| 1929 U.S. Open | |
Bobby Jones was involved in four playoffs in U.S. Opens. He won two and lost two. The 1929 U.S. Open is one of the two that Jones won in a playoff.
This was the third straight year the U.S. Open ended in a playoff, and the fourth time in five years.
Luckily for Jones, Sarazen wasn't doing much better, shooting 78. But Espinosa was in the clubhouse at 294, and Jones had to work to match that score. But the best way to stamp out accusations of choking is to recover from doing it. And that Jones did: He sank a 12-foot par putt on the 18th hole to tie Espinosa and get into a 36-hole playoff.
And then Jones dominated that playoff like no other playoff - before or since - has been dominated. He beat Espinosa by 23 strokes, 141 to 164.
Espinosa was a gifted golfer of his time, credited with nine PGA Tour victories. He played on three Ryder Cup teams. He came close at one other major, losing to Leo Diegel in the championship match of the 1928 PGA Championship.
Defending champion Johnny Farrell - who beat Jones in a playoff in 1928 - missed the cut with rounds of 84 and 83.
1929 U.S. Open Golf Tournament Scores
Results from the 1929 U.S. Open golf tournament played on the West Course of Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York (x-won playoff; a-amateur):
| x-a-Bobby Jones | 69-75-71-79--294 | |
| Al Espinosa | 70-72-77-75--294 | $1,000 |
| Gene Sarazen | 71-71-76-78--296 | $700 |
| Denny Shute | 73-71-76-76--296 | $700 |
| Tommy Armour | 74-71-76-76--297 | $550 |
| a-George Von Elm | 79-70-74-74--297 | |
| Henry Ciuci | 78-74-72-75--299 | $450 |
| Leo Diegel | 74-74-76-77--301 | $300 |
| Peter O'Hara | 74-76-73-78--301 | $300 |
| Horton Smith | 76-77-74-75--302 | $150 |
| Wiffy Cox | 74-76-80-75--305 | $113 |
| John Rogers | 78-76-77-74--305 | $113 |
| P.O. Hart | 76-78-75-77--306 | $85 |
| Charles Hilgendorf | 72-79-75-80--306 | $85 |
| Billy Burke | 75-80-78-74--307 | $75 |
| Louis Chiapetta | 78-79-72-79--308 | $60 |
| George Smith | 77-77-77-77--308 | $60 |
| Craig Wood | 79-71-80-78--308 | $60 |
| Walter Hagen | 76-81-74-78--309 | $50 |
| Joe Kirkwood | 75-82-76-76--309 | $50 |
| 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 | |
| "Lighthorse" Harry Cooper | 78-81-78-83--320 | |
| Emmett French | 76-78-80-86--320 | |
| Jack Leach | 79-78-83-80--320 | |
| Arthur Andrews | 76-79-82-84--321 | |
| "Wild" 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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