1929 U.S. Open Winner and Scores

The 1929 U.S. Open was the 33rd time the tournament was played, and Bobby Jones won in a playoff.

Winner: Bobby Jones, 294

Where it was played: Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York

Tournament dates: June 27-30, 1929

Leader after first round: Bobby Jones, 69

Leader after second round: Al Espinosa and Gene Sarazen, 142

Leader after third round: Bobby Jones, 215

Notable Notes: Bobby Jones held a three-shot advantage entering the final round, but struggled to shoot 79. That dropped him into a tie with Al Espinosa at 294, so they played a 36-hole playoff. And the playoff was no contest. Espinosa shot 84 in the morning 18 to trail by 12, and Jones wound up winning by 23 shots.

Final Scores

a-Bobby Jones 69-75-71-79—294
Al Espinosa 70-72-77-75—294
Gene Sarazen 71-71-76-78—296
Denny Shute 73-71-76-76—296
Tommy Armour 74-71-76-76—297
a-George Von Elm 79-70-74-74—297
Henry Ciuci 78-74-72-75—299
Leo Diegel 74-74-76-77—301
Peter O'Hara 74-76-73-78—301
Horton Smith 76-77-74-75—302
Wiffy Cox 74-76-80-75—305
John Rogers 78-76-77-74—305
P.O. Hart 76-78-75-77—306
Charles Hilgendorf 72-79-75-80—306
Billy Burke 75-80-78-74—307
Louis Chiapetta 78-79-72-79—308
George Smith 77-77-77-77—308
Craig Wood 79-71-80-78—308
Walter Hagen 76-81-74-78—309
Joe Kirkwood 75-82-76-76—309
Jim Barnes 78-78-81-73—310
Massie Miller 75-82-75-78—310
Jack Forrester 77-76-75-83—311
Ted Longworth 74-82-73-82—311
Macdonald Smith 77-78-80-76—311
Willie Hunter Jr. 76-77-76-83—312
Jack Burke Sr. 77-80-74-81—312
Willie Macfarlane 79-78-76-79—312
Leonard Schmutte 73-75-89-75—312
Tom Boyd 79-80-74-80—313
Emerick Kocsis 79-76-77-81—313
Frank Ball 78-81-80-75—314
Johnny Golden 79-79-78-78—314
Willie Klein 81-78-77-78—314
Jack Sabol 76-78-79-81—314
Al Watrous 80-79-78-77—314
Dan Williams 78-76-78-82—314
Albert Alcroft 80-78-80-78—316
Jim Foulis 81-78-81-76—316
Harry Hampton 78-78-79-81—316
Jimmy Thomson 77-79-79-81—316
Bobby Cruickshank 75-81-83-78—317
Thomas Harmon 79-78-79-81—317
Larry Nabholtz 74-81-76-86—317
a-George Dawson 75-80-86-77—318
a-Johnny Goodman 75-80-78-85—318
Thomas Hughes 80-79-77-82—318
Fred Baroni 77-81-84-77—319
George Christ 78-74-82-85—319
a-Roland Mackenzie 78-79-84-78—319
Harry Cooper 78-81-78-83—320
Emmet French 76-78-80-86—320
Jack Leach 79-78-83-80—320
Arthur Andrews 76-79-82-84—321
Bill Mehlhorn 81-77-82-82—322
Tom Raklets 83-76-83-80—322
Bill Leach 79-79-80-85—323
Arthur Ham 79-79-83-83—324
Clarence Gamber 76-81-86-82—325
Rocky Rich 80-79-81-85—325
Neil Christian 77-81-85-83—326
Charles MacAndrew 78-80-88-83—329
a-Charles Clare 76-80-87-79—322

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