Golf Network News
Monday 18 June 1990Men’s majorsYear in Review
Irwin wins U.S. Open
Medinah Country Club, Medinah, Illinois · Thursday 14 to Monday 18 June 1990
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 03 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/17°C · wind 15 km/h NW, gusts 32 · 23.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/16°C · wind 15 km/h NE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/20°C · wind 21 km/h SSE, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/22°C · wind 28 km/h SW, gusts 63 · 2.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R529°/18°C · wind 29 km/h WNW, gusts 57 · 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
Medinah C.C., Medinah
2 of 5 researched
Winner
280Total
−8To par
playoff: 18 holes + sudden death (91st hole)Margin
PlayoffDecided
Runner-up: Mike Donald
The golfer
b. 1945-06-03, Joplin, Missouri, USA; United States; 3rd 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