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unusual facts about B.C. Open


B.C. Open

Alternatively, it is said to be named after the comic strip B.C., created by Johnny Hart, who was born and raised in Endicott.


1990 Holden NSW Open

It was the 98th edition (the 22nd edition in the Open Era) of the event known that year as the Holden New South Wales (NSW) Open, and was part of the ATP World Series of the 1990 ATP Tour, and the WTA Tier III tournaments of the 1990 WTA Tour.

Alec Ross

While employed by the Brae Burn Country Club, near Boston, he won the 1907 U.S. Open at the St. Martin's course at Philadelphia Cricket Club.

Anastasia Pivovarova

In the U.S. Open, she qualified for main draw but lost against the Swiss Patty Schnyder in three sets.

Christian Nilsson

At the 2009 Saint-Omer Open in June, a week opposite the U.S. Open, Nilsson won his first European Tour event by 6 strokes over Portugal's José-Filipe Lima.

Crotona Park

Late in August, the park is the location of the EmblemHealth Bronx Open, an International Tennis Federation women's tennis tournament with a $100,000 purse which features players in the top 100, who use the tournament as a "tune-up" for the U.S. Open which begins the following week.

Diego Bustos

Bustos has interviewed important sports figures such as 2007 U.S. Open and 2009 Masters Tournament champion Ángel Cabrera, Diego Maradona, Pelé, FIFA President Sepp Blatter, Senior PGA Tour Champion Eduardo Romero, NBA star Manu Ginóbili, and NASCAR sensation Juan Pablo Montoya, among many others.

Ears, Open. Eyeballs, Click.

The film is an observation of Platoon 1141, Company C, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California.

Eyeballs, Click is a 2005 documentary by Canaan Brumley, about the experiences of Marine recruits during bootcamp.

The recruits are shown learning proper vernacular, learning drill, learning their rifles, and being confronted by their Drill Instructors.

Elliott Liu

Upon graduating from The Bishop's School in 2008, he was a Standard-bearer for Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate at the 2008 U.S. Open, witnessing Woods' most recent Major Championship victory.

Erath County, Texas

Dublin later became famous as the early boyhood home of PGA, U.S. Open and Masters golf champion Ben Hogan.

Greg Laub

Laub's writing and video production credits also include contributions to MAD magazine and full-time stints as a journalist and producer with the U.S. Open, the USTA, and the NBA.

Hank Kuehne

After his divorce, he was seen in public with tennis champion Venus Williams, whom he accompanied to the 2007 Wimbledon Championships and the 2007 U.S. Open.

Homesteading the Noosphere

"Homesteading the Noosphere" (abbreviated HtN) is an essay written by Eric S. Raymond about the social workings of open-source software development.

Idaho Centennial Ladies' Open

The centennial referred to the establishment of the Idaho Territory in 1863; statehood for Idaho came 27 years later in 1890.

Jen-Hsun Huang

After leaving Oneida Baptist Institute and moving to Oregon with his family, Huang began playing table tennis at a club in downtown Portland and at age 15, he placed third in junior doubles at the U.S. Open.

Johnny Petraglia

Petraglia would win two more majors: the 1977 BPAA U.S. Open and 1980 PBA National Championship, making him one of only six players to earn the PBA career "Triple Crown." (Billy Hardwick, Mike Aulby, Pete Weber, Norm Duke and Chris Barnes are the others.

Judy Dixon

From 1973 to 1975 she played professionally, including both Wimbledon and in the U.S. Open.

Kaes Van't Hof

Van't Hof played at the 2008 U.S. Open, reaching the second round of the men's doubles tournament, with his partner, Michael McClune.

Kel Nagle

His best result in a United States major was second in the 1965 U.S. Open, the year after he won the Canadian Open; he lost in an 18-hole playoff to Gary Player.

Kraig Kann

He also reported on-site for the station's coverage of The Masters, the U.S. Open, the Open Championship, the PGA Championship, and the Ryder Cup.

Kreigh Collins

In 1903, he reached the doubles final with L. Harry Waidner at the U.S. National Championships (now known as the U.S. Open) which they lost to the English brothers Reginald and Lawrence Doherty in three close sets, 11–9, 12–10, 6–4.

Laurie Auchterlonie

In 1902, representing the Chicago Golf Club, he won the eighth U.S. Open at Garden City Golf Club in Garden City, New York.

Lew Worsham

In 1947, he won the U.S. Open by defeating Sam Snead in an 18-hole playoff at the St. Louis Country Club in Clayton, Missouri after the two men had finished tied at 282 in regulation.

Margaret Curtis

In 1908 she won the U.S. Open doubles tennis championship with Evelyn Sears, becoming the only woman to simultaneously hold the U.S. golf and tennis titles.

Marist Red Foxes

Along with Marist the United States Military Academy and the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York, host site of the U.S. Open, are the only tennis venues in the area that can boast a Deco II playing surface.

Martin Wostenholme

Wostenholme was the first Canadian to win a match at each of the four Grand Slam events, reaching the second rounds of the 1985 U.S. Open, the 1986 French Open and Wimbledon Championships, and the 1990 Australian Open.

Rodney Harmon

Perhaps Rodney's greatest result came at the 1982 U.S. Open, during his Grand Slam debut, when he got through to the quarterfinals overcoming Eliot Teltscher, seeded 8th, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(1) in a long fourth round battle.

Ryuji Imada

On the Monday following his win, Imada fired a back-nine score of 29 in U.S. Open qualifying at Scotch Valley, in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.

Sporting Woman Quarterly

Sporting Woman has interviewed and featured some of the greatest athletes, such as Lindsay Davenport, Luke Jensen, Paula Creamer, and Maria Sharapova and has a new column in its winter issue hosted by Christie Brinkley which features outdoor sports make-up tips and as well as an interview from the U.S. Open with Andre Agassi.

Stephen Welch

He won 100 major titles since 1992, which includes three U.S. Open titles.

The Barclays

Since the move to late August, the Barclays has traditionally closed CBS Sports' PGA Tour television schedule, due to the network's commitment to airing SEC College and NFL football, as well as the U.S. Open tennis tournament, during the fall months.

Tyna Barinaga

Barinaga shared the mixed doubles title at U.S. Open in 1966, and won both singles and doubles at the same tournament in 1968.

Yao Ximing

Yao later migrated to the USA where he coached and played, winning the 1986 U.S. Open men's doubles with former Pakistani star Tariq Wadood.


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