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U.S. Open (golf)
U.S. Open (golf)
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U.S. Open
Tournament information Location Established Course(s) Par Yardage Tour(s) United States 1895 Bethpage State Park (Black Course) in 2009 70 in 2009 7,426 in 2009 PGA Tour PGA European Tour Japan Golf Tour Stroke play $7,500,000 June
Format Purse Month Played
Tournament record score Aggregate 272 272 272 272 Jack Nicklaus (1980) Lee Janzen (1993) Tiger Woods (2000) Jim Furyk (2003)
To-par
-12 Tiger Woods (2000)
Current champion Tiger Woods
The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the
European Tour. It is staged by the United States Golf Association (USGA) in mid-June, scheduled such that the final round is always played on the third Sunday, which is Father’s Day. From 2008, it will also be an official money event on the Asian Tour, with 50% of Asian Tour members’ earnings counting towards the Order of Merit.[1] The U.S. Open is staged at a variety of courses, set up in such a way that scoring is very difficult with a premium placed on accurate driving. U.S. Open play is characterized by tight scoring at or around par by the leaders, with the winner emerging at just under par. A U.S. Open course is seldom beaten severely, and there have been many over-par wins (in part because par is usually set at 70 except for the very longest courses). Normally, an Open course is quite long and will have a high cut of primary rough (termed "Open rough" by the American press and fans), hilly greens (such as at Pinehurst No. 2 in 2005, which was described by Johnny Miller of NBC as "like trying to hit a ball on top of a VW Beetle"), and pinched fairways (especially on what are expected to be less difficult holes). Some courses that are attempting to get into the rotation for the U.S. Open will undergo renovations to have these features. Rees Jones is the most notable of the "Open Doctors" who take on these projects. As with any professional golf tournament, the available space surrounding the course (for spectators, among other considerations) and local infrastructure also factor into deciding which courses will host the event. The U.S. Open is the only one of the four major championships which does not go immediately to a playoff if two or more players are tied at the end of the four rounds. Instead, the players play a fifth 18-hole round the following day (Monday), but if a tie still exists after the round, then a sudden death playoff is held. Only three times has the U.S. Open gone to sudden death after the playoff round.
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U.S. Open (golf)
A streak of four consecutive non-American winners occurred from 2004 to 2007 for the first time since 1910. These four players—South African Retief Goosen (2004), New Zealander Michael Campbell (2005), Australian Geoff Ogilvy (2006) and Argentine Ángel Cabrera (2007) —are all from countries in the Southern Hemisphere. No player from Europe has won since Tony Jacklin of England in 1970. The 2008 edition of the Open ended in a tie between Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate, forcing an 18-hole playoff the following day. After completing 90 holes over five days, both players were still tied, marking only the third time in Open history that a winner was determined using sudden death. On the first sudden death hole (the seventh), Woods won the tournament with a par to defeat Mediate, who made a bogey. The victory made Woods the sixth player to win three or more U.S. Opens.
History
The first U.S. Open Championship was played on October 4, 1895, on a nine-hole course in Newport, Rhode Island. It was a 36-hole competition and was played in a single day. Ten professionals and one amateur entered. The winner was a 21-year-old Englishman named Horace Rawlins, who had arrived in the U.S. in January that year to take up a position at the host club. He received $150 cash out of a prize fund of $335, plus a $50 gold medal; his club received the Open Championship Cup trophy, which was presented by the USGA. In the beginning, the tournament was dominated by experienced British players until 1911, when John J. McDermott became the first native-born American winner. American golfers soon began to win regularly and the tournament evolved to become one of the four majors.
Qualification and prizes
The U.S. Open is open to any professional, or to any amateur with an up-to-date USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 1.4. Players (male or female) may obtain a place by being fully exempt or by competing successfully in qualifying. The field is 156 players. About half of the field is made up of players who are fully exempt from qualifying. There are 17 full exemption categories, including winners of the U.S. Open for the last ten years and the other three majors for the last five years, the top 30 from the previous year’s PGA Tour money list, the top 15 from the previous year’s European Tour money list, and the top 50 in the Official World Golf Rankings as of two weeks before the tournament. Potential competitors who are not fully exempt must enter the Qualifying process, which has two stages. Firstly there is Local Qualifying, which is played over 18 holes at over 100 courses around the United States. Many leading players are exempt from this first stage, and they join the successful local qualifiers at the Sectional Qualifying stage, which is played over 36 holes in one day at several sites in the U.S. and one each in Europe and Japan. There is no lower age limit and the youngest-ever qualifier was 15-yearold Tadd Fujikawa of Hawaii, who qualified in 2006.
Michael Campbell holding U.S. Open Trophy Throughout the modern history of the competition, the title has been won almost exclusively by players from the United States. Since 1950, players from only five nations other than the United States have won the championship, most notably South Africa, which has won five times since 1965.
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The purse at the 2007 U.S. Open was $7 million, and the winner’s share was $1.26 million. The PGA European Tour uses conversion rates at the time of the tournament to calculate the official prize money used in their Order of Merit rankings (€5,241,402 in 2007). In line with the other majors, winning the U.S. Open gives a golfer several privileges that make his career much more secure, if he is not already one of the elite players of the sport. U.S. Open champions are automatically invited to play in the other three majors (the Masters, the Open Championship (British Open), and the PGA Championship) for the next five years, as well as the near-major Players Championship, and they are exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open itself for 10 years. They may also receive a five-year exemption on the PGA Tour, which is automatic for regular members. Non-PGA Tour members who win the U.S. Open have the choice of joining the PGA Tour either within 60 days of winning, or prior to the beginning of any one of the next five tour seasons. The top 15 finishers at the U.S. Open are fully exempt from qualifying for the following year’s Open, and the top eight are automatically invited to the following season’s Masters.
U.S. Open (golf)
• Oldest player to make the cut: Sam Snead in 1973 at 61 years old. He tied for 29th place. • Most consecutive victories: 3 by Willie Anderson 1903-1905. • Most consecutive Opens started: 44 by Jack Nicklaus from 1957 to 2000. • Largest margin of victory: 15 strokes by Tiger Woods, 2000. This is the all-time record for all majors. • Lowest score for 72 holes: 272 – Jack Nicklaus (63-71-70-68), 1980; Lee Janzen (67-67-69-69), in 1993; Tiger Woods (65-69-71-67), 2000; Jim Furyk (67-66-67-72), 2003. • Most strokes under par for 72 holes: 12 under (272) by Tiger Woods, 2000. • Lowest score for 18 holes: 63 – Johnny Miller, 4th round, 1973; Jack Nicklaus, 1st, 1980; Tom Weiskopf, 1st, 1980; Vijay Singh, 2nd, 2003. • Most frequent venues: • 8 Opens: Oakmont Country Club 1927, 1935, 1953, 1962, 1973, 1983, 1994, and 2007. • 7 Opens: Baltusrol Golf Club - 1903, 1915, 1936, 1954, 1967, 1980 and 1993. There is an extensive records section on the official site here.
Champions
Willie Anderson, Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus hold the record for the most U.S. Open victories, with four victories each.[1] Hale Irwin is the oldest winner of the U.S. Open: he was &0000000000000045.00000045 years, &0000000000000015.00000015 days old when he won in 1990.[2] The youngest winner of the U.S. Open is John McDermott who was 19 years 315 days old when he won in 1911.[2] Jack Nicklaus, Lee Janzen, Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk hold the record for the lowest score over 72 holes, which is 272. Tiger Woods holds the distinction of being the most strokes under par for 72 holes, he was 12 strokes under par (-12) when he won in 2000.[3]
Future sites
• 2009 – Bethpage State Park, Black Course (Farmingdale, New York - June 18-21) • 2010 – Pebble Beach Golf Links (Pebble Beach, California - June 17-20) • 2011 – Congressional Country Club, Blue Course (Bethesda, Maryland - June 16-19) • 2012 – The Olympic Club, Lake Course (San Francisco, California - June 14-17) • 2013 – Merion Golf Club, East Course (Ardmore, Pennsylvania - June 13-16) • 2014 – Pinehurst Resort, Course #2 (Pinehurst, North Carolina - June 12-15) • 2015 – Chambers Bay (University Place, Washington - June 18-21)
Notes
[1] La Jolla is a neighborhood within the city of San Diego that has a unique postal identity. [2] ^ The course straddles the border between Daly City and San Francisco;
Records
• Oldest champion: Hale Irwin in 1990 at 45 years, 15 days. • Youngest champion: John McDermott in 1911 at 19 years, 315 days.
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Year Champion 2008 Tiger Woods (3) 2007 Ángel Cabrera Argentina 2006 Geoff Ogilvy Australia 2005 Michael Campbell New Zealand Winged Foot Golf Club, West Course Pinehurst Resort, Course No. 2 Shinnecock Hills Golf Club Olympia Fields Country Club, North Course Bethpage State Park, Black Course Southern Hills Country Club Pebble Beach Golf Links Pinehurst Resort, Course No. 2 Olympic Club, Lake Course Congressional Country Club, Blue Course Oakland Hills Country Club, South Course Shinnecock Hills Golf Club Oakmont Country Club Baltusrol Golf Club, Lower Course Pebble Beach Golf Links Hazeltine National Golf Club Medinah Country Club, Course No. 3 Oak Hill Country Club, East Course The Country Club Olympic Club, Lake Course Country United States Venue Torrey Pines Golf Course, South Course Oakmont Country Club Location
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Score
La Jolla, California[N 283 1] (-1) Oakmont, Pennsylvania Mamaroneck, New York Pinehurst, North Carolina Shinnecock Hills, New York Olympia Fields, Illinois Farmingdale, New York Tulsa, Oklahoma Pebble Beach, California Pinehurst, North Carolina San Francisco, California[N 2] Bethesda, Maryland Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Shinnecock Hills, New York Oakmont, Pennsylvania Springfield, New Jersey Pebble Beach, California Chaska, Minnesota Medinah, Illinois Rochester, New York[N 3] Brookline, Massachusetts San Francisco, California[N 2] 285 (+5) 285 (+5) 280 (E) 276 (-4) 272 (-8) 277 (-3) 276 (-4) 272 (-12) 279 (-1) 280 (E) 276 (-4) 278 (-2) 280 (E) 279 (-5) 272 (-8) 285 (-3) 282 (-6) 280 (-8) 278 (-2) 278 (-6) 277 (-3)
2004 Retief Goosen South (2) Africa 2003 Jim Furyk 2002 Tiger Woods (2) 2001 Retief Goosen 2000 Tiger Woods United States United States South Africa United States
1999 Payne Stewart United (2) States 1998 Lee Janzen (2) 1997 Ernie Els (2) 1996 Steve Jones 1995 Corey Pavin 1994 Ernie Els 1993 Lee Janzen 1992 Tom Kite 1991 Payne Stewart 1990 Hale Irwin (3) United States South Africa United States United States South Africa United States United States United States United States
1989 Curtis Strange United (2) States 1988 Curtis Strange 1987 Scott Simpson United States United States
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1986 Raymond Floyd 1985 Andy North (2) 1984 Fuzzy Zoeller 1983 Larry Nelson 1982 Tom Watson 1981 David Graham Australia 1980 Jack Nicklaus (4) 1979 Hale Irwin (2) 1978 Andy North 1977 Hubert Green 1976 Jerry Pate 1975 Lou Graham 1974 Hale Irwin 1973 Johnny Miller 1972 Jack Nicklaus (3) 1971 Lee Trevino (2) 1970 Tony Jacklin England 1969 Orville Moody 1968 Lee Trevino 1967 Jack Nicklaus (2) 1966 Billy Casper (2) 1965 Gary Player 1964 Ken Venturi United States United States United States United States South Africa United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States Shinnecock Hills Golf Club Oakland Hills Country Club, South Course Winged Foot Golf Club, West Course Oakmont Country Club Pebble Beach Golf Links
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Shinnecock Hills, New York Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Mamaroneck, New York Oakmont, Pennsylvania Pebble Beach, California 279 (-1) 279 (-1) 276 (-4) 280 (-4) 282 (-6) 273 (-7) 272 (-8) 284 (E) 285 (+1) 278 (-2) 277 (-3) 287 (+3) 287 (+7) 279 (-5) 290 (+2) 280 (E) 281 (-7) 281 (+1) 275 (-5) 275 (-5) 278 (-2)
Merion Golf Club, East Course Ardmore, Pennsylvania Baltusrol Golf Club, Lower Course Inverness Club Cherry Hills Country Club Southern Hills Country Club Atlanta Athletic Club, Highlands Course Medinah Country Club, Course No. 3 Winged Foot Golf Club, West Course Oakmont Country Club Pebble Beach Golf Links Springfield, New Jersey Toledo, Ohio Cherry Hills Village, Colorado Tulsa, Oklahoma Duluth, Georgia[N 4] Medinah, Illinois Mamaroneck, New York Oakmont, Pennsylvania Pebble Beach, California
Merion Golf Club, East Course Ardmore, Pennsylvania Hazeltine National Golf Club Chaska, Minnesota
Champions Golf Club, Cypress Houston, Texas Creek Course Oak Hill Country Club, East Course Baltusrol Golf Club, Lower Course Olympic Club, Lake Course Bellerive Country Club Congressional Country Club, Blue Course Rochester, New York[N 3] Springfield, New Jersey San Francisco, California[N 2]
St. Louis, Missouri[N 282 5] (+2) Bethesda, Maryland 278 (-2)
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1963 Julius Boros (2) 1962 Jack Nicklaus 1961 Gene Littler 1960 Arnold Palmer 1959 Billy Casper 1958 Tommy Bolt 1957 Dick Mayer 1956 Cary Middlecoff (2) 1955 Jack Fleck 1954 Ed Furgol 1953 Ben Hogan (4) 1952 Julius Boros 1951 Ben Hogan (3) 1950 Ben Hogan (2) 1949 Cary Middlecoff 1948 Ben Hogan 1947 Lew Worsham 1946 Lloyd Mangrum 1941 Craig Wood 1940 Lawson Little 1939 Byron Nelson United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States The Country Club Oakmont Country Club Oakland Hills Country Club, South Course Cherry Hills Country Club Winged Foot Golf Club, West Course Southern Hills Country Club Inverness Club Oak Hill Country Club, East Course Olympic Club, Lake Course Baltusrol Golf Club, Lower Course Oakmont Country Club Northwood Club Oakland Hills Country Club, South Course
U.S. Open (golf)
Brookline, Massachusetts Oakmont, Pennsylvania Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Cherry Hills Village, Colorado Mamaroneck, New York Tulsa, Oklahoma Toledo, Ohio Rochester, New York[N 3] San Francisco, California[N 2] Springfield, New Jersey Oakmont, Pennsylvania Dallas, Texas Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 293 (+9) 283 (-1) 281 (+1) 280 (-4) 282 (+2) 283 (+3) 282 (+2) 281 (+1) 287 (+7) 284 (+4) 283 (-5) 281 (+1) 287 (+7) 287 (+7) 286 (+2) 276 (-8) 282 (-2) 284 (-4) 284 (E) 287 (-1) 284 (-4) 284 (E)
Merion Golf Club, East Course Ardmore, Pennsylvania Medinah Country Club, Course No. 3 Riviera Country Club St. Louis Country Club Canterbury Golf Club Medinah, Illinois Pacific Palisades, California[N 6] St. Louis, Missouri Beachwood, Ohio
1942-1945: Cancelled due to World War II Colonial Country Club Canterbury Golf Club Philadelphia Country Club Cherry Hills Country Club Fort Worth, Texas Beachwood, Ohio Gladwyne, Pennsylvania Cherry Hills Village, Colorado
1938 Ralph Guldahl United (2) States
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1937 Ralph Guldahl 1936 Tony Manero 1935 Sam Parks, Jr 1934 Olin Dutra 1933 Johnny Goodman (Am) United States United States United States United States United States Oakland Hills Country Club, South Course Baltusrol Golf Club, Upper Course Oakmont Country Club
U.S. Open (golf)
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Springfield, New Jersey Oakmont, Pennsylvania 281 (+1) 282 (-2) 299 (+15) 293 (+9) 287 (-1) 286 (+2) 292 (+4) 287 (-1) 294 294 301 293 291 297 296 288 289 295 301
Merion Golf Club, East Course Ardmore, Pennsylvania North Shore Country Club Fresh Meadow Country Club Inverness Club Interlachen Country Club Winged Foot Golf Club, West Course Olympia Fields Country Club Oakmont Country Club Scioto Country Club Worcester Country Club Glenview, Illinois Great Neck, New York Toledo, Ohio Edina, Minnesota Mamaroneck, New York Olympia Fields, Illinois Oakmont, Pennsylvania Columbus, Ohio Worcester, Massachusetts Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Inwood, New York Glencoe, Illinois Chevy Chase, Maryland Toledo, Ohio
1932 Gene Sarazen United (2) States 1931 Billy Burke 1930 Bobby Jones (Am) (4) 1929 Bobby Jones (Am) (3) 1928 Johnny Farrell 1927 Tommy Armour 1926 Bobby Jones (Am) (2) 1925 Willie Macfarlane 1924 Cyril Walker England 1923 Bobby Jones (Am) 1922 Gene Sarazen 1921 Jim Barnes 1920 Ted Ray United States United States United States Jersey United States United States United States United States United States United States Scotland
Oakland Hills Country Club, South Course Inwood Country Club Skokie Country Club Columbia Country Club Inverness Club
1919 Walter Hagen United (2) States 1916 Chick Evans (Am) 1915 Jerome Travers (Am) 1914 Walter Hagen 1913 Francis Ouimet (Am) United States United States United States United States
Brae Burn Country Club, Main West Newton, Course Massachusetts The Minikahda Club Baltusrol Golf Club Midlothian Country Club The Country Club Minneapolis, Minnesota Springfield, New Jersey Midlothian, Illinois Brookline, Massachusetts
1917-1918: Cancelled due to World War I 286 297 290 304
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1912 John McDermott (2) 1911 John McDermott 1910 Alex Smith (2) Scotland 1909 George Sargent 1908 Fred McLeod Scotland 1907 Alec Ross Scotland 1906 Alex Smith Scotland 1905 Willie Anderson (4) 1904 Willie Anderson (3) 1903 Willie Anderson (2) 1902 Laurie Auchterlonie 1901 Willie Anderson 1900 Harry Vardon 1899 Willie Smith Scotland 1898 Fred Herd Scotland 1897 Joe Lloyd England 1896 James Foulis Scotland 1895 Horace Rawlins Newport Country Club England Shinnecock Hills Golf Club Chicago Golf Club Myopia Hunt Club Scotland Glen View Club Scotland Baltusrol Golf Club Scotland Garden City Golf Club Scotland Myopia Hunt Club Scotland Jersey Chicago Golf Club Baltimore Country Club, East Course Myopia Hunt Club Philadelphia Cricket Club, St. Martin’s Course Onwentsia Club England Myopia Hunt Club United States United States Country Club of Buffalo Chicago Golf Club Philadelphia Cricket Club, St. Martin’s Course Englewood Golf Club
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Buffalo, New York Wheaton, Illinois Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Englewood, New Jersey South Hamilton, Massachusetts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Lake Forest, Illinois South Hamilton, Massachusetts Golf, Illinois Springfield, New Jersey Garden City, New York South Hamilton, Massachusetts Wheaton, Illinois Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland South Hamilton, Massachusetts Wheaton, Illinois Shinnecock Hills, New York Newport, Rhode Island 294 307 298 290 322 302 295 314 303 307 307 331 313 315 328 162 152 173
the club’s postal address is in San Francisco. [3] ^ The club has a Rochester postal address, but is located in the adjacent town of Pittsford. [4] The club is located in a portion of the Duluth postal area that became part of the newly incorporated city of Johns Creek in 2006. Although the club is still served by the Duluth post office, it now lists its mailing address as Johns Creek.
[5] The club has a St. Louis postal address, but is located in the Missouri suburb of Town and Country. [6] Pacific Palisades is a neighborhood within the city of Los Angeles that has a unique postal identity.
References
[1] "Champions". US Open. http://www.usopen.com/2007/history/ usopen_records.html#champions. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.
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[2] ^ "Age". US Open. http://www.usopen.com/2007/history/ usopen_records.html#age. Retrieved on 2008-04-26. [3] "Scoring". US Open. http://www.usopen.com/2007/history/
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usopen_records.html#scoring. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.
External links
• United States Golf Association website • U.S. Open official site
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