Suspense and surprise in store as US Open returns to Winged Foot

Australia’s Geoff Ogilvy won the US Open when it was last staged at Winged Foot in 2006 (Lynne Cameron/PA)

From the so-called ‘Massacre’ in 1974, to Fuzzy Zoeller’s mock surrender in 1984 and Geoff Ogilvy’s shock victory in 2006, Winged Foot has a history of providing plenty of drama when it hosts the US Open.

Back in 1974 it was the relentlessly difficult set up of the course which dominated the agenda, with many players feeling it was the USGA’s response to Johnny Miller shooting a record 63 at Oakmont the year before.