(third sunday of june)
(open to any professional)
(open 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
in the beginning, the tournament was dominated by experienced British players until 1911, when John J. McDermott became the first native-born American winner.
the youngest winner of the U.S. Open is John McDermott who was 19 years 315 days old when he won in 1911
american golfers soon began to win regularly and the tournament evolved to become one of the four majors
HYPERLINK “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Anderson_%28golfer%29” \o “Willie Anderson (golfer)” Willie Anderson, HYPERLINK “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Jones_%28golfer%29” \o “Bobby Jones (golfer)” Bobby Jones, HYPERLINK “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Hogan” \o “Ben Hogan” Ben Hogan and HYPERLINK “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Nicklaus” \o “Jack Nicklaus” Jack Nicklaus hold the record for the most U.S. Open victories, with four victories each
Hale Irwin is the oldest winner of the U.S. Open: he was 45 years, 15 days old when he won in 1990
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
(mickelson perpetual second place @ US open)
2010
(graeme mcdowell wins US open @ even par)
HYPERLINK “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Irish” \o “Northern Irish” Northern Irish professional HYPERLINK “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf” \o “Golf” golfer who plays on the HYPERLINK “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Tour” \o “European Tour” European Tour
(first Northern Irishman to accomplish the feat)