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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)
Field 77
Cut none
Winner's share ($500)
Champion
Bobby Jones (a)
296 (+8), playoff
← 1922 1924 →

Course layout

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 343 371 522 530 519 177 223 418 360 3,463 295 421 103 420 497 173 425 405 425 3,169 6,632
Par 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 4 4 37 4 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 35 72

Past champions in the field

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Jim Barnes England 1921 78 81 74 75 308 +20 T12
Chick Evans (a) United States 1916 79 80 76 74 309 +21 T14
Gene Sarazen United States 1922 79 78 73 80 310 +22 T16
Walter Hagen United States 1914, 1919 77 75 73 80 311 +23 T18
Francis Ouimet (a) United States 1913 82 75 78 82 317 +29 T29
George Sargent England 1909 77 77 81 82 317 +29 T29

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Jock Hutchison Scotland
United States		 70 −2
2 Bobby Jones (a) United States 71 −1
3 Fred Canausa United States 72 E
T4 Bill Creavy United States 73 +1
Bobby Cruickshank Scotland
Bill Mehlhorn United States
T7 Mike Brady United States 74 +2
Jack Burke Sr. United States
Cyril Hughes England
Willie Ogg Scotland
United States
Al Watrous United States

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Jock Hutchison Scotland
United States		 70-72=142 −2
2 Bobby Jones (a) United States 71-73=144 E
3 Bobby Cruickshank Scotland 73-72=145 +1
T4 Jack Forrester Scotland 75-73=148 +4
Francis Gallett Scotland 76-72=148
6 Al Watrous United States 74-75=149 +5
T7 Cyril Hughes England 74-76=150 +6
Willie Ogg Scotland
United States		 74-76=150
T9 Jack Burke Sr. United States 74-78=152 +8
Walter Hagen United States 77-75=152
Bill Mehlhorn United States 73-79=152

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Bobby Jones (a) United States 71-73-76=220 +4
2 Bobby Cruickshank Scotland 73-72-78=223 +7
3 Jock Hutchison Scotland
United States		 70-72-82=224 +8
T4 Jack Forrester Scotland 75-73-77=225 +9
Francis Gallett Scotland 76-72-77=225
Walter Hagen United States 77-75-73=225
Al Watrous United States 74-75-76=225
8 Bill Mehlhorn United States 73-79-75=227 +11
T9 Johnny Farrell United States 76-77-75=228 +12
C.L. Mothersole United States 77-80-71=228

Final round

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
T1 Bobby Jones (a) United States 71-73-76-76=296 +8 0
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 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
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

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 4
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

Playoff

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

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 4
Jones E E E −1 −1 E E E E +1 +2 +1 +1 +1 +3 +3 +4 +4
Cruickshank +1 E −1 −1 −2 −2 −1 −1 E +2 +3 +3 +3 +2 +3 +4 +4 +6
Milla Backhouse