1930 Open Championship

The 1930 Open Championship was the 65th Open Championship, held 18–20 June at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England. Bobby Jones won his third Open Championship title, two strokes ahead of runners-up Leo Diegel and Macdonald Smith,[4][5][6] on his way to the single-season Grand Slam.[7][8]

1930 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates18–20 June 1930
LocationHoylake, England
Course(s)Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Statistics
Par72[1]
Length6,750 yards (6,172 m)[2]
Field112 players, 61 after cut[3]
Cut158 (+14)
Prize fund£400
Winner's share(£100)
Champion
Bobby Jones (a)
291 (+3)
Hoylake
Location in England
Hoylake
Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, Merseyside, west of Liverpool, England

Qualifying took place on 16–17 June, Monday and Tuesday, with 18 holes at Royal Liverpool and 18 holes at Wallasey, and the top 100 and ties qualified. Archie Compston led the field with 141; the qualifying score was 158 (+14) and 112 players advanced.[9][10][11] Prize money was increased sixty percent, from £250 to £400.[12]

Jones arrived in Hoylake after winning the British Amateur championship in late May.[13][14] He opened with 70 on Wednesday, in a tie for the lead with Henry Cotton and Smith.[15][16] Jones followed with a 72 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead over Fred Robson after 36 holes.[17] The top 60 and ties would make the cut and qualify for the final 36 holes; it was at 158 (+14) and 61 advanced.[18]

Archie Compston's third round score of 68 on Friday morning gave him a one-shot lead over Jones heading to the final round, but he then collapsed with an 82 in the afternoon and finished in sixth. Jones also struggled on the round, but a brilliant bunker shot on the 16th to within inches of the hole helped him card a 75 and a clubhouse lead of 291 (+3). Diegel was tied with Jones after the 13th, but he dropped shots at 14 and 16 and finished two behind. Smith came to the 17th needing to play the final two holes in no worse than six shots to tie Jones, but he missed his putt for a three and tied Diegel for second place.[4][5][6]

Jones became the first player since John Ball in 1890 to win both the British Amateur and British Open in the same year.[2][5] Returning to the United States with the first two jewels of the Grand Slam, he completed the feat by winning the U.S. Open in July and the U.S. Amateur in late September at Merion.[7][8] Jones then retired from competitive golf at age 28 and never played in the Open Championship again; through 2016, he remains the last amateur to win it.

Jones' win ended a stretch where American-born golfers won ten consecutive major championships. This is the third longest winning streak in majors for American-born golfers after streaks that ended in 1947 and 1977.

Four-time winner and two-time defending champion Walter Hagen did not enter.[2][9][10] Arnaud Massy, the 1907 champion, played in his final Open at age 52 and missed the cut by a stroke.[18]

Course
Main article: Royal Liverpool Golf Club
HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Course415410Dee4104
2Road369411Alps1933
3Long480512Hilbre4014
4New158313Rushes1603
5Telegraph418414Field5115
6Briars383415Lake4434
7Dowie200316Dun5325
8Far482517Royal3944
9Punch Bowl393418Stand4084
Out3,29836In3,45236
Source:[2][9]Total6,75072

Past champions in the field

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Bobby Jones United States1926, 192770727475291+31
Jim Barnes England192571777277297+9T6
Ted Ray Jersey191278757678307+19T24

Source:[3][18]

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2TotalTo par
Arnaud Massy France19077881159+15
George Duncan Scotland19208576161+17

Source:[3]

Did not advance past qualifying rounds (Monday & Tuesday):

Did not enter:

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 18 June 1930

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Henry Cotton England70−2
Bobby Jones (a) United States
Macdonald Smith Scotland
 United States
T4Jim Barnes England71−1
Fred Robson England
T6Horton Smith United States72E
Norman Sutton England
T8Auguste Boyer France73+1
Tom Green Wales
T10Archie Compston England74+2
Leo Diegel United States
Bert Hodson Wales
Don Moe (a) United States
Philip Rodgers England
Charles Whitcombe England

Source:[15][16]

Second round

Thursday, 19 June 1930

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bobby Jones (a) United States70-72=142−2
2Fred Robson England71-72=143−1
3Horton Smith United States72-72=144E
T4Archie Compston England74-73=147+3
Leo Diegel United States74-73=147
Don Moe (a) United States74-73=147
Philip Rodgers England74-73=147
Macdonald Smith Scotland
 United States		70-77=147
9Jim Barnes England71-77=148+4
T10Percy Alliss England75-74=149+5
Henry Cotton England70-79=149
Charles Whitcombe England74-75=149

Source:[17][18]

Third round

Friday, 20 June 1930 (morning)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Archie Compston England74-73-68=215−1
2Bobby Jones (a) United States70-72-74=216E
3Leo Diegel United States74-73-71=218+2
T4Jim Barnes England71-77-72=220+4
Auguste Boyer France73-77-70=220
6Macdonald Smith Scotland
 United States		70-77-75=222+6
T7Tom Barber England75-76-72=223+7
Don Moe (a) United States74-73-76=223
Philip Rodgers England74-73-76=223
Reg Whitcombe England78-72-73=223

Source:[3][4][18]

Final round

Friday, 20 June 1930 (afternoon)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (£)
1Bobby Jones (a) United States70-72-74-75=291+30
T2Leo Diegel United States74-73-71-75=293+587
10s
Macdonald Smith Scotland
 United States		70-77-75-71=293
T4Fred Robson England71-72-78-75=296+837
10s
Horton Smith United States72-73-78-73=296
T6Jim Barnes England71-77-72-77=297+917
10s
Archie Compston England74-73-68-82=297
8Henry Cotton England70-79-77-73=299+1115
T9Tom Barber England75-76-72-77=300+1210
Auguste Boyer France73-77-70-80=300
Charles Whitcombe England74-75-72-79=300

Source:[3][12][19]

Amateurs: Jones (+3), Moe (+15), L. Hartley (+23), Sutton (+29), Tolley (+29),
                 Bentley (+30), Oppenheimer (+33), Souley (+34).

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