A capsule look at the five previous U.S. Open golf championships held at Shinnecock Hills:1896Winner: James Foulis.Score: 152.Margin: 3 shots.Runner-up: Horace Rawlins.Prize: $150.Summary: Foulis of Scotland won the second U.S. Open as golf was just starting in America. He shot 74 in the final round to break out of a six-way tie for the lead on a Shinnecock Hills course that was only 4,423 yards. There were 35 players in the field, and only 28 finished the 36-hole championship. Most memorable about this U.S. Open was a petition several players signed in support of John Shippen, an African-American, and Oscar Bunn, a Native American. Shippen, a caddie at Shinnecock, was tied for the lead after the first round and still in the mix until taking 11 on the 13th hole. He tied for sixth. Rawlins won the inaugural U.S. Open a year earlier at Newport.
Notable: Shinnecock Hills, one of the five founding golf clubs of the USGA, would wait 90 years before hosting another U.S. Open.Quotable: “We stood up almost 125 years ago and did the right thing and made sure we were welcoming.” — Mike Davis, CEO of the USGA, on Shippen and Bunn being allowed to play.___
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