By MATT ADAMS 6/10/06 - The 1974 U.S. Open at Winged Foot has been called many things, but foremost above them and with due merit, it has been called the hardest U.S. Open in the history of the event.

Forty-six years ago a 16-year-old caddie carried Hale Irwin's winning bag at Winged Foot. This week, he's back at the U.S. Open in a different role.

OAKMONT, PA. | The U.S. Open is known as the toughest test in golf, and it usually lives up to its reputation. Some years more than others. Here are the five toughest U.S. Opens held in its 121-… ...

From the moment the players began to arrive at Winged Foot for the 1974 U.S. Open and on through the decades following the event, Sandy Tatum—then the chair of the tournament committee at the ...