The US Open Golf Tournament has a long history beginning with the first US Open’s Men’s Championship, which was held on a nine-hole course in Newport, Rhode Island on October 4, 1895. This tournament, which is now held annually in the month of June, once had a wide variety of both professional and amateur players entering and for many of the first years of its existence British golfers dominated the courses. This was until the year 1911, which saw the first American, John J. McDermott, win the tournament. After this point American golfers began to have success in the tournament more frequently. At this point it was a rather large golfing event and soon evolved into one of the four

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Major Championships in men’s golf, being officially scheduled on both the PGA Tour and PGA European Tour. Today’s US Open Golf Tournaments are held on courses that limit low scoring as they are usually very challenging, forcing golfers to be very accurate and play at a high level.



Both professionals and amateurs alike can play in the tournament, provided that they are either exempt, which is the case with many professionals who are either ranked, have won the tournament in recent years or won another one of the major tournaments recently, or they pass a qualifying round. The exempt golfers actually account for roughly half of the 156 players entered in the US Open.


Winning the tournament can not only make a

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person quite wealthy, as the payout is usually over a million dollars, but it can also open doors to other tournaments and make the winner’s golfing career much comfortable. The winner of the tournament is actually automatically invited to play in the other four majors being: The Masters, The British Open and the PGA Championship. There are also significant incentives for finishing within the top fifteen in the US Open, as each of these players is automatically qualified for the subsequent year’s tournament.


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