under par
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American Jackson Suber leads the way on five under par, one shot ahead of England's Dan Brown and South Korea's Im Sung-jae.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Opens at Shinnecock, dating back to 1986, the average round was 4.2 over and only three of the 624 players have finished under par for the week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
In fact, when Brooks Koepka won at Shinnecock eight years ago, it marked the last time that a major championship didn’t have a single player finish under par.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
At the completion of Thursday's first round, only 32 players - barely a fifth of the 156-man field - had finished under par.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Fourteen of the thirty-five holes were won under par figures, ten were won at par, and two were ties under par, leaving only two holes at which both players were really ragged.
From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by Spencer, M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle)
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