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P
ebble Beach Golf Links made history in
1972 when it became the first golf course
accessible to the public to host a U.S. Open
Championship. The event has returned every
decade thereafter, and this special tradition
continues in 2019.
Each U.S. Open Champion at Pebble Beach
can be counted among the greatest golfers
of their time, marking a major golf milestone
during each Championship. When the U.S.
Open tees off in June 2019, the world will
watch history unfold as a new champion is
crowned, and hoists the coveted U.S. Open
trophy.
In a field that included past
champions Arnold Palmer,
Billy Casper, Lee Trevino
and Gary Player, it was Jack
Nicklaus who edged Bruce
Crampton by three strokes to
capture his third U.S. Open title.
1972
Nicklaus
Will it be Tiger Woods, shown here in his epic
U.S. Open victory at Pebble Beach in 2000, or
Phil Mickelson, Jason Day, Rory McIlroy, Dustin
Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler, or a new
star that rises to the occasion and takes home
the 119th U.S. Open Championship trophy? Don’t
miss your opportunity to be a part of sporting
history at Pebble Beach.
2019
Exceptional Past Champions
History Awaits...
“If I had only one more round to play, I
would choose to play it at Pebble Beach.
I’ve loved this course from the first time I
saw it. It’s possibly the best in the world.”
— JACK NICKLAUS, 18-TIME MAJOR CHAMPION
Tom Kite was considered
the best player to never win
a major when he broke his
streak at Pebble Beach in
grueling conditions for a
two-stroke victory over Jeff
Sluman. Conditions were so
difficult, Jack Nicklaus and
Tom Watson both missed
the cut.
1992
Kite
During the 100
th
U.S. Open,
Tiger Woods dominated the
field, going wire-to-wire to
finish at 12-under-par 272.
Not only did Woods set the
record for the lowest winning
score during a U.S. Open, his
15-stroke margin of victory
over runners-up Miguel
Angel Jimenez and Ernie Els
remains the largest in major
championship history.
2000
Woods
Tom Watson topped Jack
Nicklaus by two shots to
win his only U.S. Open, and
created one of the most
dramatic moments in U.S.
Open history: a chip-in on
the par-3 17th hole from
deep rough, which helped
him secure the championship.
1982
Watson
Northern Ireland’s Graeme
McDowell made history
when he became the first
European player to win
the U.S. Open in 40 years,
thanks to his dramatic final
putt victory over runner-up
Gregory Havret of France.
2010
McDowell