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Friday 21 June 1907Men’s majorsYear in Review

Ross wins U.S. Open

Philadelphia Cricket Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Thursday 20 to Friday 21 June 1907

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 51 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R1Not yet researched
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  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

Men's major

U.S. Open

Philadelphia Cricket Club, Philadelphia

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Alec Ross

302Total
2 strokesMargin

Runner-up: Gilbert Nicholls

To par not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1879-09-15, Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland; Scotland; 1st major (card's count)

Alec Ross’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