2015 U.S. Open (golf)

The 2015 United States Open Championship was the 115th U.S. Open, played June 18–21, 2015 at Chambers Bay in University Place, Washington, southwest of Tacoma on the shore of Puget Sound.[2] Jordan Spieth won his first U.S. Open and consecutive major titles, one stroke ahead of runners-up Dustin Johnson and Louis Oosthuizen. This was the first U.S. Open televised by Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports, launching a 12-year contract with the United States Golf Association.

2015 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 18–21, 2015
LocationUniversity Place, Washington
Course(s)Chambers Bay
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,384 yards (6,752 m) to
7,695 yards (7,036 m)
Field156 players, 75 after cut
Cut145 (+5)
Prize fund$10,000,000
€8,944,383
Winner's share$1,800,000
€1,609,989[1]
Champion
Jordan Spieth
275 (−5)

Spieth, age 21, became the youngest U.S. Open champion in 92 years, since Bobby Jones in 1923. The reigning Masters champion, Spieth became the youngest to win the Masters and U.S. Open in the same year, passing Tiger Woods, who won both in 2002 at age 26. Others to win the first two majors of the year were Craig Wood (1941), Ben Hogan (1951, 1953), Arnold Palmer (1960), and Jack Nicklaus (1972).

This was the first U.S. Open played in the Pacific Northwest and the third major played in the state of Washington, which hosted the PGA Championship in 1944 and 1998.

Venue

Owned by Pierce County, the Chambers Bay course opened for play only eight years earlier in June 2007.

Course layout
Chambers
Bay
Location in the United States
Chambers
Bay
Location in Washington
Main article: Chambers Bay

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]

HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Puget Sound598/4965/410High Dunes436/4684
2Foxy399411Shadows500/5374
3Blown Out163–198312The Narrows3114
4Hazard's Ascent495413Eagle Eye5344
5Free Fall488414Cape Fear521/5464
6Deception Point495415Lone Fir123–2463
7Humpback508416Beached4234
8High Road Low Road614517Derailed172–2183
9Olympus224/217318Tahoma525/6044/5
Out36/35In34/35
 Championship tees: Rating=78.1,  Slope=146[4][5]Total7,384–7,69570


RoundHole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Par443444453354444434353570
1Yards5013871484755034945156022033,8284275413175125281693851736173,6697,497
2Yards593^4032074944865125065822374,020483544284551513144416226514^3,6757,695
3Yards4993991665094985155196032253,9334735303115335342523721225773,7047,637
4Yards4434121884794624934775932033,7504605412705295191583372196013,6347,384

^ 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.
Source:[6][7][8][9]

Criticism of the course

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]

Television

This was the first U.S. Open televised by Fox Sports, which began a 12-year contract to televise the championship and other USGA events. The previous twenty years (1995–2014) had been by NBC Sports, preceded by 29 years (1966–1994) on ABC Sports.

Field

About half the field consisted of players who are 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.

1. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship during the last ten years

Ángel Cabrera, Lucas Glover, Martin Kaymer (7,8,11,12,13,14), Graeme McDowell (13,14), Rory McIlroy (6,7,12,13,14), Geoff Ogilvy (12), Justin Rose (12,13,14), Webb Simpson (12,13,14), Tiger Woods (8)

2. Winner and runner-up of the 2014 U.S. Amateur Championship

Gunn Yang (a)

3. Winner of the 2014 Amateur Championship

Bradley Neil (a)

4. Winner of the 2014 Mark H. McCormack Medal (men's World Amateur Golf Ranking)

Ollie Schniederjans (a)

5. Winners of the Masters Tournament during the last five years

Charl Schwartzel (13,14), Adam Scott (11,12,13,14), Jordan Spieth (12,13,14), Bubba Watson (12,13,14)

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

Darren Clarke, Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson (13,14), Louis Oosthuizen (13,14)

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

Keegan Bradley (11,13,14), Jason Dufner

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

Rickie Fowler (11,12,13,14)

9. Winner of the 2015 European Tour BMW PGA Championship

An Byeong-hun (13,14)

10. Winner of the 2014 U.S. Senior Open Championship

Colin Montgomerie

11. The 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place at the 2014 U.S. Open Championship

Erik Compton, Jason Day (12,13,14), Dustin Johnson (12,13,14), Brooks Koepka (13,14), Brandt Snedeker (13,14), Henrik Stenson (13,14), Jimmy Walker (12,13,14)

12. Players who qualified for the season-ending 2014 Tour Championship

Jim Furyk (13,14), Sergio García (13,14), Bill Haas (13,14), Russell Henley (13,14), Morgan Hoffmann, Billy Horschel (13,14), Zach Johnson (13,14), Chris Kirk (13,14), Matt Kuchar (13,14), Hunter Mahan (13,14), Hideki Matsuyama (13,14), Kevin Na (13,14), Ryan Palmer (13,14), Patrick Reed (13,14), John Senden (13,14), Brendon Todd (13,14), Cameron Tringale, Gary Woodland (13,14)

13. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of May 25, 2015 in the Official World Golf Ranking

Paul Casey (14), George Coetzee, Jamie Donaldson (14), Victor Dubuisson (14), Matt Every (14), Tommy Fleetwood (14), Stephen Gallacher (14), Branden Grace (14), Charley Hoffman (14), J. B. Holmes (14), Thongchai Jaidee (14), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (14), Anirban Lahiri (14), Marc Leishman (14), Shane Lowry (14), Joost Luiten (14), Ben Martin (14), Francesco Molinari (14), Ryan Moore (14), Ian Poulter (14), Marc Warren, Lee Westwood (14), Bernd Wiesberger (14), Danny Willett (14)

14. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 15, 2015 in the Official World Golf Ranking

Kevin Kisner, Andy Sullivan

15. Special exemptions given by the USGA

None

The remaining contestants earned their places through sectional qualifiers.[15]

Alternates who gained entry:

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

Source:[18]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland201172727066280ET9
Geoff Ogilvy Australia200669727567283+3T18
Justin Rose England201372707271285+5T27
Jim Furyk United States200371737370287+7T42
Webb Simpson United States201272737172288+8T46
Ernie Els South Africa1994, 199772707673291+11T54
Ángel Cabrera Argentina200770757474293+13T64

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Martin Kaymer Germany20147274146+6
Retief Goosen South Africa2001, 20047771148+8
Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland20107474148+8
Lee Janzen United States1993, 19987376149+9
Lucas Glover United States20097383156+16
Tiger Woods United States2000, 2002, 20088076156+16

Nationalities in the field
North America (86)South America (3)Europe (36)Oceania (9)Asia (13)Africa (9)
 Canada (2) Argentina (2) England (11) Australia (8) China (1) South Africa (9)
 United States (84) Colombia (1) Northern Ireland (3) New Zealand (1) India (2)
 Scotland (5) Japan (5)
 Wales (2) South Korea (3)
 Ireland (1) Taiwan (1)
 Austria (1) Thailand (1)
 Denmark (2)
 France (2)
 Germany (3)
 Italy (1)
 Netherlands (1)
 Spain (2)
 Sweden (2)

Round summaries

First round

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]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Dustin Johnson United States65−5
Henrik Stenson Sweden
3Patrick Reed United States66−4
T4Brian Campbell (a) United States67−3
Matt Kuchar United States
Ben Martin United States
T7Jason Day Australia68−2
Jason Dufner United States
Cody Gribble United States
Joost Luiten Netherlands
Francesco Molinari Italy
Jordan Spieth United States
Marc Warren Scotland

Second round

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]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Patrick Reed United States66-69=135−5
Jordan Spieth United States68-67=135
T3Branden Grace South Africa69-67=136−4
Dustin Johnson United States65-71=136
T5Tony Finau United States69-68=137−3
Joost Luiten Netherlands68-69=137
Ben Martin United States67-70=137
Daniel Summerhays United States70-67=137
T9Jason Day Australia68-70=138−2
J. B. Holmes United States72-66=138
Jamie Lovemark United States70-68=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)

Third round

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]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Jason Day Australia68-70-68=206−4
Branden Grace South Africa69-67-70=206
Dustin Johnson United States65-71-70=206
Jordan Spieth United States68-67-71=206
T5J. B. Holmes United States72-66-71=209−1
Shane Lowry Ireland69-70-70=209
Louis Oosthuizen South Africa77-66-66=209
Cameron Smith Australia70-70-69=209
T9Tony Finau United States69-68-74=211+1
Joost Luiten Netherlands68-69-74=211
Patrick Reed United States66-69-76=211
Andrés Romero Argentina71-69-71=211
Brandt Snedeker United States69-72-70=211
Henrik Stenson Sweden65-74-72=211

Final round

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]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Jordan Spieth United States68-67-71-69=275−51,800,000
T2Dustin Johnson United States65-71-70-70=276−4877,144
Louis Oosthuizen South Africa77-66-66-67=276
T4Branden Grace South Africa69-67-70-71=277−3407,037
Adam Scott Australia70-71-72-64=277
Cameron Smith Australia70-70-69-68=277
7Charl Schwartzel South Africa73-70-69-66=278−2311,835
8Brandt Snedeker United States69-72-70-68=279−1280,482
T9Jason Day Australia68-70-68-74=280E235,316
Shane Lowry Ireland69-70-70-71=280
Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland72-72-70-66=280

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

Scorecard
Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par443444453444443435
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−1E+1+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+1E−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+1EEE−1−1−1−1−1−2−2−3
SmithE−1−1EEEE−1−1−1E−1−1−1E−1−1−3
Schwartzel+2+2+3+4+3+3+2+2+2+2+1EE−1−1−1−1−2
Snedeker+1+2+2+2+2+1E−1−2−2−1−1−1+1+1EE−1
Day−4−4−4−3−4−3−2−3−3−2−2−2EEE−1EE
Lowry−1−1EE+1E+1E+1EE−1EEE−1−1E
McIlroy+4+3+3+3+3+3+2+1+1EE−1−2−2−1−1EE

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

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2015 Masters		 Major Championships Succeeded by
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