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Monday 17 June 1991Men’s majorsYear in Review

Stewart wins U.S. Open

Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minnesota · Thursday 13 to Monday 17 June 1991

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 24 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R129°/21°C · wind 21 km/h SSE, gusts 56 · 5.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R227°/20°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 40 · 5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R324°/16°C · wind 26 km/h W, gusts 54 · 3.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R427°/13°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  5. R529°/16°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis

The name over time

  1. 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

Hazeltine National G.C., Chaska

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Payne Stewart

282Total
−6To par
playoff: 18 holes, 75–77Margin
PlayoffDecided

Runner-up: Scott Simpson

The golfer

b. 1957-01-30, Springfield, Missouri, USA; United States; 2nd major (card's count)

Payne Stewart’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet

From the papers

No clipping yet