US Golf Open -Points to ponder.

Some notable points from last month's United States Open at Winged Foot in New York.

• The champion receives custody of the US Open trophy for one year as well as the Jack Nicklaus medal, exemptions into the next 10 US Opens, and five-year exemptions into the other three major championships.

• Champion Bryson DeChambeau tied for fifth in greens in regulation (46), despite only tying for 26th in fairways hit (23).

• This was just the third time since 2000 that the champion was the only player in red figures (Tiger Woods in 2000 and 2002).

• Justin Thomas, the first-round leader, recorded the most birdies (16).

• The top 10 scorers and ties earned exemptions into the 2021 US Open next June at Torrey Pines Golf Course’s south course. That list includes Will Zalatoris, the leading money winner on the Korn Ferry Tour, and Zach Johnson, who was in the last year of his five-year exemption for winning the 2015 Open Championship at St Andrews in Scotland.

• Not a single bogey-free round was recorded in the championship.

• The final-round scoring average was 74.9, which was nearly 1.4 strokes higher than 2006 and just under a stroke lower than 1974. The par four first hole ranked as the toughest (average score of 4.56), while the par five ninth hole was once again the easiest (4.51).

• There were 54 double bogeys recorded on the Sunday compared to just 22 on the Saturday.

• Harris English, who finished fourth, lost a ball in the rough on his opening hole, leading to a double bogey. That was an indication of the length of the rough.

Bryson DeChambeau powers one of his mammoth drives at the US Open. Photo credit: US Golf Association