2012 U.S. Open (golf)

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The 2012 United States Open Championship was the 112th U.S. Open, played June 14–17 at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, California. Webb Simpson won his first major title, one stroke ahead of runners-up Graeme McDowell and Michael Thompson.[4][5]

DatesJune 14–17, 2012
LocationSan Francisco, California
Course(s)Olympic Club, Lake Course
Organized byUSGA
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2012 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 14–17, 2012
LocationSan Francisco, California
Course(s)Olympic Club, Lake Course
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,170 yards (6,556 m)[1]
Field156 players, 72 after cut
Cut148 (+8)[2]
Prize fund$8,000,000
€6,433,972
Winner's share$1,440,000
€1,158,115[3]
Champion
United States Webb Simpson
281 (+1)
← 2011
2013 â†’
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Venue

This was the fifth U.S. Open at the Olympic Club, all played at the Lake Course. In 1955, unheralded Jack Fleck defeated Ben Hogan in an 18-hole playoff. In 1966, Billy Casper staged one of the greatest comebacks in U.S. Open history, erasing a seven-stroke deficit on the final nine holes to tie Arnold Palmer, then prevailed in an 18-hole playoff. In 1987, Scott Simpson won by a stroke over 8-time major winner Tom Watson. In 1998, Lee Janzen won his second U.S. Open, one stroke ahead of Payne Stewart.

Course layout

Olympic Club - Lake Course[1][6][7]

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Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards5204282474384984892882004493,5574244304511994191546705223443,6137,170
Par443444434344443435543670
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Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

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One unique aspect of the course was that players began the first and second rounds on the 1st and 9th tees, rather than the 1st and 10th tees, as is typical.[8] This was due to the 8th green and 9th tee being located far closer to the clubhouse than the 10th tee.

Changes to cuts

For 2012, the USGA changed the rule governing which players would make the cut after 36 holes. Now, only the top 60 players, plus those tied, would make the cut, instead of also including those players within ten strokes of the leader.[9]

Field

About half the field each year consists of players who are fully exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open. The players who have qualified for the 2012 U.S. Open are listed below. Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.[10]

The qualification categories changed substantially in 2012. Seven categories (9 and 11 to 16, from 2011) were eliminated. These categories exempted top finishers on the money lists of various tours and multiple PGA Tour winners. Three categories were added (3, 4, and 9 below), for the winners of The Amateur Championship, the Mark H. McCormack Medal, and the BMW PGA Championship. Two categories were expanded (13 and 14 below), to include the top 60 instead of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking.

1. Last 10 U.S. Open Champions

2. Top two finishers in the 2011 U.S. Amateur

3. Winner of the 2011 British Amateur

4. Winner of the 2011 Mark H. McCormack Medal

5. Last five Masters Champions

6. Last five British Open Champions

7. Last five PGA Champions

8. Last three Players Champions

9. Winner of the 2012 BMW PGA Championship

10. The U.S. Senior Open Champion

11. Top 10 finishers and ties in the 2011 U.S. Open

12. All players qualifying for the 2011 edition of The Tour Championship

13. Top 60 on the Official World Golf Ranking list as of May 21, 2012[15]

14. Top 60 on the Official World Golf Ranking list as of June 11, 2012[18]

15. Special exemptions selected by the USGA

  • None

Qualifiers

Source:[19]

Alternates who gained entry:

(a) denotes amateur
(L) denotes player advanced through local qualifying

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 14, 2012

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PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Michael Thompson66−4
T2Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell69−1
England Justin Rose
United States David Toms
United States Nick Watney
United States Tiger Woods
T7United States Jason Bohn70E
United States Jim Furyk
United States Beau Hossler (a)
Sweden Robert Karlsson
United States Matt Kuchar
South Korea Park Jae-bum
England Ian Poulter
Australia Alistair Presnell
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Source:[20]

Second round

Friday, June 15, 2012

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PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Jim Furyk70-69=139−1
United States David Toms69-70=139
United States Tiger Woods69-70=139
T4Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts72-69=141+1
Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell69-72=141
United States John Peterson71-70=141
United States Michael Thompson66-75=141
8United States Blake Adams72-70=142+2
T9South Korea K. J. Choi73-70=143+3
United States Jason Dufner72-71=143
United States Beau Hossler (a)70-73=143
Sweden Freddie Jacobson72-71=143
France Raphaël Jacquelin72-71=143
United States Matt Kuchar70-73=143
United States Hunter Mahan72-71=143
South Africa Charl Schwartzel73-70=143
United States Aaron Watkins72-71=143
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Source:[21]

Amateurs: Hossler (+3), Spieth (+8), Cantlay (+8), Sanchez (+9), Wilson (+14), Koepka (+14), Zhang (+17), Sherwood (+18)

Third round

Saturday, June 16, 2012

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PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Jim Furyk70-69-70=209−1
Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell69-72-68=209
3Sweden Freddie Jacobson72-71-68=211+1
T4United States Blake Adams72-70-70=212+2
Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts72-69-71=212
South Africa Ernie Els75-69-68=212
England Lee Westwood73-72-67=212
T8United States Kevin Chappell74-71-68=213+3
United States Jason Dufner72-71-70=213
United States Beau Hossler (a)70-73-70=213
United States John Peterson71-70-72=213
Australia John Senden72-73-68=213
United States Webb Simpson72-73-68=213
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Source:[22]

Final round

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (leading amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
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PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1United States Webb Simpson72-73-68-68=281+11,440,000
T2Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell (c)69-72-68-73=282+2695,916
United States Michael Thompson66-75-74-67=282
T4United States Jason Dufner72-71-70-70=283+3276,841
United States Jim Furyk (c)70-69-70-74=283
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington74-70-71-68=283
United States John Peterson71-70-72-70=283
United States David Toms69-70-76-68=283
9South Africa Ernie Els (c)75-69-68-72=284+4200,280
T10United States Kevin Chappell74-71-68-72=285+5163,594
South Africa Retief Goosen (c)75-70-69-71=285
Australia John Senden72-73-68-72=285
England Lee Westwood73-72-67-73=285
United States Casey Wittenberg71-77-67-70=285
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Source:[23][24]

Scorecard

Final round

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Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par443444434444343554
United States Simpson+3+4+4+4+5+4+3+2+2+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1
Northern Ireland McDowell−1−1EE+1+2+2+2+3+3+2+1+2+3+3+3+2+2
United States Thompson+5+5+5+5+4+4+3+3+4+4+3+3+3+3+3+2+2+2
United States Dufner+3+4+4+4+4+4+4+4+4+4+4+3+4+4+4+4+3+3
United States Furyk−1−1−1−1−1EEEEEEE+1+1+1+2+2+3
Republic of Ireland Harrington+5+6+6+6+6+7+6+5+4+4+4+4+3+3+3+3+2+3
United States Peterson+4+4+3+4+4+4+3+3+3+2+2+2+2+2+2+4+3+3
United States Toms+5+5+5+5+6+6+5+5+5+5+5+4+4+4+4+4+3+3
South Africa Els+2+2+3+3+3+3+1+2+3+3+3+2+2+2+2+3+3+4
Sweden Jacobson+1+2+2+2+3+4+3+3+4+5+5+5+5+6+5+6+6+6
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Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[25]

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