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PA SPORTSTICKER U.S. OPEN GOLF NOTE
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#U.S. Open Records#
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Age:
Oldest winner -- Hale Irwin (45 years, 15 days), 1990
Youngest winner -- John McDermott (19 years, 10 months, 14 days), 1911
Amateurs:
Champions -- Francis Ouimet, 1913
Jerome Travers, 1915
Charles Evans Jr., 1916
Bobby Jones, 1923, 1926, 1929, 1930
John Goodman, 1933
Low 72 Holes -- 282, Jack Nicklaus, 1960
283, James Simons, 1971
Champions:
Most Victories -- 4, Willie Anderson (1901, 1903, 1904, 1905)
4, Bobby Jones (1923, 1926, 1929, 1930)
4, Ben Hogan (1948, 1950, 1951, 1953)
4, Jack Nicklaus (1962, 1967, 1972, 1980)
3, Hale Irwin (1974, 1979, 1990)
Consecutive Victories -- 3, Willie Anderson (1903, 1904, 1905)
Top Finishes:
Runner-Up Finishes -- 4, Bobby Jones (1922, 1924, 1925, 1928)
4, Sam Snead (1937, 1947, 1949, 1953)
4, Arnold Palmer (1962, 1963, 1966, 1967)
4, Jack Nicklaus (1960, 1968, 1971, 1982)
4, Phil Mickelson (1999, 2002, 2004, 2006)
Top Five Finishes -- 11, Willie Anderson
11, Jack Nicklaus
Top 10 Finishes -- 18, Jack Nicklaus
16, Walter Hagen
Top 25 Finishes -- 22, Jack Nicklaus
21, Sam Snead
20, Walter Hagen
Scoring:
Low 72 Holes -- 272, Jack Nicklaus (63-71-70-68), 1980
272, Lee Janzen (67-67-69-69), 1993
272, Tiger Woods (65-69-71-67), 2000
272, Jim Furyk (67-66-67-72), 2003
Lowest Score Under Par, 72 Holes -- 12-under, Tiger Woods, 2000
8-under, Ben Hogan, 1948
8-under, Jack Nicklaus, 1980
8-under, Hale Irvin, 1990
8-under, Mike Donald, 1990
8-under, Lee Janzen, 1993
8-under, Jim Furyk, 2003
Low 72 Holes (non-winner) -- 274, Isao Aoki, 1980
274, Payne Stewart, 1993
Low First 54 Holes -- 200, Jim Furyk (67-66-67), 2003
Low Last 54 Holes -- 203, Loren Roberts (69-64-70), 1994
204, Payne Stewart (70-66-68), 1993
204, Steve Jones (66-69-69), 1996
204, Mark Brooks (64-70-70), 2001
Low First 36 Holes -- 133, Jim Furyk (67-66), 2003
133, Vijay Singh (70-63), 2003
134, Jack Nicklaus (63-71), 1980
134, T.C. Chen (65-69), 1985
134, Lee Janzen (67-67), 1993
134, Tiger Woods (65-69), 2000
134, Phil Mickelson (68-66), 2004
134, Shigeki Maruyama (66-68), 2004
Low Last 36 Holes -- 132, Larry Nelson (65-67), 1983
Low Score, First Round -- 63, Jack Nicklaus, 1980
63, Tom Weiskopf, 1980
Low Score, Second Round -- 63, Vijay Singh, 2003
64, Tommy Jacobs, 1964
64, Rives McBee, 1966
64, Curtis Strange, 1989
64, Mark Brooks, 2001
64, Woody Austin, 2003
Low Score, Third Round -- 64, Ben Crenshaw, 1981
64, Keith Clearwater, 1987
64, Loren Roberts, 1994
65, Larry Nelson, 1983
Low Score, Fourth Round -- 63, Johnny Miller, 1973
64, Peter Jacobsen, 1988
64, Tom Kite, 2001
64, Vijay Singh, 2001
Low Score, 9 holes -- 29, Neal Lancaster (back nine, final round), 1995
29, Neal Lancaster (back nine, second round), 1996
29, Vijay Singh (back nine, second round), 2003
Highest Winning Score -- 331, Willie Anderson, 1901
Since World War II 293, Julius Boros, 1963
Highest 36-hole Cut -- 155, Olympic Club, San Francisco, 1955
Most Players to Make 36-hole Cut -- 108, Oakland Hills CC, Bloomfield Hills,
Michigan, 1996
Miscellaneous:
Largest 54-hole Lead -- 10 shots, Tiger Woods (205), 2000
Largest 36-hole Lead -- 6 shots, Tiger Woods (134), 2000
Largest 18-hole Lead -- 5 shots, Tommy Armour (68), 1933
Largest Comeback to Win, Final Round -- 7 shots, Arnold Palmer, 1960
Largest Comeback to Win, Final 36 Holes -- 11 shots, Lou Graham, 1975
Largest Comeback to Win, Final 54 Holes -- 9 shots, Jack Fleck, 1955
Largest Winning Margin -- 15 shots, Tiger Woods (272), 2000
Highest Score, One Hole -- 19, Ray Ainsley, 1938 (par 4, 16th hole
at Cherry Hills C.C., Englewood, CO)
Most Consecutive Birdies -- 6, George Burns, 1982 (holes 2 through 7
at Pebble Beach)
6, Andy Dillard, 1992 (holes 1 through 6
at Pebble Beach)
Most Sub-Par Rounds, Career -- 37, Jack Nicklaus
Most Rounds in the 60s, Career -- 29, Jack Nicklaus
Start to Finish Winners (no ties) -- Walter Hagen, 1914
Jim Barnes, 1921
Ben Hogan, 1953
Tony Jacklin, 1970
Tiger Woods, 2000, 2002