1930 Open Championship: Bobby Jones wins at Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Bobby Jones (an amateur) won the 1930 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England with 291, by 2 strokes over Leo Diegel and Macdonald Smith.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1930 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 18 June 1930 to 20 June 1930
- Course
- Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England
- Edition
- 65th Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Field
- 112
- Made the cut
- 60 (cut at 158)
- Purse
- £400
- Trophy
- Claret Jug (replica to winner)
- Champion
- Bobby Jones · age 28 · USA · amateur · born Atlanta, USA
- Champion's title
- 3rd Open title
- Winning score
- 70-72-74-75 = 291 · won by 2 strokes
- Runners-up
- Leo Diegel (293), Macdonald Smith (293)
- 54-hole leader
- Archie Compston (215) · Bobby Jones was 1 stroke back
- Deciding hole
- No. 16, round 4
- Low amateur
- Bobby Jones (winner) (291)
Top 11 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Jones (a) | 70 | 72 | 74 | 75 | 291 |
| T2 | Leo Diegel | 74 | 73 | 71 | 75 | 293 |
| T2 | Macdonald Smith | 70 | 77 | 75 | 71 | 293 |
| T4 | Fred Robson | 71 | 72 | 78 | 75 | 296 |
| T4 | Horton Smith | 72 | 73 | 78 | 73 | 296 |
| T6 | Archie Compston | 74 | 73 | 68 | 82 | 297 |
| T6 | Jim Barnes | 71 | 77 | 72 | 77 | 297 |
| 8 | Henry Cotton | 70 | 79 | 77 | 73 | 299 |
| T9 | Charles Whitcombe | 74 | 75 | 72 | 79 | 300 |
| T9 | Tom Barber | 75 | 76 | 72 | 77 | 300 |
| T9 | Auguste Boyer | 73 | 77 | 70 | 80 | 300 |
What happened at the 1930 Open Championship
Jones took a 7 at the 8th in the final round, calling it the "most inexcusable hole I have ever played".
His bunker shot to inches at the 16th saved a 4, and the win was the second leg of his 1930 Grand Slam.
After a 7 at the 8th, Jones played a delicate bunker shot to inches at the 16th "to claim a vital four" and won by two.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's The Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: the-open.json (The Open room's data), with GNN's Open Championship addendum tables L (top ten by round), H (deciding hole), W (final-day weather).