100% | MAJOR | 5 | The Masters or the U.S. Open, in golf |
59% | JORDANSPIETH | 12 | Golfer who won both the Masters and the US Open in 2015: 2 wds. |
59% | JACKNICKLAUS | 12 | Golfer who won both the Masters and the US Open in 1972: 2 wds. |
58% | TIGER | 5 | With 31-Across, golfer who won both the Masters and the US Open in 2002 |
55% | HOGAN | 5 | Ben —, winner of the 1948 US Open Championship in golf |
55% | BENCRENSHAH | 11 | US Masters Champion ('84 and '95) who's considered to be golf royalty in the middle east? |
54% | DUSTINJOHNSON | 13 | Current World Number 1 in the World Golf Rankings, American pro golfer who won the 2016 U.S. Open: 2 wds. |
53% | NAPLES | 6 | City on a gulf in either Europe or the U.S. |
53% | CHARLEYHULL | 11 | English golfer who tied 30-Across for second place in the 2023 U.S. Women's Open golf tournament (2 wds.) |
53% | LENDL | 5 | Winner of three consecutive U.S. Opens in the 1980s |
52% | JIYAISHIN | 9 | South Korean golfer who tied 13-Across for second place in the 2023 U.S. Women's Open golf tournament (2 wds.) |
52% | PAYNE | 5 | Stewart who won the U.S. Open twice in the 1990s |
52% | PRIVATELY | 9 | "Between us"... or the word hidden between U and S in this puzzle's theme entries |
51% | ELS | 3 | He won the 1994 U.S. Open in a 20-hole playoff |
51% | GARY | 4 | ___ Woodland, American golfer who won his first major championship, the U.S. Open in 2019 |
50% | ILIE | 4 | He beat Arthur in the 1972 U.S. Open |
50% | STEFFI | 6 | She beat Monica in the 1996 U.S. Open |
50% | LENDL | 5 | He beat McEnroe in the 1985 U.S. Open |
50% | LENDL | 5 | Three-time U.S. Open champ in the 1980s |
50% | MAJOR | 5 | The Masters or British Open, e.g. |
50% | XXXXX | 5 | He beat Connors in the 1977 U.S. Open final |
49% | SIXTIMEWINNER | 13 | Unique claim of the U.S. Open player whose name is hidden in 34-Across |
49% | NAOMI | 5 | Serena finished right behind her in the 2018 U.S. Open |
49% | MATS | 4 | Tennis great Wilander who won the Australian Open, the French Open, and the U.S. Open in 1988 |
49% | YMCA | 4 | The first US one opened in Boston in 1851 |
49% | TOMKITE | 7 | '92 US Open Champion who was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004 |
49% | OSAKA | 5 | With 1d, it's the name of the reigning US Open Champion in women's singles |
49% | NAOMI | 5 | She defeated Serena in the finals of the 2018 U.S. Open |
49% | TCCHEN | 6 | Scorer of the first double eagle in U.S. Open history, 1985 |
49% | OSAKA | 5 | Naomi ___, victor over Serena Williams in the 2018 U.S. Open final |