US Open 2024: The best facts and figures of the day from Pinehurst No.2

Catch up on the key stats each day from the US Open at Pinehurst

The 124th US Open is over at Pinehurst No.2, but in case you missed any of the action, we’ve got the headline numbers from each day’s play.

156 players teed it up at the US Open in North Carolina, playing a minimum of 36 holes, each with their own unique professional and amateur journeys to this point. That’s a lot of data to rummage through when anyone can make a run, good or bad, at any point.

But thanks to the brains at Elias Sports Bureau, the USGA’s official statisticians, we can keep you up to speed with the stats behind the scorecards at the 2024 US Open.

Day 4:

Bryson DeChambeau – 2024 US Open Champion

With two birdies today, DeChambeau tied Martin Kaymer’s record for the most birdies or eagles in a US Open at Pinehurst (15), set during his 2014 victory. 

The American finished one stroke behind Xander Schauffele at the PGA Championship at Valhalla GC last month.  He is the seventh player to lose a major championship by one shot (or in a playoff) and then win the very next major.  He joins:

• Brooks Koepka, finished 1 shot behind Tiger Woods at 2019 Masters, Won 2019 US Open
• Tom Lehman, finished 1 shot behind Steve Jones at 1996 US Open, Won 1996 Open
• Tom Watson, finished 1 shot behind Larry Nelson at 1983 US Open, Won 1983 Open
• Jack Nicklaus, finished 1 shot behind Lee Trevino at 1974 PGA, Won 1975 Masters
• Arnold Palmer, lost in a playoff to Jack Nicklaus at 1962 US Open, Won 1962 Open
• Bob Rosburg, finished 1 shot behind Billy Casper at 1959 USO, Won 1959 PGA

Rory McIlroy

The Northern Irishman becomes the fifth player to finish second at the U.S. Open in back-to-back years, joining Bobby Jones (1924, 1925), Ben Hogan (1955, 1956), Arnold Palmer (1962, 1963, 1966, 1967) and Jim Furyk (2006, 2007).

Former winners

The last time that the top two finishers at a US Open were former winners of this championship was in 1998 at The Olympic Club when Lee Janzen finished one stroke better than Payne Stewart.  That also happened seven previous times between 1979 and 1950.

Playoffs

Just one of the last 28 major championships was decided in a playoff: the 2022 PGA Championship in which Justin Thomas outlasted Will Zalatoris. The only other major over the last 10 years that required a playoff was the 2015 Open Championship in which Zach Johnson prevailed over Louis Oosthuizen and Mark Leishman. 

However, 20 years ago there were three majors in a row decided in a playoff:  2004 Open (Todd Hamilton), 2004 PGA (Vijay Singh), and 2005 Masters (Tiger Woods).

Multiple major champions this decade

Bryson DeChambeau is looking to become the fourth player to win multiple major championships since the start of this decade (2020). He would join Collin Morikawa (2020 PGA, 2021 Open), Jon Rahm (2021 US Open, 2023 Masters), and Scottie Scheffler (2022 and 2024 Masters).

Pinehurst round 4 records

There have now been seven rounds of 67 or better in the final round of a US Open at Pinehurst. 2024: Tony Finau 67, T-3, Russell Henley, 67, and Sam Burns, 67-T. 2014: T-7. Daniel Berger (66, T-28), Keegan Bradley (67, T-4), Jim Furyk (67, T-12) and Louis Oosthuizen (67, T-40).

Xander Schauffele

The PGA Champion finished T-7 to keep his astonishing streak at the U.S. Open alive, having now finished among the top 15 eight years in a row. The only players with a streak as long as Schauffele since 1920 are Jack Nicklaus (12, 1971-82), Ben Hogan (12, 1940-1956), Bobby Jones (11, 1920-1930), and Sam Snead (9, 1947-1955).

S.H. Kim

The South Korean rebounded from an 83 yesterday to shoot 68 today.  He’s the first player to improve by 15 or more strokes between rounds 3 and 4 of a US Open since 2018.

Day 3:

Importance of being in the top 2

Nine of the last 10 US Opens were won by a player who was among the top 2 on the leaderboard at the end of round 3. The exception is Jon Rahm, who was T-6 after 54 holes at Torrey Pines in 2021.

Record-breaking multi-national leaderboard

Players from eight countries (USA, France, Northern Ireland, Japan, Sweden, England, Korea, and Canada) are among the top 10 and ties entering the final round.  That is a new U.S. Open record.  The previous high was seven in 2015.

Strokes Gained: OTT

Each of the last four US Open champions ranked among the top 5 in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee for the week:  DeChambeau in 2020 (2nd), Rahm in 2021 (5th), Fitzpatrick in 2022 (2^nd) and Clark in 2023 (2^nd). 

Fewest bogeys

Rory McIlroy is tied with Patrick Cantlay for the fewest bogeys carded for the week (6). Only four previous times in his career did he have the fewest holes over par through the first 54 holes of a major championship. 

Rory McIlroy

McIlroy will enter the final round of the U.S. Open inside the top 10 for the sixth year in a row.  It’s the longest streak since Ben Hogan did it 12 times in a row, from 1940 through 1956.

Luke Clanton

Florida State’s Luke Clanton backed up his 69 in Round 2 with another 69 today.  He is the first amateur to shoot in the 60s in the third round of a U.S. Open since Jordan Spieth shot 69 (-1) in the third round in 2012 at The Olympic Club. Clanton becomes the first amateur in US Open history to post back-to-back rounds in the 60s!

Collin Morikawa

The American shot a bogey-free 66 today.  It was his ninth round of 66 or better in his major championship career. He matches Viktor Hovland for the most rounds of 66 or better over the last five years.

Neal Shipley

The low amateur from the Masters birdied three holes in a row during his round today.  He is the 11th player and first amateur to birdie three holes in a row during a round this week. Amateur Gordon Sargent had two par-breaker streaks of three or more holes at last year’s US Open at Los Angeles CC. 

Matthieu Pavon

The Frenchman shot 32 on the first nine holes today.  It is the seventh time that a player shot 32 or better this week on the front nine and the second time for Pavon this tournament.

Scottie Scheffler

Scottie birdied the 8th hole today, breaking his uncharacteristic streak of 26 consecutive holes without a birdie (or eagle).  It is the longest birdie-less streak he’s ever endured during one tournament.  Previous to this week, his longest was during the 2016 US Open at Oakmont CC, when, as an amateur, he went 20 consecutive holes.

Day 2:

Matsuyama moving

The player who jumped the most positions to land inside the top 10 was Hideki Matsuyama on Friday, shooting 66 after his opening round 72, to move from T-50 to 8th.

Best career second-round scoring averages in majors (minimum 15 rounds):

• Collin Morikawa, 69.94 (18 rounds)
• Brooks Koepka, 70.48 (40 rounds)
• Tiger Woods, 70.72 (92 rounds)
• Hideki Matsuyama, 70.73 (45 rounds)
• Jordan Spieth, 70.87 (45 rounds)
• Scottie Scheffler, 70.90 (19 rounds)

Scheffler makes the cut…just

This is the second time that Scottie Scheffler has made the cut right on the number at a major championship, having done so at the 2023 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool, at which he finished T-23. The current World No.1 has only had two birdie-less rounds on the PGA Tour.  He did that in the final round of the 2022 Charles Schwab Challenge and in the second round of the 2016 U.S. Open, as an amateur.

World No.1’s to miss the cut

Only four players ranked No.1 in the OWGR have missed the cut at the US Open in the last 30 years: Greg Norman (1997 at Congressional), Tiger Woods (2006 at Winged Foot),  Luke Donald (2012 at The Olympic Club) and Dustin Johnson (2017 at Erin Hills).

Ludvig Aberg

The Swedish star is 24 years, 227 days old today. In 50 years, only three players Aberg’s age or younger had at least a share of the 36-hole lead at the US Open: Jordan Spieth (21 years, 327 days, 2015 at Chambers Bay, won), Rory McIlroy (22 years,44 days, 2011 at Congressional, won), Tiger Woods (24 years, 169 days, 2000 at Pebble Beach, won). The omens look promising!

Aberg is the first non-American to hold the outright 36-hole lead in the US Open since Martin Kaymer (Germany) in 2014 at Pinehurst.

Bryson DeChambeau

The Crushers GC captain has shot 69 or better in each of his last six major championship rounds, including today’s second round (69).  He is now two rounds shy of the majors record, shared by Rickie Fowler (8 in a row in 2014) and Greg Norman (8 in a row in 1993).

Thomas Detry

No player representing Belgium has ever led at the end of a U.S. Open round or ever won a major championship. Detry entered the second round today with the longest streak of major championship rounds finishing among the top 10. Detry was in the top 10 on the leaderboard at every round of the PGA Championship last month and finished T-9 yesterday (five rounds).

Xander Schauffele

The PGA Champion from Vahalla last month had nine 3s on his second-round scorecard, matching the highest number of 3s (or better) recorded in one round of a U.S. Open at Pinehurst. Hunter Mahan also had nine in 2014 (Round 2). 

Sepp Straka’s hole-in-one

The Austrian aced the par-3 ninth hole today.  There has now been at least one hole-in-one in five of the last six U.S. Opens, including Sam Burns making one in the first round at Los Angeles CC last year (15th hole).  It is the third ace in a U.S. Open at Pinehurst, with all three being made at the 9th hole.  Peter Jacobsen had one in 2005 in the third round, and Zach Johnson had one in 2014 in the final round.

Sam Bairstow

After shooting 84 in the first round yesterday, the Englishman responded by shooting 67 today.  He is the first player in U.S. Open history to shoot 84 or higher in the first round and then break 70 in the second round. 

PGA Championship

Brooks Koepka in 2019 is the only PGA Championship winner to be among the top 25 on the leaderboard at the halfway point of the US Open since it moved ahead in the calendar. Koepka won the PGA Championship at Bethpage in May and then was T-6 after 36 holes of the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, before finishing second.

Day 1:

Bogey-free opening rounds

Several players went bogey-free in their opening rounds today. Xander Schauffele was the only player to do so at Los Angeles CC last year. David Duval is the only player to have achieved that feat at Pinehurst, shooting 67 in Round 1 (-3) and eventually going on to finish the championship at T-7.

Opening rounds under par at Pinehurst

The 1999 US Open saw 23 players shoot under par in the opening round, 2005 saw nine sub-par rounds, and 2014 saw 15. The first-round scoring averages for each of those editions were 72.859, 74.699, and 73.231 respectively.

Hardest hole on the course

The par three 6th hole was the hardest hole on the course on day one, playing to a stroke average of 3.474. The same hole also fared the hardest in 2014 with a scoring average of 3.374.

Most strokes under par at the majors in 2024

Including today: Bryson DeChambeau (-25), Scottie Scheffler (-23), Xander Schauffele (-22), Collin Morikawa (-19) and Thomas Detry (-16).

Rory McIlroy

Today was the sixth time that McIlroy has shot an opening round in a major championship of 65 or lower. The other five times being the 2010 Open Championship, 63 (-9), finished T-3, 2011 Masters, 65 (-7), finished T-15, 2011 U.S. Open, 65 (-6), Won, 2022 PGA Championship, 65 (-5), finished 8th, 2023 U.S. Open, 65 (-5), finished 2nd.

In his 51 US Open rounds to date, today was just his second bogey-free round, last handing in an unblemished scorecard in 2011 en route to winning at Congressional CC.

Patrick Cantlay

This US Open is the American’s 30th major championship and today was the third time he has finished an opening round inside the top 10 on the leaderboard after the 2019 PGA Championship and 2022 Masters where he went on to finish T3 (best ever major finish) and T39 respectively.

Ludvig Aberg

The unflappable Swede played his first-ever US Open round today, shooting an assured 66 (-4). Aberg becomes the seventh player in US Open history to shoot 66 or better in their debut 18 holes at the championship. He joins Matthew Wolf (66, -4, 2020 at Winged Foot, finished second), Xander Schauffele (66, -6, 2017 at Erin Hills, T-5), Andrew Landry (66,-4, 2016 at Oakmont, T-15), T.C. Chen (65,-5,1985 at Oakland Hills, T-2), Jim Thorpe (66,-4, 1981 at Merion, T-11), and Lee Mackey, Jr. (64,-6,1950 at Merion, T-25).

Matthieu Pavon

Matthieu Pavon eagled both par-5s today becoming the first player to make two eagles in a US Open round at Pinehurst and only the third player in the last 10 years to do so in any round at a US Open. Tommy Fleetwood was the last player to do so at Los Angeles CC last year (final round).

Pavon led the field today in Strokes Gained: Putting which is remarkable considering he finished rock bottom for the metric over the first two rounds of the PGA Championship at Valhalla GC last month.

The last French national to hold a lead at the end of a round of any major championship was Thomas Levet, who was tied for the first-round lead at the 2004 Open Championship at Royal Troon GC.  Levet went on to finish T-5.

Tony Finau

Since 2015, Tony Finau has finished inside the top 10 at a major championship on 33 occasions. The only other players to match that number without winning a major throughout the same time period are Rory McIlroy (52 major rounds finishing among the top 10 on the leaderboard) and Justin Rose (49).

Sergio Garcia

The Spaniard is appearing in his 25th consecutive US Open and today was the first time in 87 rounds at the major that he has avoided a bogey on the scorecard. The last time he achieved this feat in any major championship was the third round of the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale in 2017 and before that, the first round of the 2017 Masters that he went on to win.

Scottie Scheffler

Scottie has not been more than five strokes behind the leader after a completed US Open round was the second round in 2019 when he was 13 shots back, eventually missing the cut.

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