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This is a MAJOR Week, and that is always a Good Thing in Golf.

It’s the U.S. Open from Pinehurst #2, in Pinehurst, North Carolina.

Pinehurst is the site of much U.S. Open History, having hosted this event in 1999, 2005, and 2014. And you might as well get familiar with this location. The Men’s U.S. Open will return to Pinehurst #2 in 2024, 2029, 2034, 2041 and 2047.

Also, the Women’s U.S. Open was held here in 2014, and will return in 2029.

Here is what you can expect this week from the U.S. Open and Pinehurst ;

124th U.S. Open Championship– Fact Sheet

June 13-16, 2024, Pinehurst Resort & Country Club (Course No. 2), Village of Pinehurst, N.C.

PAR AND YARDAGE

Pinehurst Resort & Country Club’s Course No. 2 will be set up at 7,543 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.

HOLE BY HOLE

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total

Par 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 35

Yards 398 500 387 528 588 216 426 492 184 3,719

Hole 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total

Par 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 35

Yards 617 478 486 381 472 199 536 207 448 3,824

ARCHITECTS

Donald Ross designed the course, which opened in 1907. The first nine holes were completed in 1901.

Ross would fine-tune the layout several times through 1946. Rees Jones completed renovations prior to the 1999 U.S. Open. Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw restored the course to Ross’ original design, bringing back many of Ross’ original design characteristics. The restoration was completed in March 2011.

WHO CAN ENTER

The championship is open to any professional and amateur golfer with a Handicap Index® not exceeding 1.4.

ENTRIES

The USGA accepted a record 10,187 entries for the 2023 U.S. Open, which surpassed the previous mark of 10,127 established in 2014 at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club. It was the 11th consecutive time and the 14th time overall that entries topped the 9,000 mark, and just the second time entries exceeded 10,000. (The 2020 championship field was all-exempt due to COVID-19.)

LOCAL AND FINAL QUALIFYING

Local qualifying, played over 18 holes, will be conducted at more than 100 sites in the months of April and May. Final qualifying, played over 36 holes, will be held at approximately a dozen U.S. and international sites. Most of the final qualifiers will be played on Monday, June 3.

CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD

The starting field of 156 golfers will be cut after 36 holes to the low 60 scorers (and ties).

SCHEDULE OF PLAY

Eighteen holes of stroke play are scheduled each day from June 13 (Thursday) through June 16 (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.

2023 CHAMPION

Wyndham Clark, 29, of Denver, Colo., posted a one-stroke victory over world No. 3 Rory McIlroy to win the U.S. Open at The Los Angeles Country Club’s North Course. Clark, who had missed the cut in his only two previous U.S. Open starts, overcame two late bogeys on Nos. 15 and 16 with a brilliant par save on the 71st hole, then two- putted from 60 feet on the 72nd hole. His even-par 70 gave him a 72-hole total of 10-under-par 270. Rickie Fowler, who led the championship the first three days and shared the 54-hole lead with Clark, struggled from the outset and posted a 5-over 75 on Sunday to share fifth with Tommy Fleetwood and Min Woo Lee at 5-under 275. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler finished in solo third at 273, while reigning British Open champion Cameron Smith was one shot behind in fourth.

Clark’s final round wasn’t perfect but his up-and-downs on holes 8, 9, 11 and 17 eventually won the championship. He opened the championship with a 64, two strokes off the record-setting performances of Fowler and Xander Schauffele. Clark followed with rounds of 67, 69 and 70 to become the fifth consecutive champion to make the U.S. Open his first major title.

WHAT THE WINNER RECEIVES

Among the benefits enjoyed by the U.S. Open winner 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

• Custody of U.S. Open Trophy for one year, the Jack Nicklaus Medal and a replica trophy

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 the following year’s Masters Tournament.

CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY

This is the 124th 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 and 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 2023 purse was $20 million, the highest among golf’s major championships; the winner earned $3.6 million. The 2024 purse will be announced at a later date.

PINEHURST RESORT & COUNTRY CLUB NOTES

• The 124th U.S. Open will be the fourth conducted at Pinehurst No. 2 (1999, 2005, 2014, 2024)

• Pinehurst Resort & C.C. will host its 13th USGA championship, the total ranks sixth among host clubs

• The 2024 U.S. Open will be the 38th USGA championship held in North Carolina

• Pinehurst Resort & C.C.’s Course No. 2 will also host the U.S. Open in 2029, 2035, 2041 and 2047

1999 U.S. OPEN

Payne Stewart made a par-saving putt from 18 feet on the final hole to defeat Phil Mickelson by a single stroke en route to his second U.S. Open Championship. With an even-par round of 70, Stewart was the only player to finish under par for the championship, with a 1-under total of 279.

Mickelson finished at even-par 280. Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh made bids for the lead in what was a four-man race on Sunday, but they each ended up two back at 1-over 281. Stewart needed just 24 putts during the final round and one-putted the last three greens when it mattered most. He won two U.S. Opens and posted two runner-up finishes in the 1990s.

2005 U.S. OPEN

Michael Campbell became the first player from New Zealand to win the U.S. Open when he made a crucial birdie from 25 feet on the par-3 17th hole that helped him stave off Tiger Woods by two strokes. He also was the first final qualifier to win the Open since Steve Jones in 1996. As 54-hole leader Retief Goosen slipped back, it quickly became a two-man battle, with Woods playing in the third-to-last group, just ahead of Campbell. Woods had struggled with his putting all week, but found the hole for birdies on holes 10, 11 and 15 to pull within two strokes of Campbell’s lead. Campbell answered the challenge with his birdie on No. 17, the third time he had birdied that hole in the championship.

2014 U.S. OPEN

Martin Kaymer became the first German to win the U.S. Open Championship and tied the fourth-largest winning margin in championship history with his eight-stroke victory over Rickie Fowler and Erik Compton. Kaymer shot a final-round 69 for a 72-hole score of 9-under 271 at to become the eighth player to lead the U.S. Open wire to wire. He became one of only five players to win the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and The Players Championship, joining the quartet of Tigers Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Raymond Floyd and Lee Trevino. Kaymer took a huge step toward his second major on Thursday and Friday, when he posted the first consecutive 65s in any major championship to set a 36-hole U.S. Open scoring record of 130, besting Rory McIlroy’s total of 131 at Congressional in 2011. Despite tougher conditions on the weekend, Kaymer never strayed too far from the tracks. Any mistake was covered up by another brilliant shot. Case in point was on Saturday when he took an unplayable lie after an errant drive on the fourth hole, only to convert a 20-footer for bogey. One hole later, he drilled a 202- yard approach from the sandy area to within 4 feet to set up an eagle 3.

CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY

The first United States Open Championship was won by Horace Rawlins in September 1895 at Newport (R.I.) Golf Club. Rawlins earned $150, a gold champion’s medal, and possession of the championship sterling silver cup for one year. The trophy was designated for display at Rawlins’ club until it was presented to the next year’s champion. Thus began an annual 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.

FUTURE U.S. OPENS IN THIS DECADE

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

June 15-18, 2028: Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course), Mamaroneck, N.Y.

June 14-17, 2029: Pinehurst Resort & Country Club (Course No. 2), Village of Pinehurst, N.C.

MERCHANDISE

2024 U.S. Open merchandise is available online at usgashop.com.

Here is the Broadcast Schedule for the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst. 

Coverage is provided by Golf Channel, USA Network, Peacock, the USGA App, usopen.com. and NBC.

Pinehurst Resort & Country Club (Course No. 2) will play host to the 124th U.S. Open, the USGA’s 1000th Championship. NBC Sports will cover the championship with more than 200 hours of live coverage, including the main broadcast, featured groups and studio coverage.

Pre-championship programming begins on Monday, June 10 with Golf Channel’s Live From the U.S. Open, which will also air on Peacock, NBC’s digital streaming platform. Live From will provide pre- and post-round coverage each day throughout the championship.

In addition to the linear telecasts on Peacock, USA Network and NBC all four days, viewers can also choose from a variety of alternative programming, including Featured Groups and U.S. Open All Access Presented by Deloitte. Hosted by Trey Wingo, U.S. Open All Access will complement the live broadcast by whipping around between the main telecast and digital streams. This program will air 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. (all times EDT) Thursday and Friday; it will continue on Saturday 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. - 12 pm for a combined total of more than 20 hours of All Access coverage.

You can watch the opening round on Thursday (June 13), live on USA Network from 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., followed by Peacock from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. Friday’s second round (June 14) coverage will begin on Peacock at 6:30 a.m., followed by NBC from 1 p.m. - 7p.m., with Peacock taking over again from 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. On Saturday, USA will air live coverage from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., before heading over to NBC from 12 p.m. - 8 p.m. Sunday’s final round will be available on USA from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., then NBC from 12 p.m. - 7p.m.

Pre-championship programming begins on Monday, June 10 with Golf Channel’s Live From the U.S. Open, which will also air on Peacock, NBC’s digital streaming platform. Live From will provide pre- and post-round coverage each day throughout the championship.

In addition to the linear telecasts on Peacock, USA Network and NBC all four days, viewers can also choose from a variety of alternative programming, including Featured Groups and U.S. Open All Access Presented by Deloitte. Hosted by Trey Wingo, U.S. Open All Access will complement the live broadcast by whipping around between the main telecast and digital streams. This program will air 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. (all times EDT) Thursday and Friday; it will continue on Saturday 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. - 12 pm for a combined total of more than 20 hours of All Access coverage.

You can watch the opening round on Thursday (June 13), live on USA Network from 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., followed by Peacock from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. Friday’s second round (June 14) coverage will begin on Peacock at 6:30 a.m., followed by NBC from 1 p.m. - 7p.m., with Peacock taking over again from 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. On Saturday, USA will air live coverage from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., before heading over to NBC from 12 p.m. - 8 p.m. Sunday’s final round will be available on USA from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., then NBC from 12 p.m. - 7p.m.

NBC Sports will also complement its comprehensive U.S. Open coverage with live Featured Groups Thursday through Sunday, showcasing three morning groups and three afternoon groups Thursday & Friday of the championship. Weekend digital streams will be determined once the cut is made. 

Featured Groups will be shown live on the USGA App, usopen.com, and Peacock. In total, there will be more than 100 hours of complementary digital coverage in 2024.

In addition to the golf coverage, the USGA’s app will provide live scoring, features, videos, photos and other news from the championship. 

U.S. Open Broadcast Schedule (All Times EDT)

Monday, June 10

Golf Central: Live From the U.S. Open (Golf Channel), 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. & 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. (World Golf Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony)

Tuesday, June 11

Golf Central: Live From the U.S. Open (Golf Channel), 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Golf Central: Live From the U.S. Open (Golf Channel), 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Wednesday, June 12

Golf Central: Live From the U.S. Open (Golf Channel), 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.  
Golf Central: Live From the U.S. Open (Golf Channel), 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Thursday, June 13

First Round of 124th U.S. Open (USA Network), 6:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. 
First Round of 124th U.S. Open (Peacock), 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. 

Golf Central: Live From the U.S. Open (Golf Channel), 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. 
Featured Groups (usopen.com, USGA App, Peacock), TBA 
U.S. Open All Access (Peacock), 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Friday, June 14

Second Round of 124th U.S. Open (Peacock), 6:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. 
Second Round of 124th U.S. Open (NBC), 1 p.m. - 7 p.m. 
Second Round of 124th U.S. Open (Peacock), 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. 

Golf Central: Live From the U.S. Open (Golf Channel), 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. 
Featured Groups (usopen.com, USGA App, Peacock), TBA 
U.S. Open All Access (Peacock), 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Saturday, June 15

Golf Central: Live From the U.S. Open (Golf Channel), 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Third Round of 124th U.S. Open (USA Network), 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Third Round of 124th U.S. Open (NBC), 12 p.m. - 8 p.m. 

Featured Groups (usopen.com, USGA App, Peacock), TBA
Golf Central: Live From the U.S. Open (Golf Channel), 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. 
U.S. Open All Access (Peacock), 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Sunday, June 16

Golf Central: Live From the U.S. Open (Golf Channel), 8 a.m. - 10 a.m.

Final Round of 124th U.S. Open (USA Network), 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Final Round of 124th U.S. Open (NBC), 12 p.m. - 7 p.m. 

Featured Groups (usopen.com, USGA App, Peacock), TBA  
Golf Central: Live From the U.S. Open (Golf Channel), 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
U.S. Open All Access (Peacock), 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. 

NBC Sports will also complement its comprehensive U.S. Open coverage with live Featured Groups Thursday through Sunday, showcasing three morning groups and three afternoon groups Thursday & Friday of the championship. Weekend digital streams will be determined once the cut is made. 

Featured Groups will be shown live on the USGA App, usopen.com, and Peacock. In total, there will be more than 100 hours of complementary digital coverage in 2024.

In addition to the golf coverage, the USGA’s app will provide live scoring, features, videos, photos and other news from the championship. 

There is an Fact Sheet for the Pinehurst #2 and the U.S. Open, courtesy of the Golf Course Superintendants Association of America (GCSAA).

The GCSAA U.S. Open Fact

Enjoy the 2024 U.S. Open at PInehurst #2!