Golf Network News
Sunday 16 June 1968Men’s majorsYear in Review
Trevino wins U.S. Open
Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, New York · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 June 1968
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 11 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/11°C · wind 15 km/h NW, gusts 37 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/10°C · wind 10 km/h WSW, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/14°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 36 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/11°C · wind 9 km/h N, gusts 23 · 1.7 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
Oak Hill C.C., Rochester
2 of 5 researched
Winner
275Total
−5To par
4 strokesMargin
Runner-up: Jack Nicklaus
The golfer
b. 1939-12-01, Dallas, Texas, 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