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1923 U.S. Open: Bobby Jones wins at Inwood C.C.

Bobby Jones (an amateur) won the 1923 U.S. Open at Inwood C.C. in Inwood, New York with 296 (+8), beating Bobby Cruickshank in a playoff.

Updated October 23, 2026

See 1923 in the U.S. Open room, or every year on the U.S. Open winners list.

Dates
July 13, 1923 to July 15, 1923
Course
Inwood C.C., Inwood, New York
Edition
27th U.S. Open
Champion
Bobby Jones · USA · amateur · born Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Champion's title
1st U.S. Open title
Winning score
296 (+8)
Runner-up
Bobby Cruickshank
Playoff
18 holes, 76–78

Winner and runner-up

Pos.PlayerTotalTo par
1Bobby Jones296+8
2Bobby Cruickshank

What happened at the 1923 U.S. Open

Jones won the first of his four titles in a playoff. Cruickshank lost by two.

How this was built

Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's U.S. Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.

Data: us-open-years.json (the U.S. Open room's data); dates from GNN's U.S. Open final-day dates table (Wikipedia infoboxes).

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: 1923 U.S. Open (golf)