2004 - South Africa
2005 - New Zealand
2006 - Australia
2007 - Argentina
All US Open winners from the Southern Hemisphere.
2008 - who knows, perhaps Vijay Singh (Fiji), or perhaps a penguin with happy feet from Antartica. That is the only continent in the southern hemisphere that hasn't had a win, yet!
And, the foresight of Ran and co in the lead-up to the event to include Argentina (and Uruguay) in the national flags on the front page. Yes, there are course reviews involved. But was this a stoke of genius, or just happenstance?
Well done Angel. Finished bogey, bogey on Saturday night, and got it done today. To those on GCA who can remember, is there any similiarity in the cavalier style that he portrays to that of De Vicenzo (who won The Open at Hoylake IIRC).
James B