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Formally called the United States Open Championship, The US Open Golf Tournament is an annual men’s open tournament given by the US Golf Association. This the second oldest USGA Championship by a single day. The US Open Golf Tournament is held in June, so that the final round falls on the third Sunday of that month. The US Open Golf Tournament is one of four majors and is also on the official schedule of the PGA Tour and European Tour. The US Open Golf Tournament is held at a variety of courses, so that low scoring is difficult and accurate driving is a must.

The first US Open Golf Tournament was played on October 4, 1895, at a nine hole course in Newport, Rhode Island. That US Open Golf Tournament was 36 holes, all played in one day, in which 10 professionals and one amateur competed. The winner of the 1895 US Open Golf Tournament was 21 year-old Englishman Horace Rawlins. Rawlins received $150, a $50 gold medal, and his club received an US Open Golf Tournament Championship trophy, which was presented to him by the USGA.

The US Open Golf Tournament was dominated by the British until 1911, when John J. McDermott, the first native born American, won at Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, Illinois. The US Open Golf Tournament eventually progressed into one of the four majors.

During the modern history of the US Open Golf Tournament, a majority of the winners have been from the United States. Since 1950, players from only four other nations, England, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, have won the US Open Golf Tournament. South Africa has won the US Open Golf Tournament five times since 1965. 2004-2006 were the first US Open Golf Tournament years that the consecutive winners were not American. Retief Goosen won the US Open Golf Tournament in 2004, and he was from South Africa. In 2005, Michael Campbell was the US Open Golf Tournament winner, and his birthplace was New Zealand, and Geoff Ogilvy, born in Australia, won in 2006. No European player has won the US Open Golf Tournament since 1970, when Tony Jacklin was the winner.

The US Open Golf Tournament is open to any professional or amateur player with an up-to-date USGA handicap not over 1.4. The US Open Golf Tournament field is composed of 156 players. Half of the players in the US Open Golf Tournament field are completely exempt from qualifying. There are 17 exemption categories, including: US Open Golf Tournament winners from the last 10 years, winners from the three other major from the last five years, the top 30 from the previous year’s PGA Tour money list, the top 15 from the previous year’s European Tour money list, and the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking two weeks before the US Open Golf Tournament. Players who are not fully exempt have to go through two qualifying stages. The first is a local qualification, which the players play 18 holes at over 100 courses around the United States. In the second sectional qualification, 36 holes are played at several courses in the United States, and one each in Europe and Japan.

The 2006 US Open Golf Tournament purse was $6.8 million, with the winner of the US Open Golf Tournament receiving close to $1.2 million. US Open Golf Tournament winners are exempt from having to qualify for the US Open Golf Tournament for 10 years, and are automatically invited to play in the three other majors for the next five years. The winners also receive a membership to the PGA Tour for five seasons and invitations to the Players Championship for the next five years. The top 15 finishers in the US Open Golf Tournament are fully exempt the next year, and the top 8 finishers are invited to the Masters.

The future sites for the US Open Golf Tournament are the following:

2008- Torrey Pines Golf Course, South Course (La Jolla, CA)

2009- Bethpage State Park, Black Course (Farmingdale, NY)

2010- Pebble Beach Golf Links (Pebble Beach, CA)

2011- Congressional Country Club, Blue Course (Bethesda, MD)

2012- The Olympic Club, Lake Course (San Francisco, CA)

2013- Merion Golf Club, East Course (Ardmore, PA)

On Point is an independent US Open Golf travel package and ticket broker that specializes in sports travel packages and tickets to high demand events worldwide. The sports travel packages we offer can be catered to your individual desires and are sure to be an unforgettable experience. Though we offer pre-planned US Open Golf travel packages, with the many options we have available, On Point can arrange customized US Open Golf packages that no one else in the industry can provide.

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