Viewer’s guide
THE U.S. OPEN
June 16-19 Pinehurst Resort (No. 2 Course) Pinehurst, N.C.
TV SCHEDULE
* First- and second-round coverage June 16-17 (all times Eastern Daylight Time) 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 5-7 p.m. (ESPN) 3-5 p.m. (NBC), highlights 8-11:30 p.m. June 16 and 8-11 p.m. June 17 (ESPN)
* Third- and fourth-round coverage June 18-19 12:30-7 p.m. (NBC)
* Playoff June 20 (if necessary) 18-hole coverage, noon (ESPN until 2 p.m., followed by NBC)
ON THE WEB
usopen.com sports.espn.go.com/golf/index golfdigest.com/usopen usga.org
YARDAGE
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6
U.S. Open 401 469 336 565 472 220
tees
Par 4 4 4 5 4 3
Hole 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12
U.S. Open 404 467 175 3509 607 476 449
tees
Par 4 4 3 35 5 4 4
Hole 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
U.S. Open 468 203 492 190 442 3705 7214
tees
Par 4 3 4 3 4 35 70
HOW THE COURSE RANKS
The No. 2 Course at Pinehurst is 14th among America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses as ranked by the 800-plus low-handicap men and women on the Golf Digest Course Rating Panel. Here’s how the course ranks against the other 100 Greatest courses in eight categories (10-point scale for first seven categories):
Category Score Rank
Shot Values 8.42 9
Resistance to Scoring 8.52 8
Design Variety 8.21 T-17
Memorability 8.11 30
Aesthetics 7.78 T-59
Conditioning 7.83 T-66
Ambience 8.59 T-14
Walking 1.72 T-4
WHO’S IN THE FIELD
(a-denotes amateur)
Robert Allenby, Stephen Ames, Stuart Appleby, Rich Beem, Angel Cabrera, Chad Campbell, Paul Casey, K.J. Choi, Stewart Cink, Tim Clark, Darren Clarke, Ben Curtis, John Daly, Chris DiMarco, Luke Donald, David Duval, Ernie Els, Steve Flesch, Carlos Franco, Fred Funk, Jim Furyk, Stephen Gallacher, Sergio Garcia, Retief Goosen, Richard Green, Jay Haas, Todd Hamilton, Padraig Harrington, Mark Hensby, Tim Herron, David Howell, Peter Jacobsen, Lee Janzen, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Zach Johnson, Steve Jones, Shingo Katayama, Jerry Kelly, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, Thomas Levet, a-Spencer Levin, a-Luke List, Davis Love III, Graeme McDowell, Jeff Maggert, Shigeki Maruyama, Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson, a-Ryan Moore, Nick O’Hern, Corey Pavin, Kenny Perry, Ian Poulter, Rory Sabbatini, Adam Scott, Vijay Singh, Toru Taniguchi, David Toms, Scott Verplank, Mike Weir, Lee Westwood, Tiger Woods.
ALSO ELIGIBLE
The top 50 in the World Golf Ranking, the top 10 money winners on the PGA Tour and the top two money winners on the PGA European Tour through May 31. Also, any multiple winner of PGA Tour co-sponsored events from April 22, 2004, through June 7, 2005. Local qualifying over 18 holes will be played at more than 100 sites in mid-May. Local qualifiers advance to sectional qualifying at 13 sites June 6-7. For the first time, sectional qualifiers will be played in Japan and England.
WHO CAN ENTER
The Championship is open to any professional golfer, and amateur golfers with a USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 1.4.
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