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Sunday 24 June 1928Men’s majorsYear in Review

Farrell wins U.S. Open

Olympia Fields Country Club, Olympia Fields, Illinois · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 June 1928

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 00 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° 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

Olympia Fields C.C., Matteson

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Johnny Farrell

294Total
+10To par
playoff: 36 holes, 143–144Margin
PlayoffDecided

Runner-up: Bobby Jones (a)

The golfer

b. 1901-04-01, White Plains, New York, USA; United States; 1st major (card's count)

Johnny Farrell’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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