We're only hours from U.S. Open week kicking off at Winged Foot for the 120th U.S. Open Championship, and for those of you who can't ever get enough U.S. Open you've come to the right place.
You'll find facts and figures about this year's major championship, as well as a rich history of this storied major championship, and even a broadcast schedule so you won't miss a single shot from Mamaroneck next week. The conditions will be punishing. The drama will be intense. The quest for greatness begins tomorrow. Are you ready?
PAR AND YARDAGE
Winged Foot Golf Club’s West Course will be set up at 7,477 yards and will play to a par of 35-35–70. The yardage for each round of the championship will vary due to course setup and conditions.
Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course) Hole By Hole
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
Par 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 5 35
Yardage 451 484 243 467 502 321 162 490 565 3,685
Hole 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
Par 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 35
Yardage 214 384 633 212 452 426 498 504 469 3,792
ARCHITECTS
Winged Foot Golf Club’s West Course was designed by A.W. Tillinghast and opened for play on Sept. 8, 1923. Tillinghast, who also designed Winged Foot’s East Course, competed in two U.S. Opens and eight U.S. Amateurs between 1902 and 1912. Gill Hanse supervised a renovation of the West Course, which was completed in 2017. He had previously renovated the East Course.
COURSE RATING AND SLOPE
Based on the course setup for the championship, the Course Rating™ for Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course) is 76.9 and its Slope Rating® is 146.
ENTRIES
The championship is open to any professional golfer and any amateur golfer with a Handicap Index® not exceeding 1.4. Since 2012, the USGA has annually surpassed the 9,000 mark in entries, with a record 10,127 entries accepted for the 2014 U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club. In 2019, the USGA accepted 9,125 entries, the sixth-highest total in U.S. Open history. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 U.S. Open will feature a fully exempt field.
QUALIFYING
For the first time since the early days of the championship, the U.S. Open will be conducted without qualifying. Due to health and safety concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the championship field will be comprised entirely of exempt players. The 144-player field has been filled through 28 exemption categories.
Qualifying was introduced for the U.S. Open in 1924, necessitated by a surge in entries and interest following World War I. In 1959, the USGA instituted the two-stage qualifying process. Ken Venturi (1964) and Orville Moody (1969) are the only two golfers to advance through both stages of qualifying to win the U.S. Open.
CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD
The following is a list of those exemption categories as established by the USGA for the 120th U.S. Open:
Winners of the U.S. Open Championship the last 10 years (2010-19)
From the 2019 U.S. Open Championship, the 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place
Winner of the 2019 U.S. Senior Open Championship
Winner of the 2019 U.S. Amateur Championship
Winners of the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur Championships, and the 2019 U.S. Amateur runner-up (must be an amateur)
Winners of the Masters Tournament from 2016-2019
Winners of the PGA of America Championship from 2015-2020
Winners of The Open Championship, conducted by The R&A, the last five years (2015-19)
Winners of The Players Championship in 2018-2019
Winner of the 2019 European Tour BMW Championship
Those players qualifying for the season-ending 2019 Tour Championship
Multiple winners of PGA Tour events that award full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, from the conclusion of the 2019 U.S. Open to the originally scheduled 2020 U.S. Open
Winner of the 2019 Amateur Championship, conducted by The R&A (must be an amateur)
Winner of the 2019 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Men's World Amateur Golf Ranking®; must be an amateur)
From Week 11 (March 15, 2020) of the Official World Golf Ranking, the top 70 points leaders and ties
The top two players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 10 and ties of the 2020 Memorial Tournament, 3M Open, WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, Barracuda Championship and Wyndham Championship, and the top three players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 10 and ties of the 2020 PGA Championship
From the 2019-20 FedExCup Final Points List, the top five players, not otherwise exempt
From the first five events on the 2020 European Tour's UK Swing (Betfred British Masters through the Wales Open), the top 10 aggregate points earners who are otherwise not exempt
From the 2020 Korn Ferry Tour Regular Season Points List, the top five point leaders who are otherwise not exempt through the WinCo Foods Portland Open
From the three-event 2020 Korn Ferry Tour Series beginning with the Albertsons Boise Open and ending with the Korn Ferry Tour Championship, the top five point leaders who are otherwise not exempt
From the 2019 Japan Golf Tour Organization Final Order of Merit, the top two finishers who are not otherwise exempt as of July 15
From the 2019 Sunshine Tour Final Order of Merit, the top finisher who is not otherwise exempt as of July 15
From the 2019 Asian Tour Final Order of Merit, the top finisher who is not otherwise exempt as of July 15
From the 2019 Australasia Tour Final Order of Merit, the top finisher who is not otherwise exempt as of July 15
From the 2019 PGA Professional Player of the Year Standings, the top three finishers
From the August 19, 2020 World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR®, the top seven players not otherwise exempt
Remaining spots in the championship field filled in order using the Official World Golf Ranking as of Aug. 23, 2020
Special exemptions as selected by the USGA
►With the 144-player field set, the USGA will compile an alternate list for the championship using the Official World Golf Ranking as of Aug. 23, 2020.
THE FIELD
The 120th U.S. Open Championship will have a field comprised entirely of exempt players with two-stage qualifying canceled. The 144 players are the lowest number since 1932 when 140 were in the field at Fresh Meadow Country Club, in Flushing, N.Y. Since 1980, the U.S. Open has been conducted with 156 players.
SCHEDULE OF PLAY
Eighteen holes of stroke play are scheduled each day from Sept. 17 (Thursday) through Sept. 20 (Sunday). In the event of a tie after 72 holes, a two-hole aggregate playoff will take place following the completion of Sunday’s final round.
AUTUMN IN NEW YORK
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Open will not be played in June for the first time since 1931, when the championship was held July 2-6 at Inverness Club, in Toledo, Ohio. The U.S. Open has been played seven times in the months of September and October. The last time the U.S. Open was played in September was in 1913 when Francis Ouimet won in a playoff at The Country Club, in Brookline, Mass.
Oct. 4, 1895: Newport (R.I.) G.C. (Horace Rawlins)
Sept. 17, 1897: Chicago G.C., Wheaton, Ill. (Joe Lloyd)
Sept. 14-15, 1899: Baltimore (Md.) C.C., Roland Park Course (Willie Smith)
Oct. 4-5, 1900: Chicago G.C., Wheaton, Ill. (Harry Vardon)
Oct. 10-11, 1902: Garden City (N.Y.) C.C. (Laurence Auchterlonie)
Sept. 21-22, 1905: Myopia Hunt Club, South Hamilton, Mass. (Willie Anderson)
Sept. 18-20, 1913: The Country Club (Original Course), Brookline, Mass. (a-Francis Ouimet)
2019 CHAMPION
Gary Woodland holed a 30-foot birdie putt on the iconic par-5 closing hole to punctuate a three-stroke victory over two-time defending champion Brooks Koepka in winning the 119th U.S. Open at Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links. By carding a 2-under-par 69 in the final round, Woodland became the fourth player to claim the U.S. Open with four sub-70 rounds. He is also the second Open winner at Pebble Beach to post a double-digit under-par score (13-under 271), joining Tiger Woods (12-under 272), who won the 2000 championship by a record 15 strokes. Koepka was attempting to become the second player to win three consecutive U.S. Opens. Four players – 2013 U.S. Open champion Justin Rose, Chez Reavie, Jon Rahm and Xander Schauffele – shared third at 7-under 277. Rose started the final round one stroke behind Woodland, only to fade over the closing stretch in carding a 74. Woodland’s 265-yard, 3-wood second shot to the par-5 14th hole in the final round can be added to the pantheon of heroic U.S. Open shots at Pebble Beach. The ball barely cleared the front greenside bunker and stopped in the rough just left of the green. He went on to convert a short birdie putt for a two-stroke lead and Koepka never got closer the rest of the way. Woodland added another memorable moment on the par-3 17th when his tee shot ended up on the far-right side of the hourglass-shaped putting surface, 93 feet from the hole on the left side of the green. Forced to pitch the ball, he executed a perfect shot to 2½ feet to save par.
WHAT THE WINNER RECEIVES
Among the benefits enjoyed by the U.S. Open champion are:
►A U.S. Open exemption for the next 10 years
►An invitation to the next five Masters Tournaments
►An invitation to the next five Open Championships, conducted by The R&A
►An invitation to the next five PGA Championships
►An invitation to the next five Players Championships
►Exempt status on the PGA Tour for five years
QUALIFYING FOR THE OTHER MAJORS
The top 10 finishers (and ties) are exempt into the following year’s U.S. Open. The top four finishers (and ties) are invited to next year’s Masters Tournament (2021).
HISTORY
This is the 120th U.S. Open Championship. The U.S. Open, which was first played in 1895, was not contested for two years (1917-1918) during World War I and for four years (1942-1945) during World War II. The youngest winner of the U.S. Open is 19-year-old John McDermott, who won in 1911; he is among nine players age 21 or younger who have won the U.S. Open. The oldest winner is Hale Irwin, who was 45 and playing on a special exemption when he won his third U.S. Open title in 1990. Irwin also won in 1974 at Winged Foot, and in 1979.
There are four four-time U.S. Open winners: Willie Anderson (1901, 1903, 1904, 1905), amateur Bob Jones (1923, 1926, 1929, 1930), Ben Hogan (1948, 1950, 1951, 1953), and Jack Nicklaus (1962, 1967, 1972, 1980).
Only six players have won the Masters and U.S. Open titles in the same year: Craig Wood (1941), Ben Hogan (1951, 1953), Arnold Palmer (1960), Jack Nicklaus (1972), Tiger Woods (2002) and Jordan Spieth (2015).
PURSE
The 2019 purse was $12.5 million, the highest among golf’s major championships; the winner earned $2.25 million. The 2020 purse is to be determined.
WINGED FOOT GOLF CLUB NOTES
►The 120th U.S. Open will be the sixth to be conducted at Winged Foot (1929, 1959, 1974, 1984, 2006, 2020)
►Winged Foot will be tied for third behind Oakmont C.C. (9) and Baltusrol G.C. (7) for most U.S. Opens held
►The 2020 U.S. Open will be the 13th USGA championship held at Winged Foot Golf Club
►Winged Foot G.C. will be tied for fifth with Pebble Beach G.L. for most USGA championships hosted
►In 2020, the U.S. Open Championship will be played in New York state for the 20th time
►Winged Foot Golf Club is one of four clubs to host the U.S. Open, U.S. Women’s Open, U.S. Amateur and U.S. Senior Open (Cherry Hills, Hazeltine National, Pinehurst)
WINGED FOOT GOLF CLUB HISTORY
Winged Foot Golf Club hired A.W. Tillinghast, one of the prominent golf architects of the day, to build its courses and architect Clifford Wendehack to construct a clubhouse in the Tudor Scholastic style. Charter members came from the New York Athletic Club and Mike Brady, who finished second in the 1911 and 1919 U.S. Opens, was appointed club professional. Celebrity members followed. John Anderson, who was twice a U.S. Amateur runner-up, joined in 1924, shortly after the course was completed, and was followed by 1922 U.S. Amateur champion Jess Sweetser. It took just six years for the USGA to award the 1929 U.S. Open to Winged Foot, which to this day is the “youngest” course to be so honored.
USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS AT WINGED FOOT
1929 U.S. Open (West): Robert T. “Bob” Jones Jr. def. Al Espinosa, 294 (72-69) – 294 (84-80)
1940 U.S. Amateur (West): Richard D. Chapman def. W.B. McCullough, 11 and 9
1949 Walker Cup Match (West): USA def. Great Britain and Ireland, 10-2
1957 U.S. Women’s Open (East): Betsy Rawls by six strokes over Patty Berg (299-305)
1959 U.S. Open (West): Billy Casper by one stroke over Bob Rosburg (282-283)
1972 U.S. Women’s Open (East): Susie Maxwell Berning by one stroke over Kathy Ahern, Pam Barnett, Judy Rankin (299-300)
1974 U.S. Open (West): Hale Irwin by two strokes over Forrest Fezler (287-289)
1980 U.S. Senior Open (East): Roberto De Vicenzo by four strokes over William C. Campbell (285-289)
1984 U.S. Open (West): Fuzzy Zoeller def. Greg Norman, 276 (67) – 276 (75)
2004 U.S. Amateur (West): Ryan Moore def. Luke List, 2 up
2006 U.S. Open (West): Geoff Ogilvy by one stroke over Jim Furyk, Phil Mickelson, Colin Montgomerie (285-286)
2016 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball (East): Benjamin Baxter and Andrew Buchanan def. Brandon Cigna and Ben Warnquist, 3 and 2
OTHER CHAMPIONSHIPS AT WINGED FOOT
1997 PGA Championship: Davis Love III by five strokes over Justin Leonard (269-274)
MOST USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS HOSTED BY A CLUB (includes 2020 U.S. Open)
18, Merion G.C., Ardmore, Pa.
16, Baltusrol G.C., Springfield, N.J.
16, The Country Club, Brookline, Mass.
16, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C.
13, Pebble Beach (Calif.) G.L.
13, Winged Foot G.C., Mamaroneck, N.Y.
12, Chicago G.C., Wheaton, Ill.
11, Oakland Hills C.C., Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
10, The Olympic Club, San Francisco, Calif.
10, Pinehurst R. & C.C., Village of Pinehurst, N.C.
U.S. OPENS IN NEW YORK
This will be the 73rd USGA championship played in New York and the 20th U.S. Open contested in the state. The number of USGA championships is third behind Pennsylvania (87) and California (83). In 2026, the U.S. Open will again be played in the Empire State at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.
U.S. Open Championships in New York (19):
1896: Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton (James Foulis)
1902: Garden City (N.Y.) Golf Club (a-Laurence Auchterlonie)
1912: Country Club of Buffalo (N.Y.) (John J. McDermott)
1923: Inwood (N.Y.) Country Club (a-Bob Jones)
1929: Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course), Mamaroneck (a-Bob Jones)
1932: Fresh Meadow Country Club, Flushing (Gene Sarazen)
1956: Oak Hill Country Club (East Course), Rochester (Cary Middlecoff)
1959: Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course), Mamaroneck (Billy Casper)
1968: Oak Hill Country Club (East Course), Rochester (Lee Trevino)
1974: Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course), Mamaroneck (Hale Irwin)
1984: Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course), Mamaroneck (Fuzzy Zoeller)
1986: Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton (Raymond Floyd)
1989: Oak Hill Country Club (East Course), Rochester (Curtis Strange)
1995: Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton (Corey Pavin)
2002: Bethpage State Park (Black Course), Farmingdale (Tiger Woods)
2004: Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton (Retief Goosen)
2006: Winged Foot Golf Club, Southampton (Geoff Ogilvy)
2009: Bethpage State Park (Black Course), Farmingdale (Lucas Glover)
2018: Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton (Brooks Koepka)
2006 U.S. OPEN
Geoff Ogilvy won at Winged Foot Golf Club with a winning score of 5-over-par 285. He made clutch pars on the final two holes, including a chip-in on No. 17. Jim Furyk, Colin Montgomerie and Phil Mickelson were all unable to par the 72nd hole as Ogilvy came away with a one-stroke victory. Mickelson, who was playing in the final pairing, double-bogeyed the par-4 18th after failing to find the fairway with his tee shot. Montgomerie also double-bogeyed the final hole, while Furyk made bogey when he missed a 5-foot par putt.
1984 U.S. OPEN
Fuzzy Zoeller defeated Greg Norman in an 18-hole playoff. Each player completed 72 holes at 4-under-par 276 before Zoeller fired a 67 to Norman’s 75 in the playoff. Zoeller led by three strokes with nine holes to play in the final round, but Norman pulled even at the 17th and saved par on the 18th by holing a 45-foot putt after receiving relief from a grandstand following an errant approach shot. In the playoff, Zoeller made the turn at 1-under 34 and held a commanding five-stroke advantage. He went ahead for good when he sank a 68-foot birdie putt on the par-4 second while Norman made a double-bogey 6. Zoeller’s score of 67 is the lowest ever recorded in a U.S. Open playoff.
1974 U.S. OPEN
Hale Irwin won by two strokes over Forrest Fezler with a 7-over-par 287. Irwin, who won the first of his three U.S. Open championships, made a 10-foot par putt on the 17th while Fezler was making a bogey 5 on No. 18. Irwin secured the victory by hitting his 2-iron approach to within 20 feet on the final hole and two-putting for par. Tom Watson shot a third-round 69 and held a one-stroke lead over Irwin after 54 holes. In the final round, Watson bogeyed three of four holes on the outward nine en route to a 79 and a tie for fifth. Irwin’s winning score was the highest in relation to par since 1963 and the second-highest in post-World War II U.S. Open history.
1959 U.S. OPEN
Billy Casper claimed the first of his two U.S. Open crowns when he edged Bob Rosburg by one stroke. Casper, who finished at 2-over 282, began the final round with a three-stroke lead over Ben Hogan, who would struggle to a 76 and tie for eighth. Rosburg holed a bunker shot for birdie at No. 11 and made a 50-foot birdie putt on the following hole to draw even with Casper. After Rosburg bogeyed No. 13, he needed to birdie the final hole to force a playoff. He was not able to convert a 40-foot putt. Casper, who shot a final-round 74, had just one three-putt and 31 one-putts during the championship.
1929 U.S. OPEN
Amateur Bob Jones won the third of his four U.S. Open titles by defeating Al Espinosa in a 36-hole playoff. Each player finished with a 72-hole score of 6-over 294. Jones, who overcame a triple bogey on No. 15 during the final round, forced the playoff when he got up and down from a greenside bunker on the 72nd hole by holing a 12-foot par putt. Jones shot 72-69 in the playoff while Espinosa had rounds of 84-80 to win by 23 strokes.
CLUBS THAT HAVE HOSTED THE U.S. OPEN, U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN, U.S. AMATEUR & U.S. SENIOR OPEN
Winged Foot Golf Club is one of four clubs to have hosted a U.S. Open, U.S. Women’s Open, U.S. Amateur and U.S. Senior Open.
Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village, Colo.: Open – 1938, 1960, 1978; Women’s – 2005; Senior – 1993; Amateur – 1990, 2012
Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minn.: Open – 1970, 1991; Women’s – 1966, 1977; Senior – 1983; Amateur – 2006
Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, Village of Pinehurst, N.C.: Open – 1999, 2005, 2014; Women’s – 2014; Senior – 1994; Amateur – 1962, 2008, 2019
Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, N.Y.: Men – 1929, 1959, 1974, 1984, 2006, 2020; Women’s – 1957, 1972; Senior – 1980; Amateur – 1940, 2004
FUTURE U.S. OPENS
June 17-20, 2021: Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course), San Diego, Calif.
June 16-19, 2022: The Country Club, Brookline, Mass.
June 15-18, 2023: Los Angeles (Calif.) Country Club (North Course)
June 13-16, 2024: Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, Village of Pinehurst, N.C.
June 12-15, 2025: Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club
June 18-21, 2026: Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, N.Y.
June 17-20, 2027: Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links
LONGEST U.S. OPEN COURSES
7,845 yards, Erin Hills, first round, Erin, Wis., 2017
7,839 yards, Erin Hills, second round, Erin, Wis., 2017
7,818 yards, Erin Hills, third round, Erin, Wis., 2017
7,721 yards, Erin Hills, fourth round, Erin, Wis., 2017
7,695 yards, Chambers Bay, second round, University Place, Wash., 2015
7,637 yards, Chambers Bay, third round, University Place, Wash., 2015
7,603 yards, Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course), second round, San Diego, Calif., 2008
7,514 yards, Congressional C.C. (Blue Course), first round, Bethesda, Md., 2011
7,497 yards, Chambers Bay, first round, University Place, Wash., 2015
7,476 yards, Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course), first round, San Diego, Calif., 2008
LONGEST PAR 3s IN U.S. OPEN HISTORY
300 yards, 8th, fourth round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2007
299 yards, 8th, fourth round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2016
281 yards, 8th, second round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2007
281 yards, 8th, second round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2016
279 yards, 8th, third round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2007
266 yards, 3rd, fourth round, Merion G.C. (East Course), Ardmore, Pa., 2013
264 yards, 2nd, first round, Shinnecock Hills G.C., Southampton, N.Y., 2018
261 yards, 8th, first round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2007
258 yards, 8th, first round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2016
256 yards, 3rd, third round, The Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco, Calif., 2012
LONGEST PAR 4s IN U.S. OPEN HISTORY
551 yards, 13th, second round, Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash., 2015
544 yards, 11th, second round, Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash., 2015
542 yards, 4th, third round, Pinehurst R. & C.C. (Course No. 2), Village of Pinehurst, N.C., 2014
541 yards, 11th, first round, Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash., 2015
541 yards, 11th, fourth round, Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash., 2015
536 yards, 14th, first round, Shinnecock Hills G.C., Southampton, N.Y., 2018
534 yards, 14th, third round, Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash., 2015
533 yards, 13th, third round, Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash., 2015
530 yards, 11th, third round, Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash., 2015
529 yards, 14th, third round, Shinnecock Hills G.C., Southampton, N.Y., 2018
LONGEST PAR 5s IN U.S. OPEN HISTORY
684 yards, 12th, first round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2016
681 yards, 18th, fourth round, Erin Hills, Erin, Wis., 2017
676 yards, 18th, second round, Erin Hills, Erin, Wis., 2017
674 yards, 12th, third round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2016
671 yards, 16th, third round, The Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco, Calif., 2012
667 yards, 12th, first round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2007
667 yards, 12th, second round, at Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2007
667 yards, 12th, fourth round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2007
667 yards, 18th, third round, Erin Hills, Erin, Wis., 2017
660 yards, 16th, first round, The Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco, Calif., 2012
THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED AT THE U.S. OPEN
Martin Kaymer: last international winner (2014)
Brooks Koepka: last to defend title (2018)
Francis Ouimet: last winner in his first attempt (1913)
Webb Simpson: last winner in his second attempt (2012)
Martin Kaymer: last start-to-finish winner with no ties (2014)
Jordan Spieth: last winner to birdie the 72nd hole to win by one stroke (2015)
Gary Woodland: last winner to birdie the 72nd hole (2019)
Tiger Woods: last winner to birdie the 72nd hole to force a playoff (2008)
Geoff Ogilvy: last winner without a round in the 60s (2006)
Gary Woodland: last winner with all rounds in the 60s (2019)
Brooks Koepka: last winner between ages 20-29 (28 in 2018)
Gary Woodland: last winner between ages 30-39 (35 in 2019)
Payne Stewart: last winner age 40 and higher (42 in 1999)
Dustin Johnson: last defending champion to miss the cut (2017)
Hale Irwin: last winner who received a special exemption (1990)
Lucas Glover: last winner to come through final qualifying (2009)
Orville Moody: last winner to come through first stage and final qualifying (1969)
John Goodman: last amateur winner (1933)
TELEVISION COVERAGE
In June 2020, the United States media rights for USGA championships transferred to NBCUniversal from FOX Sports, effective immediately through 2026. NBCUniversal will broadcast all four USGA championships in 2020. The 120th U.S. Open will receive nearly 45 hours of live coverage on NBC, Golf Channel and Peacock, NBCUniversal’s new streaming service. The World TV feed will provide 26 hours of live coverage.
Led by Emmy Award-winning producer Tommy Roy and along with NBC Sports’ producer Brandt Packer, NBCUniversal’s U.S. production will utilize a deep roster of broadcasters, including five past USGA champions – Kay Cockerill (1986, ’87 U.S. Women’s Amateur), Trevor Immelman (1998 U.S. Amateur Public Links), Peter Jacobsen (2004 U.S. Senior Open), Gary Koch (1970 U.S. Junior Amateur) and Justin Leonard (1992 U.S. Amateur). Golf Channel’s Golf Central Live From the U.S. Open will also provide comprehensive wraparound news coverage from Winged Foot Golf Club.
Sept 17/Thursday First Round
7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Golf Channel
2-5 p.m. NBC
5-7 p.m. Peacock
Sept 18/Friday Second Round
7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Golf Channel
2-5 p.m. NBC
5-7 p.m. Peacock
Sept 19/Saturday Third Round
9-11 a.m. Peacock
11 a.m.-7:30 p.m. NBC
Sept 20/Sunday Final Round
8-10 a.m. Peacock
10 a.m.-Noon Golf Channel
Noon-6 p.m. NBC
CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY
The first United States Open Championship was won by Horace Rawlins in September 1895 at Newport Country Club in Rhode Island. Rawlins earned $150, a gold champion’s medal, and use of the championship sterling silver cup for one year. The trophy was designated for display at Rawlins’ club until presented to the next year’s champion. Thus begun a perennial rite that has endured for more than a century.
The original two-handled cup was destroyed by fire in September 1946 at Lloyd Mangrum’s home country club, Tam O’Shanter, outside of Chicago. The USGA considered replacing it with a new design, but opted instead to preserve the look of the original with a full-scale replica on April 24, 1947. This replica remained in service, passed from champion to champion until 1986, when it was permanently retired to the USGA Golf Museum. Today, the U.S. Open champion receives possession of the 1986 full-scale replica. The original U.S. Open Trophy is on display at the USGA Golf Museum in Liberty Corner, N.J.
MERCHANDISE
2020 U.S. Open merchandise is available online at usgashop.com.
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