Golf Network News
Saturday 18 June 1960Men’s majorsYear in Review
Palmer wins U.S. Open
Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village, Colorado · Thursday 16 to Saturday 18 June 1960
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 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/13°C · wind 12 km/h E, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R233°/13°C · wind 27 km/h SW, gusts 42 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/14°C · wind 20 km/h SE, gusts 32 · 0.4 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
Cherry Hills C.C., Englewood
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jack Nicklaus (a)
The golfer
b. 1929-09-10, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, 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