Similar to the majority of major championship venues, most of the small greens are well-protected by sand.
Southern Hills is one of those rare courses where the greens are sown with Bentgrass, while fairways are laid with Bermuda.
Southern Hills Stats One remarkable stat to emerge from previous Southern Hills' major championships is that all seven winners were at the top of leaderboard after 36 holes - and remained there.
Five of the seven were outright leaders after two rounds, while the other two winners held a share of the lead.
And by the end of day three, six of the seven champions were leading the tournament on their own.
Champions' Positions 1958 US Open (Tommy Bolt) (Outright lead at 36 & 54) 1970 PGA Ch`ship (Dave Stockton) (Tied for lead at 36 / Outright lead at 54) 1977 US Open (Hubert Green) (Outright lead at 36 & 54) 1982 PGA Ch`ship (Raymond Floyd) (Outright lead at 36 & 54) 1994 PGA Cha`ship (Nick Price) (Outright lead at 36 & 54) 2001 US Open (Retief Goosen*) (Tied for lead at 36 & 54) 2007 PGA Ch`ship (Tiger Woods) (Outright lead at 36 & 54) * Won play-off
And five of the above seven winners were either tied for the lead, or the outright leader, after 18 holes.
The exceptions were Dave Stockton, who was tied-fifth in 1970, and Tiger Woods who was tied-23rd before carding a second round 63.
Fast Major Starters The table below shows the 12 fastest starters in major championship golf since January 1st, 2018.
In this example, Justin Rose was 'Within three strokes of the lead after 18 holes, in eight of his 16 majors (50%).'
% ... (Within 3 Shots @ 18 - Rounds) 50.00: Justin Rose (8 - 16) 42.86: Brooks Koepka (6 - 14) 37.50: Xander Schauffele (6 - 16) 37.50: Scottie Scheffler (3 - 8) 37.50: Brendan Steele (3 - 8) 33.33: Russell Henley (3 - 9) 33.33: Louis Oosthuizen (5 - 15) 33.33: Matthew Wolff (2 - 6) 31.25: Dustin Johnson (5 - 16) 31.25: Rory McIlroy (5 - 16) 30.00: Lee Westwood (3 - 10) 28.57: Aaron Wise (2 - 7) Min. No. of Majors = 6
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