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Friday 4 October 1895Men’s majorsYear in Review

Rawlins wins U.S. Open

Newport Country Club, Newport, Rhode Island

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

11 h 22 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 43° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R1Not yet researched
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  3. R3Not yet researched
  4. R4Not yet researched

The name over time

  1. U.S. Open

1895–2026 in our record, 126 editions.

The ones it got away from

Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.

Same week

Nothing else in our record that week.

Men's major

U.S. Open

Newport G.C., Newport

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Horace Rawlins

173Total
2 strokesMargin

Runner-up: Willie Dunn

To par not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1874-08-05, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, England; England; 1st major (card's count)

Horace Rawlins’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet

From the papers

No clipping yet