DEFENDING CHAMPION

Angel Cabrera won in 2007 with a score of +5 (285) at Oakmont Country Club outside Pittsburgh. Cabrera finished one stroke ahead of both Jim Furyk and Tiger Woods as he captured his first major title. Cabrera's score equaled Geoff Ogilvy's winning total at Winged Foot in 2006.


TOP 5 THINGS TO KNOW
ABOUT THE 2008 U.S. OPEN

1. Tiger Woods is trying to win his 3rd U.S. Open title and first since 2002 at Bethpage. He underwent knee surgery two days after the Masters and hasn't played in a PGA TOUR event since. Two years ago, Woods did not play between the Masters and U.S. Open following the death of his father. He shot 76-76-152 at Winged Foot, missing the cut in a major for the first and only time as a professional.

2. Tiger Woods has an unparalleled record at Torrey Pines. He's won 6 Buick Invitationals there, including the last 4 in a row. Tiger also won the prestigious Junior World Golf Championship at Torrey Pines in 1991 when he was 15 years old.

3. With the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, it marks the 8th time a major championship has been staged at a venue that hosted a PGA TOUR event earlier that year. It's the first time since 2000 when Tiger Woods won both the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and U.S. Open at the Pebble Beach Golf Links. It's also just the second municipal facility to host the Open, following the lead of the Black Course at Bethpage State Park in New York in 2002.

4. The USGA lists Torrey Pines at par-71, 7,643 yards, making it the longest course ever to host a major championship. At the Buick Invitational in January, the course played to a par-72, 7,569 yards.

5. There has been a foreign-born champion in each of the last 4 years, with all of them coming from the Southern Hemisphere (Retief Goosen, Michael Campbell, Geoff Ogilvy, Angel Cabrera). The last American to win was Jim Furyk in 2003 at Olympia Fields. This is the longest stretch of non-U.S. winners since a foreigner won in each of the first 16 years the Championship was played (1895-1910).


TV SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES EASTERN)

Thursday, June 12:      1 pm-3 pm (ESPN), 3 pm-5 pm (NBC), 5 pm-10 pm (ESPN)
Friday, June 13:        1 pm-3 pm (ESPN), 3 pm-5 pm (NBC), 5 pm-10 pm (ESPN)
Saturday, June 14:      4 pm-10 pm (NBC)
Sunday, June 15:        3 pm-9 pm (NBC)
*Monday, June 16:       noon-2 pm (ESPN), 2 pm-finish (NBC)

*18-hole playoff if necessary


FUTURE U.S. OPEN SITES

2009  Bethpage State Park (Black), Farmingdale, NY (June 18-21)
2010  Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, CA (June 17-20)
2011  Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, MD (June 16-19)
2012  The Olympic Club, San Francisco, CA (June 14-17)
2013    Merion Golf Club, Ardmore, PA (June 10-16)
2014  Pinehurst Resort and Country Club, Pinehurst, NC (June 12-15)
2015  Chambers Bay, University Place, WA (June 18-21)