Golf Network News
Sunday 30 June 1929Men’s majorsYear in Review
Jones wins U.S. Open
Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, New York · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 June 1929
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 55 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent 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
Winged Foot G.C., Mamaroneck
2 of 5 researched
Winner
294Total
+6To par
playoff: 36 holes, 141–164Margin
PlayoffDecided
Runner-up: Al Espinosa
The golfer
b. 1902-03-17, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; USA; 5th 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