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116th U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP – FACT SHEET SITE INFORMATION usopen.com June 16-19, 2016 Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club #USOpen; Twitter: @usopengolf; Facebook: U.S. Open Championship; Instagram: @usopengolf PAR AND YARDAGE Oakmont Country Club will be set up at 7,219 yards and will play to a par of 35-35—70. The yardage for each round of the championship will vary due to course setup and conditions. Oakmont Country Club Hole By Hole Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Par 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 35 Yardage 482 340 426 609 382 194 479 288/ 477 3,677 252 Hole 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total Par 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 35 Yardage 462/ 379 632/ 183 358 500 231 313 484 3,542 440 667 ARCHITECT                           Designed ...

The pressure of dealing with all that goes with accepting the European Ryder Cup captaincy has led to Darren Clarke ruling himself out of next week’s U.S. Open at Oakmont. Clarke, 47 will lead Europe into competition on September 30th at Hazeltine. But the former Open Champion, who has not tasted victory since being handed the Claret Jug in 2011, has clearly struggled with his game. And he best finish since being appointed European Team captain in February, 2015, and in his two dozen European ...

Crail, Scotland … Aussie golfer Peter O’Malley, and affectionately known as ‘POM’, has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of the PGA of Australia. Effective immediately, O’Malley replaces renowned PGA Professional and businessman Mark Gibson, who stepped down after successfully serving two full terms as the Chairman of the PGA over the past six years. O’Malley has been a much-respected member of the PGA Tour of Australasia since 1987 ...

The partners behind the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open have moved to reassure Scottish golf fans over the future date of the tournament the week prior to The Open. The European Tour, Aberdeen Asset Management and the Scottish Government (represented by VisitScotland) have confirmed that there is no prospect of the dates of the Scottish Open changing on the European Tour schedule. The unique tri-partite relationship with the three main partners has seen the tournament go from strength ...

In the words of song writer Marc Cohn Graeme McDowell tees-up in this week’s FedEx St. Jude Classic looking to walk tall in the ‘Land of the Delta Blues’. McDowell was seemingly intent on taking a fortnight’s break from competition following his top-30 finish at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. That would have meant spending a fortnight on the range at Lake Nona but instead McDowell has elected to return to the sauna-like conditions set to greet competitors teeing-up on ...

Scotland’s top world ranked Russell Knox intends drawing on golf’s 15th club when it comes to teeing-up in next month’s Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open at Castle Stuart. Last month, Knox went within a whisker of denying Rory McIlroy the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open trophy. Indeed, McIlroy drew on the overwhelming home crowd support he enjoyed over the four rounds to pull off two of the greatest shots in his career and deny Knox the gleaming Irish Open trophy, Now Knox will ...

Rising English star Haydn McCullen and South Africa’s Bryandrew Roelofsz shot matching six-under 65s to share the lead heading into the second round of the South to East Challenge at Zwartkop Golf Club in Centurion, Pretoria, on Tuesday. McCullen, who won the prestigious McEvoy Trophy in 2014 before turning pro last year, and Roelofsz both reeled off seven birdies against a lone bogey to surge one clear of South Africa’s Siphiwe Siphayi in this MENA Golf Tour event, which is co-sanctioned by ...