Golf Network News
Sunday 16 June 1957Men’s majorsYear in Review
Mayer wins U.S. Open
Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 June 1957
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 01 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).
- R127°/17°C · wind 27 km/h SSW, gusts 55 · 21.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/19°C · wind 24 km/h SW, gusts 43 · 1.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/21°C · wind 26 km/h WSW, gusts 44 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/21°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 33 · 0.1 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
Inverness Club, Toledo
2 of 5 researched
Winner
282Total
+2To par
playoff: 18 holes, 72–79Margin
PlayoffDecided
Runner-up: Cary Middlecoff
The golfer
b. 1924-08-28, Stamford, 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