1981 U.S. Open (Final Round): David Graham Becomes 1st Australian U.S. Open Winner | Full Broadcast

David Graham has like the most Brooklyn accent ever 😂😂 Burns saying: just gonna go jog&have a few beers, totally different times, if leader at US Open would have few beers a night before last round it would be very, very odd to see it..

Graham started with three shot deficit, not 3 shot lead. He missed the first fairway only and hit 15 greens and 3 fringes. Not too shabby.

It is wonderful to see these archived ABC broadcasts here finally . They really need to have the video processed to sharpen the images though as they are quite fuzzy even for standard definition.

Most boring open I ever watched

Burns kind of reminds me of an olden days version of Scottie Scheffler. Including his somewhat ungainly swing.

George Burns, The Golfer ⛳🏌️‍♀️, Not The Actor!🎬🎭📢 🎥📺📽️🍿🍿🍫🍫🥤🥤( Leader, After 3 Rounds Of The 1981 U. S. Open! ⛳🏌️‍♀️)
Shoot! I Would Pay Good Money 💰💰💰💰 To See An 85 Year-Old George Burns Play Golf!⛳🏌️‍♀️🙄😁😅😂🤣😎😎🤓🙂☺️
Typed This On 🌞 Sunday Afternoon 🌁🏙️ 2:58 p.m., June 25, 2023.

Commentators:
Jim McKay & Dave Marr

Tower:
Peter Alliss


On Course:
Bob Rosburg
Bill Flemming

Rules:
Frank Hannigan

What a fun and different time. No par 5’s in 2. No hats. Small wooden drivers about the size of my 5 wood today. Only one prior golfer on the broadcast. But still entertaining!

So sad David Graham is not a pro that Australians have put on a talked about representation of golf for his country.
Could play 🇦🇺✅

Who would have ever thought in 1981 that it would be 32 years before Merion would host another U.S. Open

The USGA must have colored out the tire tracks that were on the second green as the night before, a guy drove hids car on that green and basically destroyed it.

If there's a better golf announcer than Peter Alliss, I don't know his name.

George Burns basically hooked everything, but scrambled very well, or he would have shot like 6 over. Well done.

The moment LOVE's THEME starts, the great Jim McKay says " ABC Sports and the United States Golf Association presents ... A National Championship " .... It was an opening I tried NEVER to miss. Those were The Days .....

Im now a David Graham fan now

David receives high praise from Bob Rosburg about his phenomenal golf. I look at my poster of Mr. Hogan almost everyday of him hitting his famous 1 iron back in (1950?). It looked like David was in a similar spot. Ben had been in his horrible auto vs Greyhound bus accident not so many months previously. Congrats David and R.I.P. great champion.

Wonder who has the best round in terms of shot accuracy in US Open? This round had found all but one fairways, and found all greens

Seve hit a 600 yd par 5 in 2. In 1981. 😉

ABC was incredible with this team. Love listening to it.

ABC deleted the tire tracks on the second green as someone vandalized the course the prior Saturday night and there were tire tracks visible on the green. I think the USGA was fed up with Merion and didn't return for 32 years. It will be back again there in 2030 for Jones' Century Anniversary o f his Grand Slam, but I have no idea how it will survive a slaughter unless they dial back the ball. James B. Horan