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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
Organized by USGA
Tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par 70
Length 7,170 yards (6,556 m)
Field 156 players, 72 after cut
Cut 148 (+8)
Prize fund $8,000,000
€6,433,972
Winner's share $1,440,000
€1,158,115
Champion
Webb Simpson
281 (+1)
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Venue

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 520 428 247 438 498 489 288 200 449 3,557 424 430 451 199 419 154 670 522 344 3,613 7,170
Par 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 34 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 5 4 36 70

Field

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

Nationalities in the field

North America (88) South America (1) Europe (36) Oceania (11) Asia (12) Africa (8)
Canada (1) Argentina (1) England (9) Australia (9) China (1) South Africa (8)
United States (87)   Northern Ireland (2) Fiji (1) Japan (4)  
  Scotland (2) New Zealand (1) South Korea (7)
Ireland (2)    
Belgium (1)
Denmark (3)
Finland (1)
France (2)
Germany (2)
Italy (2)
Spain (5)
Sweden (5)

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Michael Thompson United States 66 −4
T2 Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland 69 −1
Justin Rose England
David Toms United States
Nick Watney United States
Tiger Woods United States
T7 Jason Bohn United States 70 E
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

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Jim Furyk United States 70-69=139 −1
David Toms United States 69-70=139
Tiger Woods United States 69-70=139
T4 Nicolas Colsaerts Belgium 72-69=141 +1
Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland 69-72=141
John Peterson United States 71-70=141
Michael Thompson United States 66-75=141
8 Blake Adams United States 72-70=142 +2
T9 K. J. Choi South Korea 73-70=143 +3
Jason Dufner United States 72-71=143
Beau Hossler (a) United States 70-73=143
Freddie Jacobson Sweden 72-71=143
Raphaël Jacquelin France 72-71=143
Matt Kuchar United States 70-73=143
Hunter Mahan United States 72-71=143
Charl Schwartzel South Africa 73-70=143
Aaron Watkins United States 72-71=143

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Jim Furyk United States 70-69-70=209 −1
Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland 69-72-68=209
3 Freddie Jacobson Sweden 72-71-68=211 +1
T4 Blake Adams United States 72-70-70=212 +2
Nicolas Colsaerts Belgium 72-69-71=212
Ernie Els South Africa 75-69-68=212
Lee Westwood England 73-72-67=212
T8 Kevin Chappell United States 74-71-68=213 +3
Jason Dufner United States 72-71-70=213
Beau Hossler (a) United States 70-73-70=213
John Peterson United States 71-70-72=213
John Senden Australia 72-73-68=213
Webb Simpson United States 72-73-68=213

Final round

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Webb Simpson United States 72-73-68-68=281 +1 1,440,000
T2 Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland 69-72-68-73=282 +2 695,916
Michael Thompson United States 66-75-74-67=282
T4 Jason Dufner United States 72-71-70-70=283 +3 276,841
Jim Furyk United States 70-69-70-74=283
Pádraig Harrington Ireland 74-70-71-68=283
John Peterson United States 71-70-72-70=283
David Toms United States 69-70-76-68=283
9 Ernie Els South Africa 75-69-68-72=284 +4 200,280
T10 Kevin Chappell United States 74-71-68-72=285 +5 163,594
Retief Goosen South Africa 75-70-69-71=285
John Senden Australia 72-73-68-72=285
Lee Westwood England 73-72-67-73=285
Casey Wittenberg United States 71-77-67-70=285

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 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 5 4
Simpson +3 +4 +4 +4 +5 +4 +3 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1
McDowell −1 −1 E E +1 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +2 +1 +2 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2
Thompson +5 +5 +5 +5 +4 +4 +3 +3 +4 +4 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2
Dufner +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +3 +3
Furyk −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E E E E E E E +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +3
Harrington +5 +6 +6 +6 +6 +7 +6 +5 +4 +4 +4 +4 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +3
Peterson +4 +4 +3 +4 +4 +4 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +4 +3 +3
Toms +5 +5 +5 +5 +6 +6 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +3 +3
Els +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +1 +2 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +4
Jacobson +1 +2 +2 +2 +3 +4 +3 +3 +4 +5 +5 +5 +5 +6 +5 +6 +6 +6
  Eagle   Birdie   Bogey   Double bogey
James Harrington