Golf Network News
Sunday 18 June 1989Men’s majorsYear in Review
Strange wins U.S. Open
Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, New York · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 June 1989
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 11 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/14°C · wind 12 km/h SE, gusts 31 · 5.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/14°C · wind 8 km/h NE, gusts 22 · 1.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/15°C · wind 17 km/h WSW, gusts 42 · 10.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/14°C · wind 17 km/h WSW, gusts 56 · 0.8 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
Oak Hill C.C., Rochester
2 of 5 researched
Winner
278Total
−2To par
1 strokeMargin
Runner-up: Chip Beck, Mark McCumber, Ian Woosnam
The golfer
b. 1955-01-30, Norfolk, Virginia, 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