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Friday 6 June 1924Men’s majorsYear in Review

Walker wins U.S. Open

Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan · Thursday 5 to Friday 6 June 1924

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 01 m

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

Oakland Hills C.C., Birmingham

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Cyril Walker

297Total
+9To par
3 strokesMargin

Runner-up: Bobby Jones (a)

The golfer

b. 1892-09-18, Manchester, Lancashire, England; England; 1st major (card's count)

Cyril Walker’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