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2012 U.S. Open (golf)

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Length
  
7,170 yards (6,556 m)

Prize fund
  
$8,000,000 €6,433,972

Dates
  
14 Jun 2012 – 17 Jun 2012

Cut
  
148 (+8)

Winner's share
  
$1,440,000 €1,158,115

Par
  
70

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Field
  
156 players, 72 after cut

Location
  
The Olympic Club Lake Course

Organized by
  
United States Golf Association

Tours
  
PGA TOUR, PGA European Tour, Japan Golf Tour

Similar
  
2013 US Open, 2010 US Open, 2011 US Open, 2009 US Open, 2008 US Open

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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.

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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

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

  • 6,797 yards (6,215 m), par 70 - 1998 U.S. Open
  • 6,709 yards (6,135 m), par 70 - 1987 U.S. Open
  • 6,719 yards (6,144 m), par 70 - 1966 U.S. Open
  • 6,700 yards (6,126 m), par 70 - 1955 U.S. Open

    • 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.

    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.

    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
    Ángel Cabrera (5), Michael Campbell, Jim Furyk (13,14), Lucas Glover, Retief Goosen, Graeme McDowell (13,14), Rory McIlroy (11,13,14), Geoff Ogilvy (12,13,14), Tiger Woods (7,13,14)

    2. Top two finishers in the 2011 U.S. Amateur
    Patrick Cantlay (a,4)

  • Kelly Kraft forfeited his invitation by turning pro in April 2012.

    • 3. Winner of the 2011 British Amateur

  • Bryden Macpherson forfeited his invitation by turning pro in April 2012.

    • 4. Winner of the 2011 Mark H. McCormack Medal

    5. Last five Masters Champions
    Trevor Immelman, Phil Mickelson (12,13,14), Charl Schwartzel (11,13,14), Bubba Watson (12,13,14)

    6. Last five British Open Champions
    Stewart Cink, Pádraig Harrington (7), Louis Oosthuizen (11,13,14)

  • Darren Clarke withdrew after a groin injury.

    • 7. Last five PGA Champions
    Keegan Bradley (12,13,14), Martin Kaymer (13,14), Y. E. Yang (11,12)

    8. Last three Players Champions
    K. J. Choi (12,13,14), Tim Clark, Matt Kuchar (12,13,14)

    9. Winner of the 2012 BMW PGA Championship
    Luke Donald (12,13,14)

    10. The U.S. Senior Open Champion
    Olin Browne

    11. Top 10 finishers and ties in the 2011 U.S. Open
    Kevin Chappell, Jason Day (12,13,14), Sergio García (13,14), Robert Garrigus, Peter Hanson (13,14), Lee Westwood (13,14)

    12. All players qualifying for the 2011 edition of The Tour Championship
    Aaron Baddeley (13,14), Jonathan Byrd (13,14), Jason Dufner (13,14), Bill Haas (13,14), Charles Howell III, Fredrik Jacobson (13,14), Dustin Johnson (13,14), Hunter Mahan (13,14), Chez Reavie, Justin Rose (13,14), Adam Scott (13,14), John Senden (13,14), Webb Simpson (13,14), Vijay Singh, Steve Stricker (13,14), David Toms (13,14), Bo Van Pelt (13,14), Nick Watney (13,14), Mark Wilson (13,14), Gary Woodland

  • Brandt Snedeker (13,14) withdrew with a rib injury.

    • 13. Top 60 on the Official World Golf Ranking list as of May 21, 2012
    Bae Sang-moon (14), Thomas Bjørn (14), Rafael Cabrera-Bello (14), Nicolas Colsaerts (14), Ben Crane (14), Simon Dyson (14), Ernie Els (14), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (14), Rickie Fowler (14), Anders Hansen (14), Ryo Ishikawa, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Zach Johnson (14), Robert Karlsson (14), Kim Kyung-tae (14), Martin Laird (14), Francesco Molinari (14), Kevin Na (14), Carl Pettersson (14), Ian Poulter (14), Álvaro Quirós (14), Robert Rock (14), Kyle Stanley (14)

  • Paul Lawrie (ranked 40) decided not to play.
  • Paul Casey (ranked 54) withdrew after a shoulder injury.

    • 14. Top 60 on the Official World Golf Ranking list as of June 11, 2012
    Branden Grace, Spencer Levin

    15. Special exemptions selected by the USGA
    None

    Sectional qualifiers

  • Japan: Hiroyuki Fujita, Brendan Jones, Lee Dong-hwan, Park Jae-bum, Tadahiro Takayama, Toru Taniguchi
  • Europe: Matthew Baldwin, Grégory Bourdy, George Coetzee, Mikko Ilonen, Raphaël Jacquelin, Søren Kjeldsen, Peter Lawrie, Matteo Manassero, Alexander Norén, Lee Slattery, Marc Warren
  • U.S.: Blake Adams, Michael Allen, Stephen Ames, Shane Bertsch, Matt Bettencourt, Tommy Biershenk, Jason Bohn, Roberto Castro, Alex Čejka, Paul Claxton, Jeff Curl, Joe Durant, Bob Estes, Martin Flores, Brian Gaffney, Brice Garnett, Hunter Haas, James Hahn, Hunter Hamrick, Brian Harman, Jim Herman, Tim Herron, Morgan Hoffmann, Beau Hossler (a), Cole Howard, Brooks Koepka (a), Scott Langley, Steve LeBrun, Edward Loar, Davis Love III, Bill Lunde, Steve Marino, Casey Martin, David Mathis, Mark McCormick, Dennis Miller, Jesse Mueller, Joe Ogilvie, Sam Osborne, Rod Pampling, John Peterson, Scott Piercy, D. A. Points, Alistair Presnell, Brian Rowell, Alberto Sanchez (a), Nick Sherwood (a), Scott Smith, Darron Stiles, Kevin Streelman, Anthony Summers, Michael Thompson, Nicholas Thompson, Aaron Watkins, Tim Weinhart, Charlie Wi, Cameron Wilson (a), Casey Wittenberg

    • Alternates

  • Justin Hicks, Colt Knost, Kyle Thompson took spots reserved for players exempt in category 14.
  • Jordan Spieth (a) replaced Brandt Snedeker.
  • Andy Zhang (a) replaced Paul Casey. At 14, Zhang became the youngest golfer to compete in the U.S. Open since at least World War II.

    • Note: Alternates are drawn from the sectional qualifiers.

  • (a) denotes amateur

    • First round

    Thursday, June 14, 2012

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    Second round

    Friday, June 15, 2012

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

    Third round

    Saturday, June 16, 2012

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    Final round

    Sunday, June 17, 2012

    Source:

    Amateurs: Spieth (+7), Hossler (+9), Cantlay (+11)

    Scorecard

    Final round

    Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
    Source:

    References

    2012 U.S. Open (golf) Wikipedia
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