The U.S. Open Championship 173


                         This Week the U.S. Open Championship

 

 

Held at the Oakmont Golf Course

7372 Yards Par 70

 

 

Pittsburgh PA

 

 

The Defending Champion is Bryson DeChambeau

 

 

 

 

In the TH the U.S. Open Champions are Wendy and Hedge

 

 

 

 

This Week the Tour’s third Major, the U.S. Open.  Part of the Grand Slam, Phil Mickelson and Sam Snead need(ed) the Open to complete the career slam.  This will be a record 10th U.S. Open played at Oakmont.  The first was 1927 with Tommy Armour as the winner.  The most recent was 2016, when Dustin Johnson was the champion.  It was here that Bobby Jones won his third U.S. Amateur in 1925 and Jack his first Open in 1962.

 

FUN FACT:  It was at Oakmont in 1973, where Johnny Miller shot a final round 63 to win.  He started at +3 and finished at -5.  The average score for the field that day was 75.45.   Only five players shot under par.  Miller birdied the first four holes and hit all 18 greens in regulation.  His only bogey was a three putt on the 244 yard par 3 eighth.  He still holds the course record.

 

 

 

 

Four and an Alt

 

 

SlingerPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4AlternateTOTAL
BillyScheffler 3DeChambeau 3Griffin -1Morikawa 0ENGLISH 35
PhilScheffler 3Rahm -1Schauffele 2Aberg 2MCILROY 46
WendyDeChambeau 3Scheffler 3Rahm -1Schauffele 2MORIKAWA 07
DebScheffler 3DeChambeau 3Schauffele 2Rahm -1LOWRY 97
ScrumsScheffler 3Pendrith 2Burns 2Aberg 2DECHAMBEAU 39
JJScheffler 3DeChambeau 3Fleetwood 4Morikawa 0ABERG 210
MX2Scheffler 3DeChambeau 3RAHM (3)-1Burns 2Lowry 910
HedgeAberg 2HOVLAND (3) 1McIlroy 4Morikawa 0Lowry 910
EMCHarman 1Glover 4MCCARTHY (3) 0Bradley 3C Smith 511
TafScheffler 3Morikawa 0Thomas 6CONNORS (3) 2Lowry 914
MetroMcIlroy 4Scheffler 3DeChambeau 3FOX (3) 2Lowry 915
MaxHovland 1Scheffler 3Cantlay 6Thomas 6MCILROY 416

 

 

“Long ago men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft

Today it’s called golf”

~ Will Rogers