Golf Network News
Monday 23 June 1975Men’s majorsYear in Review
Graham wins U.S. Open
Medinah Country Club, Medinah, Illinois · Thursday 19 to Monday 23 June 1975
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 03 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/20°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/20°C · wind 9 km/h E, gusts 18 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R332°/20°C · wind 11 km/h S, gusts 27 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/22°C · wind 22 km/h SSW, gusts 44 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R529°/21°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 33 · 2.4 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
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
U.S. Open
Medinah C.C., Medinah
2 of 5 researched
Winner
287Total
+3To par
playoff: 18 holes, 71–73Margin
PlayoffDecided
Runner-up: John Mahaffey
The golfer
b. 1938-01-07, Nashville, Tennessee, 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