FILE – The U.S. Open Golf Championship trophy is displayed in front of the clubhouse at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., Sept. 15, 2025.
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SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — How well do you know U.S. Open history? Try this quiz ahead of the 126th U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills (answers below):
1. New York has hosted more U.S. Opens than any other state. Where was the first one?
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c.) Garden City Golf Club
2. Who is the only player to finish under par at Shinnecock Hills without winning?
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3. Where was the first U.S. Open played?
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4. On which New York course was Phil Mickelson twice a U.S Open runner-up?
5. Who holds the 72-hole scoring record in the U.S Open?
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6. What is the only course to host the U.S. Open over three different centuries?
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7. Who was the last player to win a U.S. Open with a 72-hole score over par?
a.) Dustin Johnson at Oakmont
b.) Geoff Ogilvy at Winged Foot
c.) Brooks Koepka at Shinnecock Hills
8. Who is the only player to complete the career Grand Slam at the U.S. Open?
9. Who is the last player to win the U.S. Open on his first attempt?
10. Who is the only player to lose in a playoff three times at the U.S. Open?
11. Why did players threaten to boycott the first U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills?
a.) Because a Black player was in the field
b.) The USGA was making them use the gutta percha
c.) Only 35 players were in the field
12. Who has the most majors without ever having won a U.S. Open?
13. Who was the last U.S. Open champion who had to go through sectional qualifying?
14. Why was the inaugural U.S. Open in 1895 at Newport Country Club postponed one month until October?
b.) A turf disease killed all the greens on the back nine
c.) The Harvard-Yale football game
15. Who is the only player to twice shoot 63 in a U.S. Open?
16. Who was the only player under par after 72 holes in three straight U.S. Opens?
17. Who was the first U.S. Open champion at Shinnecock Hills?
18. How did Tiger Woods fare his first time playing Shinnecock Hills?
b.) He withdrew after a 74 with a wrist injury
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