2018 U.S. Open (golf)

The 2018 United States Open Championship was the 118th U.S. Open, held June 14–17 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Shinnecock Hills, New York, about eighty miles (130 km) east of New York City on Long Island; it was the fifth time the U.S. Open was held at this course.

2018 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 14–17, 2018
LocationShinnecock Hills, New York
40.894°N 72.440°W / 40.894; -72.440
Course(s)Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,440 yards (6,800 m)
Field156 players, 67 after cut
Cut148 (+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
Shinnecock Hills
Location in the United States
Shinnecock Hills
Location in New York

Defending champion Brooks Koepka shot a final round 68 for 281 (+1) to win his second straight U.S. Open, one stroke ahead of runner-up Tommy Fleetwood, who closed with the sixth round of 63 in U.S. Open history. Koepka was only the third to successfully defend the title since World War II, following Ben Hogan (1951) and Curtis Strange (1989).

The USGA 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 by sudden-death, if needed. The last 18-hole playoff was in 2008, won by Tiger Woods on the first sudden-death hole.

Venue
Main article: Shinnecock Hills Golf Club

Course layout
HoleNameYardsPar  HoleNameYardsPar
1Westward Ho399410Eastward Ho4154
2Plateau252311Hill Head1593
3Peconic500412Tuckahoe4694
4Pump House475413Road Side3744
5Montauk589514Thom's Elbow5194
6Pond491415Sebonac4094
7Redan189316Shinnecock6165
8Lowlands439417Eden1753
9Ben Nevis485418Home4854
Out3,81935In3,62135
Source:Total7,44070

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

2018 yardages by round
RoundHole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Par434454344354344445343570
1Yards4072525104785924521844394873,8014181574623745364046201854913,6477,448
2Yards4112344994765834921844484823,8094041534763605114206101694903,5937,402
3Yards4092394954815914861664484863,8014161594653665294166271504853,6137,414
4Yards3992644954715974941804354783,8134111594723675124086211824863,6187,431
  • Scoring average: 74.650
    • by round: 76.474, 73.595, 75.327, 72.180
  • Most difficult holes in relation to par: 14, 3, 2, 10

Source:[2]

Field
The first tee and clubhouse
at Shinnecock Hills

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 the U.S. Open Championship during the last ten years

Lucas Glover, Dustin Johnson (12,13,14), Martin Kaymer, Brooks Koepka (11,12,13,14), Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy (6,7,13,14), Justin Rose (12,13,14), Webb Simpson (8,12,13,14), Jordan Spieth (5,6,12,13,14), Tiger Woods

2. Winner and runner-up of the 2017 U.S. Amateur, winner of the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur and 2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur

Doug Ghim (a), Noah Goodwin (a), Matt Parziale (a)

  • Doc Redman forfeited his exemption as winner of the U.S. Amateur by turning professional in May 2018.[4]
3. Winner of the 2017 Amateur Championship

Harry Ellis (a)

4. Winner of the 2017 Mark H. McCormack Medal (men's World Amateur Golf Ranking)
5. Winners of the Masters Tournament during the last five years

Sergio García (12,13,14), Patrick Reed (12,13,14), Bubba Watson (13,14), Danny Willett

6. Winners of The Open Championship during the last five years

Zach Johnson (13,14), Phil Mickelson (13,14), Henrik Stenson (13,14)

7. Winners of the PGA Championship during the last five years

Jason Day (8,12,13,14), Jason Dufner (12,13,14), Justin Thomas (11,12,13,14), Jimmy Walker (13,14)

8. Winners of The Players Championship during the last three years

Kim Si-woo (13,14)

9. Winner of the 2018 European Tour BMW PGA Championship

Francesco Molinari (13,14)

10. Winner of the 2017 U.S. Senior Open Championship

Kenny Perry

11. The 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place at the 2017 U.S. Open Championship

Tommy Fleetwood (13,14), Rickie Fowler (12,13,14), Bill Haas, Brian Harman (12,13,14), Charley Hoffman (12,13,14), Hideki Matsuyama (12,13,14), Trey Mullinax, Xander Schauffele (12,13,14), Brandt Snedeker

12. Players who qualified for the season-ending 2017 Tour Championship

Daniel Berger (13,14), Patrick Cantlay (13,14), Paul Casey (13,14), Kevin Chappell (13,14), Tony Finau (13,14), Adam Hadwin (13,14), Russell Henley (13,14), Kevin Kisner (13,14), Matt Kuchar (13,14), Marc Leishman (13,14), Pat Perez (13,14), Jon Rahm (13,14), Kyle Stanley (13,14), Jhonattan Vegas, Gary Woodland (13,14)

13. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of May 21, 2018, in the Official World Golf Ranking

Kiradech Aphibarnrat (14), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (14), Bryson DeChambeau (14), Ross Fisher (14), Matthew Fitzpatrick (14), Dylan Frittelli, Branden Grace (14), Chesson Hadley, Tyrrell Hatton (14), Charles Howell III (14), Satoshi Kodaira (14), Alexander Lévy (14), Li Haotong (14), Luke List (14), Alex Norén (14), Louis Oosthuizen (14), Ian Poulter (14), Chez Reavie (14), Charl Schwartzel (14), Cameron Smith (14), Brendan Steele (14), Peter Uihlein (14)

14. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 11, 2018, in the Official World Golf Ranking

An Byeong-hun, Emiliano Grillo

15. Special exemptions given by the USGA

Ernie Els, Jim Furyk[5]

The remaining contestants earned their places through sectional qualifiers.

Alternates who gained entry:

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

Nationalities in the field
North America (88)South America (3)Europe (35)Oceania (11)Asia (13)Africa (6)
 Canada (3) Argentina (1) England (17) Australia (9) China (2) South Africa (6)
 Costa Rica (1)^ Colombia (1) Northern Ireland (2) New Zealand (2) India (1)
 Mexico (1) Venezuela (1) Scotland (4) Japan (4)
 United States (83) Ireland (1) South Korea (4)
 Denmark (1) Taiwan (1)
 France (2) Thailand (1)
 Germany (1)
 Italy (1)
 Norway (1)
 Spain (3)
 Sweden (2)

^ Amateur Luis Gagne is a dual-citizen of Costa Rica and the United States.[6] The U.S. Open lists him as representing Costa Rica[7] (as in this table) while the World Amateur Golf Ranking lists him as representing the United States.[8]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Conditions were extremely difficult as gusty winds hung around all day with sunny skies, making the course firm and fast.[9] Only four players broke par, including Dustin Johnson, one of the tournament favorites. The scoring average for the round was 76.47.[10][11]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Russell Henley United States69−1
Dustin Johnson United States
Scott Piercy United States
Ian Poulter England
5Jason Dufner United States70E
T6An Byeong-hun South Korea71+1
Sam Burns United States
Charley Hoffman United States
Charles Howell III United States
Matthieu Pavon France
Justin Rose England
Henrik Stenson Sweden

Source:[12]

Second round

Friday, June 15, 2018

Dustin Johnson held the lead after shooting a 67, four shots ahead of Charley Hoffman and Scott Piercy.[13]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Dustin Johnson United States69-67=136−4
T2Charley Hoffman United States71-69=140E
Scott Piercy United States69-71=140
T4Tommy Fleetwood England75-66=141+1
Henrik Stenson Sweden71-70=141
Justin Rose England71-70=141
Brooks Koepka United States75-66=141
Ian Poulter England69-72=141
T9Rickie Fowler United States73-69=142+2
Russell Henley United States69-73=142

Source:[12]

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)

Third round

Saturday, June 16, 2018

Second round leader Dustin Johnson shot a seven-over 77 to fall into a four-way tie with Daniel Berger, Tony Finau and defending champion Brooks 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.[14][15][16][17]

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.[18]

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.[19][20][21]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Daniel Berger United States76-71-66=213+3
Tony Finau United States75-72-66=213
Dustin Johnson United States69-67-77=213
Brooks Koepka United States75-66-72=213
5Justin Rose England71-70-73=214+4
6Henrik Stenson Sweden71-70-74=215+5
T7Kiradech Aphibarnrat Thailand76-72-68=216+6
Jim Furyk United States73-71-72=216
Patrick Reed United States73-72-71=216
T10Brian Gay United States73-74-70=217+7
Branden Grace South Africa76-69-72=217
Tyrrell Hatton England75-70-72=217
Charley Hoffman United States71-69-77=217
Dylan Meyer United States77-69-71=217
Ian Poulter England69-72-76=217

Source:[12]

Amateurs: Parziale (+11), Gagne (+12), Grimmer (+13)

Final round

Sunday, June 17, 2018

Summary

Brooks Koepka shot a final round 68 (−2) to finish one ahead of Tommy Fleetwood and win the U.S. Open for the second straight year. He was the first to successfully defend the title in 29 years, since Curtis Strange in 1989.

Koepka began the round in a four-way tie for the lead with Dustin Johnson, Daniel Berger, and Tony 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.[22]

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-foot (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, a 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.[23]

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.[24][25]

With the win, Koepka becomes the seventh player to win consecutive U.S. Opens, and the first since Curtis Strange in 1989.

Final leaderboard
Champion
Silver Cup winner (leading amateurs)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion

Note: Top 10 and ties qualify for the 2019 U.S. Open; top 4 and ties qualify for the 2019 Masters Tournament

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Brooks Koepka (c) United States75-66-72-68=281+12,160,000
2Tommy Fleetwood England75-66-78-63=282+21,296,000
3Dustin Johnson (c) United States69-67-77-70=283+3812,927
4Patrick Reed United States73-72-71-68=284+4569,884
5Tony Finau United States75-72-66-72=285+5474,659
T6Daniel Berger United States76-71-66-73=286+6361,923
Tyrrell Hatton England75-70-72-69=286
Xander Schauffele United States72-74-72-68=286
Henrik Stenson Sweden71-70-74-71=286
T10Justin Rose (c) England71-70-73-73=287+7270,151
Webb Simpson (c) United States76-71-71-69=287

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par434454344434444534
Koepka+3+2+1+1E+1+1+1+1E+1+1+1+1+1EE+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:[12]

Media

This was the fourth U.S. Open televised by Fox and FS1.

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