U.S. Open
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The term U.S. Open or US Open is applied to "open" United States
-hosted championships in a particular sport (or non-sport organized competitive gaming activity), in which anyone, amateur or professional, American or non-American, may compete.
The term most commonly refers to:
Other uses include (in alphabetical order by sport/game):
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-hosted championships in a particular sport (or non-sport organized competitive gaming activity), in which anyone, amateur or professional, American or non-American, may compete.
The term most commonly refers to:
- U.S. Open (golf)U.S. Open (golf)The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...
- US Open (tennis)
Other uses include (in alphabetical order by sport/game):
- U.S. Open Badminton ChampionshipsU.S. Open Badminton ChampionshipsThe U.S. Open Badminton Championships is an annual badminton tournament first held in 1954 when the American Badminton Association opened the U.S. National Badminton Championships to foreign competition. For the full list of winners see List of U.S. Open Badminton champions.-21st century:-External...
- U.S. Open (bowling)U.S. Open (bowling)The U.S. Open is one of the four major tournaments in the Professional Bowlers Association. The first modern-day U.S. Open tournament in the PBA took place in 1971 and was won by Mike Limongello. With four victories, Pete Weber holds the most modern-day U.S. Open trophies.The U.S...
- U.S. Open Chess ChampionshipU.S. Open Chess ChampionshipThe U.S. Open Championship is an open national chess championship that has been held in the United States annually since 1900.-History:Through 1938, the tournaments were organized by the Western Chess Association and its successor, the American Chess Federation .The United States Chess Federation ...
- U.S. Open (crosswords)
- U.S. Open (cycling)
- US Open (darts)
- U.S. Open (go), boardgame tournament
- U.S. Women's Open, USGA tournament
- US Open (martial arts) aka ISKAIskaIska is a village in Koonga Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern Estonia....
World Martial Arts Championship - US Open Polo Championship
- U.S. Open Pool Championships a.k.a. U.S. Open Pocket Billiards Championships, mostly separately administrated, including:
- U.S. Open 14.1 Pocket Billiards Championship (see straight poolStraight PoolStraight pool, also called 14.1 continuous or simply 14.1, is a pocket billiards game, and was the common sport of championship competition until overtaken by faster-playing games like nine-ball...
); often referred to as the "U.S. Open 14.1 Championship", "U.S. Open 14.1 Pocket Billiards Championship", or "U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship" - U.S. Open Bank Pool Championship (see bank pool)
- U.S. Open Seven-ball Championship (see seven-ballSeven-ballSeven-ball is a contemporary pool game with rules similar to nine-ball, though it differs in two key ways: the game uses only seven as implied by its name, and play is restricted to particular pockets of the table. William D. Clayton is credited with the game's invention, ca...
) - U.S. Open Eight-ball Championship (see eight-ball)
- U.S. Open Nine-ball Championships
- U.S. Open Ten-ball Championship
- U.S. Open 14.1 Pocket Billiards Championship (see straight pool
- U.S. Open Rubik's CubeRubik's CubeRubik's Cube is a 3-D mechanical puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik.Originally called the "Magic Cube", the puzzle was licensed by Rubik to be sold by Ideal Toy Corp. in 1980 and won the German Game of the Year special award for Best Puzzle that...
Championship - U.S. Open (squash)
- Lamar Hunt U.S. Open CupLamar Hunt U.S. Open CupThe Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is a knockout tournament in American soccer. The tournament is the oldest ongoing American soccer competition and is presently open to all United States Soccer Federation affiliated teams, from amateur adult club teams to the professional clubs of Major League...
, soccer (association football) tournament held between American soccer clubs from MLSMajor League SoccerMajor League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
, minor leagues, and amateur associations - U.S. Open of SurfingU.S. Open of SurfingThe U.S. Open of Surfing is a week-long surfing competition held annually during the summer in Huntington Beach, California. Generally held on the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier, the U.S...
, surfingSurfingSurfing' is a surface water sport in which the surfer rides a surfboard on the crest and face of a wave which is carrying the surfer towards the shore...
competition - U.S. Open (taekwondo), taekwondoTaekwondoTaekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...
tournament of the United States Taekwondo governing body - U.S. Open (USACO), United States of America Computing OlympiadUnited States of America Computing OlympiadThe United States of America Computing Olympiad is a computer programming competition aimed primarily at secondary school students in the United States. Participants of the USACO submit programs in one of five languages, C, C++, Java, Pascal, and Python, to various competitions held throughout the...
-proctored programming competition - US Open USTA Wheelchair Tennis Championships