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2016 U.S. Open (golf)

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2016 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 16–19, 2016
LocationOakmont, Pennsylvania
Course(s)Oakmont Country Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,254 yards (6,633 m)
Field156 players, 67 after cut
Cut146 (+6)
Prize fund$10,000,000
€8,866,033
Winner's share$1,800,000
€1,595,886
Champion
United StatesDustin Johnson
276 (−4)
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The2016 United States Open Championshipwas the 116thU.S. Open,held June 16–19 atOakmont Country Clubin Oakmont and Plum, Pennsylvania, suburbs northeast ofPittsburgh.[1]Dustin Johnsonwon his firstmajor championship.

Play was delayed on the first day due to heavy rainfall, forcing most of the field to play half a round behind schedule.Andrew Landrywas a surprise leader after the first round before Johnson led the field in the second.Shane Lowrycarded a 65 in the third round to take the overall lead into the final round. Despite a controversial penalty on the 5th green, Johnson took the title three strokes ahead of runners-up Lowry,Jim FurykandScott Piercy.

Venue[edit]

This was the ninthU.S. Openat Oakmont and its twelfthmajor championship.

Course layout[edit]

Main article:Oakmont Country Club
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 482 340 426 609 382 194 479 288 477 3,677 462 379 667 183 358 500 231 313 484 3,577 7,254
Par 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 35 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 35 70

Source:[2]

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

Through 1994, the 9th hole was a par 5; before 1962, the 1st hole was also a par 5.
2016 yardages by round
Round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Par 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 35 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 35 70
1 Yards 481 353 429 615 390 206 488 258 482 3,702 442 390 684 191 331 519 234 307 484 3,582 7,284
2 Yards 491 337 432 619 384 185 483 281 468 3,680 466 379 617 164 355 503 225 318 472 3,499 7,179
3 Yards 482 351 420 600 393 198 477 247 487 3,655 432 378 674 164 368 481 227 295 496 3,515 7,170
4 Yards 485 320 433 611 373 197 490 299 488 3,696 472 373 618 183 368 479 239 312 489 3,533 7,229
  • Scoring average: 73.5697
    • by round: 74.2436, 73.6037, 72.0298, 73.4630
  • Most difficult holes in relation to par: 1, 9, 15, 10

Source:[2][3]

Field[edit]

About half the field consisted of players who were 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.[4]

1. Winners of theU.S. OpenChampionship during the last ten years

2. Winner and runner-up of the 2015U.S. AmateurChampionship

  • Derek Bard(a)
  • Bryson DeChambeauforfeited his exemption by turning professional in April 2016 but subsequently earned a spot through sectional qualifying.

3. Winner of the 2015Amateur Championship

4. Winner of the 2015Mark H. McCormack Medal(men'sWorld Amateur Golf Ranking)

5. Winners of theMasters Tournamentduring the last five years

6. Winners ofThe Open Championshipduring the last five years

7. Winners of thePGA Championshipduring the last five years

8. Winners ofThe Players Championshipduring the last three years

9. Winner of the 2016 European TourBMW PGA Championship

10. Winner of the 2015U.S. Senior OpenChampionship

11. The 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place at the2015 U.S. Open Championship

12. Players who qualified for the season-ending 2015Tour Championship

  • Bae Sang-moonwas unable to compete due to a military obligation in South Korea.

13. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of May 23, 2016 in theOfficial World Golf Ranking

14. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 13, 2016 in theOfficial World Golf Ranking

15. Special exemptions given by theUSGA

The remaining contestants earned their places through sectional qualifiers.[9]

Alternates who gained entry:

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

Round summaries[edit]

First round[edit]

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Play was suspended three times during the morning wave of players, all for dangerous weather conditions. At 4:40 pmEDT,play was called for the day with the second wave of players yet to tee off.[11]Only three groups, nine players, finished their first rounds.[12]Andrew Landry,who was ranked 624th in the world and had to go through local and sectional qualifiers, was the leader at 3 under par, with a birdie putt on his last hole, hole 9. AmateurScottie Schefflerwas the leader in the clubhouse at 1 under par.[13]

Place Player Score/Hole To par
1 United StatesAndrew Landry 17* −3
T2 United StatesBubba Watson 14 −2
New ZealandDanny Lee 13
T4 United StatesScottie Scheffler(a) 69 −1
United StatesKevin Streelman 16*
EnglandLee Westwood 13*
United StatesHarris English 12*

*Started on hole 10

Friday, June 17, 2016

After more rain overnight, nearly three inches (7.5 cm) total since Wednesday, play resumed at 7:30 am under mostly sunny skies and the round was completed shortly after 3 pm. Landry, the overnight leader, had a cushy end to his round: he only brought his putter to the course, to which he sank his birdie putt to lead at 4-under par. He would not play another hole for the rest of the day (see round 2).

Place Player Score To par
1 United StatesAndrew Landry 66 −4
T2 United StatesDustin Johnson 67 −3
EnglandLee Westwood
T4 SpainSergio García 68 −2
Republic of IrelandShane Lowry
United StatesScott Piercy
T7 New ZealandDanny Lee 69 −1
United StatesScottie Scheffler(a)
SwedenHenrik Stenson
United StatesKevin Streelman
United StatesBubba Watson

Second round[edit]

Friday, June 17, 2016

Play was suspended due to darkness at 8:43 pm with 27 players of the first wave still on the course and the second wave of players yet to tee off.Dustin Johnsoncompleted his round and was tied for the lead withAndrew Landry,who had not started his second round yet, at 4 under par.

Place Player Score To Par
T1 United StatesAndrew Landry 66* −4
United StatesDustin Johnson 67-69=136
3 EnglandLee Westwood 67* −3
T4 Republic of IrelandShane Lowry 68* −2
SpainSergio García 68-70=138
United StatesScott Piercy 68-70=138

*Completed their second round on Saturday (had not yet started second round)

Saturday, June 18, 2016

The 27 members of the first wave resumed their rounds and the second wave began theirs at 7 am. The second round was completed after 2 pm; 67 players made the cut at 146 (+6) or better.

Place Player Score To par
1 United StatesDustin Johnson 67-69=136 −4
2 United StatesAndrew Landry 66-71=137 −3
T3 FranceGrégory Bourdy 71-67=138 −2
SpainSergio García 68-70=138
Republic of IrelandShane Lowry 68-70=138
United StatesScott Piercy 68-70=138
T7 United StatesJim Furyk 71-68=139 −1
EnglandAndy Sullivan 71-68=139
United StatesDaniel Summerhays 74-65=139
EnglandLee Westwood 67-72=139

Amateurs:Rahm(+5),Scheffler(+7),Suh(+8),Burns(+9),Horsfield(+9),Hardy(+10),Mueller(+10),Crawford(+12),Bard(+15),Danielson(+19),Stachler(+24)

Third round[edit]

Saturday, June 18, 2016

The round began at 3 pm, on split tees in groupings of three; the final grouping ofDustin Johnson,Andrew Landry,andScott Piercyteed off at 5:01 pm and completed 13 holes. Play was suspended due to darkness at 8:49 pm withShane Lowryas the overnight leader at 5 under par, through 14 holes.

Place Player To Par Score Hole
1 Republic of IrelandShane Lowry 68-70=138 −5 14
2 United StatesAndrew Landry 66-71=137 −3 13
T3 SpainSergio García 68-70=138 −2 14
United StatesDustin Johnson 67-69=136 13
EnglandLee Westwood 67-72=139 15
6 South AfricaBranden Grace 73-70-66=209 −1 F

Sunday, June 19, 2016

Play resumed at 7 am andShane Lowrybirdied 15 and 17 for a round of 65 (−5) to extend his lead to four strokes.Andrew Landrybogeyed 14 and 15, but birdied 17 and 18 to move into the final pairing.Daniel Summerhaysbirdied 15 and eagled 17 to climb into a tie for fourth. After 54 holes, the top eight players on the leaderboard were all seeking their first major title.

Place Player Score To par
1 Republic of IrelandShane Lowry 68-70-65=203 −7
T2 United StatesAndrew Landry 66-71-70=207 −3
United StatesDustin Johnson 67-69-71=207
T4 United StatesDaniel Summerhays 74-65-69=208 −2
EnglandLee Westwood 67-72-69=208
6 South AfricaBranden Grace 73-70-66=209 −1
T7 SpainSergio García 68-70-72=210 E
United StatesScott Piercy 68-70-72=210
T9 AustraliaJason Day 76-69-66=211 +1
United StatesBryson DeChambeau 71-70-70=211
United StatesZach Johnson 71-69-71=211

Final round[edit]

Sunday, June 19, 2016

Summary[edit]

Play in the final round began at 10 am, in pairs from the first hole, with the final pair ofShane LowryandAndrew Landrystarting at 3:30 pm.Dustin Johnsonshot a 69 and won his first major, three shots ahead of three runners-up.[14]After finishing at five under par, Johnson was penalized a shot as he was judged to have made his ball move as he addressed it on the fifth green, despite being initially absolved of wrongdoing. His score was amended to four under par, but he still finished three strokes ahead. The top four of the leaderboard were the only ones left under par.[15][16]

Final leaderboard[edit]

Champion
Silver Cup winner (leading amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United StatesDustin Johnson 67-69-71-69=276 −4 1,800,000
T2 United StatesJim Furyk(c) 71-68-74-66=279 −1 745,270
Republic of IrelandShane Lowry 68-70-65-76=279
United StatesScott Piercy 68-70-72-69=279
T5 SpainSergio García 68-70-72-70=280 E 374,395
South AfricaBranden Grace 73-70-66-71=280
7 United StatesKevin Na 75-68-69-69=281 +1 313,349
T8 AustraliaJason Day 76-69-66-71=282 +2 247,806
United StatesJason Dufner 73-71-68-70=282
United StatesZach Johnson 71-69-71-71=282
United StatesDaniel Summerhays 74-65-69-74=282

Source:[17]

Scorecard[edit]

Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 4
United StatesD. Johnson −3 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4
United StatesFuryk +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −1
Republic of IrelandLowry −7 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −3 −3 −4 −4 −3 −2 −1 −1 −1
United StatesPiercy −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −1
SpainGarcía E E E −1 −2 −2 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −2 −1 E E E
South AfricaGrace −1 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −1 −1 E −1 E
United StatesNa +1 +1 +1 +1 E E +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +1 +1
AustraliaDay +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 E −1 −1 −1 −1 +1 +2
United StatesDufner +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +3 +2 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2
United StatesZ. Johnson +2 +2 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +4 +3 +3 +2 +2 +3 +3 +2
United StatesSummerhays −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E +1 +2 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +2 +2
United StatesLandry −2 −1 −1 E +2 +2 +3 +4 +4 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5
EnglandWestwood −2 −1 E +1 +3 +4 +5 +5 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +7 +8 +9 +8 +8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[17]

Controversy[edit]

During the final round of the tournament, there was a controversial incident on the fifth green that involved eventual winnerDustin Johnson.As he prepared to address the ball for a par putt, his ball moved slightly. Johnson stepped away, saying that he had not addressed the ball. After he spoke to an on-site rules official, he was told to carry on with his shot and sank the putt. Later, on the 12th tee, an official informed him that he might be penalized a stroke, but that no decision would be made until the round was complete.[18]The penalty was ultimately assessed against Johnson which still left him three strokes ahead of three second-place finishers. Several of the world's top golfers, such asJordan Spieth,Rory McIlroy,andRickie Fowler,as well as many viewers on their local Fox stations and spectators at the course, took to social media to criticize the USGA for its decision.[19]

Media[edit]

For the second year,Fox Sportstelevised the championship in the United States. The first two rounds were onFS1cable and over-the-air onFox,with the last two rounds shown only on Fox. In theUnited KingdomandIreland,it was carried bySky Sports.

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External links[edit]

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