Pinehurst No. 2
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 0.4.
ENTRIESThe USGA accepted 10,052 entries for the 2024 U.S. Open. This is the third time in championship history that the number of entries has surpassed 10,000. The record was established last year when 10,187 entries were accepted for the championship at The Los Angeles (Calif.) Country Club. In 2014, 10,127 entered to play in the 2014 U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club.
LOCAL AND FINAL QUALIFYING Local qualifying, played over 18 holes, was conducted at 109 sites between April 22-May 20. Final qualifying, played over 36 holes, was held at 13 sites, 10 of them in the United States; in Texas on May 20 and in California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio (Columbus & Springfield) and Oregon on June 3. England (May 20), Japan (May 20), and Canada (June 3) hosted international final qualifying.
CHAMPIONSHIP FIELDThe 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.
TELEVISION COVERAGE
The 124th U.S. Open will receive more than 45 hours of live coverage on NBC, USA Network and Peacock. Beginning Monday, June 10, Golf Channel will surround the championship with live pre-and post-game coverage on Golf Central Live From the U.S. Open. With featured groups, featured holes, U.S. Open All Access and additional coverage the total will reach nearly 300 hours.
Coverage
Thursday, June 13
6:30 a.m.-5 p.m. USA Network
5-8 p.m. Peacock
Friday, June 14
6:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Peacock
1-7 p.m. NBC
7-8 p.m. Peacock
Saturday, June 15
10 a.m.-Noon USA Network
Noon-8 p.m. NBC
Sunday, June 16
9 a.m.-Noon USA Network
Noon-7 p.m. NBC
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 Sunday and posted a 5-over 75 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 The Open champion Cameron Smith was one shot behind in fourth. Clark 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 at the time; the winner earned $3.6 million. The 2024 purse will be announced later this week.
1,000 USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS
The USGA will conduct its 1,000th championship with the playing of this year’s U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club. The first was held at Newport (R.I.) Country Club when Charles B. Macdonald won the 1895 U.S. Amateur. Prior to this week, there have been 738 champions, which includes 161 multiple winners (87 men, 74 women) and 131 international-born titleholders. Bob Jones and Tigers Woods are the all-time individual leaders with nine. JoAnne (Gunderson) Carner has won the most championships by a woman with eight.
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, as well as seven other USGA championships during that time period
PREVIOUS U.S. OPENS AT PINEHURST RESORT & COUNTRY CLUB
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. His previous win came in 1991 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in a playoff. Stewart, who would perish in a plane crash four months later, also 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 managed 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 the 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 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 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 Country Club 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.
USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS AT PINEHURST RESORT & COUNTRY CLUB
1962 U.S. Amateur: Labron E. Harris Jr. def. Downing Gray, 1 up
1989 U.S. Women’s Amateur: Vicki Goetze def. Brandie Burton, 4 and 3
1994 U.S. Senior Open: Simon Hobday by one stroke over Jim Albus and Graham Marsh, 274-275
1999 U.S. Open: Payne Stewart by one stroke over Phil Mickelson, 279-280
2005 U.S. Open: Michael Campbell by two strokes over Tiger Woods, 280-282
2008 U.S. Amateur: Danny Lee def. Drew Kittleson, 5 and 4
2014 U.S. Open: Martin Kaymer by eight strokes over Erik Compton and Rickie Fowler, 271-279
2014 U.S. Women’s Open: Michelle Wie by two strokes over Stacy Lewis, 278-280
2017 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball: Frankie Capan III/Shuai Ming Wong def. Clark Collier/Kyle Hudelson, 2 and 1
2019 U.S. Amateur: Andy Ogletree def. John Augenstein, 2 and 1
2022 U.S. Adaptive Open: Simon Lee (men), Kim Moore (women)
2023 U.S. Adaptive Open: Kipp Popert (men), Ryanne Jackson (women)
INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AT PINEHURST RESORT & COUNTRY CLUB
1967 World Senior Amateur Team Championship: USA (discontinued after 1969)
1980 World Amateur Team Championship: USA by 27 strokes over South Africa, 848-875
1980 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship: USA by seven strokes over Australia, 588-595
OTHER CHAMPIONSHIPS AT PINEHURST RESORT & COUNTRY CLUB
1936 PGA Championship: Denny Shute def. Jimmy Thomson, 3 and 2
1951 Ryder Cup Matches: USA def. Great Britain, 9½-2½
1982 Hall of Fame: Jay Haas def. John Adams, 276-276 (2nd playoff hole)
1991 Tour Championship: Craig Stadler def. Russ Cochran, 277-277 (2nd playoff hole)
1992 Tour Championship: Paul Azinger by three strokes over Lee Janzen, Corey Pavin, 276-279
OTHER EVENTS AT PINEHURST
North & South Men’s Amateur Championship (1901-present)
North & South Women’s Amateur Championship (1903-present)
North & South Open Championship (1902-1951)
USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN NORTH CAROLINA
This will be the 38th USGA championship played in North Carolina and the fifth U.S. Open contested in the state. In 2025, the U.S. Senior Amateur will be played at Biltmore Forest Country Club, in Asheville.
Recent USGA Championships in North Carolina
2010 U.S. Amateur Public Links: Bryan Park Golf & Conference Center (Lion Kim)
2010 U.S. Girls’ Junior: Country Club of North Carolina (Doris Chen)
2010 U.S. Women’s Amateur: Charlotte Country Club (Danielle Kang)
2013 U.S. Senior Amateur: Wade Hampton Golf Club (Doug Hanzel)
2013 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur: Biltmore Forest Country Club (Julia Potter)
2014 U.S. Open: Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, Course No. 2 (Martin Kaymer)
2014 U.S. Women’s Open: Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, Course No. 2 (Michelle Wie)
2017 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball: Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, Course No. 2 (Frankie Capan/Shuai Ming Wong)
2018 U.S. Mid-Amateur: Charlotte Country Club (Kevin O’Connell)
2019 U.S. Amateur: Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, Course Nos. 4 and 2 (Andy Ogletree)
2019 U.S. Senior Amateur: Old Chatham Golf Club (Bob Royak)
2019 U.S. Senior Women’s Open: Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club (Helen Alfredsson)
2021 U.S. Junior Amateur: Country Club of North Carolina (Nick Dunlap)
2022 U.S. Women’s Open: Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club (Minjee Lee)
2022 U.S. Adaptive Open: Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, Course No. 6 (Simon Lee - men; Kim Moore - women)
2023 U.S. Adaptive Open: Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, Course No. 6 (Kipp Popert - men; Ryanne Jackson - women)
LONGEST U.S. OPEN COURSES
7,845 yards, Erin Hills, first round, Erin, Wis., 2017
7,839 yards, Erin Hills, second round, Erin, Wis., 2017
7,818 yards, Erin Hills, third round, Erin, Wis., 2017
7,721 yards, Erin Hills, fourth round, Erin, Wis., 2017
7,695 yards, Chambers Bay, second round, University Place, Wash., 2015
7,676 yards, Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course), fourth round, San Diego, Calif., 2021
7,664 yards, Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course), second round, San Diego, Calif., 2021
7,637 yards, Chambers Bay, third round, University Place, Wash., 2015
7,635 yards, Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course), first round, San Diego, Calif., 2021
7,616 yards, Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course), third round, San Diego, Calif., 2021
7,603 yards, Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course), second round, San Diego, Calif., 2008
LONGEST PAR 3s IN U.S. OPEN HISTORY
300 yards, 8th, fourth round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2007
299 yards, 8th, fourth round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2016
299 yards, 7th, second round, The Los Angeles (Calif.) C.C. (North Course), 2023
297 yards, 11th, second round, The Los Angeles (Calif.) C.C. (North Course), 2023
295 yards, 11th, fourth round, The Los Angeles (Calif.) C.C. (North Course), 2023
281 yards, 8th, second round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2007
281 yards, 8th, second round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2016
279 yards, 8th, third round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2007
277 yards, 7th, third round, The Los Angeles (Calif.) C.C. (North Course), 2023
273 yards, 11th, third round, The Los Angeles (Calif.) C.C. (North Course), 2023
272 yards, 7th, fourth round, The Los Angeles (Calif.) C.C. (North Course), 2023
LONGEST PAR 4s IN U.S. OPEN HISTORY
558 yards, 16th, third round, The Los Angeles (Calif.) C.C. (North Course), 2023
555 yards, 16th, second round, The Los Angeles (Calif.) C.C. (North Course), 2023
551 yards, 13th, second round, Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash., 2015
544 yards, 11th, second round, Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash., 2015
542 yards, 4th, third round, Pinehurst Resort & C.C. (Course No. 2), Village of Pinehurst, N.C., 2014
541 yards, 11th, first round, Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash., 2015
541 yards, 11th, fourth round, Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash., 2015
536 yards, 14th, first round, Shinnecock Hills G.C., Southampton, N.Y., 2018
534 yards, 14th, third round, Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash., 2015
534 yards, 6th, third round, Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course), San Diego, 2021