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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

US Open Preview

DATES: Thursday, June 18th through Sunday, June 21st
SITE: Bethpage State Park (Black Course), Farmingdale, New York
COURSE ARCHITECT: William Bell (1957), Rees Jones (2001 - redesign)
PAR: 70
YARDAGE: 7,426
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 430 yds 10 - Par 4 508 yds

2 - Par 4 389 yds 11 - Par 4 435 yds

3 - Par 3 232 yds 12 - Par 4 504 yds

4 - Par 5 517 yds 13 - Par 5 605 yds

5 - Par 4 478 yds 14 - Par 3 158 yds

6 - Par 4 408 yds 15 - Par 4 459 yds

7 - Par 4 525 yds 16 - Par 4 490 yds

8 - Par 3 210 yds 17 - Par 3 207 yds

9 - Par 4 460 yds 18 - Par 4 411 yds

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35 3,649 yds 35 3,777 yds
Annual: 109th
Defending Champion: Tiger Woods
Runner-Up: Rocco Mediate
Tournament Record: 272 (Jack Nicklaus, 1980; Lee Janzen, 1993 - Baltusrol GC;

Tiger Woods, 2000 - Pebble Beach Golf Links;

Jim Furyk, 2003 - Olympia Fields Country Club)
54-Hole Record: 200 (Jim Furyk, 2003 - Olympia Fields Country Club)
36-Hole Record: 133 (Jim Furyk, Vijay Singh, 2003 - Olympia Fields CC)
18-Hole Record: 63 (Johnny Miller, 1973 - Oakmont Country Club;

Jack Nicklaus, Tom Weiskopf, 1980 - Baltusrol Golf Club;

Vijay Singh, 2003 - Olympia Fields Country Club)
Course Record: 66 (Nick Faldo, 2002)
Total Purse: $7,500,000 (2008 figures)
Shares: 1st Place - $1,350,000; 2nd place - $810,000; 3rd place - $491,995

2008 Finish
Player Score Player Score
Tiger Woods * 283 Miguel Angel Jimenez 287
Rocco Mediate 283 Carl Pettersson 287
Lee Westwood 284 John Merrick 287
D.J. Trahan 286 Five players at 288
Robert Karlsson 286

* - Won in Playoff