Preview - US Open 2008

Hole-By-Hole:	1 - Par 4 448 yds	10 - Par 4 414 yds
	2 - Par 4 389 yds	11 - Par 3 221 yds
	3 - Par 3 195 yds	12 - Par 4 504 yds
	4 - Par 4 488 yds	13 - Par 5 614 yds
	5 - Par 4 453 yds	14 - Par 4 435 yds
	6 - Par 4 515 yds	15 - Par 4 478 yds
	7 - Par 4 461 yds	16 - Par 3 225 yds
	8 - Par 3 177 yds	17 - Par 4 441 yds
	9 - Par 5 612 yds	18 - Par 5 573 yds
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	35 3,738 yds	36 3,905 yds

Course Set-Up:

The fairways will range in width from roughly 24 to 33 yards.

On either side of the fairways, a 6-foot wide swath of intermediate rough running the length of each hole will be set to 1 3/4 inches.

Next, a 20-foot band of first cut of primary rough will be grown to approximately 2 1/2 inches, and the second cut of deepest rough left and right of the landing areas will be 5 inches.

Some spectator ropes will be moved back to allow for this plan, where the "penalty now fits the crime." The further off line a drive is, the tougher the recovery shot will be. (This is the third year of this USGA set-up style).

The greens will be set to run at 13 to 13 1/2 feet on the Stimpmeter for the duration of the Championship.

The primary rough for 11 feet around the putting greens will be maintained at 3 inches. Outside of that, the rough will be grown to 4-5 inches (instead of 2 1/2 inches as alongside the fairways).

Annual:	108th
Defending Champion:	Angel Cabrera
Runner-Up:	Jim Furyk, Tiger Woods
Tournament Record:	272 (Jack Nicklaus, 1980; Lee Janzen, 1993 - Baltusrol;
	Tiger Woods, 2000 - Pebble Beach;
	Jim Furyk, 2003 - Olympia Fields)
54-Hole Record:	200 (Jim Furyk, 2003 - Olympia Fields)
36-Hole Record:	133 (Jim Furyk, Vijay Singh, 2003 - Olympia Fields)
18-Hole Record:	63 (Jack Nicklaus, Tom Weiskopf, 1980 - Baltusrol)
	(Vijay Singh, 2003 - Olympia Fields)
Course Record:	62 (Tiger Woods, 1999)
Total Purse:	$7,000,000 (2007 figure)
Shares:	1st Place - $1,260,000; 2nd place - $756,000; 3rd place - $476,000

2007 Finish
Player	Score	Player	Score
Angel Cabrera	285	Bubba Watson	289
Jim Furyk	286	Nick Dougherty	290
Tiger Woods	286	Jerry Kelly	290
Niclas Fasth	287	Scott Verplank	290
David Toms	289	Three players at	291

Past United States Open Winners
Year	Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
2007	Angel Cabrera (285) -- Jim Furyk, Tiger Woods
	Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania
2006	Geoff Ogilvy (285) -- Jim Furyk, Phil Mickelson, Colin Montgomerie
	Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course), Mamaroneck, New York
2005	Michael Campbell (280) -- Tiger Woods
	Pinehurst Resort & Country Club (No. 2), Pinehurst, North Carolina
2004	Retief Goosen (276) -- Phil Mickelson
	Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, New York
2003	Jim Furyk (272) -- Stephen Leaney
	Olympia Fields Country Club (North Course), Olympia Fields, Illinois
2002	Tiger Woods (277) -- Phil Mickelson
	Bethpage State Park (Black Course), Farmingdale, New York
2001	*Retief Goosen (276) -- Mark Brooks
	Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma
2000	Tiger Woods (272) -- Ernie Els, Miguel Angel Jimenez
	Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California
1999	Payne Stewart (279) -- Phil Mickelson
	Pinehurst Resort & Country Club (No. 2), Pinehurst, North Carolina
1998	Lee Janzen (280) -- Payne Stewart
	The Olympic Club, San Francisco, California
1997	Ernie Els (276) -- Colin Montgomerie
	Congressional Country Club, (Blue Course), Bethesda, Maryland
1996	Steve Jones (278) -- Tom Lehman, Davis Love III
	Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1995	Corey Pavin (280) -- Greg Norman
	Shinnecock Golf Club, Southampton, New York
1994	*Ernie Els (279) -- Loren Roberts, Colin Montgomerie
	Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania
1993	Lee Janzen (272) -- Payne Stewart
	Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course), Springfield, New Jersey
1992	Tom Kite (285) -- Jeff Sluman
	Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California
1991	*Payne Stewart (282) -- Scott Simpson
	Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minnesota
1990	*Hale Irwin (280) -- Mike Donald
	Medinah Country Club (Number 3), Medinah, Illinois
1989	Curtis Strange (278) -- Chip Beck, Mark McCumber, Ian Woosnam
	Oak Hill Country Club (East Course), Rochester, New York
1988	*Curtis Strange (278) -- Nick Faldo
	The Country Club, Brookline, Massachusetts
1987	Scott Simpson (277) -- Tom Watson
	Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco, California
1986	Raymond Floyd (279) -- Lanny Wadkins, Chip Beck
	Shinnecock Golf Club, Southampton, New York
1985	Andy North (279) -- Dave Barr, T.C. Chen, Denis Watson
	Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Birmingham, Michigan
1984	*Fuzzy Zoeller (276) -- Greg Norman
	Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course), Mamaroneck, New York
1983	Larry Nelson (280) -- Tom Watson
	Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania
1982	Tom Watson (282) -- Jack Nicklaus
	Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California
1981	David Graham (273) -- George Burns, Bill Rogers
	Merion Golf Club (East Course), Ardmore, Pennsylvania
1980	Jack Nicklaus (272) -- Isao Aoki
	Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course), Springfield, New Jersey
1979	Hale Irwin (284) -- Gary Player, Jerry Pate
	Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio
1978	Andy North (285) -- Dave Stockton, J.C. Snead
	Cherry Hills Country Club, Denver, Colorado
1977	Hubert Green (278) -- Lou Graham
	Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1976	Jerry Pate (277) -- Tom Weiskopf, Al Geiberger
	Atlanta Athletic Club (Highlands Course), Duluth, Georgia
1975	*Lou Graham (287) -- John Mahaffey
	Medinah Country Club (Number 3), Medinah, Illinois
1974	Hale Irwin (287) -- Forrest Felzer
	Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course), Mamaroneck, New York
1973	Johnny Miller (279) -- John Schlee
	Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania
1972	Jack Nicklaus (290) -- Bruce Crampton
	Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California
1971	*Lee Trevino (275) -- Jack Nicklaus
	Merion Golf Club (East Course), Ardmore, Pennsylvania
1970	Tony Jacklin (281) -- Dave Hill
	Hazeltine Golf Club, Chaska, Minnesota
1969	Orville Moody (281) -- Deane Beman, Al Geiberger, Bob Rosburg
	Champions Golf Club (Cypress Creek Course), Houston, Texas
1968	Lee Trevino (275) -- Jack Nicklaus
	Oak Hill Country Club (East Course), Birmingham, Michigan
1967	Jack Nicklaus (275) -- Arnold Palmer
	Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course), Springfield, New Jersey
1966	*Billy Casper (278) -- Arnold Palmer
	Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco, California
1965	*Gary Player (278) -- Kel Nagle
	Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis, Missouri
1964	Ken Venturi (278) -- Tommy Jacobs
	Congressional Country Club (Blue Course), Washington, D.C.
1963	*Julius Boros (293) -- Jacky Cupit, Arnold Palmer
	The Country Club, Brookline, Massachusetts
1962	*Jack Nicklaus (283) -- Arnold Palmer
	Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania
1961	Gene Littler (281) -- Bob Goalby, Doug Sanders
	Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Birmingham, Michigan
1960	Arnold Palmer (280) -- Jack Nicklaus
	Cherry Hills Country Club, Denver, Colorado
1959	Billy Casper (282) -- Bob Rosburg
	Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course), Mamaroneck, New York
1958	Tommy Bolt (283) -- Gary Player
	Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1957	*Dick Mayer (282) -- Cary Middlecoff
	Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio
1956	Cary Middlecoff (281) -- Ben Hogan, Julius Boros
	Oak Hill Country Club (East Course), Rochester, New York
1955	*Jack Fleck (287) -- Ben Hogan
	Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco, California
1954	Ed Furgol (284) -- Gene Littler
	Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course), Springfield, New Jersey
1953	Ben Hogan (283) -- Sam Snead
	Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania
1952	Julius Boros (281) -- Ed Oliver
	Northwood Country Club, Dallas, Texas
1951	Ben Hogan (287) -- Clayton Heafner
	Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Birmingham, Michigan
1950	*Ben Hogan (287) -- Lloyd Mangrum, George Fazio
	Merion Golf Club (East Course), Ardmore, Pennsylvania
1949	Cary Middlecoff (286) -- Sam Snead, Clayton Heafner
	Medinah Country Club (Number 3), Medinah, Illinois
1948	Ben Hogan (276) -- Jimmy Demaret
	Riviera Country Club, Los Angeles, California
1947	*Lew Worsham (282) -- Sam Snead
	St. Louis Country Club, Clayton, Missouri
1946	*Lloyd Mangrum (284) -- Vic Ghezzi, Byron Nelson
	Canterbury Golf Club, Cleveland, Ohio
1945	No championship (World War II)
1944	No championship (World War II)
1943	No championship (World War II)
1942	No championship (World War II)
1941	Craig Wood (284) -- Denny Shute
	Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas
1940	*Lawson Little (287) -- Gene Sarazen
	Canterbury Golf Club, Cleveland, Ohio
1939	*Byron Nelson (284) -- Craig Wood, Denny Shute
	Philadelphia Country Club (Spring Mill Course), Philadelphia, PA
1938	Ralph Guldahl (284) -- Dick Metz
	Cherry Hills Country Club, Denver, Colorado
1937	Ralph Guldahl (281) -- Sam Snead
	Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Birmingham, Michigan
1936	Tony Manero (282) -- Harry Cooper
	Baltusrol Golf Club (Upper Course), Springfield, New Jersey
1935	Sam Parks Jr. (299) -- Jimmy Thomson
	Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania
1934	Olin Dutra (293) -- Gene Sarazen
	Merion Cricket Club (East Course), Ardmore, Pennsylvania
1933	Johnny Goodman (287) -- Ralph Guldahl
	North Shore Country Club, Glenview, Illinois
1932	Gene Sarazen (286) -- Phil Perkins, Bobby Cruickshank
	Fresh Meadows Country Club, Flushing, New York
1931	*Billy Burke (292) -- George Von Elm
	Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio
1930	Robert T. Jones Jr. (287) -- Macdonald Smith
	Interlachen Country Club, Hopkins, Minnesota
1929	Robert T. Jones Jr. (294) -- Al Espinosa
	Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course), Mamaroneck, New York
1928	*Johnny Farrell (294) -- Robert T. Jones Jr.
	Olympia Fields Country Club (Number 4), Matteson, Illinois
1927	*Tommy Armour (301) -- Harry Cooper
	Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania
1926	Robert T. Jones Jr. (293) -- Joe Turnesa
	Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio
1925	*Willie Macfarlane (291) -- Robert T. Jones Jr
	Worcester Country Club, Worcester, Massachusetts
1924	Cyril Walker (297) -- Robert T. Jones Jr.
	Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Birmingham, Michigan
1923	*Robert T. Jones Jr. (296) -- Bobby Cruickshank
	Inwood Country Club, Inwood, Long Island, New York
1922	Gene Sarazen (288) -- John L. Black, Robert T. Jones Jr
	Skokie Country Club, Glencoe, Illinois
1921	James M. Barnes (289) -- Walter Hagen, Fred McLeod
	Columbia Country Club, Chevy Chase, Maryland
1920	Edward Ray (295) -- Harry Vardon, Jack Burke, Leo Diegel,Jock Hutchison
	Inverness Country Club, Toledo, Ohio
1919	*Walter Hagen (301) -- Mike Brady
	Brae Burn Country Club, West Newtown, Massachusetts
1918	No championships (World War I)
1917	No championships (World War I)
1916	Charles Evans Jr. (286) -- Jock Hutchison
	Minikahda Club, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1915	Jerome Travers (297) -- Tom McNamara
	Baltusrol Golf Club (Revised Course), Short Hills, New Jersey
1914	Walter Hagen (290) -- Charles Evans Jr.
	Midlothian Country Club, Blue Island, Illinois
1913	*Francis Ouimet (304) -- Harry Vardon, Edward Ray
	The Country Club (Original Course), Brookline, Massachusetts
1912	John McDermott (307) -- Tom McNamara
	Country Club of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
1911	*John McDermott (307) -- Mike Brady, George Simpson
	Chicago Golf Club, Wheaton, Illinois
1910	*Alex Smith (289) -- John McDermott, Macdonald Smith
	Philadelphia Cricket Club (St. Martin's Course), Chestnut Hill, PA
1909	George Sargent (290) -- Tom McNamara
	Englewood Golf Club, Englewood, New Jersey
1908	*Fred McLeod (322) -- Willie Smith
	Myopia Hunt Club, Hamilton, Massachusetts
1907	Alex Ross (302) -- Gil Nicholls
	Philadelphia Cricket Club (St. Martin's Course), Chestnut Hill, PA
1906	Alex Smith (295) -- Willie Smith
	Onwentsia Club, Lake Forest, Illinois
1905	Willie Anderson (314) -- Alex Smith
	Myopia Hunt Club, Hamilton, Massachusetts
1904	Willie Anderson (303) -- Gil Nicholls
	Glen View Club, Golf, Illinois
1903	*Willie Anderson (307) -- David Brown
	Baltusrol Golf Club (Original Course), Short Hills, New Jersey
1902	Laurie Auchterlonie (307) -- Stewart Gardner
	Garden City Golf Club, Garden City, Long Island, New York
1901	*Willie Anderson (331) -- Alex Smith
	Myopia Hunt Club, Hamilton, Massachusetts
1900	Harry Vardon (313) -- JH Taylor
	Chicago Golf Club, Wheaton, Illinois
1899	Willie Smith (315) -- George Low, Val Fitzjohn, WH Way
	Baltimore Country Club (Roland Park Course), Baltimore, Maryland
1898	Fred Herd (328) -- Alex Smith
	Myopia Hunt Club, Hamilton, Massachusetts
1897	Joe Lloyd (162) -- Willie Anderson
	Chicago Golf Club, Wheaton, Illinois
1896	James Foulis (152) -- Horace Rawlins
	Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, New York
1895	Horace Rawlins (173) -- Willie Dunn
	Newport Golf Club, Newport, Rhode Island