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2015 U.S. Open Five things you need to know

The U.S. Open takes place at Chambers Bay this week, and Opta hasbeen rifling through itsarchives to identify a host of stats and facts.Herewe take a look at five things you need to know before the action getsunderway Thursday.MORE: | | HOME ADVANTAGE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR? This week will see the 115th staging of the U.S. Open  with 80 of the previous 114 editions(70 percent) having been won by American players.Webb Simpson, the 2012 champion at San Francisco'sOlympic Club, is the most recent man to have triumphed on home soil in Trey Mancini Jersey  the event, while Tiger Woods alone has three titles  secured in 2000, 2002 and 2008.EUROPEANS TURNING THE TIDE Although American players have traditionally fared well at the U.S. Open, four of the last five champions have come from Europe.Graeme McDowell's 2010 succe s at Pebble Beach ended a run of 39  Heston Kjerstad Jersey U.S. Opens without a European winner sinceTony Jacklin lifted the title in 1970.Rory McIlroy then provided another reason for Northern Irish celebration in 2011, securing his maiden major victory at Congre sional,while Justin Rose and Martin Kaymer have come out on top in the last two U.S. Opens.SPIETH SEEKINGFOLLOW-UP TO AUGUSTA MASTERCLASS Jordan Spieth's magnificent wire-to-wire win at this year's Masters is likely to live long in the memory of those who witne sed it.Still only 21, the Texan has the opportunity this week to become the first player to win the first two majors in a calendar year since Woods triumphed at Augusta and Bethpageback in 2002.The world No. 2 is aware that an even greater achievement remains within his grasp for now."You can't win a grand slam unle s you win the first," Spieth said with a smile on Monday. "I'm the only one with that opportunity this year, so I'm going  Brooks Robinson Jersey to go ahead and focus on this week and see if I can put myself in contention."BEWARE KAYMER IF HE GETS INTO CONTENTIONKaymer's recent record in majors makes for interesting reading.On one hand, the German has only mustered two top-10 finishes in his last 18 outings at golf's premier events.However, on each of the occasions he did crack the  Anthony Santander Jersey top 10, Kaymer secured victory  at the 2010 PGA Championship and last year's U.S. Open at Pinehurst.If Kaymer is near the top of the leaderboard on Sunday, do not bet against him getting the job done.SEVEN YEARS OF HURT FOR TIGERIt has been seven years since Tiger Woods completed arguably his finest victory  beating Rocco Mediate in a Monday playoff to secure his 14th major title, despite being hampered by a serious injury to his left leg.At that time, the prospect of Woods failing to add to his list Andrew Cashner Jersey  of major wins appeared unlikely to say the least.Yet a combination ofmultiple injuries, well-documented i sues in his personal life and a dramatic lo s of form have troubledthe former world No. 1, who will arrive at Chambers Bay still seeking major number 15.Given that Woods shot a career-worst 85 at The Memorial earlier this month, his barren runseems likely to continue.

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