2012 U.S. Open (golf)

2012 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 14–17, 2012
Location San Francisco, California
Course(s) Olympic Club, Lake Course
Tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par 70
Length 7,170 yards (6,556 m)[1]
Field 156 players, 72 after cut
Cut 148 (+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)
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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]

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 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:

Changes to cuts

For 2012, the USGA changed the rule in which a number of players would make the cut after 36 holes. The top 60 players, plus those tied, would make the cut, instead of also including those within ten strokes of the leader.[8]

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.[9]

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
Ángel Cabrera (5), Michael Campbell, Jim Furyk (13,14), Lucas Glover, Retief Goosen, Graeme McDowell (13,14), Rory McIlroy (11,13,14), Geoff Ogilvy (12,13,14), Tiger Woods (7,13,14)

2. Top two finishers in the 2011 U.S. Amateur
Patrick Cantlay (a,4)

3. Winner of the 2011 British Amateur

4. Winner of the 2011 Mark H. McCormack Medal

5. Last five Masters Champions
Trevor Immelman, Phil Mickelson (12,13,14), Charl Schwartzel (11,13,14), Bubba Watson (12,13,14)

6. Last five British Open Champions
Stewart Cink, Pádraig Harrington (7), Louis Oosthuizen (11,13,14)

7. Last five PGA Champions
Keegan Bradley (12,13,14), Martin Kaymer (13,14), Y. E. Yang (11,12)

8. Last three Players Champions
K. J. Choi (12,13,14), Tim Clark, Matt Kuchar (12,13,14)

9. Winner of the 2012 BMW PGA Championship
Luke Donald (12,13,14)

10. The U.S. Senior Open Champion
Olin Browne

11. Top 10 finishers and ties in the 2011 U.S. Open
Kevin Chappell, Jason Day (12,13,14), Sergio García (13,14), Robert Garrigus, Peter Hanson (13,14), Lee Westwood (13,14)

12. All players qualifying for the 2011 edition of The Tour Championship
Aaron Baddeley (13,14), Jonathan Byrd (13,14), Jason Dufner (13,14), Bill Haas (13,14), Charles Howell III, Fredrik Jacobson (13,14), Dustin Johnson (13,14), Hunter Mahan (13,14), Chez Reavie, Justin Rose (13,14), Adam Scott (13,14), John Senden (13,14), Webb Simpson (13,14), Vijay Singh, Steve Stricker (13,14), David Toms (13,14), Bo Van Pelt (13,14), Nick Watney (13,14), Mark Wilson (13,14), Gary Woodland

13. Top 60 on the Official World Golf Ranking list as of May 21, 2012[14]
Bae Sang-moon (14), Thomas Bjørn (14), Rafael Cabrera-Bello (14), Nicolas Colsaerts (14), Ben Crane (14), Simon Dyson (14), Ernie Els (14), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (14), Rickie Fowler (14), Anders Hansen (14), Ryo Ishikawa, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Zach Johnson (14), Robert Karlsson (14), Kim Kyung-tae (14), Martin Laird (14), Francesco Molinari (14), Kevin Na (14), Carl Pettersson (14), Ian Poulter (14), Álvaro Quirós (14), Robert Rock (14), Kyle Stanley (14)

14. Top 60 on the Official World Golf Ranking list as of June 11, 2012[17]
Branden Grace, Spencer Levin

15. Special exemptions selected by the USGA
None

Sectional qualifiers[18]

Alternates

Note: Alternates are drawn from the sectional qualifiers.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To Par Finish
Graeme McDowell  Northern Ireland 2010 69 72 68 73 282 +2 T2
Jim Furyk  United States 2003 70 69 70 74 283 +3 T4
Ernie Els  South Africa 1994, 1997 75 69 68 72 284 +4 9
Retief Goosen  South Africa 2001, 2004 75 70 69 71 285 +5 T10
Tiger Woods  United States 2000, 2002, 2008 69 70 75 73 287 +7 T21
Ángel Cabrera  Argentina 2007 72 76 69 75 292 +12 T46

Missed the cut

Player Country Year won R1 R2 Total To par
Lucas Glover  United States 2009 76 73 149 +9
Geoff Ogilvy  Australia 2006 76 74 150 +10
Rory McIlroy  Northern Ireland 2011 77 73 150 +10
Michael Campbell  New Zealand 2005 79 74 153 +13

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 14, 2012

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Michael Thompson United States66–4
T2Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland69–1
Justin Rose England
David Toms United States
Nick Watney United States
Tiger Woods United States
T7Jason Bohn United States70E
Jim Furyk United States
Beau Hossler (a) United States
Robert Karlsson Sweden
Matt Kuchar United States
Park Jae-bum South Korea
Ian Poulter England
Alistair Presnell Australia

Source:[20]

Second round

Friday, June 15, 2012

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Jim Furyk United States70-69=139–1
David Toms United States69-70=139
Tiger Woods United States69-70=139
T4Nicolas Colsaerts Belgium72-69=141+1
Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland69-72=141
John Peterson United States71-70=141
Michael Thompson United States66-75=141
8Blake Adams United States72-70=142+2
T9K. J. Choi South Korea73-70=143+3
Jason Dufner United States72-71=143
Beau Hossler (a)  United States70-73=143
Fredrik Jacobson Sweden72-71=143
Raphaël Jacquelin France72-71=143
Matt Kuchar United States70-73=143
Hunter Mahan United States72-71=143
Charl Schwartzel South Africa73-70=143
Aaron Watkins United States72-71=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

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Jim Furyk United States70-69-70=209–1
Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland69-72-68=209
3Fredrik Jacobson Sweden72-71-68=211+1
T4Blake Adams United States72-70-70=212+2
Nicolas Colsaerts Belgium72-69-71=212
Ernie Els  South Africa75-69-68=212
Lee Westwood England73-72-67=212
T8Kevin Chappell United States74-71-68=213+3
Jason Dufner United States72-71-70=213
Beau Hossler (a)  United States70-73-70=213
John Peterson United States71-70-72=213
John Senden Australia72-73-68=213
Webb Simpson United States72-73-68=213

Source:[22]

Final round

Sunday, June 17, 2012

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Webb Simpson United States72-73-68-68=281+1 1,440,000
T2Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland69-72-68-73=282+2695,916
Michael Thompson United States66-75-74-67=282
T4Jason Dufner United States72-71-70-70=283+3276,841
Jim Furyk United States70-69-70-74=283
Pádraig Harrington Ireland74-70-71-68=283
John Peterson United States71-70-72-70=283
David Toms United States69-70-76-68=283
9Ernie Els South Africa75-69-68-72=284+4200,280
T10Kevin Chappell United States74-71-68-72=285+5163,594
Retief Goosen South Africa75-70-69-71=285
John Senden Australia72-73-68-72=285
Lee Westwood England73-72-67-73=285
Casey Wittenberg United States71-77-67-70=285

Source:[23][24]

Amateurs: Spieth (+7), Hossler (+9), Cantlay (+11)

Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par443444434 444343554
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 Furyk –1–1–1–1–1EEEEEEE+1+1+1+2+2+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[25]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2012 U.S. Open: Course". USGA. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
  2. ↑ McCabe, Jim (June 15, 2012). "Mickelson sneaks into weekend at U.S. Open". Golfweek. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
  3. ↑ "U.S. Open Championship: leaderboard". European Tour. June 18, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Webb Simpson beats McDowell at the Olympic Club". BBC Sport. June 18, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Webb Simpson sees off Graeme McDowell to win first major". Guardian. June 18, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
  6. ↑ "U.S. Open at Lakeside: Lake Course featured holes". The Olympic Club. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Inside Olympic Club: U.S. Open Championship course guide". European Tour. June 9, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  8. ↑ "USGA says change was publicized". ESPN. Associated Press. June 14, 2012. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Entry Form, 112th U.S. Open Championship" (PDF). United States Golf Association. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  10. ↑ Garrity, John; Stricklin, Art (April 23, 2012). "Pro Move: U.S. Amateur champ Kelly Kraft had a blast at the Masters, but he gave up exemptions to the U.S. and British Opens to make a run at a Tour card, a tactic that could become common". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  11. ↑ Ching, David (April 2, 2012). "Ready for the Masters". ESPN. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Clarke out of U.S. Open due to nagging groin injury". PGA Tour. Associated Press. May 28, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Harig, Bob (June 11, 2012). "Jordan Spieth in U.S. Open". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  14. ↑ "Official World Golf Ranking – Week 20, 2012". May 20, 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  15. ↑ "1999 British Open champ Lawrie decides to skip U.S. Open". USA Today. Associated Press. May 2, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Amateur Zhang replaces Casey in field". PGA Tour. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  17. ↑ "Official World Golf Ranking – Week 23, 2012". June 10, 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  18. ↑ "Sectional Qualifying for the 2012 U.S. Open Championship". USGA. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  19. ↑ "US Open - Levin and Grace earn US Open spots". Yahoo (UK) Sport. May 11, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
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  21. ↑ "Tiger Woods shares US Open lead at the Olympic Club". BBC Sport. June 16, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
  22. ↑ "US Open 2012: round three – as it happened". Guardian. June 17, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
  23. ↑ "US Open 2012: final round – as it happened". Guardian. June 18, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
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  25. ↑ "2012 U.S. Open Leaderboard - Round 4". USGA. June 17, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2013.

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Preceded by
2012 Masters		 Major Championships Succeeded by
2012 Open Championship

Coordinates: 37°42′32″N 122°29′42″W / 37.709°N 122.495°W