Golf Network News
Sunday 18 June 1978Men’s majorsYear in Review
North wins U.S. Open
Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village, Colorado · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 June 1978
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 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/13°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/11°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/12°C · wind 21 km/h E, gusts 41 · 4.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/10°C · wind 24 km/h SSE, gusts 55 · 0.8 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
Cherry Hills C.C., Englewood
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: J.C. Snead, Dave Stockton
The golfer
b. 1950-03-09, Thorp, Wisconsin, 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