| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | June 15–18, 2006 |
| Location | Mamaroneck, New York |
| Course(s) | Winged Foot Golf Club, West Course |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour PGA European Tour Japan Golf Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,264 |
| Field | 156 players, 63 after cut |
| Cut | 149 (+9) |
| Prize fund | $6,250,000 |
| Winner's share | $1,225,000 |
| Champion | |
| Geoff Ogilvy | |
| 285 (+5) | |
The 2006 United States Open Championship was the 106th U.S. Open, played from June 15 to June 18 at Winged Foot Golf Club West Course.[1] The U.S. Open returned to Winged Foot for the first time since 1984 when Fuzzy Zoeller captured his second and final major championship. Geoff Ogilvy won his first career major in one of the wildest finishes in U.S. Open history. He made gutsy pars on the final two holes including a chip in from off the green on 17. Jim Furyk, Colin Montgomerie, and Phil Mickelson all failed to par the 72nd hole giving Ogilvy an unlikely one shot victory. Mickelson, looking for his third straight major championship, double bogeyed the final hole after failing to hit the 18th fairway. Colin Montgomerie double bogeyed the same hole when his second shot ended up in the rough and he three-putted, and Jim Furyk missed a 5-footer for par at the final hole. The event took place in Mamaroneck, New York, The purse was $6.25 million and Ogilvy earned $1.225 million.
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The 2006 U.S. Open Golf Championship was the fifth U.S. Open at Winged Foot and the 6th major championship (1997 PGA Championship won by Davis Love III). Former champions include: Bobby Jones (1929), Billy Casper (1959), Hale Irwin (1974), and Fuzzy Zoeller (1984). 1974's U.S. Open was known as "The Massacre at Winged Foot" as Irwin won with a seven over par 287. Over the four days, just seven sub-par rounds were recorded. Not a single golfer broke par following the first round, leading to complaints to the USGA that the set-up had gone too far. In the years following World War II, only Julius Boros’ 9-over total in 1963 had been a higher winning score.
Colin Montgomerie shot 69 and was the only player to shoot under par in the opening round. Phil Mickelson, the winner of the last two majors, is just one shot back. Former U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk is also just one shot back. Seven shots back is Tiger Woods who shot a six over 76 in his first major since his father's death. It was his worst start ever in a major.
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colin Montgomerie | Scotland | 69 | -1 |
| T2 | Phil Mickelson | United States | 70 | E |
| Steve Stricker | United States | |||
| Miguel Ángel Jiménez | Spain | |||
| David Howell | England | |||
| Jim Furyk | United States | |||
| T7 | John Cook | United States | 71 | +1 |
| Kenneth Ferrie | England | |||
| Fred Funk | United States | |||
| Graeme McDowell | Northern Ireland | |||
| Geoff Ogilvy | Australia | |||
| Vijay Singh | Fiji | |||
| Mike Weir | Canada |
Steve Stricker leads at a major for the first time since 1998 after firing a one under 69. He is the only player under par entering the weekend and is one shot clear of Colin Montgomerie. Tiger Woods missed the cut at a major as a professional for the first time, ending his record-tying streak of 39 consecutive cuts made at majors. Woods shot 76 for the second consecutive day missing the cut by three shots. Phil Mickelson struggled throughout the day shooting 73 which put him four shots back entering the weekend. The best rounds of the day belonged to Arron Oberholser and David Duval who both shot 68. It was the first cut Duval had made at a major since the 2002 PGA Championship. Other notable players missing the cut included Sergio García, Retief Goosen, 1997 PGA Championship winner at Winged Foot Davis Love III, and defending U.S. Open Champion Michael Campbell.
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Stricker | United States | 70-69=139 | -1 |
| 2 | Colin Montgomerie | Scotland | 69-71=140 | E |
| T3 | Geoff Ogilvy | Australia | 71-70=141 | +1 |
| Kenneth Ferrie | England | 71-70=141 | ||
| T5 | Jim Furyk | United States | 70-72=142 | +2 |
| Pádraig Harrington | Ireland | 70-72=142 | ||
| T7 | Jason Dufner | United States | 72-71=143 | +3 |
| Graeme McDowell | Northern Ireland | 71-72=143 | ||
| Phil Mickelson | United States | 70-73=143 | ||
| Arron Oberholser | United States | 75-68=143 |
Amateurs: Coe (+10), Horschel (+12), Molinari (+13), Moore (+15), Nagle (+16), Fujikawa (+18), Dougherty (+20), Baca (+21), Posey (+22).
Phil Mickelson leads going into the final round after firing a one under 69. He is tied with Kenneth Ferrie who bogeyed the 18th to shoot a one over 71. Geoff Ogilvy made two straight bogeys on the back, finishing with a two over 72 that left him one shot out of the lead. Steve Stricker lead through much of the front nine but ended up firing a six over 76 putting him one shot out of the lead. Pádraig Harrington needed a birdie to catch Mickelson on the 18th hole but made triple bogey. He barely made contact out of the deep rough, moving the ball 15 yards into the fairway. Once he got out of a greenside bunker, he three-putted for a triple bogey that sent him to a disappointing four over 74.
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Kenneth Ferrie | England | 71-70-71=212 | +2 |
| Phil Mickelson | United States | 70-73-69=212 | ||
| 3 | Geoff Ogilvy | Australia | 71-70-72=213 | +3 |
| T4 | Colin Montgomerie | Scotland | 69-71-75=215 | +5 |
| Ian Poulter | England | 74-71-70=215 | ||
| Vijay Singh | Fiji | 71-74-70=215 | ||
| Steve Stricker | United States | 70-69-76=215 | ||
| T8 | Jim Furyk | United States | 70-72-74=216 | +6 |
| Pádraig Harrington | Ireland | 73-69-74=216 | ||
| Mike Weir | Canada | 71-74-71=216 |
In one of the most exciting final rounds in U.S. Open history Geoff Ogilvy survived a brutal final day winning his first major championship. Ogilvy led by two strokes in the middle of the round, only to give away his lead with four bogeys in seven holes. But Ogilvy finished his round with a champion's flourish, making improbable pars on each of the last two holes. He holed a 30-foot chip shot at the 17th, and then got up-and-down for par at the 18th, dropping a downhill six-footer for his final stroke as all his competitors collapsed around him. Phil Mickelson and Colin Montgomerie needed pars on the final hole to win, or bogeys to tie with Ogilvy, but they ruined their chances by producing double-bogey sixes to give Ogilvy a dramatic win. He became the first Australian to win a major since Steve Elkington in the 1995 PGA Championship.
Montgomerie holed a 75-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole for a share of the lead and was in the middle of the 18th fairway, 172 yards from the hole, in prime position to do no worse than a playoff. After much club deliberation he missed well to the right and ended up three putting for double bogey. Mickelson entered the last hole needing par to win and bogey to force a playoff but could not finish off what would have been his third consecutive major championship victory. Mickelson's tee shot on the 18th went so far left that it clattered through the trees by a hospitality tent. He went for the green with his second shot but hit a tree, and the ball advanced just 25 yards. He ended up in the bunker on the next shot and could not get up and down to tie. Mickelson tied Sam Snead for the most second-place finishes by a player who has never won the U.S. Open, with four. Jim Furyk needed par to force a playoff but bogeyed the final hole after missing a five foot par putt. Pádraig Harrington bogeyed the final three holes and finished two strokes behind. Five different players held the lead at one point on Sunday with 15 different lead changes between them.
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geoff Ogilvy | Australia | 71-70-72-72=285 | +5 | $1,225,000 |
| T2 | Phil Mickelson | United States | 70-73-69-74=286 | +6 | $501,249 |
| Colin Montgomerie | Scotland | 69-71-75-71=286 | |||
| Jim Furyk | United States | 70-72-74-70=286 | |||
| 5 | Pádraig Harrington | Ireland | 73-69-74-71=287 | +7 | $255,642 |
| T6 | Kenneth Ferrie | England | 71-70-71-76=288 | +8 | $183,255 |
| Nick O'Hern | Australia | 75-70-74-69=288 | |||
| Vijay Singh | Fiji | 71-74-70-73=288 | |||
| Steve Stricker | United States | 70-69-76-73=288 | |||
| Jeff Sluman | United States | 74-73-72-69=288 | |||
| Mike Weir | Canada | 71-74-71-72=288 |
"I still am in shock that I did that. I just can't believe that I did that. I am such an idiot." - Phil Mickelson after double bogeying the 18th hole.
"The biggest reason why this is so disappointing is that this is a tournament that I dreamt of winning as a kid. I spent hours practicing, countless hours practicing, dreaming of winning this tournament. I came out here months in advance to get ready and had it right there in my hand, man. It was right there and I let it go." - Phil Mickelson on losing the U.S. Open.
"I think I was the beneficiary of a little bit of charity." - Geoff Ogilvy after watching from the club house as Furyk, Mickelson and Montgomerie all couldn't make par on the 18th hole.
"I'm disappointed. I played my heart out and it didn't work." - Jim Furyk after runner up finish.
"I switched from a 6 to a 7. I thought adrenaline would kick in. I usually hit the ball 10 yards further in that circumstance. I caught it slightly heavy and it went slightly right. It was a poor shot, no question about that, and I put myself into poor position." - Colin Montgomerie on club selection on final hole.
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Major Championships | Succeeded by 2006 Open Championship |
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