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Welcome to CaddyBytes.com's tournament's page for the 2008 U.S. Open golf championship being played at the Torrey Pines South Course in La Jolla, California.

Last year Oakmont hosted the 2007 U.S. Open Championship won by Angel Cabrera with a winning score of five over par.  It was in 1962 at Oakmont that a young Jack Nicklaus dethroned Arnold Palmer the dominant player in the game at that time, in a playoff to win his first major championship.   Johnny Miller won the U.S. Open with a final round 63 at Oakmont. Larry Nelson set the record for the final 36 holes of a U.S. Open with a score of 132, (65 and 67 on the weekend), to win the U.S. Open at Oakmont in 1983.

Records like these are most likely to stand with the way the Open courses are being set up today. A winning score of several over par seems to be the norm these days to win a U.S. Open as compared to in Nelson's day where around even par was the U.S.G.A.'s goal to obtain victory.  And this year's difficult setup at Torrey Pines appears ready to continue that trend for another 'over par' victor to emerge.

The U.S. Open is the oldest golf championship of national prominence in America with most all the greats of the game winning at least one to justify their historic resumes.  It is also known as the second leg in the Grand Slam of Golf.    Angel Cabrera will be defending champion with Masters winner Trevor Immelman in pursuit of that elusive second leg of the Slam along with a former San Diego native Phil Mickelson still in quest of his first U.S. Open victory.

Click Here to our updated and current 2008 United States Open golf tournament news stories to read more about this year's U.S. Open:

And, see our exclusive Slide Show in high quality digital pictures of the back nine golf holes at the Torrey Pines South golf click on the picture below:



 
Torrey Pines South 13th Green    

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