1929 U.S. Open (golf)

The 1929 U.S. Open was the 33rd U.S. Open, held June 27–30 at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, a suburb northeast of New York City. Bobby Jones won his third U.S. Open title in a 36-hole playoff, besting Al Espinosa by 23 strokes on the West Course.[2]

1929 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 27–30, 1929
LocationMamaroneck, New York
Course(s)Winged Foot Golf Club,
West Course
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play − 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,786 yards (6,205 m)[1]
Field142 players, 67 after cut
Cut159 (+15)
Prize fund$5,000
Winner's share$1,000
Awarded to runner-up
Champion
Bobby Jones (a)
294 (+6), playoff
Winged Foot Golf Club
Location in the United States
Winged Foot Golf Club
Location in New York

Jones opened with a 69 in the first round to grab the lead,[3] then followed with a 75.[1][4]

After a third round 71, he had a three-stroke lead over Gene Sarazen and was four clear of Espinosa after 54 holes. Sarazen fell out of contention in the final round with a 78 and fell to a tie for third place. Espinosa shot a 75 and a 294 total, but it appeared like it would not be enough to overtake Jones. Beginning with the 15th, Jones needed only three bogeys and a par to win the championship. However, he triple-bogeyed the 15th and then made another bogey on 16 and his lead was gone. He made par at the 17th, but his approach on the 18th found a greenside bunker. Needing to get up-and-down to save par and force a playoff, Jones rolled in a 12-foot (3.7 m) putt for the tie.[5][6]

Jones dominated the 36-hole playoff on Sunday, with a 72 in the morning round to grab a 12-shot lead. Espinosa struggled again on the second 18, shooting an 80 to Jones' 69, and Jones won the playoff by 23 shots.[2][7] He won his fourth U.S. Open in 1930 and the grand slam. The 23-stroke win is the largest margin of victory in a major golf tournament playoff.

Originally scheduled to be played over the East Course at Winged Foot, storm damaged caused the championship to be relocated to the West Course.[8] It was the first of six U.S. Opens to be held on Winged Foot's West Course; it later hosted in 1959, 1974, 1984, 2006, and 2020; it also hosted the PGA Championship in 1997.

Course layout

West Course

HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Genesis445410Pulpit1903
2Elm376411Billows3784
3Pinnacle217312Cape4975
4Sound View406413White Mule2133
5Long Lane517514Shamrock3764
6El323415Pyramid3974
7Babe-in-the-Woods170316Hells Bells4565
8Arena439417Well-Well4504
9Meadow517518Revelations4194
Out3,41036In3,37636
Source:[3]Total6,78672

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Bobby Jones United States1923, 192669757179294+61
Gene Sarazen United States192271717678296+8T3
Tommy Armour Scotland
 United States
192774717676297+9T5
Walter Hagen United States1914, 191976817478309+21T19
Jim Barnes England192178788173310+22T21
Willie Macfarlane Scotland192579787679312+24T27

Source:[5][6][4]

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2TotalTo par
Fred McLeod Scotland19088284166+22
Johnny Farrell United States19288483167+23

Source:[4]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 27, 1929

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bobby Jones (a) United States69−3
2Al Espinosa United States70−2
3Gene Sarazen United States71−1
T4Chris Hilgendorf United States72E
Jack White Scotland
T6Leonard Schnutte United States73+1
Denny Shute United States
T8Tommy Armour Scotland
 United States
74+2
Wiffy Cox United States
Jack Cummins (a) United States
Leo Diegel United States
Ted Longworth United States
Larry Nabholtz United States

Source:[3]

Second round

Friday, June 28, 1929

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Gene Sarazen United States71-71=142−2
Al Espinosa United States70-72=142
T3Bobby Jones (a) United States69-75=144E
Denny Shute United States73-71=144
5Tommy Armour Scotland
 United States
74-71=145+1
T6Leo Diegel United States74-74=148+4
Leonard Schnutte United States73-75=148
T8George Von Elm (a) United States79-70=149+5
T9Wiffy Cox United States74-76=150+6
Peter O'Hara United States74-76=150
Craig Wood United States79-71=150

Source:[4]

Third round

Saturday, June 29, 1929 (morning)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bobby Jones (a) United States69-75-71=215−1
2Gene Sarazen United States71-71-76=218+2
3Al Espinosa United States70-72-77=219+3
4Denny Shute United States73-71-76=220+4
5Tommy Armour Scotland
 United States
74-71-76=221+5
T6George Von Elm (a) United States79-70-74=223+7
Peter O'Hara United States74-76-73=223
T8Henry Ciuci United States78-74-72=224+8
Leo Diegel United States74-74-76=224
10Horton Smith United States76-77-74=227+11

Source:[5][6]

Final round

Saturday, June 29, 1929 (afternoon)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1Bobby Jones (a) United States69-75-71-79=294+6Playoff
Al Espinosa United States70-72-77-75=294
T3Gene Sarazen United States71-71-76-78=296+8700
Denny Shute United States73-71-76-76=296
T5Tommy Armour Scotland
 United States
74-71-76-76=297+9550
George Von Elm (a) United States79-70-74-74=2970
7Henry Ciuci United States78-74-72-75=299+11450
T8Leo Diegel United States74-74-76-77=301+13300
Peter O'Hara United States74-76-73-78=301
10Horton Smith United States76-77-74-75=302+14150

Source:[5][6][4]

(a) denotes amateur

Scorecard

Final round

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
Par443454345345344544
Jones−1E−1−1−1−1−1+2+1+2+2+2+3+3+6+6+6+6
Espinosa+4+4+3+4+3+3+4+4+3+4+5+8+8+8+8+7+6+6
Sarazen+3+3+3+3+4+5+5+7+7+7+7+7+7+7+8+7+8+8
Shute+6+7+7+7+8+7+7+7+6+7+6+6+6+6+7+7+7+8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[6]

Playoff

Sunday, June 30, 1929

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Bobby Jones (a) United States72-69=141−30
2Al Espinosa United States84-80=164+201,000

Source:[2]

Scorecards

Morning round

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
Par443454345345344544
Jones+2+2+3+3+2+1+1+1+1+1E−1E−1+1EEE
EspinosaE+1+1+1+1+1+2+3+3+5+5+8+8+8+8+9+11+12

Afternoon round

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par443454345345344544
JonesE+1+1+1+1+1EEEEE−1−1−1−2−3−3−3
Espinosa+13+13+14+14+16+17+17+17+16+18+18+18+18+18+18+17+18+20

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[2]

References

  1. "Sarazen and Espinosa tie with 142 in golf meet". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. June 28, 1929. p. 8.
  2. Trumball, Walter (July 1, 1929). "Jones wins U.S. Open title; overwhelms Espinosa". Milwaukee Journal. p. 6.
  3. "Jones' 69 leads U.S. Open; Al Espinosa 2d". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 28, 1929. p. 21.
  4. Pegler, Westbrook (June 29, 1929). "Sarazen and Espinosa tie for Open golf lead". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 17.
  5. Gould, Alan J. (June 30, 1929). "Jones, Espinosa tie for Open title with 294 score". Milwaukee Journal. p. 1-sports.
  6. Pegler, Westbrook (June 30, 1929). "Jones, Espinosa tie; title playoff today". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
  7. Pegler, Westbrook (July 1, 1929). "Jones' 141 wins playoff for Open title". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 29.
  8. Johnson, E. Michael (July 15, 2008). "Why Winged Foot Is Special". Golf Digest. Retrieved September 12, 2020.

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