2008 US Open Golf Odds Here

The much anticipated 2008 U.S. Open Championship will be held at the Torrey Pines South Golf course June 9th though the 15th in La Jolla, California. This is a very exciting event because this is only the second municipal golf course ever to be selected to host this prestigious golf championship. The first was in 2002 at the The Black Course at Bethpage in New York.

Torrey Pines was built in 1957 by William Bell Sr. and is only the second golf course owned by the general public to ever host a U.S. OPEN Championship. A $ 3.5 million renovation that included moving several greens to increase the difficulty and length of the course was completed in 2002.

Torrey Pines will offer a spectacular view of the Pacific Ocean and surrounding bluffs at many of the holes.

US Open Golf History
The U.S. Open golf championship, first played in 1895, was originally played concurrently with the U.S. Amateur Open, but both were postponed because of the America's Cup, which was to occur at the same time. Both were scheduled in Newport, Rhode Island, but the Americas Cup, a yacht race, was more popular at the time and so the U.S. Open had to be delayed.

All 36 holes of the US Open were originally played in one day. That changed in 1898 when the USGA changed it to a two day event, with 36 holes on each day, for a total of 72 holes. It changed again in 1926, with 18 holes each day on the first two days, and 36 on the third. Since 1965, the U.S. Open has played with 18 holes per round, for four days.

US Open 2008 Results - Winner Tiger Woods

Woods wins classic U.S. Open duel

After playing to a tie through 90 holes in the U.S. Open, Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate marched to the seventh tee at Torrey Pines on Monday afternoon for a sudden-death playoff.

It was the 19th hole of the day. On most courses, the 19th hole is the bar. On this day, the 19th hole was the place to drink in the kind of panorama only golf can provide.

On Monday afternoon, Woods won his 14th major championship, leaving him, at 32, four shy of Jack Nicklaus' record. "This is the best," he said, ranking his majors. "Just because of all the things I had to deal with."

US Open 2007 Results - Winner Angel Cabrera

A former caddie from Cordoba, Argentina, who needed financial assistance to learn the game, Cabrera scaled a walkway above Oakmont and looked out over the expanse of the golf course. Somewhere, in the distance and out of his control, Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk were lurking. Cabrera took a seat in the scorer’s area of the clubhouse, watching the end of the United States Open on television like so many others, and speaking in staccato Spanish with his caddie.

Somewhere, in the distance and out of his control, Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk were lurking. Cabrera took a seat in the scorer’s area of the clubhouse, watching the end of the United States Open on television like so many others, and speaking in staccato Spanish with his caddie.

When Furyk missed a 45-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole and, minutes later, Woods followed with a 30-footer that was off line, Cabrera rose from his chair and into a new echelon in golf. He was the winner of the 107th United States Open. Cabrera, the only player to break par in two rounds, became the first player from Argentina to win the United States Open and the first to win a major since Roberto De Vicenzo won the British Open in 1967.
 

Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamoronek, New York June 15-18, 2006

The U.S. Open is one of four annual professional men?s golf tournaments each year. Both the PGA Tour and the PGA European Tour have the U.S. Open on their official schedule. Each year it takes place at a different course, and in 2006 it is set to take place June 15 through 18 at the Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaronek, New York. The first U.S. Open was played in Ocotber 1895 in Rhode Island.

The United States Open Championship is an annual men's golf tournament staged by the United States Golf Association each June. It is one of the four major championships in men's golf and is on the official schedule of both the PGA TOUR and the PGA European Tour. The U.S. Open is staged at a variety of courses and they are usually set up in such a way that low scoring is very difficult and there is a premium on accurate driving.