Golf Network News
Sunday 16 June 1946Men’s majorsYear in Review
Mangrum wins U.S. Open
Canterbury Golf Club, Beachwood, Ohio · Wednesday 12 to Sunday 16 June 1946
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 59 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/18°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 42 · 32.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/13°C · wind 22 km/h NNW, gusts 53 · 22.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/12°C · wind 19 km/h NE, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/13°C · wind 12 km/h NE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R526°/16°C · wind 23 km/h S, gusts 38 · 18 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
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
Canterbury G.C., Cleveland
2 of 5 researched
Winner
284Total
−4To par
playoff: 36 holesMargin
PlayoffDecided
Runner-up: Vic Ghezzi, Byron Nelson
The golfer
b. 1914-08-01, Trenton, Texas, 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