DID YOU KNOW - U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
• The U.S. Open Championship will be staged at Chambers Bay for the first time. It is also the first time America’s national championship has been contested in the Pacific Northwest.
• The last time a Major Championship was played in Washington State was the 1998 US PGA Championship at Sahalee, in Seattle, won by Vijay Singh. The 2010 U.S. Amateur Championship was played at Chambers Bay and won by European Tour Member, Peter Uihlein, who defeated David Chung, 4 & 2 in the final.
• There are 11 players in this year’s U.S. Open Championship who competed in the 2010 U.S. Amateur Championship. They include: Byeong Hun An, Russell Henley, Brooks Koepka, Patrick Reed and Jordan Spieth.
• There are 48 European Tour Members competing in the 2015 U.S. Open Championship. There will be nine debutants. They are: Thomas Aiken, Baek Seukhyun, Oliver Farr, Tommy Fleetwood, Anirban Lahiri, Alexander Levy, Jason Palmer, Andy Sullivan and Tjaart Van der Walt.
• Martin Kaymer will attempt to become the first player to successfully defend the U.S. Open Championship since Curtis Strange (1988-89). The German will also try to become the first European Tour Member to win the same American Major Championship in back-to-back years since Sir Nick Faldo won the Masters Tournament in 1989-90. The last non-American to win consecutive U.S. Open Championships was Scotland’s Willie Anderson (1903-05).
• American amateur, Cole Hammer will become the third youngest U.S. Championship Open competitor aged 15 years and 294 days. The qualifier is behind, Andy Zhang (14 years and 183 days in 2012) and Tadd Fujikawa (15 years and 158 days in 2006).
• There will be 13 U.S. Open Champions competing. There were 11 exempt and two qualifiers, Retief Goosen and Lee Janzen.
• U.S. Open Championship history will be made at Chambers Bay in 2015. The Washington State venue will have the three longest par fours ever to be played. They are: 546 yards, hole 14, 537 yards, hole 11 and 534 yards, hole 13.
