Golf Network News
Saturday 20 June 1964Men’s majorsYear in Review
Venturi wins U.S. Open
Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland · Thursday 18 to Saturday 20 June 1964
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 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/13°C · wind 15 km/h SSE, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R234°/22°C · wind 17 km/h SW, gusts 45 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R337°/22°C · wind 13 km/h W, gusts 36 · 1.7 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
Congressional C.C., Bethesda
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Tommy Jacobs
The golfer
b. 1931-05-15, San Francisco, 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