Golf Network News
Monday 6 July 1931Men’s majorsYear in Review
Burke wins U.S. Open
Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio · Thursday 2 to Monday 6 July 1931
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 71° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous 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
Inverness Club, Toledo
2 of 5 researched
Winner
292Total
+8To par
playoff: 72 holes (149 & 148)Margin
PlayoffDecided
Runner-up: George Von Elm
The golfer
b. 1902-12-14, Naugatuck, Connecticut, USA; United States; 1st 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