Golf Network News
Sunday 21 June 1981Men’s majorsYear in Review
Graham wins U.S. Open
Merion Golf Club, Ardmore, Pennsylvania · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 June 1981
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 51 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/16°C · wind 12 km/h E, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/18°C · wind 18 km/h SSE, gusts 37 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/20°C · wind 12 km/h SSW, gusts 36 · 31.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/18°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 36 · 0 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
Merion G.C., Ardmore
2 of 5 researched
Winner
273Total
−7To par
3 strokesMargin
Runner-up: George Burns, Bill Rogers
The golfer
b. 1946-05-23, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Australia; 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