The US Open – the third major of the season
The US Open is held every year in June on changing courses. Final day is the third Sunday of the month. Professionals and amateurs can apply to compete in a series of qualifying tournaments. A number of players are also automatically qualified: winners of the last ten years, winners of the other major tournaments of the last five years, the top 30 of the USPGA Money List and also the US Amateur Champion. Competition venues are selected to ensure that scoring is difficult and accurate drives are favored.
Date: Thu 15 to Sun 18 June 2023
Ort: The Los Angeles Country Club (North Course), Los Angeles, Calif. USA
Time difference to Switzerland: 9 hours
Players: 156
Format: 72 holes, stroke play, cut after 2 rounds for the top 60 and ties
Prize money: $17.5M (2022), Winner: $3.15M
Champion 2022: Matt Fitzpatrick (Contribution)
The official site: www.usopen.com
The top ten finishers (and ties) are eligible for the following year’s US Open. The top four finishers (and ties) are invited to the following year’s Masters tournament.
History of the US Open Championship
This is the 123rd US Open Championship, first held in 1895 and with two resp. four-year hiatus during World War I and World War II.
The youngest US Open champion is 19-year-old John McDermott, who triumphed in 1911; he is one of nine players aged 21 and under to win the US Open. The oldest winner is Hale Irwin at 45, who played on a special permit in 1990 when he won his third title after 1974 and 1979.
There are four four-time US 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 the US Open in the same year: Craig Wood (1941), Ben Hogan (1951, 1953), Arnold Palmer (1960), Jack Nicklaus (1972), Tiger Woods (2002) and Jordan Spieth ( 2015).
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Der Platz: The Los Angeles Country Club (North Course)
The 4th hole of Los Angeles Country Club, North Course (Copyright USGA/John Mummert)
The club officially opened on May 30, 1911 on the outskirts of Beverly Hills. Its stately clubhouse, tennis courts and golf courses have served as the club’s home ever since.
In the late 1920’s, legendary golf course architect and club member George C. Thomas Jr. redesigned what would later be described as his greatest achievement. In 2010, the North Square was restored after a five-year project led by well-known architect Gil Hanse.
In March 2015, the club began a 16-month renovation of the historic 106-year-old clubhouse to restore it to its original glory. Reopening in August 2016, the Reagan Terrace was rededicated in honor of Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States and a member of the Los Angeles Country Club.
Video: Every Hole at LACC North
Die Championship Trophy
The U.S. Open Trophy at the USGA headquarters in Far Hills, NJ. (Copyright USGA/John Mummert)
The original two-handled cup was destroyed in a September 1946 fire at Club Tam O’Shanter outside Chicago. The USGA considered replacing it with a new design, but decided to maintain the look of the original with a scale replica. This replica remained in use and passed from champion to champion until 1986, when it was finally transferred to the USGA Golf Museum.
Today, the winner of the US Open receives the faithful replica of 1986. The original US Open Trophy is on display at the USGA Golf Museum in Liberty Corner, NJ.
The pros and the favourites
The American GolfDigest – the golf magazine with the highest circulation worldwide – is favourite Xander Schauffelefollowed by Brooks Koepka (the winner of the PGA Championship) , Matt Fitzpatrick (last year’s winner), Scottie Scheffler and Jon Rahm.
The top 100 pros at the US Championship, ranked by GolfDigest: Link
The Tee Times for the first round
All information in PT | Tee times 1st round | * Start on No. 10 | (a) Amateur
6:45 a.m. Omar Morales (a), Deon Germishuys, Jacob Solomon
6:45 am* Berry Henson, Ryutaro Nagano Hank Lebioda
6:56 am Ryan Gerard, Yuto Katsuragawa Michael Brennan (a)
6:56 a.m.* Michael Kim, Jordan Smith, Wenyi Ding (a)
7:07 a.m. Hayden Buckley, Adam Svensson, Pablo Larrazabal
7:07 a.m.* Scott Stallings, Preston Summerhays (a), Lucas Herbert
7:18 a.m. Carson Young, Dylan Wu, Roger Sloan
7:18 a.m.* Jens Dantorp, Patrick Rodgers, Ryan Armour
7:29 am Ryo Ishikawa, Kevin Streelman, Matthew Pavon
7:29 a.m.* Thomas Pieters, Aaron Wise, Gordon Sargent (a)
7:40 a.m. Shane Lowry, Justin Thomas, Tommy Fleetwood
7:40 a.m.* Bryson DeChambeau, Francesco Molinari, Tyrrell Hatton
7:51 a.m. Sungjae Im, K.H. Lee, J.T. Poston
7:51 am* Tom Hoge, Sergio Garcia, Sepp Straka
8:02 a.m. Gary Woodland, Adam Scott, Corey Conners
8:02 a.m.* Justin Rose, Rickie Fowler, Jason Day
8:13 a.m. Collin Morikawa, Max Homa, Scottie Scheffler
8:13 a.m.* Patrick Reed, Matt Kuchar, Si Woo Kim
8:24 am Denny McCarthy, Joel Dahmen, Adam Hadwin
8:24 a.m.* Xander Schauffele, Viktor Hovland, Jon Rahm
8:35 a.m. Matthew McClean (a), Seamus Power, Ryan Fox
8:35 a.m.* Martin Kaymer, Stewart Cink, Michael Thorbjornsen (a)
8:46 a.m. Mac Meissner, Barclay Brown (a), Gunn Charoenkul
8:46 a.m.* David Horsey, Brendan Valdez (a), Paul Barjon
8:57 a.m. Alexander Yang (a), Jesse Schutte, Andy Svoboda
8:57 a.m.* Jordan Gumberg, Kyle Mueller, Bastien Amat (a)
12:15 p.m. Brent Grant, Vincent Norrman, Charley Hoffman
12:15 p.m.* Ross Fisher, Nico Echavarria, Paul Haley II
12:26 p.m. Simon Forsström, Carlos Ortiz, Maxwell Moldovan (a)
12:26 p.m.* Nick Dunlap (a), Nick Hardy, Sam Stevens
12:37 pm Eric Cole, Thriston Lawrence, Adam Schenk
12:37 p.m.* Taylor Pendrith, Aldrich Potgieter (a), Romain Langasque
12:48 pm Luke List, Wilco Nienaber, Alexander Del Rey
12:48 pm* Andrew Putnam, Victor Perez, Abraham Ancer
12:59 p.m. Adrian Meronk, Harris English, Joaquin Niemann
12:59 p.m.* Phil Mickelson, Padraig Harrington, Keegan Bradley
1:10 p.m. Alex Noren, Wyndham Clark, Austin Eckroat
1:10 pm* Mito Pereira, Emiliano Grillo, Matthew Fernandez de Oliveira (a)
1:21 p.m. Kurt Kitayama, Cam Davis, Russell Henley
1:21 pm* Tom Kim, Sahith Theegala, Cameron Young
1:32 p.m. Cameron Smith, Sam Bennett, Matt Fitzpatrick
1:32 p.m.* Sam Burns, Dustin Johnson, Keith Mitchell
1:43 p.m. Billy Horschel, Chris Kirk, Brian Harman
1:43 p.m.* Tony Finau, Jordan Spieth, Patrick Cantlay
1:54 p.m. Brooks Koepka, Hideki Matsuyama, Rory McIlroy
1:54 p.m.* Davis Thompson, Min Woo Lee, Justin Suh
2:05 p.m. Sebastián Muñoz, Nick Taylor, Taylor Montgomery
2:05 p.m.* Taylor Moore, Mackenzie Hughes, Ben Carr (a)
2:16 pm Olin Browne Jr., David Puig, Karl Vilips (a)
2:16 p.m.* Patrick Cover, David Nyfjall (a), Frankie Capan III
2:27 p.m. Corey Pereira, Isaac Simmons (a), J.J. Grey
2:27 p.m.* Austen Truslow, Christian Cavaliere (a), Alex Schaake
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