U.S. Open Entry Application Fun Facts


April 26, 2007


Total Applications: 8,787. The official number of accepted entries was 8,544.

Youngest: Aaron Kunitomo of Lahaina, Hawaii, will be 13 for the 2007 U.S. Open (born 3/13/1994 ).

Oldest: Ordean Olson of Hollywood, Fla., who will be 77 at the time of the Open, will be the oldest in the field for the second year in a row (born 5/27/1930 ).

Foreign Ties: There are 521 applicants with either foreign addresses or a foreign preferred address (i.e. Adam Scott, whose mailing address on his application reads Las Vegas, Nev., but will be listed in the Pairings as from Australia). These players represent 62 different countries. The top five foreign countries represented are:

Canada - 126 entries

England/UK - 56 entries

Australia - 60 entries

Japan - 29 entries

South Africa - 26 entries

Sectional Qualifying Outside The U.S.: We have 133 applicants who chose one of the two foreign Sectional Qualifying sites (29 - Ibaraki Pref, Japan; 104 - Surrey, England).

Sites: There were a total of 109 local qualifying sites assigned for this year. Thirty-two of these sites reached their maximum site capacity.

Entries Via The Web

First: Carlton Forrester of Birmingham, Ala. (less than 12 minutes after the launch of the Internet applications).

Last: Arvo Voip of Magalia, Calif., submitted his entry online at 4:59:43 (17 seconds before the official deadline).

Name Game

There are seven applicants named "Chip" and one "Chipper."

There are 22 Green, Greene, or Greens.

There are 16 Wood and five Woods.

William Link IV of Chestnut Hill, Mass., returns once again in 2006.

We don't have any slices, but we do have William Hook of Hawthorne, N.J.; John Michael Hook of Fort Worth, Texas; Brent Hook of Mesa, Ariz.; and Erick Hooke of Hot Springs, Va., as entrants this year.

Ball, Tee And Cupp: Winston Ball of St. Pete Beach, Fla.; Tee McCabe of Marco Island, Fla.; and Wes Cupp of Rome, N.Y.

Three Tigers: Tiger Helgelien of Henderson, Nev., and Tiger Godwin of Bartow, Fla., join . guess who.

Popular surnames:

- Smith 67 entries

- Johnson 62 entries

- Kim 34 entries

- Miller 32 entries

- Jones 31 entries

- Lee 31 entries

- Brown 30 entries

Hey Mike!

- Mike, Michael, Miguel 354 entries

- John, Jon, Johnny, Jonathan 333 entries

- Dave, David, Davey 251 entries

- Robert, Robbie, Rob, Bob, Bobby 202 entries