[Bill Shamleffer]

This Tuesday evening (5/20/2014) The Golf Channel will air Original TV coverage from the 1974 US Open - The Massacre at Winged Foot - won by Hale Irwin with a score of +7.

[Tom_Doak]

I was there, but only on the Friday, so you will probably not locate me in the video.  I was 13 years old and not very tall.

[Steve Lapper]

I was there all four days, carrying a group score placard and my mother served as a scoring official.

I believe I went thru at least two pairs of socks a day just walking along the first cut!

[Dan Herrmann]

Thanks - added to the DVR "to record" list

[Tim_Cronin]

ESPN Classic showed this and many other ABC U.S. Opens some years ago. 1974 was notable for the first use of a female commentator on a men's tournament: Marilynn Smith was on the 14th hole (I think) along with Frank Gifford. And watch for Keith Jackson throwing it to Henry Longhurst, and Henry throwing it back to Keith. Quite the contrast in accents and delivery.

[Gene Greco]

   I was there as well for the final round.
Hale appeared to hit a long iron with the head about the size of a teaspoon for his approach to 18, which flew as high as my wedge trajectory.
Twenty years later I played WF for the first time (with someone who I feel is the greatest putter I had ever seen and I used a  Ping Eye 2 five iron for my approach. Equipment and the ball changed quite a bit during that period of time.

[Tom_Doak]

Frank Gifford seems an odd choice, except that he was a member at Winged Foot.  I remember that because an acquaintance of mine had his locker in the G's, between Joe Garagiola and Gifford.

[Tim_Cronin]

Frank Gifford seems an odd choice, except that he was a member at Winged Foot.  I remember that because an acquaintance of mine had his locker in the G's, between Joe Garagiola and Gifford.

ABC Sports used almost everyone on the U.S. Open that year, including Chris Schenkel, Jim McKay, Keith Jackson, Bill Fleming, Frank Gifford, and Henry Longhurst, one at each hole, plus Byron Nelson as lead analyst. This was before the notion of using McKay and Dave Marr for one segment, then Peter Alliss for the next one.

[Patrice Boissonnas]

I would love to watch those vintage videos but unfortunately we don't get your TV channels over here in Europe (France at least).
Any idea how I could get my hand on them? Has there ever been a DVD collection playing pre 1990 major Tournaments?
FYI, the first major I was able to watch live in France was the 1988 US Open at the Country Club : Curtis Strange against Nick Faldo.

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