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What other major events have been played at Pinehurst No. 2?
The 2024 US Open is one of just a number of big golfing tournaments to have been played at Pinehurst resort in North Carolina.
The 2024 US Open got underway on Thursday (13 June) at Pinehurst No. 2, one of 10 courses (nine 18-hole courses, one nine-hole course) at the Pinehurst golf resort in North Carolina. This is the fourth time the tournament is being held at the venue, with the US Open the biggest but not the only golfing event that has taken place there.
Which players have won the US Open at Pinehurst No. 2?
Pinehurst No. 2 has had a reputation of being one of the toughest courses on the US Open circuit since it hosted the competition for the first time in 1999. On that occasion, champion Payne Stewart (-1) finished as the only player under par, with a score of +8 good enough to finish in the top 10.
When the US Open returned to the resort six years later, Michael Campbell of New Zealand won the only major of his career, ending the tournament at even par, two strokes better than nearest challenger Tiger Woods.
Prior to this year, the most recent visit to Pinehurst No. 2 came in 2014 and was rather different to the previous two, but only because of the brilliance of one man.
Germany’s Martin Kaymer (-9) won his second major with a sensational performance, finishing a whopping eight shots better off than Erik Compton and Rickie Fowler (-1), who were tied for second.
They were the only three men to shoot under par across the four rounds, and three of only four men to have done so in US Opens. Of the 1,368 rounds played in the first three US Opens on the course, only five were bogey-free, although Sergio García joined that exclusive club on Thursday.
Bogey-free rounds at Pinehurst No. 2 at the US Open
- David Duval (1999, Round 1, 67, finished T-7)
- Arron Oberholser (2005, Round 2, 67, T-9)
- Brendon Todd (2014, Round 2, 67, T-17)
- Jason Day (2014, Round 2, 68, T-4)
- Martin Kaymer (2014, Round 2, 65, won)
- Sergio García (2024, Round 1, TBD)
PGA Championship, US Women’s Open and Ryder Cup at Pinehurst No. 2
In addition to the US Open, Pinehurst No. 2 has also hosted a number of other tournaments, including one of the tour’s other four majors, as well as women’s, senior’s, junior’s and amateur events.
Major golfing events played at Pinehurst No. 2
- U.S. Men’s Amateur Championship 1962, 2008
- U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship 2017
- U.S. Open Championship 1999, 2005, 2014, 2024
- U.S. Women’s Open Championship 2014
- U.S. Senior Open Championship 1994
- Maxfli PGA Junior Championship 1993
- THE TOUR Championship 1991, 1992
- USGA Women’s Amateur 1989
- Independent Insurance Youth Classic (Big I) 1987, 1992
- Men’s & Women’s World Amateur Team Championship 1980
- North & South Junior Tournament (since 1979)
- World Golf Hall of Fame Classic 1973-1982 (aka World Open and Colgate Hall of Fame Classic)
- PGA Club Professional Championship 1971-74, 1988, 1997-98
- Western Golf Association Championship 1966
- Southern Golf Association Amateur Championship 1965, 1977
- North & South Senior Women’s Amateur (since 1958)
- North & South Senior Men’s Amateur (since 1952)
- Ryder Cup 1951
- Donald Ross Memorial Junior (since 1948)
- PGA Championship 1936
- North & South Women’s Amateur (since 1903)
- North & South Open Championship (professional tour stop) 1902-1951
- North & South Men’s Amateur (since 1901)
The 19th PGA Championship, which used a matchplay format, was played at the course in 1936, with Denny Shute winning the second of his three majors.
Michelle Wie was the winner on the sole occasion the US Women’s Open has been played at Pinehurst in 2014, 20 years after Simon Hobday of South Africa had triumphed in the only US Senior Open held on the course.
Before the Tour Championship permanently moved to East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta in 2004, it was played at different courses around the United States, including Pinehurst No. 2 in 1991 and 1992. The venue also hosted the 1951 Ryder Cup, with captain Sam Snead leading the USA to a 9.5 to 2.5 win against Great Britain.