It appears the U.S. Open is a fairly good place for golfers who’ve by no means received a serious earlier than.
With Wyndham Clark’s victory on the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Nation Membership this previous weekend, the previous 5 gamers to have received the occasion did in order their first profession main victory. Clark, Matt Fitzpatrick (2022), Jon Rahm (2021), Bryson DeChambeau (2020) and Gary Woodland (2019) all had by no means received a serious earlier than triumphing at their respective U.S. Opens.
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Oddly sufficient, this is not even the primary time 5 straight first-time winners have triumphed on the U.S. Open this millennium. The identical feat was achieved 2009-13 by Lucas Glover, Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy, Webb Simpson and Justin Rose. It isn’t the longest streak, both: From 1973 to 1978, six golfers received the U.S. Open as their first main title (Johnny Miller, Hale Irwin, Lou Graham, Jerry Pate, Hubert Inexperienced and ESPN’s personal Andy North). All in all, an astounding 72 golfers have the U.S. Open as their first main win.
The U.S. Open additionally has a historical past of its first-time winners happening to far better issues. Jack Nicklaus’ first of 18 main wins was on the 1962 U.S. Open, as was Walter Hagen’s first of 11 (1914), Gene Sarazen’s first of seven (1922) and Bobby Jones’ 1923 win, his first of seven in occasions nonetheless thought-about majors (plus six wins within the U.S. and British beginner championships).
Knowledge from ESPN Stats & Data was used on this article.
