2004 U.S. Open Entries Fact Sheet

Total Applications: 9,039

The official number of accepted entries is 8,726. This sets a new record for U.S. Open entries, eclipsing the old mark of 8,648 for the 2002 U.S. Open at Bethpage State Park.

Youngest Applicant: Tommy Mou of Taiwan will be 13 years old for the 2004 U.S. Open.

Oldest Applicant: Of those who supplied their date of birth, Dick Lynch of Milwaukee, Wis., at 81 will be the oldest if he makes the Open field.

Foreign Ties: There are 482 applicants with either foreign addresses or a foreign preferred address. These players represent 58 different countries.

Sites: There were a total of 107 local qualifying sites assigned for this year. Thirty of these sites reached their maximum site capacity.

Entries Via The Web:

First Applicant: Kevin Simcox of Canal Winchester, Ohio (approximately 12 minutes after the launch of the internet applications).

Last: Eric Rustand of Tuscon, Ariz. (4:58:22 p.m. – 98 seconds before the deadline)

Total Number Of Applications Filed Online:

2004 - 6,342 applications (more than 70 percent of the total)

2003 - 5,157(63 percent)

2002 - 3,541 (40 percent)

140 applications in the final hour 145 75

631 applications on the last day 645 439

490 applications on 4/27

340 applications on 4/26

185 applications on 4/25

133 applications on 4/24

197 applications on 4/23

191 applications on 4/22

49 applications on 3/2 (first day available)

Notable Names Who Filed Online: Robert Allenby, Stuart Appleby, Alex Cejka, K.J. Choi, Fred Couples, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Padraig Harrington, Stephen Leaney, Davis Love III, Shigeki Maruyama, Cory Pavin, Nick Price, and Ian Woosnam.

Name Game:

• There are 12 applicants named "Chip".
• There are 20 Green, Greene, or Greens.
• There are 12 Wood and 6 Woods.
• William Link IV, from Acton, Mass., was once again one of our first entries received.
• Trouble Brewing?: Rodney Butcher of East Greenwich, R.I., Chris Hacker of Marshall, Texas, and Jeremy Duffin of Syracuse, Utah.
• There Is A Driver In The Bag: Davis Driver from Scottsdale, Ariz.
• Two Tigers: Tiger Woods is once again joined by Tiger Godwin, an amateur from Bartow, Fla.
• Bunker And Ball: Jeff Bunker of Chicago, Ill., and Jamie Ball of Battle Creek, Mich.
• Is It Hole Or Cupp?: There are two – Wesley and Joshua Cupp, returning once again from Rome, N.Y.
• Tee-ing It Up: Tee McCabe from Marco Island, Fla.
• A Mulligan In The Open?: Sean Mulligan of Coventry, R.I., is going to try.

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