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Sunday 14 June 1959Men’s majorsYear in Review
Casper wins U.S. Open
Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, New York · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 June 1959
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 55 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/16°C · wind 19 km/h E, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/15°C · wind 17 km/h SE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/17°C · wind 19 km/h SW, gusts 38 · 29.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/14°C · wind 32 km/h NW, gusts 66 · 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
Winged Foot G.C., Mamaroneck
2 of 5 researched
Winner
282Total
+2To par
1 strokeMargin
Runner-up: Bob Rosburg
The golfer
b. 1931-06-24, San Diego, California, 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