Daily Times (Primos, PA)

US OPEN AT A GLANCE

-

Facts and figures for the 120th U.S. Open golf championsh­ip:

Dates: Sept. 17-20.

Site: Winged Foot GC (West).

The course: The West Course at Winged Foot was built in 1923 by A.W. Tillinghas­t, who was told by club founders to “give us a man-sized course.” It has been a man-sized test for the U.S. Open five times and the PGA Championsh­ip in 1997. Winged Foot is best known for the severe slopes on the greens and the deep, penalizing bunkers.

The date: The U.S. Open was to be played June 18-21 until golf was shut down because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be the first time since 1974 the U.S. Open was not held on Father’s Day. Length: 7,477yards. Par: 70.

Cut: Top 60 and ties.

Playoff (if necessary): Twohole aggregate immediatel­y after

72 holes are completed.

Field: 144players.

Purse: $12.5 million. Winner’s share: $2.16 million.

Defending champion: Gary Woodland.

Last year: Gary Woodland won his first major at Pebble Beach with a bold 3-wood that set up birdie on the par-5 14th, and a lob wedge off the putting surface on the par-3 17th to save par.

U.S. Open champions at

Winged Foot: Bobby Jones

(1929), Billy Casper (1959),

Hale Irwin (1974), Fuzzy Zoeller

(1984), Geoff Ogilvy (2006). Grand Slam, Part VI: Phil Mickelson gets his sixth attempt at trying to complete the career Grand Slam. His six runner-up finishes is a record.

Tiger tales: Tiger Woods has played only six tournament­s this year, and only at Torrey Pines in January has he broken par all four rounds.

Noteworthy: Only two players in five U.S. Opens at Winged Foot have finished under par. Fuzzy Zoeller and Greg Norman were at

276, and Zoeller won the playoff. Quoteworth­y: “If it gets firm like some of the USGA guys told me they want it to be, I don’t see how any of us shoot under par. Or if we shoot under par, it would be somebody winning by a lot.” -- Jon Rahm.

Streaming: Thursday, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. (Peacock); Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. (Peacock); Saturday,

9 a.m. to 11 a.m. (Peacock); Sunday, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. (Peacock).

TV: Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. (NBC); Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Golf Channel), 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. (NBC); Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. (NBC); Sunday, 10 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel), noon to 6 p.m. (NBC).

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United States