Golf Network News
Sunday 16 June 1996Men’s majorsYear in Review
Jones wins U.S. Open
Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 June 1996
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 07 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/18°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 36 · 4.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/19°C · wind 11 km/h NNW, gusts 30 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/17°C · wind 12 km/h NE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/15°C · wind 11 km/h E, gusts 23 · 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
Oakland Hills C.C., Bloomfield Hills
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Tom Lehman, Davis Love III
The golfer
b. 1958-12-27, Artesia, New Mexico, USA; USA; 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