2015 U.S. Open (golf)

Chambers
Bay

Location in the United States

Chambers
Bay

Location in Washington

The course was laid out differently each day, with course totals ranging from 7,384 yards (6,752 m) on Sunday, to 7,695 yards (7,036 m) on Friday. Holes 1 and 18 were played as either par-4 or par-5: the first was a par-4 and the 18th was a par-5 for three of the rounds, switching only for the second round on Friday, and the course was par 70 for each round.[3]

^ In Round 2 on Friday, Hole #1 was played as a par 5 and #18 as a par 4; par was 36 out and 34 in.
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Chambers Bay was subject to criticism for its bumpy greens, unfair course design, and poor accessibility for spectators.[10][11] Former U.S. Open champion Gary Player called it "the worst golf course I might've ever seen in the 63 years as a professional golfer", and Henrik Stenson said that the greens were like "putting on broccoli".[12]

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Martin Kaymer	Germany	2014	72	74	146	+6
Retief Goosen	South Africa	2001, 2004	77	71	148	+8
Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	2010	74	74	148	+8
Lee Janzen	United States	1993, 1998	73	76	149	+9
Lucas Glover	United States	2009	73	83	156	+16
Tiger Woods	United States	2000, 2002, 2008	80	76	156	+16

• Michael Campbell (2005) did not enter

Thursday, June 18, 2015

Dustin Johnson and Henrik Stenson both posted rounds of 65 (−5) to share the lead after the first round. Johnson recorded four birdies on his back-nine and did not make a bogey until the par-3 9th, his 18th hole of the round. Stenson, meanwhile, birdied four of his last five holes to tie Johnson for the lead. Jordan Spieth, the reigning Masters champion, was three strokes back after a 68.[19] Three-time champion Tiger Woods opened with a round of 80 (+10), his worst score ever at the U.S. Open.[20] Brian Campbell, a senior at the University of Illinois, was low amateur after a round of 67 (−3), two behind the lead.

The first hole was set as a par-4 at 501 yards (458 m) and the 18th hole as par-5 at 617 yards (564 m), with the course at 7,497 yards (6,855 m).[6][21] The scoring average for the field was 72.72 (+2.72)[6] and 25 players had under-par rounds.[19][22]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Dustin Johnson	United States	65	−5
	Henrik Stenson	Sweden
3	Patrick Reed	United States	66	−4
T4	Brian Campbell (a)	United States	67	−3
	Matt Kuchar	United States
	Ben Martin	United States
T7	Jason Day	Australia	68	−2
	Jason Dufner	United States
	Cody Gribble	United States
	Joost Luiten	Netherlands
	Francesco Molinari	Italy
	Jordan Spieth	United States
	Marc Warren	Scotland

Friday, June 19, 2015

Masters champion Jordan Spieth shot a round of 67 (−3) to tie Patrick Reed for the 36-hole lead. First round co-leader Dustin Johnson got as low as 7-under before bogeys on three of his last five holes dropped him to a stroke behind the leaders.[23] Jason Day was just two shots off the lead playing the 9th hole, his 18th of the round, when he collapsed from vertigo. After being treated by medical personnel for several minutes, Day was able to finish the hole and made bogey, dropping to three behind and a tie for 9th place.[24] Tiger Woods missed the cut with a two-round score of 16-over-par, his worst 36-hole score in a major.

A bogey on the final hole by Nick Hardy, a freshman from the University of Illinois, moved the cut line to +5. Fifteen additional players earned entry into the third round, including Ángel Cabrera, Sergio García, Colin Montgomerie, Webb Simpson, and Jimmy Walker.[25]

The 1st hole was set as a 593-yard par-5 and the 18th hole as 514-yard par-4, with the total yardage at 7,695.[7] The scoring average for the field was 73.48 (+3.48)[7] and 18 players had under-par rounds. J. B. Holmes and Louis Oosthuizen had the low rounds of the day, 66 (−4).[22]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Patrick Reed	United States	66-69=135	−5
	Jordan Spieth	United States	68-67=135
T3	Branden Grace	South Africa	69-67=136	−4
	Dustin Johnson	United States	65-71=136
T5	Tony Finau	United States	69-68=137	−3
	Joost Luiten	Netherlands	68-69=137
	Ben Martin	United States	67-70=137
	Daniel Summerhays	United States	70-67=137
T9	Jason Day	Australia	68-70=138	−2
	J. B. Holmes	United States	72-66=138
	Jamie Lovemark	United States	70-68=138

Amateurs: Campbell (−1), Maguire (+1), Schniederjans (+2), Hossler (+3), McCarthy (+4), Hardy (+5),
McCoy (+8), DeChambeau (+9), Neil (+9), NeSmith (+9), Jones (+10), Knapp (+10), Yang (+10), Horsfield (+11), Riley (+13), Hammer (+21)

Saturday, June 20, 2015

Louis Oosthuizen again had the low round of the day, 66 (−4), moving him into a tie for 5th place. Despite suffering from vertigo, Jason Day scored 68 (−2), the second lowest round of the day.[26]

The 1st hole was set as a 499-yard par-4 and the 18th hole as 577-yard par-5, with the total yardage at 7,637.[8] The scoring average for the field was 73.13 (+3.13)[8] and only 6 players had under-par rounds.[22]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Jason Day	Australia	68-70-68=206	−4
	Branden Grace	South Africa	69-67-70=206
	Dustin Johnson	United States	65-71-70=206
	Jordan Spieth	United States	68-67-71=206
T5	J. B. Holmes	United States	72-66-71=209	−1
	Shane Lowry	Ireland	69-70-70=209
	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	77-66-66=209
	Cameron Smith	Australia	70-70-69=209
T9	Tony Finau	United States	69-68-74=211	+1
	Joost Luiten	Netherlands	68-69-74=211
	Patrick Reed	United States	66-69-76=211
	Andrés Romero	Argentina	71-69-71=211
	Brandt Snedeker	United States	69-72-70=211
	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	65-74-72=211

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Four players began the final round tied for the lead for the first time at the U.S. Open since 1973. In the final pairing with Jason Day at 3 pm PDT, Dustin Johnson recorded two birdies on the front nine to take sole possession of the lead, then lost it with bogeys on three out of four holes to begin the back nine.[27] In the penultimate pairing, Jordan Spieth and Branden Grace both birdied the par-4 12th to tie, but Grace fell from contention on the 16th after his drive went out of bounds and he made double bogey. Spieth holed a 25-foot (8 m) birdie putt at the 16th to open up a three-stroke lead, but then three-putted for double bogey on the par-3 17th to fall into a tie with Louis Oosthuizen. Oosthuizen began the round three shots off the lead and quickly dropped further behind with three consecutive bogeys on the front-nine. Beginning at the 12th, however, Oosthuizen birdied six out of his last seven holes to tie Spieth. At the par-5 18th, Spieth hit the green in two and proceeded to two-putt for birdie. Johnson recovered from his bogey streak with a birdie at the 17th, then also found the 18th green in two.[28] Faced with a 12-foot (3.7 m) eagle putt to win the championship, Johnson's attempt rolled three feet (0.9 m) past the hole, then missed his birdie putt to tie. Expecting a Monday playoff, Spieth suddenly gained a one-stroke victory for his second consecutive major title.[29][30][31]

With the win, Spieth became the sixth to win both the Masters and U.S. Open in the same year and the first since Tiger Woods in 2002. He also became the first to win two majors before the age of 22 since Gene Sarazen in 1922, and the youngest U.S. Open champion since Bobby Jones in 1923.[32] After opening with a round of 77 (+7), Oosthuizen shot 199 over his last three rounds, tying the U.S. Open record for lowest 54-hole score. His score of 29 on the back-nine also tied a tournament record.[33]

The first hole was set as a par-4 at 443 yards (405 m) and the 18th hole as a par-5 at 601 yards (550 m), with the total at 7,384 yards (6,752 m).[9] The scoring average for the field was 71.29 (+1.29)[9] and 22 players had under-par rounds. Adam Scott had the low round of the championship, a 6-under-par 64 to tie for fourth.[22]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Jordan Spieth	United States	68-67-71-69=275	−5	1,800,000
T2	Dustin Johnson	United States	65-71-70-70=276	−4	877,144
	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	77-66-66-67=276
T4	Branden Grace	South Africa	69-67-70-71=277	−3	407,037
	Adam Scott	Australia	70-71-72-64=277
	Cameron Smith	Australia	70-70-69-68=277
7	Charl Schwartzel	South Africa	73-70-69-66=278	−2	311,835
8	Brandt Snedeker	United States	69-72-70-68=279	−1	280,482
T9	Jason Day	Australia	68-70-68-74=280	E	235,316
	Shane Lowry	Ireland	69-70-70-71=280
	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	72-72-70-66=280

Amateurs: Campbell (+5), McCarthy (+7), Schniederjans (+7), Hardy (+10), Hossler (+12), Maguire (+12)

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	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	5
Spieth	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−4	−5
Johnson	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4
Oosthuizen	−1	E	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	E	−1	−2	−3	−3	−4
Grace	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−3	−3	−3
Scott	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3
Smith	E	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	E	−1	−1	−1	E	−1	−1	−3
Schwartzel	+2	+2	+3	+4	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2
Snedeker	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	E	−1	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	+1	+1	E	E	−1
Day	−4	−4	−4	−3	−4	−3	−2	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	E	E	E	−1	E	E
Lowry	−1	−1	E	E	+1	E	+1	E	+1	E	E	−1	E	E	E	−1	−1	E
McIlroy	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	E	E	−1	−2	−2	−1	−1	E	E

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Source:[34]