{"id":1232002,"date":"2020-09-17T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1232002"},"modified":"2023-06-18T17:57:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T21:57:55","slug":"what-is-the-lowest-single-round-score-in-u-s-open-history-and-who-shot-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/what-is-the-lowest-single-round-score-in-u-s-open-history-and-who-shot-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is the Lowest Single-Round Score in U.S. Open History and Who Shot It?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The U.S. Open<\/a> is widely considered to be one of the toughest tests in golf. Since 1895, the best golfers<\/a> in the world have annually gathered at some of the greatest courses on Earth with the dream of being called America's national champion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the USGA certainly doesn't make achieving that dream an easy thing. Thick rough, slick greens, and challenging bunkers are U.S. Open staples, and, as opposed to the other three majors on the golf calendar, a winning score over par isn't out of the ordinary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To put into perspective just how tough it is to break par at a U.S. Open, one only has to look at the round history of four-time champion Jack Nicklaus<\/a>, who many consider the greatest golfer in history. The Golden Bear teed it up at the U.S. Open on 44 occasions and made the cut 35 times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So you take those 140 rounds and add in the 18 rounds from the years he missed the weekend, and you've got 158 total rounds, right? Do you know how many times the great Jack Nicklaus broke par? 37. That's only 23.4% of the time. And the 37 sub-par rounds is actually a U.S. Open record. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeah, it's a tough tournament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So that's why it's so special when a player goes really low. So what is the lowest single round in U.S. Open history?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele each shot 62 in the first round of the 2023 U.S. Open<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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