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Sunday 16 June 1974Men’s majorsYear in Review
Irwin wins U.S. Open
Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, New York · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 June 1974
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 56 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/13°C · wind 14 km/h SSW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/14°C · wind 13 km/h S, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/15°C · wind 19 km/h SE, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/18°C · wind 21 km/h SE, gusts 47 · 6.4 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
Winged Foot G.C., Mamaroneck
2 of 5 researched
Winner
287Total
+7To par
2 strokesMargin
Runner-up: Forrest Fezler
The golfer
b. 1945-06-03, Joplin, Missouri, 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