U.S Open Shinnecock Hills

118th U.S. Open Championship

Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, N.Y.,

June 11-17, 2018

Key Facts

Most Wins

Four golfers have won the U.S. Open Four times:
Willie Anderson, Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus.

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Youngest Winner

J. McDermott is the youngest player to win the U.S. Open at 19 years, 10 months in 1911.

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Oldest winner

Hale Irwin is the oldest player to win the U.S. Open at 45 years and 15 days in 1990

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Biggest comeback, final round

Arnold Palmer has the greatest comeback in U.S. Open final round history - he came back from Seven strokes off the lead in the final round to win the U.S. Open in 1960.

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Largest margin win

Tiger Woods won the U.S. Open by the largest margin ever in 2000 - 15 strokes.

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Most strokes on one hole

Ray Ainsley, who played in the 1938 U.S. Open, holds the record for highest score on one hole - 19 strokes on a par 4.

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Five have won all four majors

(The Open, U.S. Open, Masters and PGA Championship), though none have done it in the same year: Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods.

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Prize Money

The winner of the first U.S. Open Championship in 1891 was Horace Rawlins, an English professional. He won $150, a gold medal and custody of the U.S. Open Trophy The winner in 2018 will earn upwards of $2m

US Open prize money dollar graph

COURSE Facts

Shinnecock Hills Golf Club (where this year's event takes place) is one of the five founding clubs of the United States Golf Association in 1895.

Shinnecock Hills hosted the 2nd ever U.S. Open in the following year(1896) then didn't hold another until 1986!

Founded: 1891
Slope rating: 140
Area: 105 ha

history of the U.S. open

1895

First U.S. Open at Newport (R.I.) Golf Club.

1909

First two sub-70 rounds ever recorded in the Open

1911

First U.S. Winner John J. McDermott

1928

Championship entries (1,064) exceed 1,000 for the first time.

1930

The championship format is extended from two days to three, with the first two days featuring 18 holes each, and the final day featuring the final two rounds.

1947

The championship is nationally televised for the first time

1965

The present format of four 18-hole daily rounds is implemented.

1993

The total purse for the U.S. Open tops $1 million for the first time.

2004

A record 10,127 people file U.S. Open entries.

2011

Lowest aggregate score: 268 (Rory McIlroy 2011, Congressional Country Club)