1923 U.S. Open: Jones' First
Winner: Bobby Jones, 296
Where it was played: Inwood Country Club in Inwood, New York
Tournament dates: July 13-15, 1923
Leader after first round: Jock Hutchison, 70
Leader after second round: Jock Hutchison, 142
Leader after third round: Bobby Jones, 220
Notable Notes: After years of promise and potential, amateur Bobby Jones, 21 years old, earned his first major championship win. It was the first of his eventual four U.S. Open titles. Jones led by three entering the final round, but Bobby Cruickshank caught him at 296. They played an 18-hole playoff, which Jones won by two strokes, 76 to 78.
Seven years later, when Jones won the 1930 U.S. Open, it was actually Cruickshank who cashed in: He had placed a bet at the beginning of the year on Jones to win all three of the British Amateur, British Open and U.S. Open. When Jones accomplished that, Cruickshank won the equivalent (adjusted for inflation) of nearly $200,000.
Final Scores
| Bobby Jones | 71-73-76-76—296 |
| Bobby Cruickshank | 73-72-78-73—296 |
| Jock Hutchison | 70-72-82-78—302 |
| Jack Forrester | 75-73-77-78—303 |
| Johnny Farrell | 76-77-75-76—304 |
| Francis Gallett | 76-72-77-79—304 |
| a-William Reekie | 80-74-75-75—304 |
| Leo Diegel | 77-77-76-76—306 |
| Bill Mehlhorn | 73-79-75-79—306 |
| Al Watrous | 74-75-76-81—306 |
| Cyril Hughes | 74-76-80-77—307 |
| Jim Barnes | 78-81-74-75—308 |
| Joe Kirkwood | 77-77-79-75—308 |
| a-Chick Evans | 79-80-76-74—309 |
| Joe Turnesa | 76-81-74-78—309 |
| Charles Mothersole | 77-80-71-82—310 |
| Gene Sarazen | 79-78-73-80—310 |
| Walter Hagen | 77-75-73-86—311 |
| Willie Ogg | 74-76-80-81—311 |
| Mike Brady | 74-81-76-81—312 |
| Macdonald Smith | 77-76-81-78—312 |
| Emmet French | 79-78-77-79—313 |
| Cyril Walker | 76-78-80-80—314 |
| P.O. Hart | 79-80-78-78—315 |
| Joe Sylvester | 77-80-79-79—315 |
| John Black | 82-76-78-80—316 |
| William Creavy | 73-81-77-85—316 |
| a-Eddie Held | 80-75-79-82—316 |
| Hutt Martin | 78-78-76-85—317 |
| a-Francis Ouimet | 82-75-78-82—317 |
| George Sargent | 77-77-81-82—317 |
| Fred Baroni | 80-80-78-80—318 |
| Arthur Beebe | 77-82-78-81—318 |
| Bob Macdonald | 76-80-77-85—318 |
| Abe Espinosa | 82-84-78-75—319 |
| Dave McKay | 79-82-79-80—320 |
| Harold Sampson | 76-81-83-80—320 |
| Jack Burke Sr. | 74-78-87-82—321 |
| Fred Canausa | 72-82-89-79—322 |
| William Kline | 79-78-82-84—323 |
| Charles Rowe | 81-78-79-85—323 |
| Stuart Sanderson | 83-76-81-83—323 |
| Tom Stevens | 77-79-82-85—323 |
| Thomas Harmon | 77-79-84-84—324 |
| Peter Harmon | 89-77-83-75—324 |
| George Bowden | 77-81-81-87—326 |
| Tom Kerrigan | 85-77-81-83—326 |
| Eugene McCarthy | 79-75-84-88—326 |
| Harry Hampton | 78-84-84-82—328 |
| Arthur Reid | 80-80-80-88—328 |
| Louis Chiapetta | 83-84-80-88—335 |
| a-Frank Dyer | 82-85-81-83—331 |
| Edward Gow | 84-82-83-82—331 |
| Harold Calloway | 84-83-84-83—334 |
| Eddie Williams | 80-83-87-85—335 |
| Clarence Booth | 86-86-81-83—336 |
| Ben Parola | 86-84-82-84—336 |
| Henry Ciuci | 85-82-86-85—338 |
| a-Richard Walsh | 87-87-83-83—340 |
| Dan Williams | 91-82-81-87—341 |
| Walter Ward | 86-89-85-85—345 |
