Golf Network News
Sunday 20 June 1976Men’s majorsYear in Review
Pate wins U.S. Open
Atlanta Athletic Club, Duluth, Georgia · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 June 1976
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 16 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 79° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/21°C · wind 11 km/h E, gusts 24 · 6.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/20°C · wind 13 km/h SE, gusts 28 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/20°C · wind 16 km/h SSW, gusts 31 · 31.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/19°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 31 · 4.4 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
Atlanta Athletic Club, Duluth
2 of 5 researched
Winner
277Total
−3To par
2 strokesMargin
Runner-up: Al Geiberger, Tom Weiskopf
The golfer
b. 1953-09-16, Macon, Georgia, 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