Golf Network News
Sunday 19 June 1955Men’s majorsYear in Review
Fleck wins U.S. Open
Olympic Club, San Francisco, California · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 June 1955
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 37 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 76° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/10°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/10°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/11°C · wind 17 km/h WSW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/9°C · wind 19 km/h WSW, gusts 43 · 0 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
Olympic Club, San Francisco
2 of 5 researched
Winner
287Total
+7To par
playoff: 18 holes, 69–72Margin
PlayoffDecided
Runner-up: Ben Hogan
The golfer
b. 1921-11-07, Bettendorf, Iowa, USA; USA; 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