Bobby Cruickshank
Summary
Near misses
- 1923 U.S. Open Inwood C.C. · runner-up to Bobby Jones · playoff: 18 holes, 76–78
- 1929 The Open Muirfield · finished 6 · 301
- 1932 U.S. Open Fresh Meadow C.C. · runner-up to Gene Sarazen
Rivals
Beat him
Next in the chain: Bobby Jones' rivals →
Moments
Records and firsts
- — PGA Championship longest match on record · 41 or 42 holes (Golf Compendium: Bobby Cruickshank d. Al Watrous on the 41st hole, 1932 (from 9 down with 12 to play); but Golf Compendium 1948 and New England Golf have Claude Harmon d. Sam Snead on the 42nd hole of the 1948 quarterfinal)
Results by championship
Best day
1932 U.S. Open
Runner-up to Gene Sarazen.
Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1932.
Career line, 1923–1932
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- Runner-up
- Top 10
Bobby Cruickshank was born on November 16, 1894, in Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland. Cruickshank's best major finish was second, at the 1923 U.S. Open and the 1932 U.S. Open.
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The record
Near misses
Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.
- 1923 U.S. Open Inwood C.C. · runner-up to Bobby Jones · playoff: 18 holes, 76–78
- 1929 The Open Muirfield · finished 6 · 301
- 1932 U.S. Open Fresh Meadow C.C. · runner-up to Gene Sarazen
U.S. Open top-10 finishes in his career: 5 (GNN U.S. Open room data).
PGA Championship match play
Every recorded match in our bracket file, 1916–1957: 16 won, 11 lost.
- 1921 Round of 32 beat Charlie Thom 4 & 3
- 1921 Round of 16 lost to Jim Barnes 8 & 7
- 1922 Round of 64 beat George Underwood 7 & 6
- 1922 Round of 32 beat Al Watrous 3 & 2
- 1922 Round of 16 beat Francis Gallett 7 & 6
- 1922 Quarterfinal beat Charles Rowe 3 & 2
- 1922 Semifinal lost to Gene Sarazen 3 & 2
- 1923 Round of 64 beat Bill Leach 2 & 1
- 1923 Round of 32 beat George Underwood 7 & 5
- 1923 Round of 16 beat Ray Derr 1 up
- 1923 Quarterfinal beat Willie Macfarlane won on 39th hole
- 1923 Semifinal lost to Gene Sarazen 6 & 5
- 1924 Round of 32 beat Willie Ogg 7 & 5
- 1924 Round of 16 lost to Ray Derr 2 & 1
- 1925 Round of 32 beat Bill Leach 4 & 3
- 1925 Round of 16 lost to Leo Diegel 2 & 1
- 1926 Round of 32 lost to Neal McIntyre 4 & 2
- 1927 Round of 32 lost to Tony Manero 4 & 3
- 1932 Round of 32 beat Al Watrous won on 41st hole
- 1932 Round of 16 beat Vincent Eldred 3 & 1
- 1932 Quarterfinal lost to Frank Walsh 8 & 7
- 1933 Round of 32 beat Bunny Torpey 3 & 2
- 1933 Round of 16 lost to Johnny Golden 2 & 1
- 1936 Round of 64 beat Matt Kowal 4 & 3
- 1936 Round of 32 beat Errie Ball 2 & 1
- 1936 Round of 16 lost to Tony Manero 4 & 2
- 1951 Round of 64 lost to Jackson Bradley 4 & 3
Records and firsts
Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.
- — PGA Championship longest match on record · 41 or 42 holes (Golf Compendium: Bobby Cruickshank d. Al Watrous on the 41st hole, 1932 (from 9 down with 12 to play); but Golf Compendium 1948 and New England Golf have Claude Harmon d. Sam Snead on the 42nd hole of the 1948 quarterfinal)
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.