1993 US Open pin flag Baltusrol Golf Club Lee Janzen ryder british tpc pga

Description

The
1993 U.S. Open
was the 93rd
U.S. Open
, held June 17–20 at
Baltusrol Golf Club
in
Springfield
,
New Jersey
, west of
New York City
.
Lee Janzen
shot all four rounds in the 60s and tied the U.S. Open scoring record to win the first of his two U.S. Open titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up
Payne Stewart
.
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Janzen's total of 272 tied the U.S. Open scoring record set by
Jack Nicklaus
in
1980
, also at Baltusrol.
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It was the third consecutive time at Baltusrol that the scoring record was tied or broken. Nicklaus also won in
1967
with a 275, one stroke better than
Ben Hogan
's 276 at
Riviera
in
1948
. Janzen joined
Lee Trevino
as the only champion to post all four rounds under 70; Trevino shot 275 in
1968
, a quarter century earlier.
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(
Rory McIlroy
became the third in
2011
and set the scoring record