Golf Network News
Saturday 12 June 1948Men’s majorsYear in Review
Hogan wins U.S. Open
Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California · Thursday 10 to Saturday 12 June 1948
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 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 79° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/14°C · wind 20 km/h W, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/14°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/14°C · wind 17 km/h SSW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course 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
Riviera C.C., Los Angeles
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jimmy Demaret
The golfer
b. 1912-08-13, Stephenville, Texas, USA; United States; 3rd 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