Posted on : 2023-10-08

Maybe the Most Unlikely Trip to the Top of a U.S. Open Leaderboard

Qualifier Chip Johnson shocked the 1988 U.S. Open when he reached the top of the second-day leaderboard.

Local and Sectional Qualifier Chip Johnson, then a 25-year-old former NAIA national champion struggling to find his professional game, fired a 4-under-par 31 on the front nine Friday to reach the top of the leaderboard at the 88th U.S. Open Championship.