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Saturday 18 July 1896Men’s majorsYear in Review

Foulis wins U.S. Open

Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, New York

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

The weather

14 h 34 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).

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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

Shinnecock Hills G.C., Southampton

2 of 5 researched

Winner

James Foulis

152Total
3 strokesMargin

Runner-up: Horace Rawlins

To par not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1871-08-22, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland; Scotland; 1st major (card's count)

James Foulis’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet

From the papers

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