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Saturday 9 July 1904Men’s majorsYear in Review

Anderson wins U.S. Open

Glen View Club, Golf, Illinois · Friday 8 to Saturday 9 July 1904

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 53 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent 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

Glen View Club, Golf

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Willie Anderson

303Total
5 strokesMargin

Runner-up: Gilbert Nicholls

To par not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1879-10-21, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland; Scotland; 3rd major (card's count)

Willie Anderson’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