{"id":1231155,"date":"2020-09-19T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1231155"},"modified":"2020-09-19T09:00:02","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T13:00:02","slug":"what-is-the-lowest-72-hole-score-in-u-s-open-history-and-who-shot-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/what-is-the-lowest-72-hole-score-in-u-s-open-history-and-who-shot-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is the Lowest 72-Hole Score in U.S. Open History and Who Shot It?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For 125 years, minus the years missed due to world wars, the U.S. Open<\/a> has been one of the biggest golf tournaments in the world. With this year's edition rapidly approaching, the top golfers<\/a> in the world are preparing for one of the game's toughest tests. The title of U.S. Open champion certainly isn't the easiest to attain (just ask Phil Mickelson<\/a>) but has been held by some of golf's all-time greats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods<\/a> are just a few of the big names to hoist the U.S. Open trophy, and yet none of them hold the record for the lowest 72-hole score in the tournament's history (nope, not even Tiger's romp at Pebble Beach in 2000). That distinction belongs to one of the game's newest stars, four-time major champion Rory McIlroy<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It only took Rory McIlroy 268 strokes to win the 2011 U.S. Open at Congressional<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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