Regulation play in the 1925 U.S. Open ended in a tie between Willie McFarlane and golf legend Bobby Jones. Their first playoff round ended in a tie. Jones then lost the U.S. Open by one stroke to McFarlane in the second playoff round.
In the first round of the tournament, on the eleventh hole, Jones’ approach shot slid off the front of the green into the high rough. As his practice swing swept through the grass near his ball, Jones saw the ball had moved. Nobody else did. Still, Jones informed his fellow player Walter Hagen that the ball had, indeed, moved, and he assessed himself a penalty stroke.
After the round, folks lauded Jones for adhering to the rules. His response, “You’d as well praise me for not breaking into banks.”
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