Johnny Farrell defeated noted amateur Bobby Jones in a 36-hole playoff to win his only major title.

[5] For Jones, a two-time champion in 1923 and 1926, it was his second playoff loss at the U.S. Open in four years and his fourth finish as a runner-up.

Jones jumped out to the 36-hole lead with rounds of 73-71, two shots ahead of George Von Elm and Bill Leach.

Roland Hancock, age 21, would have won the championship by two strokes had he parred the final two holes, but he double-bogeyed 17 and bogeyed 18 to fall a shot out of the playoff.

Now trailing by one with six holes to play, Farrell nearly aced the par-3 13th, recording a birdie to tie up the match.

The four 18-hole courses at Olympia Fields were reduced to two in the late 1940s when the club sold half of its property.