Count back to US Open: Ten Curiosities of the Third ‘Major’ of the Year

Golf lives between Thursday and this Sunday is the third Grand Slam of the season. She is We’re open He took from the Masters to the winner in April by Rory Mcilroy and the PGA championship a few weeks ago, Jon Rahm was seen in the end, but Scottie Scheffler was crowned.

The US Open, one of the great myths of the tournament, lands in one of its most marked areas, in Oakmont. This is to offer a mix between the history of golf and all the chapters that have not been written and that will be sent to the legend which the trophy is raised next week. These are some curiosities of the contest.

1. The first edition, in a nine -hole field

The first US Open edition was played in 1895 at Newport Golf Newport. It is in a field with only nine holes, so there are thirty holes specified. This is English Horace Rawlins.

2. The curse contest of the first great legend, Sam Snead

Sam Snead was one of the first great golf myths. Born in 1912, he gained more than one hundred and thirty successes as a professional. Among them, eighty -two tournaments as a PGA tour champion that made him a history leader in this facet, tied to a Tiger Woods that matched him for a long time. Among Snead’s titles were three masters, three PGA championship titles and a British, but a US Open fought that he looked difficult, but no success. He completed the second in 1937, 1947, 1949 and 1953.

3. The winner of the awards

The winner of the US Open receives the medal as a champion that in 2012 was known as the ‘Jack Nicklaus Medal in honor of American mythology. Therefore, Nicklaus’s image was recorded in it. A gold medal has been delivered to every winner of the contest since the first edition in 1895. In addition, the winner could guard the US open trophy for a year (he had the option of removing a replica) and seeing his name registered on a plaque at the USGA Champions Museum. The champion also receives an exemption for the next ten US opens and for each of the next five masters, British Open and PGA Championship.

4. Both trophies since 1895 … but the original burned

The US Open has provided the champion for the care of the same trophy since 1895. But it is the same, in fact, in terms of design, as the original trophy was burned in a fire in 1946. Lloyd Mangrum, champion in 1946, showed it for fans to see it, but the place where he did it, at Club Tam O’SHA. Thus, an exact trophy replica had to make for the 1947 edition, where the names of various champions were registered. They will keep it for a year and then return it.

5. Oakmont, the headquarters that do not disappear in the US Open

The US Open does not have a fixed headquarters, but rotates each year. In this 2025 he reached the Oakmont Country Club, the most repetitive field in the history of the contest. Since 1927, he has been posting at least one US open every decade, except for Forties: in 1927, 1935, 1953, 1962, 1973, 1983, 1994, 2007, 2016 and this 2025. To maintain the pace, he will repeat in 2033, in 2042 and 2049.

6. Open the US, rotary but expected chief -Selong with plenty of margin hours

Because that is another US feature that is open. The areas of the following editions of the contest were announced in advance. Thus, even though the event does not have a fixed chief -sustain, all the fields that Mago -Host of this Grand Slam are already known, as well as its exact dates (calendar marked, until the edition of 2051.

7. A change in playoff format for title

Traditionally, when a US Open ended in a draw, players who shared the first position were called to play a fifth round for the best eighteen holes the next day, on Monday, to improve the champion. However, in 2018 a change in the tiebreaker format was announced to avoid excessive wear. It is established to play in two holes on the week after the end of the return, a way of rewarding viewers present on the farm and reducing wear for players.

8. Four legends with a record of success

Four players share a record of success in the US Open, with a total of four rash each. They are Willie Anderson, Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus.

Scottish Willie Anderson has been highlighting the early years of the history of the contest. He revealed himself champion in 1901, 1903, 1904 and 1905. His milestone was repeated twenty -years. Bobby Jones won the contest in 1923 1926, 1929 and 1930. The Gesta was repeated by Ben Hogan in 1948, 1950, 1951 and 1953. Nearly thirty years later, Jack Nicklaus imitated his predecessors after his titles of 1962, 1967, 1972 and 1980. Earlier. Brooks Koepka and the title Bryson Decheameau are two.

9. Rory Mcilroy and Brooks Koepka, with their seal in the contest history

Another great candidate for Triumph this week, Rory Mcilroy, also has a hole in the contest legend. His is one of the best presentations in US Open history. It came in 2011, at an event held at the Congressional Country Club of Bethesda, as it won a -16 still in memory as a record of the contest history, with 268 punch. The total number of blows is still maintained as good reference. However, the relationship in the field pair was shared, as Brooks Koepka signed in 2017, in Erin Hills, another -16. In his case, he did it on a 272.

10. The difficulty of ending under each twist

Only nine players in the contest history have managed to finish four rounds under the PAR. They were Lee Trevino in 1968, Tony Jacklin in 1970, Lee Janzen in 1993, Curtis Strange in 1994, Rory Mcilroy and Robert Garrigus in 2011 and, which in 2017, Brooks Koepka, Charley Hoffman and Brandt Snedakers.