Golf Network News
Monday 20 June 1988Men’s majorsYear in Review
Strange wins U.S. Open
The Country Club, Brookline, Massachusetts · Thursday 16 to Monday 20 June 1988
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 06 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R134°/21°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/18°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 42 · 1.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/17°C · wind 11 km/h SE, gusts 21 · 3.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/16°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R531°/18°C · wind 21 km/h SW, gusts 48 · 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
The Country Club, Brookline
2 of 5 researched
Winner
278Total
−6To par
playoff: 18 holes, 71–75Margin
PlayoffDecided
Runner-up: Nick Faldo
The golfer
b. 1955-01-30, Norfolk, Virginia, USA; United States; 1st 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