{"id":1572408,"date":"2023-06-17T14:27:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T18:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1572408"},"modified":"2023-06-17T14:27:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T18:27:02","slug":"sam-bennett-set-impressive-us-open-record-jack-nicklaus-tiger-woods-couldnt-achieve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/sam-bennett-set-impressive-us-open-record-jack-nicklaus-tiger-woods-couldnt-achieve\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Bennett Set an Impressive U.S. Open Record That Even Jack Nicklaus or Tiger Woods Couldn't Achieve"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the biggest perks of winning the U.S. Amateur is automatic exemption into three of the four major championships the following year, those being the Masters, the U.S. Open<\/a>, and The Open Championship. And reigning U.S. Amateur champion Sam Bennett<\/a> has certainly made the most of those exemptions thus far, although this week's U.S. Open will be his last as he forfeited his spot at The Open by turning pro last month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his debut appearance at Augusta National back in April, the 23-year-old tied for 16th, easily taking low amateur honors. And that was despite shooting 76-74 on the weekend. Bennett opened that week with a pair of 68s, making him the first amateur to shoot two rounds in the 60s at the Masters since 1961. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along those same lines, the Texas A&M product is continuing to make history at Los Angeles Country Club<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, Sam Bennett has achieved a feat no reigning U.S. Amateur champion has ever accomplished at America's national championship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sam Bennett is the only reigning U.S. Amateur champion to ever start a U.S. Open with two rounds in the 60s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Reigning U.S. Amateur champion Sam Bennett has risen to the occasion in his first two majors of 2023. \ud83d\udd25 #USOpen<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/IYIuSA6qey<\/a><\/p>— Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) June 16, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>