| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | June 13–16, 2019 |
| Location | Pebble Beach, California 36°34′05″N121°57′00″W / 36.568°N 121.950°W /36.568; -121.950 |
| Course | Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| Organized by | USGA |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,075 yards (6,469 m) |
| Field | 156, 79 after cut |
| Cut | 144 (+2) |
| Prize fund | $12,500,000[1] |
| Winner's share | $2,250,000 |
| Champion | |
| 271 (−13) | |
| Location map | |
The2019 United States Open Championship was the 119thU.S. Open, played fromJune 13–16 atPebble Beach Golf Links inPebble Beach, California. It was the seventhmajor and sixth U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, which last hosted U.S. Opens in2000 and2010, won byTiger Woods andGraeme McDowell, respectively.[2]
Gary Woodland won his firstmajor title by three strokes overworld number oneBrooks Koepka.Ranked 25th coming into the tournament, and having never finished in the top 20 in theU.S. Open previously, he was generally seen as a surprise victor. Koepka had won four of the last nine majors, and was attempting to become the first player to win three straight U.S. Opens since 1905.[3]
Woodland shot 68 in the first round, and 65 in the second, to lead by two strokes after 36 holes. He shot 69 in the third round, to have a single-stroke lead overJustin Rose going into the final day. After shooting a 69 in the final round, he converted a 54-hole lead into a victory for the first time in eight attempts in stroke-play events. His 72-hole winning score, a 13-under-par 271, was the lowest relative to par since2011 and included a stretch of 34 holes without a bogey. Woodland led the field inscrambling, having begun the week ranked 169th in that category.[3]
The previous winner of theU.S. Open at Pebble Beach,Graeme McDowell, finished tied for 16th with a 3-under-par 281.Tiger Woods was tied 58th after the first round, and began his final round by bogeying four of his first six holes, but rallied on the back nine to finish tied for 21st with a 2-under-par 282.Justin Rose entered the final round one shot back of Woodland but made three bogeys on his final seven holes to finish tied for 3rd. On his 49th birthday, six-time U.S. Open runner-up,Phil Mickelson finished with a 4-over-par 288, having won theAT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am earlier in the year at Pebble Beach.[3]
79 players made the cut, including four amateurs. The leading amateur was NorwegianViktor Hovland, who had qualified by winning the 2018U.S. Amateur, which was also held at Pebble Beach. He finished tied for 12th at 4-under-par, to become first low amateur at theMasters and U.S. Open in the same season sinceMatt Kuchar in 1998.[3]
The U.S. Open traditionally has a winning score around par, but a joint record 31 players finished under par for the tournament. This was partly attributed by the media to the soft conditions resulting from amarine layer, and relatively low wind speeds for alinks-style course.[4]
Pebble Beach hosted theAT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February of the same year. The changes made to the course since that event include reducing par from 72 to 71, cutting the greens from .125" to .110", and growing the rough from 2" to between 3-5".[3]
| Hole | Yards | Par | Hole | Yards | Par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 380 | 4 | 10 | 495 | 4 | |
| 2 | 516 | 4 | 11 | 390 | 4 | |
| 3 | 404 | 4 | 12 | 202 | 3 | |
| 4 | 331 | 4 | 13 | 445 | 4 | |
| 5 | 195 | 3 | 14 | 580 | 5 | |
| 6 | 523 | 5 | 15 | 397 | 4 | |
| 7 | 109 | 3 | 16 | 403 | 4 | |
| 8 | 428 | 4 | 17 | 208 | 3 | |
| 9 | 526 | 4 | 18 | 543 | 5 | |
| Out | 3,412 | 35 | In | 3,663 | 36 | |
| Source: | Total | 7,075 | 71 | |||
Previous course lengths for major championships
| Round | Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 71 | |
| 1 | Yards | 381 | 502 | 412 | 334 | 188 | 518 | 108 | 433 | 502 | 3,378 | 493 | 387 | 202 | 447 | 592 | 399 | 402 | 218 | 552 | 3,692 | 7,070 |
| 2 | Yards | 382 | 516 | 394 | 334 | 186 | 529 | 116 | 432 | 526 | 3,415 | 497 | 389 | 185 | 452 | 583 | 399 | 407 | 210 | 535 | 3,657 | 7,072 |
| 3 | Yards | 376 | 515 | 410 | 315 | 184 | 524 | 98 | 428 | 525 | 3,375 | 499 | 388 | 209 | 440 | 589 | 399 | 395 | 203 | 544 | 3,666 | 7,041 |
| 4 | Yards | 386 | 523 | 407 | 324 | 204 | 520 | 102 | 433 | 533 | 3,432 | 492 | 390 | 198 | 448 | 582 | 394 | 409 | 220 | 539 | 3,672 | 7,104 |
Source:[5]
About half the field consisted of players who are exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open.[6] Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, and other categories are shown in parentheses.
Lucas Glover,Dustin Johnson (9,11,12,13,14),Martin Kaymer,Brooks Koepka (7,9,11,12,13,14),Graeme McDowell,Rory McIlroy (6,7,8,9,12,13,14),Justin Rose (11,12,13,14),Webb Simpson (8,11,12,13,14),Jordan Spieth (5,6,13,14)
Devon Bling (a),Viktor Hovland (a),Kevin O'Connell (a),Michael Thorbjornsen (a)
Jovan Rebula (a)
Sergio García (13,14),Patrick Reed (11,12,13,14),Danny Willett,Tiger Woods (9,12,13,14)
Zach Johnson,Francesco Molinari (9,12,13,14),Henrik Stenson (11,13,14)
Jason Day (12,13,14),Justin Thomas (12,13,14),Jimmy Walker
Kim Si-woo (13,14)
Bryson DeChambeau (12,13,14),Matt Kuchar (13,14),Kevin Na (12,13,14),Xander Schauffele (11,12,13,14)
Daniel Berger,Tony Finau (12,13,14),Tommy Fleetwood (12,13,14),Tyrrell Hatton (13,14)
Keegan Bradley (13,14),Patrick Cantlay (13,14),Paul Casey (13,14),Rickie Fowler (13,14),Billy Horschel (13,14),Patton Kizzire,Marc Leishman (13,14),Hideki Matsuyama (13,14),Phil Mickelson (13,14),Jon Rahm (13,14),Cameron Smith (13,14),Kyle Stanley (13,14),Bubba Watson (13,14),Aaron Wise,Gary Woodland (13,14)
An Byeong-hun (14),Abraham Ancer,Kiradech Aphibarnrat (14),Lucas Bjerregaard (14),Rafa Cabrera-Bello (14),Matt Fitzpatrick (14),Jim Furyk (14),Branden Grace (14),Justin Harding (14),J. B. Holmes (14),Charles Howell III (14),Kevin Kisner (14),Li Haotong (14),Luke List,Shane Lowry (14),Keith Mitchell (14),Alex Norén (14),Thorbjørn Olesen (14),Louis Oosthuizen (14),Pan Cheng-tsung (14),Ian Poulter (14),Chez Reavie,Adam Scott (14),Brandt Snedeker (14),Matt Wallace (14)
Emiliano Grillo,Scott Piercy,Andrew Putnam
The remaining contestants earned their places through sectional qualifiers. Each site hasn spots allocated amongstm players denoted(n/m).
(a) denotes amateur
(L) denotes player advanced through local qualifying
Alternates who gained entry:
Thursday, June 13, 2019
2013 championJustin Rose birdied his final three holes to shoot 65 (−6), equaling the record for lowest round shot in a U.S. Open at Pebble Beach,[10] and taking a one-shot lead.Xander Schauffele eagled the 18th hole to joinRickie Fowler,Louis Oosthuizen andAaron Wise in a tie for second.[11] Two-time defending championBrooks Koepka birdied four of his first six holes before falling back to two-under and a tie for 16th. Seventeen eagles were made during the round, a new U.S. Open record.[12][13]
Friday, June 14, 2019
Gary Woodland holed a 50-foot birdie putt on the 9th hole, the last of his round, to post a bogey-free round of 65 (−6) and take a two-shot lead. His 36-hole score of nine-under tiesGil Morgan in1992 for lowest in a U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. First-round leaderJustin Rose was in second place after a round of 70 (−1).Louis Oosthuizen was tied for the lead but had just one par on his back-nine, making four birdies and four bogeys to finish three shots behind.Rory McIlroy got to within a shot of the lead before a bogey at the 13th and double bogey at the par-5 14th, falling into a tie for fourth place and four behind.Brooks Koepka became the first defending champion since1988 to begin his title defense with two sub-70 rounds and was part of a group tied for sixth, five behind.[15][16]
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 68-65=133 | −9 | |
| 2 | 65-70=135 | −7 | |
| 3 | 66-70=136 | −6 | |
| T4 | 68-69=137 | −5 | |
| 66-71=137 | |||
| T6 | 68-70=138 | −4 | |
| 69-69=138 | |||
| 69-69=138 | |||
| 68-70=138 | |||
| 70-68=138 |
Amateurs:Wu (−2),Eaton (E),Hovland (E),Thorbjornsen (+2),Tibbits (+3),Rebula (+4),Eckroat (+5),Yu (+5),Hagestad (+7),Hillier (+7),O'Connell (+8),Parziale (+9),Young (+9),Norton (+13),Bling (+20)
Saturday, June 15, 2019
Gary Woodland, the 36-hole leader, was two-under par through 11 holes before finding trouble on the par-3 12th, hitting his tee shot into the rough. Still, off the green after his second shot, he made a 33-foot chip shot to save par. At the par-5 14th, his fourth shot almost rolled back down off the green but managed to stop just short. He then made a 42-foot putt to save par yet again. He parred the last four holes to shoot 69 (−2) and take a one-shot lead into the final round.Justin Rose got up-and-down from a greenside bunker for birdie at the par-5 18th to get to 10-under, a shot behind Woodland.[17]
Louis Oosthuizen birdied three holes in a row from the 15th to the 17th to get into a tie for third withChez Reavie and two-time defending championBrooks Koepka, four shots behind. Koepka didn't make a bogey in a round of 68 (−3).[18]
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 68-65-69=202 | −11 | |
| 2 | 65-70-68=203 | −10 | |
| T3 | 69-69-68=206 | −7 | |
| 66-70-70=206 | |||
| 68-70-68=206 | |||
| 6 | 68-69-70=207 | −6 | |
| T7 | 68-70-70=208 | −5 | |
| 69-69-70=208 | |||
| T9 | 69-70-70=209 | −4 | |
| 69-70-70=209 | |||
| 68-71-70=209 | |||
| 70-68-71=209 | |||
| 71-71-67=209 |
Amateurs:Wu (−2),Hovland (E),Eaton (+2),Thorbjornsen (+15)
Sunday, June 16, 2019
Gary Woodland, who came into the final round with a one-shot lead, birdied two of his first three holes and, despite a bogey at the 9th, still led by two making the turn.Brooks Koepka was four-under through five holes but failed to birdie the par-5 6th from a greenside bunker and missed a six-foot putt for birdie at the 7th to trail by two going to the back-nine. At the par-5 14th hole, Woodland went for the green from 264 yards out, his 3-wood just clearing the bunker in front of the green and settling on the hill to the left of the green where he was able to make birdie. Koepka, meanwhile, failed to birdie the same hole after driving into the rough and hitting his third shot onto the same hill.[19]
Still leading by two heading to the par-3 17th, Woodland's tee shot finished on the fringe, 90 feet away from the hole. Forced to chip because of the mound dividing the green, he got his second shot to within 3 feet to save par. Koepka's approach at the par-5 18th went over the green where he failed to get up-and-down for birdie, missing a 9-foot putt to finish at 10-under. Now needing only a bogey at the last to win, Woodland hit an iron off the tee and laid up with his second shot. His third found the green 30 feet to the right of the flag, and he made the putt to shoot a final-round 69 (−2) and finish three shots ahead of Koepka at 13-under.[20][21]
Justin Rose, one back at the start of the round, played his final 11 holes in 4-over and fell back to a tie for third place withJon Rahm,Chez Reavie, andXander Schauffele. AmateurViktor Hovland finished at 4-under 280, breakingJack Nicklaus's record for lowest score by an amateur in the U.S. Open; he finished tied for 12th, which was the best by an amateur sinceJim Simons tied for 5th in1971.[22]
| Champion |
| Silver Cup winner (leading amateur) |
| (a) = amateur |
| (c) = past champion |
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 68-65-69-69=271 | −13 | 2,250,000 | |
| 2 | 69-69-68-68=274 | −10 | 1,350,000 | |
| T3 | 69-70-70-68=277 | −7 | 581,872 | |
| 68-70-68-71=277 | ||||
| 65-70-68-74=277 | ||||
| 66-73-71-67=277 | ||||
| T7 | 66-70-70-72=278 | −6 | 367,387 | |
| 70-69-71-68=278 | ||||
| T9 | 68-70-70-71=279 | −5 | 288,715 | |
| 68-69-70-72=279 | ||||
| 68-71-70-70=279 |
| Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |
| T12 | 69-71-72-68=280 | −4 | 226,609 | ||
| 69-73-71-67=280 | 0 | ||||
| 70-68-71-71=280 | 226,609 | ||||
| 71-71-67-71=280 | |||||
| T16 | 70-72-68-71=281 | −3 | 172,455 | ||
| 69-69-70-73=281 | |||||
| 69-70-70-72=281 | |||||
| 68-72-71-70=281 | |||||
| 74-68-73-66=281 | |||||
| T21 | 73-71-68-70=282 | −2 | 117,598 | ||
| 70-72-73-67=282 | |||||
| 70-73-70-69=282 | |||||
| 70-74-69-69=282 | |||||
| 69-73-70-70=282 | |||||
| 75-69-70-68=282 | |||||
| 70-72-71-69=282 | |||||
| T28 | 73-67-72-71=283 | −1 | 86,071 | ||
| 67-74-70-72=283 | |||||
| 75-69-70-69=283 | |||||
| 68-72-76-67=283 | |||||
| T32 | 73-70-71-70=284 | E | 72,928 | ||
| 74-70-74-66=284 | |||||
| 71-73-72-68=284 | |||||
| T35 | 69-74-73-69=285 | +1 | 57,853 | ||
| 70-71-73-71=285 | |||||
| 71-69-71-74=285 | |||||
| 69-75-71-70=285 | |||||
| 69-74-70-72=285 | |||||
| 71-73-72-69=285 | |||||
| 66-71-79-69=285 | |||||
| 71-69-71-74=285 | 0 | ||||
| T43 | 66-77-71-72=286 | +2 | 41,500 | ||
| 71-73-71-71=286 | |||||
| 73-71-73-69=286 | |||||
| 72-71-73-70=286 | |||||
| 74-70-70-72=286 | |||||
| 71-73-72-70=286 | |||||
| T49 | 74-68-69-76=287 | +3 | 31,385 | ||
| 73-70-74-70=287 | |||||
| 73-70-75-69=287 | |||||
| T52 | 69-70-75-74=288 | +4 | 27,181 | ||
| 72-70-74-72=288 | |||||
| 71-70-72-75=288 | |||||
| 72-69-75-72=288 | |||||
| 70-70-75-73=288 | |||||
| 67-72-72-77=288 | |||||
| T58 | 69-75-73-72=289 | +5 | 25,350 | ||
| 72-70-77-70=289 | |||||
| 72-70-73-74=289 | 0 | ||||
| 71-69-76-73=289 | 25,350 | ||||
| 68-74-74-73=289 | |||||
| 70-69-79-71=289 | |||||
| 72-71-75-71=289 | |||||
| T65 | 70-74-74-72=290 | +6 | 23,851 | ||
| 71-73-73-73=290 | |||||
| 72-69-73-76=290 | |||||
| 71-73-75-71=290 | |||||
| 71-73-74-72=290 | |||||
| 72-72-77-69=290 | |||||
| 71 | 78-66-71-76=291 | +7 | 22,977 | ||
| T72 | 72-70-77-73=292 | +8 | 22,353 | ||
| 73-70-73-76=292 | |||||
| 71-72-77-72=292 | |||||
| 76-68-74-74=292 | |||||
| 76 | 71-73-78-72=294 | +10 | 21,728 | ||
| 77 | 75-69-74-77=295 | +11 | 21,478 | ||
| 78 | 71-73-76-77=297 | +13 | 21,224 | ||
| 79 | 71-73-84-76=304 | +20 | 0 | ||
| CUT | 73-72=145 | +3 | |||
| 73-72=145 | |||||
| 73-72=145 | |||||
| 74-71=145 | |||||
| 73-72=145 | |||||
| 75-70=145 | |||||
| 73-72=145 | |||||
| 74-71=145 | |||||
| 76-70=146 | +4 | ||||
| 74-72=146 | |||||
| 75-71=146 | |||||
| 73-73=146 | |||||
| 74-72=146 | |||||
| 76-70=146 | |||||
| 73-73=146 | |||||
| 70-76=146 | |||||
| 72-74=146 | |||||
| 77-69=146 | |||||
| 73-73=146 | |||||
| 72-74=146 | |||||
| 72-74=146 | |||||
| 75-71=146 | |||||
| 72-75=147 | +5 | ||||
| 76-71=147 | |||||
| 75-72=147 | |||||
| 72-75=147 | |||||
| 74-73=147 | |||||
| 80-67=147 | |||||
| 75-72=147 | |||||
| 73-74=147 | |||||
| 72-75=147 | |||||
| 74-73=147 | |||||
| 75-73=148 | +6 | ||||
| 74-74=148 | |||||
| 73-75=148 | |||||
| 71-77=148 | |||||
| 73-75=148 | |||||
| 74-74=148 | |||||
| 75-74=149 | +7 | ||||
| 73-76=149 | |||||
| 71-78=149 | |||||
| 74-75=149 | |||||
| 76-73=149 | |||||
| 72-77=149 | |||||
| 75-74=149 | |||||
| 72-77=149 | |||||
| 75-74=149 | |||||
| 77-72=149 | |||||
| 72-77=149 | |||||
| 77-73=150 | +8 | ||||
| 75-75=150 | |||||
| 75-75=150 | |||||
| 76-74=150 | |||||
| 76-74=150 | |||||
| 72-78=150 | |||||
| 76-74=150 | |||||
| 75-75=150 | |||||
| 75-76=151 | +9 | ||||
| 74-77=151 | |||||
| 74-77=151 | |||||
| 75-76=151 | |||||
| 73-79=152 | +10 | ||||
| 77-75=152 | |||||
| 76-76=152 | |||||
| 73-79=152 | |||||
| 77-76=153 | +11 | ||||
| 74-79=153 | |||||
| 80-73=153 | |||||
| 80-74=154 | +12 | ||||
| 80-75=155 | +13 | ||||
| 83-72=155 | |||||
| 78-77=155 | |||||
| 80-75=155 | |||||
| 74-82=156 | +14 | ||||
| 79-79=158 | +16 | ||||
| 83-75=158 | |||||
| 82-80=162 | +20 | ||||
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
This was the fifth U.S. Open televised byFox andFS1. During Fox's primetime window in the first round, FS1 offered coverage hosted byJustin Kutcher following the group ofJustin Rose,Jordan Spieth andTiger Woods, and the group ofViktor Hovland, 2018 championBrooks Koepka, andFrancesco Molinari. Due to commitments tobaseball and the2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, there were no plans for similar coverage on FS1 during the remainder of the tournament.[23]