Golf Network News
Monday 20 June 1983Men’s majorsYear in Review
Nelson wins U.S. Open
Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania · Thursday 16 to Monday 20 June 1983
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 gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/17°C · wind 7 km/h SSE, gusts 18 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/18°C · wind 7 km/h SE, gusts 19 · 2.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/18°C · wind 7 km/h E, gusts 23 · 3.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/18°C · wind 9 km/h ENE, gusts 17 · 13.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R522°/18°C · wind 16 km/h NE, gusts 31 · 14.2 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
Oakmont C.C., Oakmont
2 of 5 researched
Winner
280Total
−4To par
1 strokeMargin
Runner-up: Tom Watson
The golfer
b. 1947-09-10, Fort Payne, Alabama, 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