Golf Traders US Open Special, 12th June 2012

Tuesday, 12th June 2012

G’day Golfers,

Hope you’ve had a good week. This is the 18th Golf Traders Newsletter, enjoy the read…..…..

Golf News



Congratulations to Dustin Johnson for winning the Fed Ex St Jude Classic. With his win, Dustin moves up to 20th on the US PGA Tour money list, and 10th in the world rankings. The tour now moves onto the US Open at The Olympic Club in San Francisco. Ken Venturi, a member and club champion in the 1950s, calls Olympic “the sleeping lady" because it is so deceptive. Distances on the card have little to do with reality. Johnny Miller, the first junior member on merit because his parents didn’t belong, calls it “the most no-nonsense course in the world.’’ Olympic, according to the World Golf Hall of Fame author and journalist Dan Jenkins is “where the wrong guy wins every time." Does this mean a relative unknown will win? Nine Australians will tee it up, these include Geoff Ogilvy, Jason Day, Adam Scott and Aaron Baddeley.



US Open Special: The History of the US Open

The first U.S. Open was played on October 4, 1895, on a nine-hole course at the Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island. It was a 36-hole competition and was played in a single day. Ten professionals and one amateur entered. The winner was a 21-year-old Englishman named Horace Rawlins, who had arrived in the U.S. in January that year to take up a position at the host club. He received $150 cash out of a prize fund of $335, plus a $50 gold medal; his club received the Open Championship Cup trophy, which was presented by the USGA. In the beginning, the tournament was dominated by experienced British players until 1911, when John J. McDermott became the first native-born American winner. American golfers soon began to win regularly and the tournament evolved to become one of the four majors. Since 1911, the title has been won almost exclusively by players from the United States. Since 1950, players from only six countries other than the United States have won the championship, most notably South Africa, which has won five times since 1965. A streak of four consecutive non-American winners occurred from 2004 to 2007 for the first time since –1910. These four players, South African Retief Goosen (2004), New Zealander Michael Campbell (2005), Australian Geoff Ogilvy (2006) and Argentine Ángel Cabrera (2007), are all from countries in the Southern Hemisphere. Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell (2010) became the first European player to win the event since Tony Jacklin of England in 1970.…..

4 Time US Open Champion, the Great Bobby Jones



US Open Records

• Oldest champion: Hale Irwin in 1990 at 45 years, 15 days. • Youngest champion: John McDermott in 1911 at 19 years, 315 days. • Oldest player to make the cut: Sam Snead in 1973 at 61 years old. He tied for 29th place. • Most consecutive victories: 3 by Willie Anderson 1903–1905. • Most consecutive Opens started: 44 by Jack Nicklaus from 1957 to 2000. • Largest margin of victory: 15 strokes by Tiger Woods, 2000. This is the all-time record for all majors. • Lowest score for 36 holes: 131 – Rory McIlroy (65–66), rounds 1–2, 2011. • Lowest score for 54 holes: 199 – Rory McIlroy (65–66–68), rounds 1–3, 2011. • Lowest score for 72 holes: 268 – Rory McIlroy (65–66–68–69), rounds 1–4, 2011. • Most strokes under par for 72 holes: 16-under (268) by Rory McIlroy, 2011. • Most strokes under par at any point in the tournament: 17 by Rory McIlroy, final round, 2011.[7] • Lowest score for 18 holes: 63 – Johnny Miller, 4th round, 1973; Jack Nicklaus, 1st, 1980; Tom Weiskopf, 1st, 1980; Vijay Singh, 2nd, 2003. • All four rounds under par (golfers who did not win the tournament in italics):[8] o Lee Trevino, 1968 (69–68–69–69, par 70) o Tony Jacklin, 1970 (71–70–70–70, par 72) o Lee Janzen, 1993 (67–67–69–69, par 70) o Curtis Strange, 1994 (70–70–70–70, par 71) o Rory McIlroy (65–66–68–69, par 71) and Robert Garrigus (70–70–68–70), 2011 • All four rounds under 70: Trevino, 1968; Janzen, 1993; McIlroy, 2011.[7]…..

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