2015 U.S. Open (golf)

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The 2015 United States Open Championship was the 115th U.S. Open, played June 18–21, 2015 at Chambers Bay in University Place, Washington, southwest of Tacoma on the shore of Puget Sound.[2] Jordan Spieth won his first U.S. Open and consecutive major titles, one stroke ahead of runners-up Dustin Johnson and Louis Oosthuizen. This was the first U.S. Open televised by Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports, launching a 12-year contract with the United States Golf Association.

DatesJune 18–21, 2015
LocationUniversity Place, Washington
CourseChambers Bay
Organized byUSGA
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2015 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 18–21, 2015
LocationUniversity Place, Washington
CourseChambers Bay
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,384 yards (6,752 m) to
7,695 yards (7,036 m)
Field156 players, 75 after cut
Cut145 (+5)
Prize fund$10,000,000
€8,944,383
Winner's share$1,800,000
€1,609,989[1]
Champion
United States Jordan Spieth
275 (−5)
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Spieth, age 21, became the youngest U.S. Open champion in 92 years, since Bobby Jones in 1923. The reigning Masters champion, Spieth became the youngest to win the Masters and U.S. Open in the same year, passing Tiger Woods, who won both in 2002 at age 26. Others to win the first two majors of the year were Craig Wood (1941), Ben Hogan (1951, 1953), Arnold Palmer (1960), and Jack Nicklaus (1972).

This was the first U.S. Open played in the Pacific Northwest and the third major played in the state of Washington, which hosted the PGA Championship in 1944 and 1998.

Venue

Owned by Pierce County, the Chambers Bay course opened for play only eight years earlier in June 2007. It was constructed a former quarry that faces Puget Sound and an active freight railroad.[3] A Sounder commuter train platform at Chambers Bay with service from Seattle was planned by Sound Transit for the tournament, but was later cancelled due to logistical and financial challenges.[4]

Course layout

ChambersBay is located in the United States
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Chambers
Bay
Location in the United States
ChambersBay is located in Washington (state)
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Chambers
Bay
Location in Washington
Main article: Chambers Bay

The course was laid out differently each day, with course totals ranging from 7,384 yards (6,752 m) on Sunday, to 7,695 yards (7,036 m) on Friday. Holes 1 and 18 were played as either par-4 or par-5: the first was a par-4 and the 18th was a par-5 for three of the rounds, switching only for the second round on Friday, and the course was par 70 for each round.[5]

More information Hole, Name ...
HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Puget Sound598/4965/410High Dunes436/4684
2Foxy399411Shadows500/5374
3Blown Out163–198312The Narrows3114
4Hazard's Ascent495413Eagle Eye5344
5Free Fall488414Cape Fear521/5464
6Deception Point495415Lone Fir123–2463
7Humpback508416Beached4234
8High Road Low Road614517Derailed172–2183
9Olympus224/217318Tahoma525/6044/5
Out36/35In34/35
 Championship tees: Rating=78.1,  Slope=146[6][7]Total7,384–7,69570
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More information Round, Hole ...
RoundHole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Par443444453354444434353570
1Yards5013871484755034945156022033,8284275413175125281693851736173,6697,497
2Yards593^4032074944865125065822374,020483544284551513144416226514^3,6757,695
3Yards4993991665094985155196032253,9334735303115335342523721225773,7047,637
4Yards4434121884794624934775932033,7504605412705295191583372196013,6347,384
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^ In Round 2 on Friday, Hole #1 was played as a par 5 and #18 as a par 4; par was 36 out and 34 in.
Source:[8][9][10][11]

Criticism of the course

Chambers Bay was subject to criticism for its bumpy greens, unfair course design, and poor accessibility for spectators.[12][13] Former U.S. Open champion Gary Player called it "the worst golf course I might've ever seen in the 63 years as a professional golfer", and Henrik Stenson said that the greens were like "putting on broccoli".[14]

Field

About half the field consisted of players who are exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open. Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, and other categories are shown in parentheses.

1. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship during the last ten years

2. Winner and runner-up of the 2014 U.S. Amateur Championship

3. Winner of the 2014 Amateur Championship

4. Winner of the 2014 Mark H. McCormack Medal (men's World Amateur Golf Ranking)

5. Winners of the Masters Tournament during the last five years

6. Winners of The Open Championship during the last five years

7. Winners of the PGA Championship during the last five years

8. Winners of The Players Championship during the last three years

9. Winner of the 2015 European Tour BMW PGA Championship

10. Winner of the 2014 U.S. Senior Open Championship

11. The 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place at the 2014 U.S. Open Championship

12. Players who qualified for the season-ending 2014 Tour Championship

13. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of May 25, 2015 in the Official World Golf Ranking

14. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 15, 2015 in the Official World Golf Ranking

15. Special exemptions given by the USGA

  • None

The remaining contestants earned their places through sectional qualifiers.[17]

Alternates who gained entry:

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

Source:[20]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 18, 2015

Dustin Johnson and Henrik Stenson both posted rounds of 65 (−5) to share the lead after the first round. Johnson recorded four birdies on his back-nine and did not make a bogey until the par-3 9th, his 18th hole of the round. Stenson, meanwhile, birdied four of his last five holes to tie Johnson for the lead. Jordan Spieth, the reigning Masters champion, was three strokes back after a 68.[21] Three-time champion Tiger Woods opened with a round of 80 (+10), his worst score ever at the U.S. Open.[22] Brian Campbell, a senior at the University of Illinois, was low amateur after a round of 67 (−3), two behind the lead.

The first hole was set as a par-4 at 501 yards (458 m) and the 18th hole as par-5 at 617 yards (564 m), with the course at 7,497 yards (6,855 m).[8][23] The scoring average for the field was 72.72 (+2.72)[8] and 25 players had under-par rounds.[21][24]

More information Place, Player ...
PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Dustin Johnson65−5
Sweden Henrik Stenson
3United States Patrick Reed66−4
T4United States Brian Campbell (a)67−3
United States Matt Kuchar
United States Ben Martin
T7Australia Jason Day68−2
United States Jason Dufner
United States Cody Gribble
Netherlands Joost Luiten
Italy Francesco Molinari
United States Jordan Spieth
Scotland Marc Warren
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Second round

Friday, June 19, 2015

Masters champion Jordan Spieth shot a round of 67 (−3) to tie Patrick Reed for the 36-hole lead. First round co-leader Dustin Johnson got as low as 7-under before bogeys on three of his last five holes dropped him to a stroke behind the leaders.[25] Jason Day was just two shots off the lead playing the 9th hole, his 18th of the round, when he collapsed from vertigo. After being treated by medical personnel for several minutes, Day was able to finish the hole and made bogey, dropping to three behind and a tie for 9th place.[26] Tiger Woods missed the cut with a two-round score of 16-over-par, his worst 36-hole score in a major.

A bogey on the final hole by Nick Hardy, a freshman from the University of Illinois, moved the cut line to +5. Fifteen additional players earned entry into the third round, including Ángel Cabrera, Sergio García, Colin Montgomerie, Webb Simpson, and Jimmy Walker.[27]

The 1st hole was set as a 593-yard par-5 and the 18th hole as 514-yard par-4, with the total yardage at 7,695.[9] The scoring average for the field was 73.48 (+3.48)[9] and 18 players had under-par rounds. J. B. Holmes and Louis Oosthuizen had the low rounds of the day, 66 (−4).[24]

More information Place, Player ...
PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Patrick Reed66-69=135−5
United States Jordan Spieth68-67=135
T3South Africa Branden Grace69-67=136−4
United States Dustin Johnson65-71=136
T5United States Tony Finau69-68=137−3
Netherlands Joost Luiten68-69=137
United States Ben Martin67-70=137
United States Daniel Summerhays70-67=137
T9Australia Jason Day68-70=138−2
United States J. B. Holmes72-66=138
United States Jamie Lovemark70-68=138
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Amateurs: Campbell (−1), Maguire (+1), Schniederjans (+2), Hossler (+3), McCarthy (+4), Hardy (+5),
McCoy (+8), DeChambeau (+9), Neil (+9), NeSmith (+9), Jones (+10), Knapp (+10), Yang (+10), Horsfield (+11), Riley (+13), Hammer (+21)

Third round

Saturday, June 20, 2015

Louis Oosthuizen again had the low round of the day, 66 (−4), moving him into a tie for 5th place. Despite suffering from vertigo, Jason Day scored 68 (−2), the second lowest round of the day.[28]

The 1st hole was set as a 499-yard par-4 and the 18th hole as 577-yard par-5, with the total yardage at 7,637.[10] The scoring average for the field was 73.13 (+3.13)[10] and only 6 players had under-par rounds.[24]

More information Place, Player ...
PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1Australia Jason Day68-70-68=206−4
South Africa Branden Grace69-67-70=206
United States Dustin Johnson65-71-70=206
United States Jordan Spieth68-67-71=206
T5United States J. B. Holmes72-66-71=209−1
Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry69-70-70=209
South Africa Louis Oosthuizen77-66-66=209
Australia Cameron Smith70-70-69=209
T9United States Tony Finau69-68-74=211+1
Netherlands Joost Luiten68-69-74=211
United States Patrick Reed66-69-76=211
Argentina Andrés Romero71-69-71=211
United States Brandt Snedeker69-72-70=211
Sweden Henrik Stenson65-74-72=211
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Final round

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Four players began the final round tied for the lead for the first time at the U.S. Open since 1973. In the final pairing with Jason Day at 3 pm PDT, Dustin Johnson recorded two birdies on the front nine to take sole possession of the lead, then lost it with bogeys on three out of four holes to begin the back nine.[29] In the penultimate pairing, Jordan Spieth and Branden Grace both birdied the par-4 12th to tie, but Grace fell from contention on the 16th after his drive went out of bounds and he made double bogey. Spieth holed a 25-foot (8 m) birdie putt at the 16th to open up a three-stroke lead, but then three-putted for double bogey on the par-3 17th to fall into a tie with Louis Oosthuizen. Oosthuizen began the round three shots off the lead and quickly dropped further behind with three consecutive bogeys on the front-nine. Beginning at the 12th, however, Oosthuizen birdied six out of his last seven holes to tie Spieth. At the par-5 18th, Spieth hit the green in two and proceeded to two-putt for birdie. Johnson recovered from his bogey streak with a birdie at the 17th, then also found the 18th green in two.[30] Faced with a 12-foot (3.7 m) eagle putt to win the championship, Johnson's attempt rolled three feet (0.9 m) past the hole, then missed his birdie putt to tie. Expecting a Monday playoff, Spieth suddenly gained a one-stroke victory for his second consecutive major title.[31][32][33]

With the win, Spieth became the sixth to win both the Masters and U.S. Open in the same year and the first since Tiger Woods in 2002. He also became the first to win two majors before the age of 22 since Gene Sarazen in 1922, and the youngest U.S. Open champion since Bobby Jones in 1923.[34] After opening with a round of 77 (+7), Oosthuizen shot 199 over his last three rounds, tying the U.S. Open record for lowest 54-hole score. His score of 29 on the back-nine also tied a tournament record.[35]

The first hole was set as a par-4 at 443 yards (405 m) and the 18th hole as a par-5 at 601 yards (550 m), with the total at 7,384 yards (6,752 m).[11] The scoring average for the field was 71.29 (+1.29)[11] and 22 players had under-par rounds. Adam Scott had the low round of the championship, a 6-under-par 64 to tie for fourth.[24]

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (leading amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
More information Place, Player ...
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1United States Jordan Spieth68-67-71-69=275−51,800,000
T2United States Dustin Johnson65-71-70-70=276−4877,144
South Africa Louis Oosthuizen77-66-66-67=276
T4South Africa Branden Grace69-67-70-71=277−3407,037
Australia Adam Scott70-71-72-64=277
Australia Cameron Smith70-70-69-68=277
7South Africa Charl Schwartzel73-70-69-66=278−2311,835
8United States Brandt Snedeker69-72-70-68=279−1280,482
T9Australia Jason Day68-70-68-74=280E235,316
Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry69-70-70-71=280
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy (c)72-72-70-66=280
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More information Leaderboard below the top 10, Place ...
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Scorecard

More information Hole ...
Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par443444453444443435
United States Spieth−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−6−4−5
United States Johnson−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−6−6−5−4−4−3−3−3−3−4−4
South Africa Oosthuizen−1E+1+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+1E−1−2−3−3−4
South Africa Grace−4−4−4−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−3−3−3
Australia Scott+3+2+2+2+2+2+1EEE−1−1−1−1−1−2−2−3
Australia SmithE−1−1EEEE−1−1−1E−1−1−1E−1−1−3
South Africa Schwartzel+2+2+3+4+3+3+2+2+2+2+1EE−1−1−1−1−2
United States Snedeker+1+2+2+2+2+1E−1−2−2−1−1−1+1+1EE−1
Australia Day−4−4−4−3−4−3−2−3−3−2−2−2EEE−1EE
Republic of Ireland Lowry−1−1EE+1E+1E+1EE−1EEE−1−1E
Northern Ireland McIlroy+4+3+3+3+3+3+2+1+1EE−1−2−2−1−1EE
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Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[36]

Media

This was the first U.S. Open televised by Fox Sports, which began a 12-year contract to televise the championship and other USGA events. The previous 20 years (1995–2014) had been by NBC Sports, preceded by 29 years (1966–1994) on ABC Sports.

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