2012 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 14–17, 2012
LocationSan Francisco, California
Course(s)Olympic Club, Lake Course
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,170 yards (6,556 m)[1]
Field156 players, 72 after cut
Cut148 (+8)[2]
Prize fund$8,000,000
€6,433,972
Winner's share$1,440,000
€1,158,115[3]
Champion
United States Webb Simpson
281 (+1)
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The 2012 United States Open Championship was the 112th U.S. Open, played June 14–17 at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, California. Webb Simpson won his first major title, one stroke ahead of runners-up Graeme McDowell and Michael Thompson.[4][5]

Venue

This was the fifth U.S. Open at the Olympic Club, all played at the Lake Course. In 1955, unheralded Jack Fleck defeated Ben Hogan in an 18-hole playoff. In 1966, Billy Casper staged one of the greatest comebacks in U.S. Open history, erasing a seven-stroke deficit on the final nine holes to tie Arnold Palmer, then prevailed in an 18-hole playoff. In 1987, Scott Simpson won by a stroke over 8-time major winner Tom Watson. In 1998, Lee Janzen won his second U.S. Open, one stroke ahead of Payne Stewart.

Course layout

Olympic Club - Lake Course[1][6][7]

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

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

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One unique aspect of the course was that players began the first and second rounds on the 1st and 9th tees, rather than the 1st and 10th tees, as is typical.[8] This was due to the 8th green and 9th tee being located far closer to the clubhouse than the 10th tee.

Changes to cuts

For 2012, the USGA changed the rule governing which players would make the cut after 36 holes. Now, only the top 60 players, plus those tied, would make the cut, instead of also including those players within ten strokes of the leader.[9]

Field

About half the field each year consists of players who are fully exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open. The players who have qualified for the 2012 U.S. Open are listed below. Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.[10]

The qualification categories changed substantially in 2012. Seven categories (9 and 11 to 16, from 2011) were eliminated. These categories exempted top finishers on the money lists of various tours and multiple PGA Tour winners. Three categories were added (3, 4, and 9 below), for the winners of The Amateur Championship, the Mark H. McCormack Medal, and the BMW PGA Championship. Two categories were expanded (13 and 14 below), to include the top 60 instead of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking.

1. Last 10 U.S. Open Champions

2. Top two finishers in the 2011 U.S. Amateur

3. Winner of the 2011 British Amateur

4. Winner of the 2011 Mark H. McCormack Medal

5. Last five Masters Champions

6. Last five British Open Champions

7. Last five PGA Champions

8. Last three Players Champions

9. Winner of the 2012 BMW PGA Championship

10. The U.S. Senior Open Champion

11. Top 10 finishers and ties in the 2011 U.S. Open

12. All players qualifying for the 2011 edition of The Tour Championship

13. Top 60 on the Official World Golf Ranking list as of May 21, 2012[15]

14. Top 60 on the Official World Golf Ranking list as of June 11, 2012[18]

15. Special exemptions selected by the USGA

Qualifiers

Source:[19]

Alternates who gained entry:

(a) denotes amateur
(L) denotes player advanced through local qualifying

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Michael Thompson 66 −4
T2 Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell 69 −1
England Justin Rose
United States David Toms
United States Nick Watney
United States Tiger Woods
T7 United States Jason Bohn 70 E
United States Jim Furyk
United States Beau Hossler (a)
Sweden Robert Karlsson
United States Matt Kuchar
South Korea Park Jae-bum
England Ian Poulter
Australia Alistair Presnell

Source:[20]

Second round

Friday, June 15, 2012

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

Source:[21]

Amateurs: Hossler (+3), Spieth (+8), Cantlay (+8), Sanchez (+9), Wilson (+14), Koepka (+14), Zhang (+17), Sherwood (+18)

Third round

Saturday, June 16, 2012

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

Source:[22]

Final round

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Final leaderboard

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

Source:[23][24]

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 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 5 4
United States Simpson +3 +4 +4 +4 +5 +4 +3 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1
Northern Ireland McDowell −1 −1 E E +1 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +2 +1 +2 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2
United States Thompson +5 +5 +5 +5 +4 +4 +3 +3 +4 +4 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2
United States Dufner +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +3 +3
United States Furyk −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E E E E E E E +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +3
Republic of Ireland Harrington +5 +6 +6 +6 +6 +7 +6 +5 +4 +4 +4 +4 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +3
United States Peterson +4 +4 +3 +4 +4 +4 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +4 +3 +3
United States Toms +5 +5 +5 +5 +6 +6 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +3 +3
South Africa Els +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +1 +2 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +4
Sweden Jacobson +1 +2 +2 +2 +3 +4 +3 +3 +4 +5 +5 +5 +5 +6 +5 +6 +6 +6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[25]

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