We look at some key facts and figures ahead of the second Major of the year at Oakmont in this 2016 US Open by the numbers piece
2016 US Open by the numbers
+5 – Angel Cabrera’s winning total in 2007. Of all the players who made the cut, only eight were able to compile sub-par rounds throughout the course of the tournament
6 – the number of runner-up finishes recorded by Phil Mickelson in US Opens, most recently at Merion in 2013
8 – the number of previous US Opens hosted at Oakmont – 1927, 1935, 1953, 1962, 1973, 1983, 1994 and 2007
8 – the winning margin in two of the last five US Opens; Rory McIlroy in 2011 and Martin Kaymer in 2014
+11 – the 36-hole cut in 2007, the last time the US Open was staged at Oakmont
14 – the age of China’s Andy Zhang when he qualified for the 2012 US Open
17 – Youngest players to make the cut in the US Open – Beau Hossler in 2012
18 – the number of top-ten finishes recorded by Jack Nicklaus in US Opens
35 – number of non-American victories in the US Open. The first American winner was John McDermott in 1911, ending a run of 16 consecutive English or Scottish triumphs
61 – Oldest player to make the cut in the US Open – Sam Snead in 1973
63 – score recorded by Johnny Miller in his legendary round at Oakmont in 1973
156 – the number of players in the field
288 – the number of yards of the par-3 8th, the longest hole in US Open history. In 2007, players only hit the green in regulation 27 per cent of the time
299 – the highest winning total in US Open history (+11) at Oakmont in 1935
667 – the length, in yards, of the par-5 12th hole.
1895 – the year the first US Open took place, on the nine-hole course at the Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island. It was a 36-hole competition and was played in a single day. Englishman Horace Rawlins came out on top of the ten professionals and one amateur who entered, and earned $150 for his troubles
1,800,000 – the amount, in dollars, won by Jordan Spieth for triumphing in the 2015 US Open at Chambers Bay
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