The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open national championship of golf in the United States. It is the third of the four men's major golf championships, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour. Since 1898 the competition has been 72 holes of stroke play, with the winner being the player with the lowest total number of strokes. It is staged by the United States Golf Association (USGA) in mid-June, scheduled so that, if there are no weather delays, the final round is played on the third Sunday. The U.S. Open is staged at a variety of courses, set up in such a way that scoring is very difficult, with a premium placed on accurate driving. As of 2024, the U.S. Open awards a $21.5 million purse, the largest of all four major championships.
The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers' Association of America. It is one of the four men's major golf championships.
Bruce Lee Fleisher was an American professional golfer.
William Thomas Andrade is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Champions Tour. He was previously a member of the PGA Tour, where he was a four-time winner.
Bradford John Faxon Jr. is an American professional golfer. He has won eight times on the PGA Tour.
Allen Michael Doyle is an American professional golfer. Though a talented golfer, Doyle elected not to turn pro after graduating from Vermont's Norwich University. He moved to the south where he owned and operated a driving range in Georgia. In his free time he played in elite amateur events, winning the Georgia Amateur and Sunnehanna Amateur several times each. At the age of 46, Doyle turned professional and had extraordinary success as a pro, winning three events on the Nike Tour and 11 events on the Champions Tour, including the U.S. Senior Open twice.
William "Wild Bill" Ezinicki was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–1950), the Boston Bruins (1950–1952), and the New York Rangers (1954–1955) of the NHL.
David S. Ishii is an American professional golfer of Japanese descent.
Dana C. Quigley is an American professional golfer.
Robert Raymond Tway IV is an American professional golfer. He has won numerous tournaments including eight PGA Tour victories. He spent 25 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking in 1986–87.
Robert Menne was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour, the Champions Tour, and the European Seniors Tour.
Hugh Royer III is an American professional golfer and golf instructor.
Lindy Miller is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, Ben Hogan Tour, and Champions Tour.
William Timothy Britton is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour for fifteen years during the 1980s and 1990s.
The Rhode Island Open is the Rhode Island state open golf tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Rhode Island Golf Association. It has been played annually since 1929 at a variety of courses around the state.
Robert Stanton Greenwood, Jr. is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour from 1969 to 1975. He is a PGA of America Life Member.
Gary P. Wolstenholme MBE is an English professional golfer. Wolstenholme is known for his long amateur career and now plays on the European Senior Tour.
The New England PGA Championship is a golf tournament that is the championship of the New England section of the PGA of America. The New England section encompasses the states of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. It has been played annually since 1921 at a variety of courses in those states.
Grayson Colby Murray was an American professional golfer. He won two PGA Tour events: the 2017 Barbasol Championship and the 2024 Sony Open in Hawaii.
This article summarizes the highlights of professional and amateur golf in the year 2019.
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