US Open Golf Betting

It is one of the four Major Championships of the Golfing calendar.  The US Open is played at various courses in the United States.

US Open History

The first US Open was played in October 1895 on a short nine hole course in Newport, Rhode Island.  It was played in just one day. Both amateurs and professionals took part. Back in those days the competition was dominated by mainly experienced British players, then in 1911 an American played (John J McDermott) who went on to win it, from then on more Americans took part, subsequently it has become one of the four golfing Majors.

156 players take part in the competition. It is open to any professional or any amateur player with a current USGA Handicap Index of not more than 1.4. This makes it a competition of particular interest in Golf Betting as it pitches the great against the good! Overall the Americans have had most of the success but South Africa have done well in the past, winning it five times since 1965.

The last three years has seen the Southern Hemisphere lead the way with South African, Retief Goosen winning it in 2004 followed by Michael Campbell from New Zealand taking the glory in 2005, then last year Australian, Geoff Ogilvy won the championship, the same year that saw its youngest ever player qualify, Tadd Fujikawa from Hawaii, aged just fifteen.
A European has not won it since British, Tony Jacklin did in 1970.

The winner of the US Open automatically becomes invited to play at the other Majors, The Masters, The Open Championships and the PGA Championships. Then they are exempt from qualifying for the US Open for ten years.
Prize money for the winner in 2006 was ,225,000.

Past US Open Winners:

This year the US Open takes place on the Black Course at Bethpage New York, USA from June 15-18th.

US Open Betting

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