Golf Network News
Saturday 10 July 1926Men’s majorsYear in Review
Jones wins U.S. Open
Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio · Thursday 8 to Saturday 10 July 1926
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 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
- 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
Scioto C.C., Columbus
2 of 5 researched
Winner
293Total
+5To par
1 strokeMargin
Runner-up: Joe Turnesa
The golfer
b. 1902-03-17, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; USA; 2nd major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet