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The United States Open Golf Championship
Published or Updated June 11, 2018
Location: United States
Sport: Golf
Level: Professional
Sport: Golf
Level: Professional
Event Type: Individual Championship
First Held: 1895
Next Up: 6/11/2018-6/17/2018
First Held: 1895
Next Up: 6/11/2018-6/17/2018
When and Where: every June at rotating sites throughout the United States
The U.S. Open, the second of golf’s four majors throughout the season, is staged at a variety of courses each June, so your spectator options are plenty and grow by the year. However, at least one thing remains consistent – U.S. Open courses play harder than any courses in the game.
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The first US Open (1895) was played on a 9-hole course at the Newport Country Club in Newport, RI: it was a 36-hole tournament played in a single day.
While winning the 2000 US Open, Tiger Woods set the individual round record (-12) and tied the aggregate record (272).
Tiger Woods 2000 win by 15-strokes was the largest margin of victory in any Major tournament in history.
The US Open is the only (of four) Major tournaments that does not immediately go into a playoff with two or more players tied after 72 holes -- the players compete in a full 18-hole playoff the following day.
The US Open is typically the most difficult of the four majors -- played on a long course with a par of 70, it has the most over-Par champions of any tournament in golf.
Only one European (Tony Jacklin, England, 1970) has ever won the US Open.
Willy Anderson, Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, and Jack Nicklaus have each won a record four (4) US Open Championships.
