-76=150+6
Willie Ogg Scotland
 United States		74-76=150
T9Jack Burke Sr. United States74-78=152+8
Walter Hagen United States77-75=152
Bill Mehlhorn United States73-79=152

Source:[1][7]

Third round

Saturday, July 14, 1923 (morning)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bobby Jones (a) United States71-73-76=220+4
2Bobby Cruickshank Scotland73-72-78=223+7
3Jock Hutchison Scotland
 United States		70-72-82=224+8
T4Jack Forrester Scotland75-73-77=225+9
Francis Gallett Scotland76-72-77=225
Walter Hagen United States77-75-73=225
Al Watrous United States74-75-76=225
8Bill Mehlhorn United States73-79-75=227+11
T9Johnny Farrell United States76-77-75=228+12
C.L. Mothersole United States77-80-71=228

Source:[4]

Final round

Saturday, July 14, 1923 (afternoon)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1Bobby Jones (a) United States71-73-76-76=296+80
Bobby Cruickshank Scotland73-72-78-73=296500
3Jock Hutchison Scotland
 United States		70-72-82-78=302+14300
4Jack Forrester Scotland75-73-77-78=303+15200
T5Johnny Farrell United States76-77-75-76=304+16125
Francis Gallett Scotland76-72-77-79=304
William Reekie (a) United States80-74-75-75=3040
T8Leo Diegel United States77-77-76-76=306+1882
Bill Mehlhorn United States73-79-75-79=306
Al Watrous United States74-75-76-81=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

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Bobby Jones (a) United States76+40
2Bobby Cruickshank Scotland78+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 6 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.

Coordinates: 40°37′19″N 73°45′22″W / 40.622°N 73.756°W / 40.622; -73.756

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