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1930 U.S. Open: Bobby Jones wins at Interlachen C.C.

Bobby Jones (an amateur) won the 1930 U.S. Open at Interlachen C.C. in Minneapolis, Minnesota with 287 (−1), by 2 strokes over Macdonald Smith.

Updated October 23, 2026

See 1930 in the U.S. Open room, or every year on the U.S. Open winners list.

Dates
July 10, 1930 to July 12, 1930
Course
Interlachen C.C., Minneapolis, Minnesota
Edition
34th U.S. Open
Champion
Bobby Jones · USA · amateur · born Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Champion's title
4th U.S. Open title
Winning score
287 (−1) · won by 2 strokes
Runner-up
Macdonald Smith

Winner and runner-up

Pos.PlayerTotalTo par
1Bobby Jones287−1
2Macdonald Smith

What happened at the 1930 U.S. Open

Jones won the third leg of his 1930 Grand Slam. Mac Smith was two back.

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: 1930 U.S. Open (golf)