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2008 U.S. Open Golf

2008 U.S. Open
 
Tournament information
Dates June 12–16, 2008
Location San Diego, California
Course(s) Torrey Pines Golf Course,
South Course
Organized by USGA
Tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par 71
Length 7,643 yards (6,989 m)
Field 156 players, 80 after cut
Cut 149 (+7)
Prize fund $7,500,000
€4,766,396
Winner's share $1,350,000
€858,181
Champion
Tiger Woods
283 (−1), playoff
← 2007 2009 →

Field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Tiger Woods United States 2000, 2002 72 68 70 73 283 −1 1
Geoff Ogilvy Australia 2006 69 73 72 74 288 +4 T9
Retief Goosen South Africa 2001, 2004 76 69 77 67 289 +5 T14
Ernie Els South Africa 1994, 1997 70 72 74 73 289 +5 T14
Jim Furyk United States 2003 74 71 73 75 293 +9 T36

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Lee Janzen United States 1993, 1998 75 78 153 +11
Ángel Cabrera Argentina 2007 79 76 155 +13
Michael Campbell New Zealand 2005 78 83 161 +19

Nationalities in the field

North America (100) South America (5) Europe (29) Oceania (11) Asia (5) Africa (6)
Canada (7) Argentina (2) England (12) Australia (9) Japan (3) South Africa (6)
United States (93) Brazil (1) Northern Ireland (1) Fiji (1) Philippines (1)  
  Colombia (1) Scotland (2) New Zealand (1) South Korea (1)
El Salvador (1) Ireland (1)    
  Denmark (1)
France (1)
Germany (1)
Spain (2)
Sweden (8)

Course layout

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 448 389 195 488 453 515 461 177 612 3,738 414 221 504 614 435 478 225 441 573 3,905 7,643
Par 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 35 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 4 5 36 71

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Justin Hicks United States 68 −3
Kevin Streelman United States
T3 Stuart Appleby Australia 69 −2
Eric Axley United States
Rocco Mediate United States
Geoff Ogilvy Australia
T7 Robert Allenby Australia 70 −1
Ernie Els South Africa
Rickie Fowler (a) United States
Robert Karlsson Sweden
Lee Westwood England

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Stuart Appleby Australia 69-70=139 −3
T2 Robert Karlsson Sweden 70-70=140 −2
Rocco Mediate United States 69-71=140
Tiger Woods United States 72-68=140
T5 Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain 75-66=141 −1
Davis Love III United States 72-69=141
D. J. Trahan United States 72-69=141
Lee Westwood England 70-71=141
T9 Robert Allenby Australia 70-72=142 E
Ernie Els South Africa 70-72=142
Geoff Ogilvy Australia 69-73=142
Carl Pettersson Sweden 71-71=142

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Tiger Woods United States 72-68-70=210 −3
2 Lee Westwood England 70-71-70=211 −2
3 Rocco Mediate United States 69-71-72=212 −1
T4 Geoff Ogilvy Australia 69-73-72=214 +1
D. J. Trahan United States 72-69-73=214
T6 Robert Allenby Australia 70-72-73=215 +2
Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain 75-66-74=215
Robert Karlsson Sweden 70-70-75=215
Hunter Mahan United States 72-74-69=215
Camilo Villegas Colombia 73-71-71=215

Final round

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
T1 Tiger Woods United States 72-68-70-73=283 −1 Playoff
Rocco Mediate United States 69-71-72-71=283
3 Lee Westwood England 70-71-70-73=284 E 491,995
T4 Robert Karlsson Sweden 70-70-75-71=286 +2 307,303
D. J. Trahan United States 72-69-73-72=286
T6 Carl Pettersson Sweden 71-71-77-68=287 +3 220,686
John Merrick United States 73-72-71-71=287
Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain 75-66-74-72=287
T9 Heath Slocum United States 75-74-74-65=288 +4 160,769
Eric Axley United States 69-79-71-69=288
Brandt Snedeker United States 76-73-68-71=288
Camilo Villegas Colombia 73-71-71-73=288
Geoff Ogilvy Australia 69-73-72-74=288

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 4 5
Woods −1 E E E E E E E −1 −1 −2 −2 −1 −1 E E E −1
Mediate −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1
Westwood −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −1 −1 E +1 E E E E E
Karlsson +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +3 +3 +2 +3 +3 +2 +3 +4 +3 +2
Trahan +2 +3 +3 +4 +5 +5 +4 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +2 +3 +2
Jiménez +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +4 +4 +5 +5 +6 +5 +4 +4 +4 +3
Merrick +4 +4 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +3
Pettersson +5 +5 +5 +4 +3 +3 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +5 +5 +4 +4 +3 +3 +3
Ogilvy +1 +1 +1 +2 +1 +1 E E +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +4 +4
  Birdie   Bogey   Double bogey

Playoff

Place Player Country Score To par Sudden
death		 Money ($)
1 Tiger Woods United States 71 E 4 1,350,000
2 Rocco Mediate United States 71 E 5 810,000

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 4 5
Woods E E +1 +1 +1 E −1 E E E +1 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 E
Mediate +1 +1 E E +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +3 +3 +3 +2 +1 E E E E
Sudden-death Playoff
Woods   E  
Mediate +1
  Birdie   Bogey
Ian Waterhouse