What Were The Longest Holes In US Open History?

What Were The Longest Holes In US Open History?

The US Open is known as the toughest test of golf, and part of that is the extraordinary length of the courses that the USGA sets up. Here are the longest par threes, par fours and par fives in US Open history.

LONGEST PAR 3s IN U.S. OPEN HISTORY 

• 300 yards, 8th, fourth round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2007
• 299 yards, 8th, fourth round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2016 
• 281 yards, 8th, second round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2007
• 281 yards, 8th, second round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2016 
• 279 yards, 8th, third round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2007 
• 266 yards, 3rd, fourth round, Merion G.C. (East Course), Ardmore, Pa., 2013
• 264 yards, 2nd, first round, Shinnecock Hills G.C., Southampton, N.Y., 2018 
• 261 yards, 8th, first round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2007
• 258 yards, 8th, first round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2016 
• 256 yards, 3rd, third round, The Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco, Calif., 2012 

LONGEST PAR 4s IN U.S. OPEN HISTORY 

• 551 yards, 13th, second round, Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash., 2015
• 544 yards, 11th, second round, Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash., 2015 
• 542 yards, 4th, third round, Pinehurst R. & C.C. (Course No. 2), Village of Pinehurst, N.C., 2014 
• 541 yards, 11th, first round, Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash., 2015 
• 541 yards, 11th, fourth round, Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash., 2015
• 536 yards, 14th, first round, Shinnecock Hills G.C., Southampton, N.Y., 2018
• 534 yards, 14th, third round, Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash., 2015
• 533 yards, 13th, third round, Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash., 2015
• 530 yards, 11th, third round, Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash., 2015 
• 529 yards, 14th, third round, Shinnecock Hills G.C., Southampton, N.Y., 2018 

LONGEST PAR 5s IN U.S. OPEN HISTORY 

• 684 yards, 12th, first round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2016
• 681 yards, 18th, fourth round, Erin Hills, Erin, Wis., 2017
• 676 yards, 18th, second round, Erin Hills, Erin, Wis., 2017
• 674 yards, 12th, third round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2016 
• 671 yards, 16th, third round, The Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco, Calif., 2012 
• 667 yards, 12th, first round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2007 
• 667 yards, 12th, second round, at Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2007 
• 667 yards, 12th, fourth round, Oakmont (Pa.) C.C., 2007 
• 667 yards, 18th, third round, Erin Hills, Erin, Wis., 2017
• 660 yards, 16th, first round, The Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco, Calif., 2012