10 Things To Know About The 2022 U.S. Open In Brookline

BROOKLINE, MA — The Country Club in Brookline is hosting the 2022 U.S. Open from June 13 to 19. Here are a few things to know amidst this year’s championship, first released by the USGA:

1. Par and yardage

The Country Club’s Open Course will be set up at 7,254 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.

2. Architecture of The Country Club

The Country Club evolved as a collaborative design, according to the USGA. In 1893, the first six holes were designed by the club’s first golf committee, including members Arthur Hunnewell, Laurence Curtis, and Robert Bacon.

In 1894, Willie Campbell helped add three new holes and redesign the original six. Five years later, the club expanded to 18 holes, and William Flynn designed a third nine, which is called Primrose, in 1927.

The course used for championships is a composite that incorporates three and a half holes from the Primrose. Geoffrey Cornish made changes before the 1963 U.S. Open., Rees Jones supervised revisions before the 1988 U.S. Open, and Gil Hanse oversaw a course restoration before the 2013 U.S. Amateur.

3. Who can enter

The championship is open to any professional golfer and any amateur golfer with a Handicap Index not exceeding 1.4. Since 2012, the USGA has annually surpassed the 9,000 mark in entries, with a record 10,127 entries accepted for the 2014 U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club. This year, the USGA accepted 9,265 entries, the sixth-highest total in U.S. Open history.

4. Local & final qualifying

Local qualifying, played over 18 holes, was conducted at 109 sites in 44 U.S. states and Canada from April 25 to May 23.

Final qualifying, played over 36 holes, was held at nine U.S. sites/ Japan and Canada hosted international qualifying on May 23 and June 6. This year, there is a starting field of 156 golfers. Click here for a full list of final qualifying results.

5. Schedule of play

Eighteen holes of stroke play are scheduled each day from June 16 through June 19. If there is a tie after 72 holes, a two-hole aggregate playoff will take place following the completion of the fourth round. If the playoff results in a tie, play will immediately continue hole by hole until a champion is determined.

A full TV programming schedule for the 122nd U.S. Open can be found here.

6. What the winner receives

Among the benefits enjoyed by the U.S. Open winner are:

• A U.S. Open exemption for the next 10 years
• An invitation to the next five Masters Tournaments
• An invitation to the next five Open Championships, conducted by The R&A
• An invitation to the next five PGA Championships
• An invitation to the next five Players Championships
• Exempt status on the PGA Tour for five years
• Custody of the U.S. Open Trophy for the ensuing year
• Jack Nicklaus Medal and a replica U.S. Open Trophy

7. Championship history

This is the 122nd U.S. Open Championship. The U.S. Open, which was first played in 1895, was not contested for two years (1917-1918) during World War I and for four years (1942-1945) during World War II.

The youngest winner of the U.S. Open is 19-year-old John McDermott, who won in 1911 and is he is among nine players age 21 or younger who have won the U.S. Open.

The oldest winner is Hale Irwin, who was 45 and playing on a special exemption when he won his third U.S. Open title in 1990. Irwin also won in 1974 and 1979.

There are four four-time U.S. Open winners: Willie Anderson (1901, 1903, 1904, 1905), amateur Bob Jones (1923, 1926, 1929, 1930), Ben Hogan (1948, 1950, 1951, 1953), and Jack Nicklaus (1962, 1967, 1972, 1980).

Only six players have won the Masters and U.S. Open titles in the same year: Craig Wood (1941) Ben Hogan (1951, 1953), Arnold Palmer (1960), Jack Nicklaus (1972), Tiger Woods (2002), and Jordan Spieth (2015).

8. The Country Club facts

• The 122nd U.S. Open will be the fourth conducted at The Country Club (1913, 1963, 1988)
• The Country Club will host its 17th USGA championship, which will tie for second all-time
• The 2022 U.S. Open will be the 59th USGA championship held in Massachusetts
• In 2022, the U.S. Open Championship will be played in Massachusetts for the 10th time
• The Country Club is one of the five founding members of the USGA, which was formed on Dec. 22, 1894

9. A List of USGA Championships at The Country Club

• 1902 U.S. Women’s Amateur: Genevieve Hecker def. Louisa A. Wells, 4 and 3
• 1910 U.S. Amateur: William C. Fownes Jr. def. Warren K. Wood, 4 and 3
• 1913 U.S. Open: Francis Ouimet def. Harry Vardon and Ted Ray, 304 (72) – 304 (77) – 304 (78)
• 1922 U.S. Amateur: Jess Sweetser def. Charles “Chick” Evans Jr., 3 and 2
• 1934 U.S. Amateur: W. Lawson Little Jr. def. David Goldman, 8 and 7
• 1941 U.S. Women’s Amateur: Elizabeth Hicks def. Helen Sigel, 5 and 3
• 1953 U.S. Girls’ Junior: Mildred Meyerson def. Holly Jean Roth, 4 and 2
• 1957 U.S. Amateur: Hillman Robbins Jr. def. Dr. Frank M. Taylor, 5 and 4
• 1963 U.S. Open: Julius Boros def. Jacky Cupit and Arnold Palmer, 293 (70) – 293 (73) – 293 (76)
• 1968 U.S. Junior Amateur: Eddie Pearce def. W.B. Harman Jr., 6 and 5
• 1982 U.S. Amateur: Jay Sigel def. David Tolley, 8 and 7
• 1988 U.S. Open: Curtis Strange def. Nick Faldo, 278 (71) – 278 (75)
• 1995 U.S. Women’s Amateur: Kelli Kuehne def. Anne-Marie Knight, 4 and 3
• 2013 U.S. Amateur: Matthew Fitzpatrick def. Oliver Goss, 4 and 3

10. USGA Championships in Massachusetts

This will be the 59th USGA championship played in Massachusetts and the 10th U.S. Open contested in the state. In 2022, the Bay State will also host the 67th U.S. Senior Amateur at The Kittansett Club in Marion.