Golf Network News
Saturday 17 June 1961Men’s majorsYear in Review
Littler wins U.S. Open
Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan · Thursday 15 to Saturday 17 June 1961
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 crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/7°C · wind 20 km/h NNE, gusts 47 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/6°C · wind 10 km/h WSW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/9°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 26 · 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: Bob Goalby, Doug Sanders
The golfer
b. 1930-07-21, 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