Golf Network News
Sunday 17 June 1979Men’s majorsYear in Review
Irwin wins U.S. Open
Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 June 1979
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 01 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/13°C · wind 21 km/h S, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/18°C · wind 25 km/h SW, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/18°C · wind 19 km/h SW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/18°C · wind 24 km/h WSW, gusts 46 · 0.2 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
Inverness Club, Toledo
2 of 5 researched
Winner
284Total
ETo par
2 strokesMargin
Runner-up: Jerry Pate, Gary Player
The golfer
b. 1945-06-03, Joplin, Missouri, USA; United States; 2nd 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