In 2013, Justin Rose became the first Englishman in 43 years to win golf's US Open, who won in 1970?
"1970 U.S. Open (golf) The 1970 U.S. Open was the 70th U.S. Open, held June 18–21 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, a suburb southwest of Minneapolis. Tony Jacklin shot under-par in all four rounds on his way to a seven-stroke victory and his only U.S. Open title, the second of his two major championships. He was the first champion born in England since Cyril Walker in 1924. Jacklin led wire-to-wire and was hardly threatened throughout the championship. He took a four-shot lead over Dave Hill into the final round, and despite bogeys at the 7th and 8th,"
"in the final. He also beat Tiger Woods by a stroke in the semi-final, after progressing from his group with a 100% record. On 25 March 2013, Rose finished second to Tiger Woods at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and rose to a career-high of third in the world rankings. On 16 June 2013, Rose won his maiden major championship at the U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club by two strokes over Phil Mickelson and Jason Day. He became the first Englishman in 43 years to win the U.S. Open. He also ended a 17 year major drought for English golfers"
"Justin Rose and Xander Schauffele. He became the first Italian player to win a major. The 2018 Open Championship was the third to be televised domestically by Sky Sports on dedicated channel ""Sky Sports The Open"". In the United States, it was the third Open Championship to be televised by NBC (Golf Channel's parent network). The 2018 event was the eighth Open Championship played at the Carnoustie Golf Links. The most recent was in 2007, with Pádraig Harrington winning the first of his two consecutive Open titles. Championship Course ^ Lengths of the course for previous Opens: Each player is"
"Stenson won the silver medal finishing two strokes behind gold medalist Justin Rose. Had he won, Stenson would have claimed victories on all six continents on which golf is played, a feat Rose accomplished with the Olympic win, joining Hall of Fame members Gary Player, David Graham, Hale Irwin and Bernhard Langer. In 2013, Stenson won the U.S. PGA Tour's FedEx Cup and the European Tour's Race to Dubai, thus becoming the first player to win both, and to do so in the same season, a ""historic double"". Stenson described his feat as a ""double-double"" because in the process of"
"with only one foot in the sand, needing a par to force the playoff, and very nearly holes the shot. The British Open is also notable for the remarkable tournament enjoyed by 18-year-old amateur Justin Rose, who finishes fourth after being in touch with the lead throughout the final round. Lee Janzen wins a second U.S. Open title, and as in 1993, Payne Stewart finishes runner-up. Stewart's putt to tie at the last rolls across the lip but does not drop. Fijian Vijay Singh, a regular winner on both the European and U.S. Tours since the early 1990s, wins the"
"1969 tournament winner Charlie Sifford. While most of the recipients have been of African-American descent, the 2015 exemption went to PGA Tour rookie Carlos Sainz, Jr., of Filipino and Bolivian descent; and the 2016 recipient, J. J. Spaun, is also of Filipino descent. <nowiki>*</nowiki>""Rain-shortened to 54 holes"" ^""Rain-shortened to 36 holes; unofficial win"" ""Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.""<br> Main sources Sixteen men have won this tournament more than once through 2018. Los Angeles Open The Genesis Open is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in southern California, first played in 1926. Its previous names include Los Angeles"
"and Brooks Koepka. PGA Tour playoff record (1–3) Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour<br> European Tour playoff record (2–2) Co-sanctioned by the European Tour Co-sanctioned by the European Tour LA = Low amateur<br> CUT = missed the half way cut<br> ""T"" indicates a tie for a place. ""Results not in chronological order prior to 2015."" QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play<br> ""T"" = tied<br> Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009. Amateur Professional Justin Rose Justin Peter Rose, (born 30 July 1980) is an English professional golfer who"
"at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the gold medal being won by Englishman Justin Rose. Note: Lyon only played in the British Open, U.S. Amateur, and the British Amateur. NT = No tournament<br> CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion<br> R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play Sources: U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur, 1905 Open, 1905 Amateur, 1908 Amateur. George Lyon (golfer) George Seymour Lyon (July 27, 1858 – May 11, 1938) was a Canadian golfer, an Olympic gold medalist in golf, an eight-time Canadian Amateur"
"reviews, even from Hill. Hazeltine later hosted the PGA Championship twice (2002, 2009) and the Ryder Cup in 2016. Jacklin's win was the first in the U.S. Open by a European in over forty years and the last for forty more, until Graeme McDowell won at Pebble Beach in 2010. The next win by an Englishman was three years later in 2013, Justin Rose at Merion. Future major winners Ben Crenshaw (age 18) and John Mahaffey (age 22) tied for low amateur honors at 301 (+13), tied for 36th place. Just out of high school, Crenshaw was tied for eighth"
"professional sport have come in golf. Northern Ireland has contributed more major champions in the modern era than any other European country, with three in the space of just 14 months from the US Open in 2010 to The Open Championship in 2011. Notable golfers include Fred Daly (winner of The Open in 1947), Ryder Cup players Ronan Rafferty and David Feherty, leading European Tour professionals David Jones, Michael Hoey (a winner on Tour in 2011) and Gareth Maybin, as well as three recent major winners Graeme McDowell (winner of the US Open in 2010, the first European to do"
"the U.S. Open. Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, and other categories are shown in parentheses. Ángel Cabrera, Lucas Glover, Martin Kaymer (8,13,14), Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy (6,7,11,12,13,14), Geoff Ogilvy, Justin Rose (12,13,14), Webb Simpson, Jordan Spieth (5,11,12,13,14) Derek Bard (a) Jon Rahm (a) Adam Scott (11,13,14), Bubba Watson (12,13.14), Danny Willett (13,14) Ernie Els, Zach Johnson (12,13,14), Phil Mickelson (13,14) Keegan Bradley, Jason Day (8,11,12,13,14), Jason Dufner (14) Rickie Fowler (12,13,14) Chris Wood (13,14) Jeff Maggert Branden Grace (13,14), Dustin Johnson (12,13,14), Shane Lowry (13,14), Louis Oosthuizen (12,13,14), Charl Schwartzel (13,14), Cameron"
"redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960. The field consisted of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the world-wide tournaments with the strongest fields. 1. Playing members of the 2012 United States and European Ryder Cup teams.<br> Keegan Bradley (2,3,4), Nicolas Colsaerts (2,3), Luke Donald (2,3,4), Jason Dufner (2,3), Jim Furyk (2,3), Sergio García (2,3,4), Peter Hanson (2,3,4), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Zach Johnson (2,3), Martin Kaymer (2,3), Matt Kuchar (2,3,4), Paul Lawrie (2,4), Graeme McDowell (2,3,4), Rory McIlroy (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Francesco Molinari (2,3), Ian Poulter (2,3,4), Justin Rose (2,3,4), Webb Simpson"
"Robert Trent Jones prior to the championship, modifying the original Donald Ross design. The South Course previously hosted the U.S. Open in 1924 and 1937; the winning score in 1937 was 281, sixteen strokes less than in 1924. It later hosted in 1961, 1985, and 1996, and the PGA Championship in 1972, 1979, and 2008. Since Hogan repeated as champion in 1951, only Curtis Strange (1988, 1989) and Brooks Koepka (2017, 2018) have won consecutive U.S. Open titles. ""Thursday, June 14, 1951"" ""Friday, June 15, 1951"" ""Saturday, June 16, 1951 (morning)"" ""Saturday, June 16, 1951 (afternoon)"" 1951 U.S. Open (golf)"
"by many that the relatively short course of about , small course area of (which limits gallery size), and lack of grounds to hold corporate tents and other infrastructure would preclude Merion from holding a major again. However, following some land acquisition nearby and lengthening of the East Course to nearly , many of these concerns appeared to be addressed. After successfully hosting the U.S. Amateur in 2005, the USGA awarded a fifth U.S. Open to Merion, held in 2013, 32 years after its last hosting of the national championship. Justin Rose captured his first major by posting a score"
"all levels of players."" Seaton Carew Golf Club is regular host to top amateur golf competitions. Golf England's Brabazon Trophy was held at this Club in 1985 and the winner, Peter Baker, went on to Ryder Cup and European Tour success after sharing this amateur title with the North East's Roger Roper (Roper famously turned professional at the age of 50 in 2007 to compete on the Seniors Professional Tour.) The 2013 US Open Champion Justin Rose talked glowingly about Seaton's undulating links course when in 1966 he came second behind the then amateur, now established tour professional Graeme Storm"
"is often hailed as ""the greatest act of sportsmanship in history."" The trendsetting Harbour Town Golf Links opens on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, designed by Pete Dye with assistance from Jack Nicklaus. 1970 So often disappointed in final-round battles at Augusta, Billy Casper finally wins a Masters championship, after a playoff against fellow veteran Gene Littler. Tony Jacklin becomes the first British winner of the U.S. Open for almost 50 years, at Hazeltine. As of 2009, he is the last European to win this event. Jack Nicklaus wins a playoff against Doug Sanders to win the British Open at"
"final. Roger Federer's streak of nine consecutive US Open quarterfinals ended when he lost to Tommy Robredo in the fourth round, marking his earliest exit from the tournament since 2003. Novak Djokovic ""(Final)"" 2013 US Open – Men's Singles Andy Murray was the defending champion, but was defeated in the quarterfinals by Stan Wawrinka. Rafael Nadal won the title, defeating Novak Djokovic in the final to claim a second US Open title and win his thirteenth grand slam. The win moved him to 13 grand slam titles, and moved to third place on the all time men's singles Grand Slam"
"and 1978 Open Championships)<br> ""T"" indicates a tie for a place ""Results not in chronological order before 2017. CUT = missed the halfway cut<br> ""T"" indicates a tie for a place Amateur Professional Mark James (golfer) Mark Hugh James (born 28 October 1953) is an English professional golfer who had a long career on the European Tour and captained Europe in the 1999 Ryder Cup. He has also played senior golf on the European Senior Tour and the U.S.-based Champions Tour. James was born in Manchester, England and educated at Stamford School. He won the English Amateur championship at Woodhall"
"contention for his second major championship. Rose lost to García in a sudden-death playoff. In October, Rose won his second World Golf Championship event, taking the WGC-HSBC Champions by two strokes. He was tied for fourth place, eight strokes behind leader Dustin Johnson after the third round. Rose shot 67 to Johnson's 77 in the final round to win by two strokes. In November 2017, Rose won the Turkish Airlines Open, a Rolex Series event. In December 2017, Rose was officially unveiled as the host of the 2018 British Masters, following on from Ian Poulter, Luke Donald, and Lee Westwood."
"second time in its 134-year history, no American men advanced past the third round. It is the latest indicator that the United States has lost its place in the upper echelon of professional tennis. The last American man to win a Grand Slam title was Andy Roddick in 2003. On April 5, 2015, Martin Blackman was announced as the new Head of Player Development for the USTA. On December 19, 1998, he married singer and actress Melissa Errico. They have three daughters, Victoria Penny (born 2006) and twins Juliette Beatrice and Diana Katherine (born 2008). Patrick McEnroe Patrick John McEnroe"
"during their tour of Europe. In more recent times Open Champion Sir Nick Faldo and current European Tour players Justin Rose, Graeme Storm, Peter Baker have competed over Seaton's links as amateurs as this course is often a challenging host to many amateur championships. Rose went on to be the U.S. Open Champion in 2013. Nick Faldo played at Seaton Carew in the Club's Pro-Am in 1976 winning the professional tournament with a 69 (par 72) on the Old Course. Peter Alliss, the renowned golf commentator, has created video flyovers of all of Seaton Carew's five courses and commented ""The"
"to have been represented more than once. Seven of the winners were born in the United Kingdom, and the other winners were born in Brazil, former Czechoslovakia, Spain, Sweden and the United States. Czechoslovak-born tennis player Martina Navratilova was the first woman to have won the award. The only recipient of the award on multiple occasions is Ballesteros who won in 1997 and again in 2009, for his contribution to golf winning ""the Open three times, the Masters twice as well as playing an inspirational role in the Ryder Cup"". The most recent winner, in 2018, was American tennis player"
"and 1980 Open Championships)<br> WD = withdrew<br> ""T"" = tied Professional Orville Moody Orville James Moody (December 9, 1933 – August 8, 2008) was an American professional golfer who won numerous tournaments in his career. He won the 1969 U.S. Open, the last champion in the 20th century to win through local and sectional qualifying. Moody was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, the youngest of 10 children. The son of a golf course superintendent, he began his career at Capitol Hill High School in Oklahoma City, winning the 1952 state high school golf championship. After attempting college for a few weeks"
"Els won his third major championship in a playoff over Stuart Appleby, Steve Elkington, and ultimately in a sudden-death playoff over Thomas Levet. Nick Faldo won the previous Open at the venue, in 1992; the first was in 1892. The course was extended since 2002. Lengths of the course for Opens since 1950: Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses. 1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 21 July 2013 Mark Calcavecchia (3,4), Stewart Cink (2,3), Darren Clarke (2,3), Ben Curtis (2,3), David Duval, Ernie"
"Jordan Spieth Jordan Alexander Spieth (born July 27, 1993) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour and former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking. He is a three-time major winner and the 2015 FedEx Cup champion. In April 2016, ""Time"" magazine named Spieth to its list of the ""100 Most Influential People"", noting that he ""exemplifies everything that's great about sports."" Spieth's first major win came in the 2015 Masters Tournament, when he shot a 270 (−18) and pocketed $1.8 million. He tied the 72-hole record set by Tiger Woods in 1997 and became the"
"Hale Irwin Hale S. Irwin (born June 3, 1945) is an American professional golfer. He was one of the world's leading golfers from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. He is one of the few players in history to win three U.S. Opens, becoming the oldest ever U.S. Open champion in 1990 at the age of 45. As a senior golfer, Irwin ranks first all-time in PGA Tour Champions victories. Along with Gary Player, David Graham, Bernhard Langer and Justin Rose, Irwin is one of five golfers to win official tournaments on all six continents on which golf is played. He"
"the first to win the U.S. Open twice; it was the first of three consecutive titles, a feat yet to be repeated. His four U.S. Open wins set a record which has been equaled by three others: Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, and Jack Nicklaus. Donald Ross, who would become known as one of the greatest golf course architects, designing several courses that hosted future U.S. Opens, had his best U.S. Open finish with a 5th place showing. Baseball Hall of Famer John Montgomery Ward played in his first of two U.S. Opens here, finishing in 56th place. The Old Course"
"The Open since Tom Watson in 1975. Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950): Stuart Appleby (4), Thomas Bjørn (4,5,18), Steve Elkington, Ernie Els (2,3,4,5,10,14), Gary Evans, Sergio García (4,5,18,14), Retief Goosen (4,5,10,14), Søren Hansen (5), Pádraig Harrington (4,5,18), Justin Leonard (2,3,4,14), Thomas Levet, Peter Lonard (4,22), Davis Love III (4,13,18), Shigeki Maruyama (4,14), Peter O'Malley (22), Nick Price (2,3,4,14) John Daly (3), David Duval (3,18), Paul Lawrie (3,4,5), Tom Lehman (3), Greg Norman (3), Mark O'Meara (3), Tiger Woods (3,4,10,11,12,13,14,18) Mark Calcavecchia (18), Nick Faldo, Sandy Lyle, Tom Watson Robert Allenby (14), Rich Beem (12,14), Ángel Cabrera"
"is one of only six men to win three or more Grand Slam singles titles in a calendar year. The others are: Rod Laver who won the Grand Slam in 1969; Mats Wilander won the Australian, French and US Open in 1988; Roger Federer won the Australian, Wimbledon and US Open in 2004, 2006 and 2007; Rafael Nadal won the French, Wimbledon, and US Open in 2010; and Novak Djokovic won the Australian, Wimbledon, and US Open in 2011 and 2015. Connors reached the final of the US Open in five straight years from 1974 through 1978, winning three times"
"the U.S. Open. ""T"" indicates a tie for a place<br> Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10 Willie Anderson (golfer) William Law Anderson (21 October 1879 – 25 October 1910) was a Scottish immigrant to the United States who became the first golfer to win four U.S. Opens, with victories in 1901, 1903, 1904, and 1905. He is still the only man to win three consecutive titles, and only Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, and Jack Nicklaus have equalled his total of four championships. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Born in North Berwick, in"
"the first player since John Ball in 1890 to win both the British Amateur and British Open in the same year. Returning to the United States with the first two jewels of the Grand Slam, he completed the feat by winning the U.S. Open in July and the U.S. Amateur in late September at Merion. Jones then retired from competitive golf at age 28 and never played in the Open Championship again; through 2016, he remains the last amateur to win it. Four-time winner and two-time defending champion Walter Hagen did not enter. Arnaud Massy, the 1907 champion, played in"
"on 4 November. His new world ranking of number 7 made him the top-ranked European golfer for the first time, and he subsequently moved up to sixth in the rankings. He has spent over 35 weeks in the top-10 since 2007. Since the end of 2009, Canadian golf instructor Sean Foley coaches Rose. In 2010, Rose had a third place at the Honda Classic, and then he broke through with a victory at the Memorial Tournament with a final round 66 to win by three strokes over Rickie Fowler. This was his first win on American soil. The next day,"
"George Coetzee, Nicolas Colsaerts, Jamie Donaldson, Branden Grace, Thorbjørn Olesen, Thaworn Wiratchant. 1. Past Masters Champions<br> Ángel Cabrera, Fred Couples (11), Ben Crenshaw, Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson (15,16,17,18,19), Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (11,15,16,17,18,19), Larry Mize, José María Olazábal, Mark O'Meara, Charl Schwartzel (18,19), Vijay Singh, Craig Stadler, Bubba Watson (11,15,17,18,19), Tom Watson, Mike Weir, Tiger Woods (2,13,15,16,17,18,19), Ian Woosnam 2. Last five U.S. Open Champions<br> Lucas Glover, Graeme McDowell (11,12,18,19), Rory McIlroy (4,14,15,16,17,18,19), Webb Simpson (12,15,17,18,19) 3. Last five British Open Champions<br> Stewart Cink, Ernie Els (13,15,17,18,19), Pádraig Harrington (4,11,12), Louis Oosthuizen (11,15,17,18,19) 4. Last five PGA Champions<br>"