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Thursday 12 June 1919Men’s majorsYear in Review

Hagen wins U.S. Open

Brae Burn Country Club, West Newton, Massachusetts · Monday 9 to Thursday 12 June 1919

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

The weather

15 h 03 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R1Not yet researched
  2. R2Not yet researched
  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

Brae Burn C.C., West Newton

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Walter Hagen

301Total
+17To par
playoff: 18 holes, 77–78Margin
PlayoffDecided

Runner-up: Mike Brady

The golfer

b. 1892-12-21, Rochester, New York, USA; United States; 2nd major (card's count)

Walter Hagen’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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