Golf Network News
Sunday 15 June 1980Men’s majorsYear in Review
Nicklaus wins U.S. Open
Baltusrol Golf Club, Springfield, New Jersey · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 June 1980
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 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/9°C · wind 11 km/h NW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/11°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/13°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/20°C · wind 18 km/h W, gusts 37 · 7.5 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
Baltusrol G.C., Springfield
2 of 5 researched
Winner
272Total
−8To par
2 strokesMargin
Runner-up: Isao Aoki
The golfer
b. 1940-01-21, Columbus, Ohio, USA; United States; 16th 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