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1930 U.S. Open Golf

1930 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates July 10–12, 1930
Location Edina, Minnesota
Course(s) Interlachen Country Club
Organized by USGA
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Format Stroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par 72
Length 6,672 yards (6,101 m)
Field 142 players, 69 after cut
Cut 156 (+12)
Prize fund $5,000
Winner's share ($1,000)
Champion
Bobby Jones (a)
287 (–1)
← 1929 1931 →

Past champions in the field

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Bobby Jones (a) United States 1923, 1926, 1929 71 73 68 75 287 –1 1
Tommy Armour Scotland
United States		 1927 70 76 75 76 297 +9 6
Johnny Farrell United States 1928 74 72 73 80 299 +11 8
Walter Hagen United States 1914, 1919 72 75 76 80 303 +15 T17
Gene Sarazen United States 1922 76 78 77 75 306 +18 T28
Jim Barnes England 1921 74 76 79 79 308 +20 T39
Willie Macfarlane Scotland 1925 74 77 82 76 309 +21 T43
Chick Evans (a) United States 1916 81 75 81 78 315 +27 T54

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Tommy Armour Scotland
United States		 70 −2
Macdonald Smith Scotland
United States
T3 Wiffy Cox United States 71 −1
Bobby Jones (a) United States
T5 Harry Cooper England
United States		 72 E
Walter Hagen United States
John Rogers  
George Smith  
Horton Smith United States
T10 Olin Dutra United States 73 +1
Jack Forrester Scotland
United States
Irwin Ottman  
Joe Turnesa United States
Eddie Williams  
Craig Wood United States

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Horton Smith United States 72-70=142 –2
T2 Harry Cooper England
United States		 72-72=144 E
Bobby Jones (a) United States 71-73=144
Charles Lacey United States 74-70=144
5 Macdonald Smith Scotland
United States		 70-75=145 +1
T6 Tommy Armour Scotland
United States		 70-76=146 +2
Wiffy Cox United States 71-75=146
Johnny Farrell United States 74-72=146
T9 Johnny Golden United States 74-73=147 +3
Walter Hagen United States 72-75=147

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Bobby Jones (a) United States 71-73-68=212 –4
2 Harry Cooper England
United States		 72-72-73=217 +1
T3 Johnny Golden United States 74-73-71=218 +2
Horton Smith United States 72-70-76=218
T5 Macdonald Smith Scotland
United States		 70-75-74=219 +3
Johnny Farrell United States 74-72-73=219
7 Craig Wood United States 73-75-72=220 +4
T8 Tommy Armour Scotland
United States		 70-76-75=221 +5
Charles Lacey United States 74-70-77=221
T9 Walter Hagen United States 72-75-76=223 +7
Wiffy Cox United States 71-75-77=223

Final round

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Bobby Jones (a) United States 71-73-68-75=287 –1 0
2 Macdonald Smith Scotland
United States		 70-75-74-70=289 +1 1,000
3 Horton Smith United States 72-70-76-74=292 +4 750
4 Harry Cooper England
United States		 72-72-73-76=293 +5 650
5 Johnny Golden United States 74-73-71-76=294 +6 550
6 Tommy Armour Scotland
United States		 70-76-75-76=297 +9 450
7 Charles Lacey United States 74-70-77-77=298 +10 350
8 Johnny Farrell United States 74-72-73-80=299 +11 250
T9 Bill Mehlhorn United States 76-74-75-75=300 +12 138
Craig Wood United States 73-75-72-80=300
Milla Backhouse