Golf Network News
Saturday 16 June 1951Men’s majorsYear in Review
Hogan wins U.S. Open
Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan · Thursday 14 to Saturday 16 June 1951
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 07 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/12°C · wind 19 km/h N, gusts 42 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/8°C · wind 10 km/h W, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/11°C · wind 13 km/h S, gusts 29 · 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
Oakland Hills C.C., Birmingham
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Clayton Heafner
The golfer
b. 1912-08-13, Stephenville, Texas, USA; United States; 6th 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