​  ​​Read More​     Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, one of the oldest golf club’s in the United States, is set to host its sixth and seventh U.S. Opens over the next decade.Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau enter as favorites to win the sixth edition of the U.S. Open at Shinnecock, the first time the club has hosted the major tournament since 2018.Now, if they want to lift the famed 18-inch-tall sterling silver cup, they will want to learn how the past winners were able to survive Shinnecock and what happened during the course of the previous five tournaments.Winner: Brooks Koepka (+1)How it was won: Koepka joined Ben Hogan and Curtis Strange as the only U.S. Open winners to successfully defend their titles.Top storylines:The USGA changed the playoff format in February, from a full round (18 holes) to a two-hole aggregate playoff.[1] Previously, playoffs at the U.S. Open were 18 holes, followed by sudden death, if needed.Winner: Retief Goosen (-4)How it was won: Goosen outlasted Phil Mickelson, fellow countrymen Ernie Els and Mother Nature in a final round that saw the average score at 78.7, thanks to extreme wind and dry playing conditions that locked up the field (no one finished under par on Sunday). Mickelson, who had won at Augusta earlier in the year, was making a bid to become the sixth player ever to win the year’s first two major. Instead, he wound up three putting from five feet on No. 17, carding a double bogey that would end that quest. Goosen, who was playing with his compatriot Els in the final pairing, sunk a 12-foot birdie on No. 16 to take a two-stroke lead that he would not relinquish.Top storylines: It was Goosen’s second U.S. Open crown, having outlasted Mark Brooks in an 18-hole playoff on Monday in 2001. Additionally, Mickelson recorded his third runner-up in six years at the 2004 U.S. Open. More than two decades later, he’s still in pursuit of the career Grand Slam.Perhaps the most controversial moment of the tournament was the USGA’s decision to water a few of the greens during play, enabling balls to roll off the green on several holes. As a result, players teeing off later in the day faced much easier playing conditions than the rest of the field — the final five pairs had a scoring average of 75.9, compared to the field’s 78.7.Winner: Corey Pavin (E)How it was won: Greg Norman was in a familiar position entering the final round at Shinnecock. The Australian and former world No. 1 had the 54-hole lead nine years prior, and at the 100th U.S. Open shared it with Tom Lehman at 1 under. But it was a stressful weekend for Norman, who birdied the opening hole on Saturday’s third round and then went without another until No. 15 on Sunday. As Norman and Lehman faded on their respective back nines, Pavin climbed the leaderboard thanks to a three-under final 10 holes that helped him card a 68 and win by two strokes.Mo