Number Crunch: A numerical look at the U.S. Open

Francis Ouimet at The Country Club in 1913 was the first, and John Goodman at North Shore C.C. in 1933 was the last. Since then only three other amateurs have won the U.S. Open. Take a look at some other interesting numbers from U.S. Open history that PGATOUR.com's Mark Spoor has uncovered.

Compiled by Mark Spoor, PGATOUR.com Coordinating Producer

The first U.S. Open Championship was contested over just one day on the nine-hole Newport Golf and Country Club in Rhode Island in 1895. It was considered a companion event to the first U.S. Amateur, which was played on the same course and during the same week.

Prize money totaled $335, of which winner Horace Rawlins won $150 for his 36-hole triumph. In addition to the money, Rawlins was given a gold medal and custody of the Open Championship Cup for his club for one year.

Since then, plenty of interesting facts and figures have become part of golf's history.

NUMBERS THAT CAN WIN YOU A BET

11 -- The number of players that competed in the first U.S. Open.

173 -- Horace Rawlins' winning 36-hole score in the first U.S. Open. He scored 91-82-173 with the gutta-percha ball.

NUMBER THAT COULD BE EQUALED THIS YEAR, BUT PROBABLY WON'T

0 -- The number of sub-par rounds turned in during the 1919 championship at Brae Burn C.C., West Newton, Mass.

MORE INTERESTING FACTS AND FIGURES

4 -- The most U.S. Open wins by a single player, done by Willie Anderson (1901, 1903, 1904, 1905), Robert T. Jones Jr. (1923, 1926, 1929, 1930), Ben Hogan (1948, 1950, 1951, 1953) and Jack Nicklaus (1962, 1967, 1972, 1980).

5 -- The number of amateur champions in U.S. Open history. Francis Ouimet won at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass. in 1913, Jerome D. Travers won at Baltusrol G.C., in Springfield, N.J., in 1915, Charles Evans Jr., was victorious at Minikahda Club, Minneapolis, Minn., in 1916, Robert T. Jones Jr. won five times between 1923 and 1930 and John Goodman was the winner at North Shore C.C., Glenview, Ill. in 1933.

7 -- In strokes, the largest final-round comeback in Open history, done by Arnold Palmer at Cherry Hills C.C., Englewood, Colo. in 1960.

8 -- Counting 2007, the number of times that Oakmont C.C. has hosted the U.S. Open, the most of any venue.

11 -- The number of players who have won both the U.S. Amateur and the U.S. Open: Francis Ouimet (1913 Open; 1914, 1931 Amateurs), Jerome D. Travers (1915 Open; 1907, 1908, 1912, 1913 Amateurs), Charles Evans Jr. (1916 Open; 1916, 1920 Amateurs)
*a-Robert T. Jones Jr. (1923, 1926, 1929, 1930 Opens; 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930 Amateurs), John Goodman (1933 Open; 1937 Amateur), Lawson Little (1940 Open; 1934, 1935 Amateurs), Arnold Palmer (1960 Open; 1954 Amateur), Gene Littler (1961 Open; 1953 Amateur), Jack Nicklaus (1962, 1967, 1972, 1980 Opens; 1959, 1961 Amateurs), Jerry Pate (1976 Open, 1974 Amateur), Tiger Woods (2000, 2002 Opens; 1994, 1995, 1996 Amateurs)

14 -- The number of players who have won both the U.S. Open and The Masters: Gene Sarazen (1922, 1932 Opens; 1935 Masters), Byron Nelson (1939 Open; 1937, 1942 Masters), Ralph Guldahl (1937, 1938 Opens; 1939 Masters), Craig Wood (1941 Open; 1941 Masters), Ben Hogan (1948, 1950, 1951, 1953 Opens; 1951, 1953 Masters), Cary Middlecoff (1949, 1956 Opens; 1955 Masters), Arnold Palmer (1960 Open; 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964 Masters), Gary Player (1965 Open; 1961, 1974, 1978 Masters), Jack Nicklaus (1962, 1967, 1972, 1980 Opens; 1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986 Masters), Billy Casper (1959, 1966 Opens; 1970 Masters), Tom Watson (1982 Open; 1977, 1981 Masters), Fuzzy Zoeller (1984 Open; 1979 Masters), Raymond Floyd (1986 Open; 1976 Masters), Tiger Woods (2000, 2002 Opens; 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005 Masters).

18 -- The number of top-10 U.S. Open finishes by Jack Nicklaus, the most of any player in Open history.

19 -- The score for Ray Ainsley on the par-4 16th at Englewood, Colorado's Cherry Hills C.C. in 1938.

19 -- In years, the age of 1911 U.S. Open champion John J. McDermott, the youngest winner in Open history.

25 -- The number of players who have multiple U.S. Open victories, most recently done by Retief Goosen in 2002 and 2004.

29 -- The lowest nine-hole score in U.S. Open history, done twice by Neal Lancaster (Shinnecock Hills G.C., 1995, Oakland Hills C.C., 1996).

29 -- The most rounds in the 60s by one player in Open history. That player? Jack Nicklaus.

32 -- In 105 events, the number of playoffs in U.S. Open history.

39 -- The number of holes-in-one in U.S. Open history.

45 -- In years, the age of the oldest open champion, Hale Irwin in 1990.

47 -- In 105 events, the number of times the 54-hole leader has gone on to win the tournament.

61 -- In years, the age of Sam Snead when he made the cut in the 1973 U.S. Open, the oldest player to make the cut. He finished tied for 29th.

63 -- Lowest 18-hole score in Open history, done four times: Johnny Miller, final round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 1973, Jack Nicklaus, first round, Baltusrol G.C., Springfield, N.J., 1980, Tom Weiskopf, first round, Baltusrol G.C., Springfield, N.J., 1980 and Vijay Singh, second round, Olympia Fields C.C. (North Course), Olympia Fields, Ill., 2003.

155 -- The highest 36-hole cut in Open history, at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, in 1955.

642 -- In yards, the longest hole in Open history, the fifth at Southern Hills in Tulsa, (the site of this year's PGA Championship), in 2001.