Golf Network News
Sunday 20 June 1982Men’s majorsYear in Review
Watson wins U.S. Open
Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 June 1982
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 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 77° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/12°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/12°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/12°C · wind 16 km/h W, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/12°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 34 · 0 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
Pebble Beach G.L., Pebble Beach
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jack Nicklaus
The golfer
b. 1949-09-04, Kansas City, Missouri, USA; United States; 6th 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