Golf Network News
Sunday 17 June 1973Men’s majorsYear in Review
Miller wins U.S. Open
Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 June 1973
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 53 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/11°C · wind 11 km/h NNW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/9°C · wind 8 km/h SSE, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/17°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 37 · 24.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/17°C · wind 12 km/h E, gusts 31 · 5 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
Men's major
U.S. Open
Oakmont C.C., Oakmont
2 of 5 researched
Winner
279Total
−5To par
1 strokeMargin
Runner-up: John Schlee
The golfer
b. 1947-04-29, 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