Golf Network News
Sunday 15 June 1986Men’s majorsYear in Review
Floyd wins U.S. Open
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, New York · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 June 1986
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 55 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/13°C · wind 44 km/h ENE, gusts 61 · 20.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/14°C · wind 37 km/h NNE, gusts 52 · 16.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/16°C · wind 20 km/h W, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/17°C · wind 26 km/h SW, gusts 31 · 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
Men's major
U.S. Open
Shinnecock Hills G.C., Southampton
2 of 5 researched
Winner
279Total
−1To par
2 strokesMargin
Runner-up: Chip Beck, Lanny Wadkins
The golfer
b. 1942-09-04, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA; United States; 4th 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