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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | June 14–17, 2018 |
| Location | Shinnecock Hills, New York 40°53′38″N72°26′24″W / 40.894°N 72.440°W /40.894; -72.440 |
| Course(s) | Shinnecock Hills Golf Club |
| Organized by | USGA |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,440 yards (6,803 m) |
| Field | 156 players, 67 after cut |
| Cut | 148 (+8) |
| Prize fund | $12,000,000 €10,244,150 |
| Winner's share | $2,160,000 €1,843,947 |
| Champion | |
 Brooks Koepka | |
| 281 (+1) | |
| Location map | |
The2018 United States Open Championship was the 118thU.S. Open, heldJune 14–17 atShinnecock Hills Golf Club inShinnecock Hills, New York, about eighty miles (130 km) east ofNew York City onLong Island; it was the fifth time the U.S. Open was held at this course.
Defending championBrooks Koepka shot a final round 68 for 281 (+1) to win his second straight U.S. Open, one stroke ahead of runner-upTommy Fleetwood, who closed with the sixth round of 63 in U.S. Open history. Koepka was only the third to successfully defend the title sinceWorld War II, followingBen Hogan (1951) andCurtis Strange (1989).
TheUSGA changed the playoff format in February, from a full round (18 holes) to a two-hole aggregate playoff.[1] Previously, playoffs at the U.S. Open were 18 holes, followed bysudden-death, if needed. The last 18-hole playoff was in2008, won byTiger Woods on the first sudden-death hole.
| Hole | Name | Yards | Par | Hole | Name | Yards | Par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westward Ho | 399 | 4 | 10 | Eastward Ho | 415 | 4 | |
| 2 | Plateau | 252 | 3 | 11 | Hill Head | 159 | 3 | |
| 3 | Peconic | 500 | 4 | 12 | Tuckahoe | 469 | 4 | |
| 4 | Pump House | 475 | 4 | 13 | Road Side | 374 | 4 | |
| 5 | Montauk | 589 | 5 | 14 | Thom's Elbow | 519 | 4 | |
| 6 | Pond | 491 | 4 | 15 | Sebonac | 409 | 4 | |
| 7 | Redan | 189 | 3 | 16 | Shinnecock | 616 | 5 | |
| 8 | Lowlands | 439 | 4 | 17 | Eden | 175 | 3 | |
| 9 | Ben Nevis | 485 | 4 | 18 | Home | 485 | 4 | |
| Out | 3,819 | 35 | In | 3,621 | 35 | |||
| Source: | Total | 7,440 | 70 | |||||
Lengths of the course for previous 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 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 70 | |
| 1 | Yards | 407 | 252 | 510 | 478 | 592 | 452 | 184 | 439 | 487 | 3,801 | 418 | 157 | 462 | 374 | 536 | 404 | 620 | 185 | 491 | 3,647 | 7,448 |
| 2 | Yards | 411 | 234 | 499 | 476 | 583 | 492 | 184 | 448 | 482 | 3,809 | 404 | 153 | 476 | 360 | 511 | 420 | 610 | 169 | 490 | 3,593 | 7,402 |
| 3 | Yards | 409 | 239 | 495 | 481 | 591 | 486 | 166 | 448 | 486 | 3,801 | 416 | 159 | 465 | 366 | 529 | 416 | 627 | 150 | 485 | 3,613 | 7,414 |
| 4 | Yards | 399 | 264 | 495 | 471 | 597 | 494 | 180 | 435 | 478 | 3,813 | 411 | 159 | 472 | 367 | 512 | 408 | 621 | 182 | 486 | 3,618 | 7,431 |
Source:[2]
About half the field consisted of players who were exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open. Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, and other categories are shown in parentheses.[3]
1. Winners of theU.S. Open Championship during the last ten years
2. Winner and runner-up of the 2017U.S. Amateur, winner of the 2017U.S. Junior Amateur and 2017U.S. Mid-Amateur
3. Winner of the 2017Amateur Championship
4. Winner of the 2017Mark H. McCormack Medal (men'sWorld Amateur Golf Ranking)
5. Winners of theMasters Tournament during the last five years
6. Winners ofThe Open Championship during the last five years
7. Winners of thePGA Championship during the last five years
8. Winners ofThe Players Championship during the last three years
9. Winner of the 2018 European TourBMW PGA Championship
10. Winner of the 2017U.S. Senior Open Championship
11. The 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place at the2017 U.S. Open Championship
12. Players who qualified for the season-ending 2017Tour Championship
13. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of May 21, 2018, in theOfficial World Golf Ranking
14. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 11, 2018, in theOfficial World Golf Ranking
15. Special exemptions given by theUSGA[5]
The remaining contestants earned their places through sectional qualifiers.
Alternates who gained entry:
(a) denotes amateur
(L) denotes player advanced through local qualifying
Thursday, June 14, 2018
Conditions were extremely difficult as gusty winds hung around all day with sunny skies, making the course firm and fast.[6] Only four players broke par, includingDustin Johnson, one of the tournament favorites. The scoring average for the round was 76.47.[7][8]
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Russell Henley | 69 | −1 |
| Dustin Johnson | |||
| Scott Piercy | |||
 Ian Poulter | |||
| 5 | Jason Dufner | 70 | E |
| T6 |  An Byeong-hun | 71 | +1 |
| Sam Burns | |||
| Charley Hoffman | |||
| Charles Howell III | |||
 Matthieu Pavon | |||
| Justin Rose | |||
 Henrik Stenson |
Source:[9]
Friday, June 15, 2018
Dustin Johnson held the lead after shooting a 67, four shots ahead ofCharley Hoffman andScott Piercy.[10]
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dustin Johnson | 69-67=136 | −4 |
| T2 | Charley Hoffman | 71-69=140 | E |
| Scott Piercy | 69-71=140 | ||
| T4 | Tommy Fleetwood | 75-66=141 | +1 |
| Henrik Stenson | 71-70=141 | ||
| Justin Rose | 71-70=141 | ||
| Brooks Koepka | 75-66=141 | ||
| Ian Poulter | 69-72=141 | ||
| T9 | Rickie Fowler | 73-69=142 | +2 |
| Russell Henley | 69-73=142 |
Source:[9]
Amateurs:Grimmer (+5),Gagne (+7),Parziale (+7),Thornberry (+9),Strafaci (+10),Ghim (+13),Rasmussen (+14),Hagestad (+15),Bergeron (+16),Humphrey (+16),Yu (+17),Huang (+18),Lumsden (+18),Rank (+18),Reitan (+18),Wiseman (+18),Ban (+19),Ellis (+19),Goodwin (+19),Barbaree (+21)
Saturday, June 16, 2018
Second round leaderDustin Johnson shot a seven-over 77 to fall into a four-way tie withDaniel Berger,Tony Finau and defending championBrooks Koepka. Johnson double bogeyed the par-3 2nd and went six-over on the front-nine. He made his only birdie of the round at the 11th to get back to the top of the leaderboard, but three-putted for bogey on 18 to settle for a share of the 54-hole lead. Berger and Finau began the round in 45th place and 11 shots behind, but each shot 66 (−4) for the low round of the day.[11][12][13][14]
Scoring conditions got more difficult as the day went on. Koepka's two-over 72 was the lowest score among the final four groups. Only three rounds in the 60s were recorded, two of them by Berger and Finau. The scoring average for the round was 75.3.[15]
Phil Mickelson incurred a two-shot penalty on the 13th when he walked after his ball which was running slowly away from the hole after his putt and deliberately hit the ball backwards towards the hole while it was still moving. He ended up shooting 81 (+11), equalling his highest score at the U.S. Open.[16][17][18]
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Daniel Berger | 76-71-66=213 | +3 |
| Tony Finau | 75-72-66=213 | ||
| Dustin Johnson | 69-67-77=213 | ||
| Brooks Koepka | 75-66-72=213 | ||
| 5 | Justin Rose | 71-70-73=214 | +4 |
| 6 | Henrik Stenson | 71-70-74=215 | +5 |
| T7 |  Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 76-72-68=216 | +6 |
| Jim Furyk | 73-71-72=216 | ||
| Patrick Reed | 73-72-71=216 | ||
| T10 | Brian Gay | 73-74-70=217 | +7 |
 Branden Grace | 76-69-72=217 | ||
| Tyrrell Hatton | 75-70-72=217 | ||
| Charley Hoffman | 71-69-77=217 | ||
| Dylan Meyer | 77-69-71=217 | ||
| Ian Poulter | 69-72-76=217 |
Source:[9]
Amateurs:Parziale (+11),Gagne (+12),Grimmer (+13)
Sunday, June 17, 2018
Brooks Koepka shot a final round 68 (−2) to finish one ahead ofTommy Fleetwood and win the U.S. Open for the second straight year. He was the first to successfully defend the title in 29 years, sinceCurtis Strange in1989.
Koepka began the round in a four-way tie for the lead withDustin Johnson,Daniel Berger, andTony Finau. He got off to a good start with birdies on three of his first five holes to get to even par and take the lead. At the par-3 11th, his tee shot went into the rough over the green. After chipping into a greenside bunker, he holed a 12-foot (3.7 m) putt to save bogey. At the following hole, he made a six-foot par putt, then at the 14th he got up-and-down to save par from short of the green with an eight-foot putt. Hitting his approach at the par-5 16th to within four feet, he made the birdie to open up a two-shot lead. Despite a bogey at the 18th, Koepka held on win by one.[19]
Fleetwood shot the sixth round of 63 in U.S. Open history to finish in second. He began the round six behind and began by sinking a putt from 56 feet (17 m) at the 2nd and three more birdies on the front-nine. He made four straight birdies on holes 12–15, with putts of 17 feet (5 m) at 12, 20 feet (6 m) at 14, and 29 feet (9 m) at 15. Fleetwood had an eight-foot putt at the 18th for the first 62 in U.S. Open history, but it slid past the hole that would have forced the first two-hole playoff.[20]
Johnson made birdie at the 5th but three-putted for bogey at the 7th, 11th, 14th, and 17th. He birdied the last to shoot an even-par 70 and finish two shots behind Koepka. Finau bogeyed three of his first four holes but got back to even for the round with a 26-foot birdie at the 11th. He came to the 18th two back of Koepka but made double bogey and ended up in fifth place, four behind. Berger also started his round with two bogeys and finished with a three-over 73 to tie for sixth.Patrick Reed began three shots behind but birdied his first three holes and five of the first seven to tie for the lead. He made four bogeys the rest of the round, however, to fall back to fourth place.[21][22]
With the win, Koepka becomes the seventh player to win consecutive U.S. Opens, and the first sinceCurtis Strange in1989.
| Champion |
| Silver Cup winner (leading amateurs) |
| (a) = amateur |
| (c) = past champion |
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooks Koepka (c) | 75-66-72-68=281 | +1 | 2,160,000 |
| 2 | Tommy Fleetwood | 75-66-78-63=282 | +2 | 1,296,000 |
| 3 | Dustin Johnson (c) | 69-67-77-70=283 | +3 | 812,927 |
| 4 | Patrick Reed | 73-72-71-68=284 | +4 | 569,884 |
| 5 | Tony Finau | 75-72-66-72=285 | +5 | 474,659 |
| T6 | Daniel Berger | 76-71-66-73=286 | +6 | 361,923 |
| Tyrrell Hatton | 75-70-72-69=286 | |||
| Xander Schauffele | 72-74-72-68=286 | |||
| Henrik Stenson | 71-70-74-71=286 | |||
| T10 | Justin Rose (c) | 71-70-73-73=287 | +7 | 270,151 |
| Webb Simpson (c) | 76-71-71-69=287 |
| Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |
| T12 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 73-70-75-70=288 | +8 | 221,825 | |
| Zach Johnson | 73-73-72-70=288 | ||||
 Russell Knox | 73-71-75-69=288 | ||||
| 15 | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 76-72-68-73=289 | +9 | 190,328 | |
| T16 | Paul Casey | 73-73-73-71=290 | +10 | 163,435 | |
 Li Haotong | 79-68-74-69=290 | ||||
 Hideki Matsuyama | 75-70-79-66=290 | ||||
| Louis Oosthuizen | 74-72-75-69=290 | ||||
| T20 | Rickie Fowler | 73-69-84-65=291 | +11 | 122,387 | |
| Brian Gay | 73-74-70-74=291 | ||||
| Charley Hoffman | 71-69-77-74=291 | ||||
| Dylan Meyer | 77-69-71-74=291 | ||||
| Steve Stricker | 73-75-73-70=291 | ||||
| T25 |  Aaron Baddeley | 74-72-77-69=292 | +12 | 79,200 | |
| Bryson DeChambeau | 76-69-73-74=292 | ||||
| Jason Dufner | 70-74-79-69=292 | ||||
| Branden Grace | 76-69-72-75=292 | ||||
| Russell Henley | 69-73-77-73=292 | ||||
| Charles Howell III | 71-72-77-72=292 | ||||
 Francesco Molinari | 75-72-72-73=292 | ||||
| Alex Norén | 72-72-77-71=292 | ||||
| Matthieu Pavon | 71-77-74-70=292 | ||||
| Ian Poulter | 69-72-76-75=292 | ||||
| Justin Thomas | 74-70-74-74=292 | ||||
| T36 |  Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 73-71-76-73=293 | +13 | 54,054 | |
| Bill Haas | 76-72-74-71=293 | ||||
| Brian Harman | 74-70-78-71=293 | ||||
| Pat Perez | 73-71-77-72=293 | ||||
| Gary Woodland | 79-69-70-75=293 | ||||
| T41 | Sam Burns | 71-76-75-72=294 | +14 | 43,028 | |
 Ryan Fox | 73-72-74-75=294 | ||||
| Patrick Rodgers | 72-72-83-67=294 | ||||
 Jhonattan Vegas | 76-72-73-73=294 | ||||
| T45 | Patrick Cantlay | 75-71-76-73=295 | +15 | 34,716 | |
| Marc Leishman | 74-69-78-74=295 | ||||
| Scott Piercy | 69-71-79-76=295 | ||||
| T48 | Ross Fisher | 76-71-79-70=296 | +16 | 27,952 | |
| Jim Furyk (c) | 73-71-72-80=296 | ||||
 Luis Gagne (a) | 73-74-75-74=296 | 0 | |||
| Phil Mickelson | 77-69-81-69=296 | 27,952 | |||
| Matt Parziale (a) | 74-73-74-75=296 | 0 | |||
| Brandt Snedeker | 72-76-73-75=296 | 27,952 | |||
| Peter Uihlein | 75-72-75-74=296 | ||||
| Tim Wilkinson | 76-72-78-70=296 | ||||
| T56 | Dean Burmester | 75-73-75-74=297 | +17 | 25,426 | |
| Tyler Duncan | 77-67-81-72=297 | ||||
| Mickey DeMorat | 72-72-80-73=297 | ||||
| Chris Naegel | 73-73-75-76=297 | ||||
| Jimmy Walker | 75-70-79-73=297 | ||||
| 61 | Calum Hill | 75-69-81-73=298 | +18 | 24,629 | |
| 62 | Andrew Johnston | 73-73-82-71=299 | +19 | 24,448 | |
| 63 | Brendan Steele | 72-73-75-80=300 | +20 | 24,203 | |
| 64 | Cameron Wilson | 75-73-76-77=301 | +21 | 23,959 | |
| 65 | Kevin Chappell | 75-72-78-77=302 | +22 | 23,714 | |
| 66 | Will Grimmer (a) | 73-72-78-80=303 | +23 | 0 | |
| 67 | An Byeong-hun | 71-76-81-78=306 | +26 | 23,470 | |
| CUT | Eric Axley | 73-76=149 | +9 | ||
| Roberto Castro | 75-74=149 | ||||
| Lucas Glover (c) | 77-72=149 | ||||
| Lanto Griffin | 76-73=149 | ||||
 Emiliano Grillo | 76-73=149 | ||||
| Im Sung-jae | 76-73=149 | ||||
| Kim Si-woo | 73-76=149 | ||||
 Graeme McDowell (c) | 79-70=149 | ||||
 Thorbjørn Olesen | 76-73=149 | ||||
| Chez Reavie | 75-74=149 | ||||
| Jason Scrivener | 78-71=149 | ||||
| Matthew Southgate | 77-72=149 | ||||
| Jordan Spieth (c) | 78-71=149 | ||||
| Braden Thornberry (a) | 76-73=149 | ||||
| Matt Wallace | 77-72=149 | ||||
| Matt Jones | 76-74=150 | +10 | |||
| Rory McIlroy (c) | 80-70=150 | ||||
 Shubhankar Sharma | 74-76=150 | ||||
| Tyler Strafaci (a) | 78-72=150 | ||||
| Brian Stuard | 74-76=150 | ||||
 Sebastián Vázquez | 77-73=150 | ||||
| Tiger Woods (c) | 78-72=150 | ||||
| Chesson Hadley | 76-75=151 | +11 | |||
 Mackenzie Hughes | 76-75=151 | ||||
| Tom Lewis | 79-72=151 | ||||
 Sebastián Muñoz | 80-71=151 | ||||
| Cameron Smith | 79-72=151 | ||||
| Bubba Watson | 77-74=151 | ||||
| Aaron Wise | 77-74=151 | ||||
| Will Zalatoris | 80-71=151 | ||||
| Jason Day | 79-73=152 | +12 | |||
| Kevin Kisner | 77-75=152 | ||||
| Matt Kuchar | 74-78=152 | ||||
| Luke List | 75-77=152 | ||||
| Cole Miller | 78-74=152 | ||||
| Ollie Schniederjans | 76-76=152 | ||||
| Charl Schwartzel | 79-73=152 | ||||
| Danny Willett | 75-77=152 | ||||
| David Bransdon | 79-74=153 | +13 | |||
| Doug Ghim (a) | 79-74=153 | ||||
| Trey Mullinax | 79-74=153 | ||||
| Park Sung-joon | 81-72=153 | ||||
| Richie Ramsay | 77-76=153 | ||||
| Adam Scott | 78-75=153 | ||||
| Chris Babcock | 78-76=154 | +14 | |||
| Sergio García | 75-79=154 | ||||
 Shane Lowry | 75-79=154 | ||||
| Ted Potter Jr. | 76-78=154 | ||||
| Michael Putnam | 78-76=154 | ||||
| Rhett Rasmussen (a) | 80-74=154 | ||||
| Scott Stallings | 80-74=154 | ||||
| Kyle Stanley | 75-79=154 | ||||
| Harold Varner III | 79-75=154 | ||||
| Paul Waring | 78-76=154 | ||||
| Keegan Bradley | 81-74=155 | +15 | |||
| Stewart Hagestad (a) | 81-74=155 | ||||
| Liang Wenchong | 79-76=155 | ||||
| Michael Miller | 77-78=155 | ||||
| Jon Rahm | 78-77=155 | ||||
| Jacob Bergeron (a) | 81-75=156 | +16 | |||
| Ryan Evans | 78-78=156 | ||||
| Theo Humphrey (a) | 84-72=156 | ||||
| Richy Werenski | 76-80=156 | ||||
| Ernie Els (c) | 78-79=157 | +17 | |||
| David Gazzolo | 76-81=157 | ||||
| Lucas Herbert | 83-74=157 | ||||
| Alexander Lévy | 77-80=157 | ||||
 Kevin Yu (a) | 76-81=157 | ||||
| Dylan Frittelli | 78-80=158 | +18 | |||
| Adam Hadwin | 83-75=158 | ||||
| Rikuya Hoshino | 79-79=158 | ||||
| Franklin Huang (a) | 82-76=158 | ||||
 Martin Kaymer (c) | 83-75=158 | ||||
| Satoshi Kodaira | 81-77=158 | ||||
| Ryan Lumsden (a) | 82-76=158 | ||||
| James Morrison | 81-77=158 | ||||
| Kenny Perry | 79-79=158 | ||||
| Garrett Rank (a) | 83-75=158 | ||||
 Kristoffer Reitan (a) | 81-77=158 | ||||
| Timothy Wiseman (a) | 83-75=158 | ||||
| Shota Akiyoshi | 82-77=159 | +19 | |||
| Shintaro Ban (a) | 81-78=159 | ||||
| Harry Ellis (a) | 80-79=159 | ||||
| Noah Goodwin (a) | 81-78=159 | ||||
| Sulman Raza | 82-77=159 | ||||
| Michael Hebert | 87-73=160 | +20 | |||
| Philip Barbaree (a) | 82-79=161 | +21 | |||
| Michael Block | 85-78=163 | +23 | |||
| Scott Gregory | 92-75=167 | +27 | |||
Final round
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Koepka | +3 | +2 | +1 | +1 | E | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | E | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | E | E | +1 |
| Fleetwood | +9 | +8 | +7 | +7 | +7 | +6 | +5 | +5 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +5 | +4 | +3 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 |
| Johnson | +3 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +4 | +3 | +3 | +4 | +3 |
| Reed | +5 | +4 | +3 | +3 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +4 |
| Finau | +3 | +4 | +5 | +6 | +5 | +5 | +6 | +5 | +4 | +4 | +3 | +4 | +4 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +5 |
| Berger | +3 | +4 | +5 | +5 | +4 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +5 | +5 | +6 | +6 |
| Hatton | +7 | +7 | +6 | +6 | +7 | +8 | +8 | +7 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +6 |
| Schauffele | +7 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +7 | +7 | +7 | +6 | +6 | +7 | +7 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +6 |
| Stenson | +5 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +7 | +7 | +7 | +6 | +5 | +5 | +6 | +5 | +6 |
| Rose | +4 | +4 | +4 | +6 | +7 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +5 | +5 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +7 | +7 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
Source:[9]
This was the fourth U.S. Open televised byFox andFS1.
