The forecast may be calling for relatively mild temperatures, but, make no mistake, the heat is on for U.S. Open golfers at Shinnecock Hills this week. We’re taking a look at all the key facts, stats and storylines to help get you ready for the year’s third men’s golf major tournament.
With Shinnecock Hills set to offer another brutal examination of the world’s best golfers, the questions surrounding the 126th U.S. Open are enticing.
If history is anything to go by, the 156-golfer field is in for a brutal week on the 7,440-yard tract, as Shinnecock Hills remains the last venue to yield an over-par champion (Brooks Koepka in 2018) in a major.
But the landscape in 2026 looks vastly different.
Can Scottie Scheffler join the immortals by completing the career Grand Slam?
Will the recent major European dominance established by Rory McIlroy and Aaron Rai continue?
Will Xander Schauffele’s unmatched U.S. Open consistency finally reward him with the trophy?
From Adam Scott’s incredible 100th consecutive major appearance to the longest playoff drought in modern golf, here is the ultimate facts and stats preview for the year’s third major tournament.
126th U.S. Open
● Shinnecock Hills is hosting the U.S. Open for the sixth time – only Oakmont (10) and Baltusrol (seven) have hosted it more often. Shinnecock first hosted the major back in 1896.
● When Brooks Koepka won the U.S. Open at the Southampton, New York, course, he did so as the defending champion – shooting 1-over par just one year after going 16-under at Erin Hills. However, since winning his fifth major title at the 2023 PGA Championship, Koepka has failed to make the top 10 in his last 12 majors.
● Call it an Empire State of mind. Three of the last four majors held in New York have produced a Brooks Koepka victory: the 2018 U.S. Open at Shinnecock, 2019 PGA Championship at Bethpage and 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill.
* – was a 36-hole event● Willie Anderson, Ben Hogan, Bobby Jones and Jack Nicklaus hold the record for most wins at the U.S. Open with four each. Tiger Woods and Hale Irwin are both one behind with three wins.
● There have been 17 straight U.S. Opens without a playoff since Tiger Woods bested Rocco Mediate over the extra round at Torrey Pines in 2008. That marks the longest run without a playoff in the four men’s golf majors.
● Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele and Justin Rose are the only players with top-10 finishes in both of this year’s prior majors (the Masters and PGA Championship).
● A win at the U.S. Open would make Scottie Scheffler the seventh golfer to achieve a career Grand Slam, after Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. Scheffler, the world’s top-ranked golfer, has posted a top-10 finish in four of his last five U.S. Opens.
● Rory McIlroy is making his 70th appearance at a major championship, with the career Grand Slam winner earning his first big-four title at the 2011 U.S. Open at Congressional. While he’s been a model of consistency recently – finishing in the top 10 in six of his last seven U.S. Open appearances – his last missed cut at the event occurred at Shinnecock Hills in 2018.
● Since Xander Schauffele made his U.S. Open debut in 2017, he’s never finished worse than in a tie for 14th. Across his nine career appearances at the tournament, he’s racked up seven top-10 finishes, including a T-6 at Shinnecock Hills in 2018.
● While Justin Rose has struggled at the U.S. Open in recent years – he’s missed the cut in five of his last six appearances – the tournament remains his sole major victory. It came at Merion in 2013.
● With Rory McIlroy and Aaron Rai capturing this year’s Masters and PGA Championship, respectively, it marks the first time since the Masters was established in 1934 that Europeans have captured the first two majors of a calendar year. Rai’s win was the fourth at a major by an English golfer since the turn of the century, joining Justin Rose, Danny Willett and Matt Fitzpatrick.
● Five players are 10-under par or better across the first two majors this year: Rory McIlroy (-16), Justin Rose (-13), Scottie Scheffler (-12), Xander Schauffele (-12) and Cameron Young (-10).
● J.J. Spaun will aim to become the fourth golfer since World War II to win back-to-back U.S. Opens after Ben Hogan, Curtis Strange and Brooks Koepka. His victory at Oakmont last year remains his only career top 20 at a major, which includes missed cuts at this year’s first two majors.
● Jon Rahm has four top 10s in his last six U.S. Open appearances, including his 2021 victory at Torrey Pines. However, the last time he missed the cut at the tournament was at Shinnecock Hills in 2018. The Spaniard is coming off a T-2 at the PGA Championship.
● Sam Burns and Russell Henley are the only golfers to register a top 10 in each of the last two U.S. Opens.
● Two-time U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau (2020 and 2024) has struggled recently on home soil, missing the cut in his last three majors played in the United States. This includes missing the weekend at the first two majors of a calendar year for the first time in his career.
● Matt Fitzpatrick is making his 12th U.S. Open appearance, with his sole top 10 being his victory at Brookline in 2022. But the Englishman heads into the week with the most 2026 PGA Tour wins (three).
● Tommy Fleetwood has more top-5 finishes at the U.S. Open than at any other major (three), including a runner-up to Brooks Koepka at Shinnecock Hills in 2018. Over the last 10 years, Fleetwood has recorded the most top-5 finishes without a win at the majors (seven).
● Patrick Reed’s sole top 10 at the U.S. Open was a fourth place at Shinnecock in 2018.
● A U.S. Open winner 10 years ago, Dustin Johnson hasn’t had a top-20 finish in his last 11 majors.
● Wyndham Clark has one top-20 finish in 14 major appearances on U.S. soil, but it was the best kind: A 2023 U.S. Open triumph at Los Angeles Country Club.
● This week’s U.S. Open marks Adam Scott’s 100th consecutive major championship appearance, a streak that began at the 2001 Open Championship. The 45-year-old Australian has missed the cut in his two previous U.S. Open appearances at Shinnecock Hills (2004 and 2018).
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