2012 U.S. Open (golf)

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]

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
Webb Simpson
281 (+1)

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]

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards5204282474384984892882004493,5574244304511994191546705223443,6137,170
Par443444434344443435543670

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

San Francisco
Location in the United States
San Francisco
Location in California

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

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Michael Thompson66−4
T2 Graeme McDowell69−1
Justin Rose
David Toms
Nick Watney
Tiger Woods
T7 Jason Bohn70E
Jim Furyk
Beau Hossler (a)
Robert Karlsson
Matt Kuchar
Park Jae-bum
Ian Poulter
Alistair Presnell

Source:[20]

Second round

Friday, June 15, 2012

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Jim Furyk70-69=139−1
David Toms69-70=139
Tiger Woods69-70=139
T4 Nicolas Colsaerts72-69=141+1
Graeme McDowell69-72=141
John Peterson71-70=141
Michael Thompson66-75=141
8 Blake Adams72-70=142+2
T9 K. J. Choi73-70=143+3
Jason Dufner72-71=143
Beau Hossler (a)70-73=143
Freddie Jacobson72-71=143
Raphaël Jacquelin72-71=143
Matt Kuchar70-73=143
Hunter Mahan72-71=143
Charl Schwartzel73-70=143
Aaron Watkins72-71=143

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

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Jim Furyk70-69-70=209−1
Graeme McDowell69-72-68=209
3 Freddie Jacobson72-71-68=211+1
T4 Blake Adams72-70-70=212+2
Nicolas Colsaerts72-69-71=212
Ernie Els75-69-68=212
Lee Westwood73-72-67=212
T8 Kevin Chappell74-71-68=213+3
Jason Dufner72-71-70=213
Beau Hossler (a)70-73-70=213
John Peterson71-70-72=213
John Senden72-73-68=213
Webb Simpson72-73-68=213

Source:[22]

Final round

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Final leaderboard
Champion
Silver Cup winner (leading amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Webb Simpson72-73-68-68=281+11,440,000
T2 Graeme McDowell (c)69-72-68-73=282+2695,916
Michael Thompson66-75-74-67=282
T4 Jason Dufner72-71-70-70=283+3276,841
Jim Furyk (c)70-69-70-74=283
Pádraig Harrington74-70-71-68=283
John Peterson71-70-72-70=283
David Toms69-70-76-68=283
9 Ernie Els (c)75-69-68-72=284+4200,280
T10 Kevin Chappell74-71-68-72=285+5163,594
Retief Goosen (c)75-70-69-71=285
John Senden72-73-68-72=285
Lee Westwood73-72-67-73=285
Casey Wittenberg71-77-67-70=285

Source:[23][24]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par443444434444343554
Simpson+3+4+4+4+5+4+3+2+2+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1
McDowell−1−1EE+1+2+2+2+3+3+2+1+2+3+3+3+2+2
Thompson+5+5+5+5+4+4+3+3+4+4+3+3+3+3+3+2+2+2
Dufner+3+4+4+4+4+4+4+4+4+4+4+3+4+4+4+4+3+3
Furyk−1−1−1−1−1EEEEEEE+1+1+1+2+2+3
Harrington+5+6+6+6+6+7+6+5+4+4+4+4+3+3+3+3+2+3
Peterson+4+4+3+4+4+4+3+3+3+2+2+2+2+2+2+4+3+3
Toms+5+5+5+5+6+6+5+5+5+5+5+4+4+4+4+4+3+3
Els+2+2+3+3+3+3+1+2+3+3+3+2+2+2+2+3+3+4
Jacobson+1+2+2+2+3+4+3+3+4+5+5+5+5+6+5+6+6+6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[25]

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