Golf Network News
Sunday 15 June 1997Men’s majorsYear in Review
Els wins U.S. Open
Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 June 1997
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 43 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/18°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 31 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/20°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 39 · 8.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/19°C · wind 10 km/h WNW, gusts 33 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/17°C · wind 15 km/h ENE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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
Congressional C.C., Bethesda
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Colin Montgomerie
The golfer
b. 1969-10-17, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; South Africa; 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