SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — How well do you know U.S. Open history? Try this quiz ahead of the 126th U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills (answers below):
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a.) Winged Foot
b.) Shinnecock Hills
c.) Garden City Golf Club
a.) Greg Norman
b.) Tom Lehman
c.) Phil Mickelson
a.) Pinehurst No. 2
b.) Newport Country Club
c.) Shinnecock Hills
a.) Bethpage Black
b.) Shinnecock Hills
c.) Oak Hill
a.) Brooks Koepka
b.) Tiger Woods
c.) Rory McIlroy
a.) Shinnecock Hills
b.) Olympia Fields
c.) The Country Club
a.) Dustin Johnson at Oakmont
b.) Geoff Ogilvy at Winged Foot
c.) Brooks Koepka at Shinnecock Hills
a.) Ben Hogan
b.) Gary Player
c.) Tiger Woods
a.) Francis Ouimet
b.) Jerry Pate
c.) Jack Fleck
a.) Greg Norman
b.) Arnold Palmer
c.) Byron Nelson
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
a.) Phil Mickelson
b.) Sam Snead
c.) Nick Faldo
a.) Lucas Glover
b.) Michael Campbell
c.) Wyndham Clark
a.) The America’s Cup
b.) A turf disease killed all the greens on the back nine
c.) The Harvard-Yale football game
a.) Johnny Miller
b.) Tommy Fleetwood
c.) Thomas Bjorn
a.) Curtis Strange
b.) Ben Hogan
c.) Xander Schauffele
a.) Oscar Bunn
b.) Willie Dunn
c.) James Foulis
a.) He was low amateur
b.) He withdrew after a 74 with a wrist injury
c.) He missed the cut
1. b
2. c
3. b
4. a
5. c
6. a
7. c
8. b
9. a
10. b
11. a
12. b
13. a
14. a
15. b
16. a
17. c
18. b
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