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Sunday 15 July 1923Men’s majorsYear in Review

Jones wins U.S. Open

Inwood Country Club, Inwood, New York · Friday 13 to Sunday 15 July 1923

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

14 h 38 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R1Not yet researched
  2. R2Not yet researched
  3. R3Not yet researched
  4. R4Not yet researched

The name over time

  1. U.S. Open

1895–2026 in our record, 126 editions.

The ones it got away from

Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.

Same week

Nothing else in our record that week.

Men's major

U.S. Open

Inwood C.C., Inwood

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Bobby Jones

296Total
+8To par
playoff: 18 holes, 76–78Margin
PlayoffDecided

Runner-up: Bobby Cruickshank

The golfer

b. 1902-03-17, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; USA; 1st major (card's count)

Bobby Jones’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet

From the papers

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