Golf Network News
Sunday 19 June 1977Men’s majorsYear in Review
Green wins U.S. Open
Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 June 1977
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 27 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 77° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/22°C · wind 16 km/h SE, gusts 32 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R235°/22°C · wind 19 km/h S, gusts 40 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R334°/24°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R434°/24°C · wind 21 km/h S, gusts 45 · 1.8 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
Southern Hills C.C., Tulsa
2 of 5 researched
Winner
278Total
−2To par
1 strokeMargin
Runner-up: Lou Graham
The golfer
b. 1946-12-28, Birmingham, Alabama, 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