2009 U.S. Open (golf)

The 2009 United States Open Championship was the 109th U.S. Open, held June 18–22 on the Black Course of Bethpage State Park on Long Island, in Farmingdale, New York. Lucas Glover won his only major title, two strokes ahead of runners-up Ricky Barnes, David Duval, and Phil Mickelson.[3]

For the tennis tournament, see 2009 US Open (tennis).
2009 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 18–22, 2009
LocationFarmingdale, New York
Course(s)Bethpage State Park
Black Course
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,426 yards (6,790 m) [1]
Field156 players, 60 after cut
Cut144 (+4)
Prize fund$7,500,000
€5,289,738
Winner's share$1,350,000
€952,153[2]
Champion
Lucas Glover
276 (−4)
Farmingdale 
Location in the United States
Farmingdale 
Location in New York

This was the second U.S. Open at Bethpage Black; the first in 2002 was won by Tiger Woods, also the defending champion. The 2009 edition was hit heavily by continuous rain throughout the tournament, and resulted in multiple suspensions of play. Mickelson announced that this would be his last tournament for a while, before he took time off to tend to his ailing wife, Amy, who had been recently diagnosed with breast cancer.

Course layout

Bethpage State Park - Black Course

HoleYardsPar  HoleYardsPar
14304105084
23894114354
32323125044
45175136055
54784141583
64084154594
75254164904
82103172073
94604184114
Out3,64935In3,77735
Source:[1][4]Total7,42670

Field

About half the field each year consists of players who are fully exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open. Below is the list of the 74 players who were fully exempt for the 2009 U.S. Open. Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.[5] Also listed are the 81 players who qualified through sectional qualifying.[6]

1. Last 10 U.S. Open Champions

Ángel Cabrera (3,14,17), Michael Campbell, Jim Furyk (9,10,17), Retief Goosen (8,11,17), Geoff Ogilvy (8,9,12,13,14,17), Tiger Woods (3,4,5,8,9,12,13,17)

2. Top two finishers in the 2008 U.S. Amateur

Drew Kittleson

  • Danny Lee forfeited his exemption by turning professional.[7]
3. Last five Masters Champions

Zach Johnson (12,13,17), Phil Mickelson (5,9,10,12,13,17)

4. Last five British Open Champions

Todd Hamilton, Pádraig Harrington (5,9,11,13,17)

5. Last five PGA Champions

Vijay Singh (9,10,13,17)

6. The Players Champion

Henrik Stenson (11,17)

7. The U.S. Senior Open Champion

Eduardo Romero

8. Top 15 finishers and ties in the 2008 U.S. Open

Eric Axley, Stewart Cink (9,10,17), Ernie Els (9,10,17), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (11,17), Rocco Mediate, John Merrick, Rod Pampling (16), Carl Pettersson (9,10), Heath Slocum, Brandt Snedeker, D. J. Trahan (9,10), Camilo Villegas (9,10,13,17), Lee Westwood (11,17)

9. Top 30 leaders on the 2008 PGA Tour official money list

Robert Allenby (10,17), Stephen Ames (17), Stuart Appleby (10), Chad Campbell (10,17), K. J. Choi (10,17), Ben Curtis (10,17), Ken Duke (10), Sergio García (10,11,17), Ryuji Imada (10), Anthony Kim (10,17), Justin Leonard (10,17), Hunter Mahan (10,17), Kenny Perry (10,12,13,17), Steve Stricker (10,17), Kevin Sutherland (10), Boo Weekley, Mike Weir (10,17)

10. All players qualifying for the 2008 edition of The Tour Championship

Briny Baird, Tim Clark (17), Billy Mayfair, Andrés Romero, Bubba Watson

11. Top 15 on the 2008 European Tour Order of Merit

Darren Clarke, Ross Fisher (14,17), Søren Hansen, Martin Kaymer (17), Graeme McDowell (17), Jeev Milkha Singh (17), Oliver Wilson (17)

12. Top 10 on the PGA Tour official money list, as of May 24

Paul Casey (14,17), Dustin Johnson (13,17), Sean O'Hair (17), Rory Sabbatini (17), Nick Watney (17)

13. Winners of multiple PGA Tour events from June 2, 2008, through June 14, 2009

Brian Gay

14. Top 5 from the 2009 European Tour Race to Dubai, as of May 24

Rory McIlroy (17)

15. Top 2 on the 2008 Japan Golf Tour official money list, provided they are within the top 75 point leaders of the Official World Golf Rankings at that time

Azuma Yano

16. Top 2 on the 2008 PGA Tour of Australasia official money list, provided they are within the top 75 point leaders of the Official World Golf Rankings at that time
17. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings list, as of May 24

Luke Donald, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Ian Poulter, Álvaro Quirós, Justin Rose, Adam Scott, David Toms

18. Special exemptions selected by the USGA

None

Sectional qualifiers
Alternates who gained entry

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

Nationalities in the field
North America (92)South America (4)Europe (31)Oceania (13)Asia (9)Africa (7)
 Canada (5) Argentina (3) England (11) Australia (9) India (1) South Africa (7)
 United States (87) Colombia (1) Northern Ireland (3) Fiji (1) Japan (4)
 Scotland (1) New Zealand (3) Philippines (1)
 Ireland (1) South Korea (3)
 Denmark (1)
 France (3)
 Germany (1)
 Italy (1)
 Spain (5)
 Sweden (4)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Tiger Woods United States2000, 2002, 200874696869280ET6
Retief Goosen South Africa2001, 200473686874283+3T16
Jim Furyk United States200372697472287+7T33
Geoff Ogilvy Australia200673677775292+12T47
Ángel Cabrera Argentina200774697576294+14T54

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Ernie Els South Africa1994, 19977778155+15
Michael Campbell New Zealand20057779156+16

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 18, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009

Play began in the rain on Thursday morning, until play was suspended at 10:15 am, as several of the greens became unplayable with excessive water. Play was not restarted on Thursday, with the majority of players yet to tee off. Jeff Brehaut, through 10 holes, was one of four leading at 1-under par heading into Friday. Play was restarted on Friday morning and Mike Weir shot 64 (−6) to lead by two strokes at the end of the first round.[13][14] Woods shot 74 (+4) with two double bogeys and three bogeys.[15]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Mike Weir Canada64−6
2Peter Hanson Sweden66−4
T3Ricky Barnes United States67−3
David Duval United States
Todd Hamilton United States
6Rocco Mediate United States68−2
T7Lucas Glover United States69−1
Sean O'Hair United States
Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland
Phil Mickelson United States
Adam Scott Australia
David Toms United States
Drew Weaver (a) United States

Second round

Friday, June 19, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009

The round began at 5:00 pm on Friday afternoon and finished on Saturday afternoon. Because of the soft conditions caused by the heavy rain, many low scores were made during the second round. Ricky Barnes shot 65, and had a 36-hole record of 8-under par 132.[16] Lucas Glover and Azuma Yano were also amongst the ones that shot very low scores. Woods shot 69 for 143 (+3),[17] and Mickelson shot even par 70 to remain 1 under par at 139. The cut was at 144 (+4), the lowest at the U.S. Open since 2003, and was missed by major champions David Toms and Justin Leonard.[18]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Ricky Barnes United States67-65=132−8
2Lucas Glover United States69-64=133−7
3Mike Weir Canada64-70=134−6
T4David Duval United States67-70=137−3
Peter Hanson Sweden66-71=137
Azuma Yano Japan72-65=137
T7Ross Fisher England70-68=138−2
Todd Hamilton United States67-71=138
Sean O'Hair United States69-69=138
Nick Taylor (a) Canada73-65=138
Lee Westwood England72-66=138

Amateurs: Taylor (-2), Weaver (+1), Stanley (+4), Fowler (+6), Tringale (+7), Alexander (+8), Klaasen (+10), Martin (+10), Erdy (+12), Burgoon (+13), Kittleson (+13), Snyder (+14), Nagy (+16), Peterman (+16), Lewis (+21), Brock (+22).

Third round

Saturday, June 20, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009

More heavy rain halted play at 6:55 pm on Saturday. The third round was resumed on Sunday at noon and completed in the late afternoon. Barnes and Glover both shot even par 70 to remain at the top of the leaderboard, while David Duval and Ross Fisher were five strokes back in a tie for third place. Weir struggled and fell back with a 74, Mickelson shot 69 to stay in contention, and Woods a 68 for 211 (+1), nine shots behind Barnes.[19]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Ricky Barnes United States67-65-70=202−8
2Lucas Glover United States69-64-70=203−7
T3David Duval United States67-70-70=207−3
Ross Fisher England70-68-69=207
T5Hunter Mahan United States72-68-68=208−2
Phil Mickelson United States69-70-69=208
Mike Weir Canada64-70-74=208
T8Retief Goosen South Africa73-68-68=209−1
Todd Hamilton United States67-71-71=209
Sean O'Hair United States69-69-71=209
Bubba Watson United States72-70-67=209

Final round

Sunday, June 21, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009

The final round began Sunday evening until play was suspended due to darkness, with leaders Barnes and Glover on the second hole. Play resumed Monday morning. Barnes, who had held the lead through the second and third rounds, faltered on the front nine on Monday morning, and bogeyed five of the first nine holes. He shot one over par on the back nine, but was never able to catch up with Glover, his playing partner for the final two rounds. Duval had a triple-bogey at the par-3 3rd, but rallied on the back nine with three straight birdies before bogeying 17 and missing a birdie putt at 18 to finish at 2 under par. Woods made a charge on the back nine with birdies on 13 and 14, but then bogeyed 15 and parred the rest to finish even par.[20] Mickelson tied Glover for the lead after making an eagle at 13 after hitting a perfect second shot on the par 5, but proceeded to miss a short birdie putt on 14, three-putt for bogey on 15, miss another putt on 16, and made another bogey on 17 on his way to finishing two strokes behind Glover and tied for second place with Barnes and Duval. It was Mickelson's fifth runner-up finish at the U.S. Open, breaking the record of four by Sam Snead, Bobby Jones, Arnold Palmer, and Jack Nicklaus.[21][22] (His sixth came four years later in 2013 at Merion.) Glover birdied 16 and parred the final two holes to seal the victory.[23]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Lucas Glover United States69-64-70-73=276−41,350,000
T2Ricky Barnes United States67-65-70-76=278−2559,830
David Duval United States67-70-70-71=278
Phil Mickelson United States69-70-69-70=278
5Ross Fisher England70-68-69-72=279−1289,146
T6Søren Hansen Denmark70-71-70-69=280E233,350
Hunter Mahan United States72-68-68-72=280
Tiger Woods United States74-69-68-69=280
9Henrik Stenson Sweden73-70-70-68=281+1194,794
T10Stephen Ames Canada74-66-70-72=282+2154,600
Matt Bettencourt United States75-67-71-69=282
Sergio García Spain70-70-72-70=282
Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland72-70-72-68=282
Ryan Moore United States70-69-72-71=282
Mike Weir Canada64-70-74-74=282

Amateurs: Taylor (+8), Weaver (+9), Stanley (+13).

Source:[24]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par443544434444534434
Glover−7−7−6−6−5−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−4−4−3−4−4−4
Barnes−7−7−7−7−6−5−4−3−3−3−2−1−2−2−2−2−2−2
Duval−2−2+1EEE+1EEEEEE−1−2−3−2−2
Mickelson−2−2−2−2−2−1EE−1−1−1−2−4−4−3−3−2−2
Fisher−2−2−2−3−2−2−1−1−2−2−2−1−3−3−2−2−1−1
HansenEE+1EEEEEE+1+2+2+1+1+2+2+1E
Mahan−2−2−2−3−2−3−3−2−2−1−2−2−2−2−2−1EE
Woods+2+1+1+1+1+1EEE+1+1+1E−1EEEE

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[25]

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Preceded by
2009 Masters		 Major Championships Succeeded by
2009 Open Championship

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