Most Frequently Played US Open Courses

Here are the most frequently played US Open Courses:

Oakmont – 9 times (1927, 1935, 1953, 1962, 1973, 1983, 1994, 2007 and 2016)
Baltusrol – 7 (1903, 1915, 1936, 1954, 1967, 1980, and 1993)
Oakland Hills – 6 (1924, 1937, 1951, 1961, 1985, and 1996)
Winged Foot – 5 (1929, 1959, 1974, 1984, and 2006)
Merion – 5 (1934, 1950, 1971, 1981, and 2013)
Olympic – 5 (1955, 1966, 1987, 1998, and 2012)
Pebble Beach – 5 (1972, 1982, 1992, 2000, and 2010)
Inverness – 4 (1920, 1931, 1957, and 1979)
Myopia – 4 (1898, 1901, 1905, and 1908)
Shinnecock Hills – 4 (1896, 1986, 1995, and 2004)
Cherry Hills – 3 (1938, 1960, 1978)
Chicago GC – 3 (1897, 1900, 1911)
Medinah – 3 (1949, 1970, 1990)
Oak Hill – 3 (1956, 1968, 1989)
Philadelphia CG – 3 (1907, 1910, 1939)
Southern Hills – 3 (1958, 1977, 2001)
The Country Club – 3 (1913, 1933, 1988)
Congressional – 3 (1964, 1997, 2011)
Pinehurst – 3 (1999, 2005, 2014)
Bethpage Black – 2 (2002, 2009)
Canterbury – 2 (1940, 1946)
Olympia Fields – 2 (1928, 2003)

One each: Atlanta Athletic, Baltimore GC, Bellerieve, Brae Burn, Buffalo, Chambers Bay, Champions, Colonial, Columbia, Englewood, Erin Hills, Fresh Meadow, Garden City, Glen View, Interlachen, Inwood, Midlothian, Minikahada, North Shore, Northwood Club, Onwentsia, Riviera, Scioto, Skokie, St. Louis, Torrey Pines, Worcester

As it turns out, nearly half of the US Opens have been played on ten courses.

Most of these are on my bucket list of courses … so if anyone out there … just sayin’ … (I have managed to play Oakland Hills, Medinah and Colonial).

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