2005 U.S. Open (golf)

2005 U.S. Open

Tournament information
Dates	June 16–19, 2005
Location	Pinehurst, North Carolina
Course(s)	Pinehurst Resort, Course No. 2
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,214 yards (6,596 m)
Field	156 players, 83 after cut
Cut	148 (+8)
Prize fund	$6,250,000 €5,153,803
Winner's share	$1,170,000 €964,792[1]
Champion
Michael Campbell
280 (E)
«2004 2006»

The 2005 United States Open Championship was the 105th U.S. Open, held June 16–19 at Pinehurst Resort Course No. 2 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.

Michael Campbell won his only major title when third-round leader and two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen collapsed on the final day.^[2] It was the second of three U.S. Opens at the course, which first hosted in 1999, when Payne Stewart won his second U.S. Open four months before his death in an aviation accident. Six years was the shortest gap between U.S. Opens at the same site since 1946. The total purse was $6.25 million with a winner's share of $1.17 million.^[3]

History of U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2

It was only the second U.S. Open at Pinehurst, because of past concerns of high temperatures and its distance from a major populated area. At the first in 1999, Payne Stewart won his second U.S. Open (and third major) in one of the most remarkable U.S. Open victories ever. He trailed playing partner Phil Mickelson by one stroke as they played the 16th hole, where he made an amazing 25-foot (8 m) putt for par while Mickelson missed his from 7 feet (2 m). Stewart birdied 17 to take the lead and holed a 15-foot (5 m) par putt on 18 in one of the most dramatic finishes ever. After helping the U.S. regain the Ryder Cup in late September, he died in a plane crash a month later at age 42. Stewart was honored at the 2005 edition with a silhouette of his 1999 victory pose on the flag of the 18th green, also captured in a bronze statue overlooking the 18th green.^[4]

Following a restoration by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw,^[5][6] the U.S. Open returned for a third time in 2014.

Course layout

Course No. 2

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	401	469	336	565	472	220	404	467	175	3,509	607	476	449	378	468	203	492	190	442	3,705	7,214
Par	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	35	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	35	70

Source:^[7][8]

Field

1. Last 10 U.S. Open Champions
Ernie Els (4,9,10,16), Jim Furyk (16), Retief Goosen (9,10,13,16), Lee Janzen, Steve Jones, Corey Pavin, Tiger Woods (3,4,5,9,16)

2. Top two finishers in the 2004 U.S. Amateur
Luke List (a), Ryan Moore (a)

3. Last five Masters Champions
Phil Mickelson (9,16), Mike Weir (9,16)

4. Last five British Open Champions
Ben Curtis, David Duval, Todd Hamilton (9,16)

5. Last five PGA Champions
Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel, Vijay Singh (9,16), David Toms (9,16)

6. The Players Champion
Fred Funk (9,16)

7. The U.S. Senior Open Champion
Peter Jacobsen

8. Top 15 finishers and ties in the 2004 U.S. Open
Robert Allenby, Stephen Ames (9,16), Tim Clark (16), Chris DiMarco (9,16), Steve Flesch (9), Jay Haas (9,16), Tim Herron (16), Spencer Levin, Jeff Maggert, Shigeki Maruyama (9,16)

9. Top 30 leaders on the 2004 PGA Tour official money list
Stuart Appleby (16), Chad Campbell (16), K. J. Choi (16), Stewart Cink (16), Darren Clarke (10,16), John Daly (16), Carlos Franco, Sergio García (10,16), Mark Hensby (16), Zach Johnson (16), Jerry Kelly (16), Davis Love III (16), Kenny Perry (16), Rory Sabbatini (16), Adam Scott (16), Scott Verplank (16)

10. Top 15 on the 2004 European Tour Order of Merit
Ángel Cabrera (13,16), Paul Casey, Stephen Gallacher, Pádraig Harrington (16), David Howell (16), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (16), Thomas Levet, Graeme McDowell (16), Nick O'Hern (16), Ian Poulter (16), Lee Westwood (16)

11. Top 10 on the PGA Tour official money list, as of May 30
Luke Donald (16), Justin Leonard (16)

12. Winners of multiple PGA Tour events from April 28, 2004 through the 2005 Memorial Tournament
Bart Bryant

13. Top 2 from the 2005 European Tour Order of Merit, as of May 30

14. Top 2 on the 2004 Japan Golf Tour, provided they are within the top 75 point leaders of the Official World Golf Rankings at that time
Shingo Katayama, Toru Taniguchi

15. Top 2 on the 2004 PGA Tour of Australasia, provided they are within the top 75 point leaders of the Official World Golf Rankings at that time
Richard Green

16. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings list, as of May 30
Thomas Bjørn, Fred Couples, Charles Howell III, Tom Lehman, Peter Lonard, Paul McGinley, Colin Montgomerie, Rod Pampling, Craig Parry

17. Special exemptions selected by the USGA
Nick Price

Sectional qualifiers

• Japan: Steven Conran, Keiichiro Fukabori, Yang Yong-eun
• Europe: Michael Campbell, Nick Dougherty, Simon Dyson, Peter Hanson, Peter Hedblom, Robert Karlsson, Søren Kjeldsen, José-Filipe Lima, Jonathan Lomas
• USA: Stephen Allan, Michael Allen, Tommy Armour III, Eric Axley, Craig Barlow, Olin Browne, John Cook, James Driscoll, Steve Elkington, Bob Estes, Robert Gamez, Bill Glasson, J. P. Hayes, David Hearn, J. J. Henry, Ryuji Imada, Brandt Jobe, Matt Kuchar, Trip Kuehne (a), Bernhard Langer, Franklin Langham, Ian Leggatt, J. L. Lewis, Frank Lickliter, Steve Lowery, Len Mattiace, Scott McCarron, Rocco Mediate, Chris Nallen, Arron Oberholser, Joe Ogilvie, Geoff Ogilvy, Tom Pernice, Jr., Carl Pettersson, Ted Purdy, Rob Rashell, John Rollins, Jerry Smith, Bob Tway, Euan Walter, Casey Wittenberg

Local and sectional qualifiers

• Aaron Barber, Jim Benepe, D. J. Brigman, Derek Brown, Paul Claxton, Wil Collins, Patrick Damron, David Denham (a), Matt Every (a), Scott Gibson, Nick Gilliam, Jason Gore, Clint Jensen, Nick Jones, Troy Kelly, John Mallinger, Josh McCumber, Eric Meichtry, John Merrick, David Oh, Scott Parel, Michael Putnam (a), Lee Rinker, Michael Ruiz, Brandt Snedeker, Pierre-Henri Soero (a), Sal Spallone, Omar Uresti, Lee Williams (a), Kyle Willmann

Past champions in the field

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Tiger Woods	United States	2000, 2002	70	71	72	69	282	+2	2
Corey Pavin	United States	1995	73	72	70	73	288	+8	T11
Retief Goosen	South Africa	2001, 2004	68	70	69	81	288	+8	T11
Ernie Els	South Africa	1994, 1997	71	76	72	70	289	+9	T15
Jim Furyk	United States	2003	71	70	75	75	291	+11	T28
Lee Janzen	United States	1993, 1998	74	74	74	74	296	+16	T57
Steve Jones	United States	1996	69	74	74	79	296	+16	T57

All seven former champions in the field made the cut.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 16, 2005

Qualifiers Olin Browne and Rocco Mediate stole the first round lead at Pinehurst No. 2. While Masters champion Tiger Woods battled to an even-par 70 and two time winner Ernie Els ground out a 71. Retief Goosen launched his title defense with a three-birdie 68 for a three-way tie for third, 2004 Masters winner Phil Mickelson returned a 69 after holing a 20-foot birdie putt at the last and world number two Vijay Singh opened with a 70.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Olin Browne	United States	67	−3
	Rocco Mediate	United States
T3	Retief Goosen	South Africa	68	−2
	Brandt Jobe	United States
	Lee Westwood	England
T6	K.J. Choi	South Korea	69	−1
	Luke Donald	England
	Steve Jones	United States
	Phil Mickelson	United States
T10	Tommy Armour III	United States	70	E
	Bob Estes	United States
	Adam Scott	Australia
	Vijay Singh	Fiji
	Toru Taniguchi	Japan
	David Toms	United States
	Tiger Woods	United States

Second round

Friday, June 17, 2005

Two-time champion Retief Goosen shared the lead in the U.S. Open second round after most of the field struggled on Friday. Trailing by one at the start of the day, the South African carded an even-par 70 to finish on two-under 138, level with overnight leader Olin Browne and unheralded Jason Gore. Gore, who missed the cut in his only previous U.S. Open appearance in 1998, vaulted up the leaderboard late in the day with a five-birdie 67. South Korea's K. J. Choi (70) and Australian Mark Hensby (68) were tied for fourth at one under. World number two Vijay Singh was a further shot back in a four-way share of sixth after a second successive 70, alongside Spaniard Sergio García and New Zealand's Michael Campbell, who fired matching 69s, and England's Lee Westwood, after a 72. Of the other big names, Tiger Woods was one over after a 71, while Phil Mickelson (77) and Ernie Els (76) just made the halfway cut which fell at eight-over 148. Nine players finished under par after the opening round but only five were still in red figures after day two.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Olin Browne	United States	67-71=138	−2
	Retief Goosen	South Africa	68-70=138
	Jason Gore	United States	71-67=138
T4	K. J. Choi	South Korea	69-70=139	−1
	Mark Hensby	Australia	71-68=139
T6	Michael Campbell	New Zealand	71-69=140	E
	Sergio García	Spain	71-69=140
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	70-70=140
	Lee Westwood	England	68-72=140
T10	Stephen Allan	Australia	72-69-141	+1
	Keiichiro Fukabori	Japan	74-67=141
	Jim Furyk	United States	71-70=141
	Brandt Jobe	United States	68-73=141
	Rocco Mediate	United States	67-74=141
	Adam Scott	Australia	70-71=141
	Tiger Woods	United States	70-71=141

Amateurs: Every (+8), Moore (+8), Kuehne (+10), List (+13), Denham (+14), Putnam (+15), Williams (+18), Soero (+20).

Third round

Saturday, June 18, 2005

Retief Goosen took a three-shot lead after the U.S. Open third round on Saturday. The world number five recovered from a double-bogey six at the 13th with three birdies in the last five holes to card a one-under-par 69. Goosen finished at three-under-par, the only man to end the day in red figures. Tied for second at even par 210 were Goosen's playing partner Olin Browne and Jason Gore, both carding 72s. Michael Campbell, another qualifier, registered a 71 to share fourth place at one-over 211 with Mark Hensby (72). David Toms, the 2001 PGA champion, was a further shot back after a 70 while Tiger Woods recorded a 72 to finish in a four-way tie for seventh at three over.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Retief Goosen	South Africa	68-70-69=207	−3
T2	Olin Browne	United States	67-71-72=210	E
	Jason Gore	United States	71-67-72=210
T4	Michael Campbell	New Zealand	71-69-71=211	+1
	Mark Hensby	Australia	71-68-72=211
6	David Toms	United States	70-72-70=212	+2
T7	K. J. Choi	South Korea	69-70-74=213	+3
	Peter Hedblom	Sweden	77-66-70=213
	Lee Westwood	England	68-72-73=213
	Tiger Woods	United States	70-71-72=213

Final round

Sunday, June 19, 2005

Michael Campbell held off a charging Tiger Woods to clinch his only major title by two shots on Sunday. The 36-year-old Campbell, four off the pace overnight, collected four birdies and three bogeys to close with a one-under-par 69, the best of the day. Woods, who had been chasing his 10th career major, rallied from a bogey-bogey start and reeled off four birdies in the last nine holes to secure second place with a matching 69. He missed an eight-footer (2.5 m) for par on 16 and three-putted for bogey on 17. Sergio García and South Africa's Tim Clark both carded 70 to tie for third at five over, level with Mark Hensby who registered a 74. Retief Goosen, three strokes clear overnight, threw away his chance of a third U.S. Open title by dropping six shots in the first nine holes. Five more bogeys after the turn led to a dismal 81 (+11) and a share of 11th place at eight-over 288. Jason Gore ballooned to a 14-over 84 to tie for 49th while Olin Browne returned an 80 for a share of 23rd. David Toms shot a 77 to finish tied for 15th. Ernie Els fired his lowest score of the week, a level-par 70 earning him a share of 15th at nine-over 289 while Phil Mickelson returned a 74 to finish at 12 over in a tie for 33rd.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Michael Campbell	New Zealand	71-69-71-69=280	E	1,170,000
2	Tiger Woods	United States	70-71-72-69=282	+2	700,000
T3	Tim Clark	South Africa	76-69-70-70=285	+5	320,039
	Sergio García	Spain	71-69-75-70=285
	Mark Hensby	Australia	71-68-72-74=285
T6	Davis Love III	United States	77-70-70-69=286	+6	187,813
	Rocco Mediate	United States	67-74-74-71=286
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	70-70-74-72=286
T9	Arron Oberholser	United States	76-67-71-73=287	+7	150,834
	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	72-71-72-72=287

Amateurs: Matt Every (+11), Ryan Moore (+16)^[9]

Scorecard

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	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4
Campbell	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	−1	E
Woods	+4	+5	+5	+4	+4	+4	+3	+3	+4	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+2	+3	+2
Clark	+5	+6	+6	+5	+5	+5	+5	+6	+5	+5	+5	+4	+4	+4	+5	+4	+5	+5
García	+5	+5	+5	+6	+6	+7	+6	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+6	+5	+5	+5
Hensby	+1	+2	+2	+1	+2	+2	+3	+3	+4	+4	+3	+4	+4	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5
Goosen	−3	−1	E	E	+1	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+4	+5	+6	+7	+8	+8	+8
Browne	+1	+2	+2	+3	+4	+5	+5	+5	+6	+7	+7	+7	+8	+8	+8	+10	+10	+10
Gore	E	+1	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2	+3	+5	+6	+6	+9	+9	+10	+11	+12	+12	+14

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[9][10]

Quotes

"I was telling myself 20 times a hole, 'keep your focus'" – Michael Campbell

"If I had putted normally, I would be looking a lot better right now" – Tiger Woods

"I figured if I could just get to even par I might be able to get into a playoff. Unfortunately, I made those two bogeys on 16 and 17 and that kind of put me out of that equation." – Tiger Woods

"It's completely changed my whole career. I can't believe I'm holding this trophy." – Michael Campbell

"I almost gave up golf in 1998. I had had injuries, I had lost my card. I had nowhere to play but invitations came in and it got me started again. I've won 10 times since '99." – Michael Campbell

"So I had a three-shot lead going to the last and I thought to myself: 'just keep your focus, keep your focus'. And it worked." – Michael Campbell

"I got off to a bad start and from there on it pretty much went downhill the whole way," – Retief Goosen

"I played rubbish at the end of the day. There is nothing else to say." – Retief Goosen

References

External links

• 2005 U.S. Open
• USOpen.com – 2005

Preceded by 2005 Masters	Major Championships	Succeeded by 2005 Open Championship

Coordinates: 35°11′22″N 79°28′04″W / 35.1895°N 79.4678°W / 35.1895; -79.4678