2016 U.S. Open (golf)


The 2016 United States Open Championship was the 116th U.S. Open, held June 16–19 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont and Plum, Pennsylvania, suburbs northeast of Pittsburgh. Dustin Johnson won his first major championship.
Play was delayed on the first day due to heavy rainfall, forcing most of the field to play half a round behind schedule. Andrew Landry was a surprise leader after the first round before Johnson led the field in the second. Shane Lowry carded a 65 in the third round to take the overall lead into the final round. Despite a controversial penalty on the 5th green, Johnson took the title three strokes ahead of runners-up Lowry, Jim Furyk and Scott Piercy.

Venue

This was the ninth U.S. Open at Oakmont and its twelfth major championship.

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4823404266093821944792884773,6774623796671833585002313134843,5777,254
Par444543434354453443443570

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Lengths of the course for previous major championships:
;2016 yardages by round
RoundHole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Par444543434354453443443570
1Yards4813534296153902064882584823,7024423906841913315192343074843,5827,284
2Yards4913374326193841854832814683,6804663796171643555032253184723,4997,179
3Yards4823514206003931984772474873,6554323786741643684812272954963,5157,170
4Yards4853204336113731974902994883,6964723736181833684792393124893,5337,229

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Broadcast

For the second year, Fox Sports televised the championship in the United States. The first two rounds were on FS1 cable and over-the-air on Fox, with the last two rounds shown only on Fox. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it was carried by Sky Sports.

Field

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.
;1. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship during the last ten years
Ángel Cabrera, Lucas Glover, Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy, Geoff Ogilvy, Justin Rose, Webb Simpson, Jordan Spieth
;2. Winner and runner-up of the 2015 U.S. Amateur Championship
Derek Bard
;3. Winner of the 2015 Amateur Championship
;4. Winner of the 2015 Mark H. McCormack Medal
Jon Rahm
;5. Winners of the Masters Tournament during the last five years
Adam Scott, Bubba Watson, Danny Willett
;6. Winners of The Open Championship during the last five years
Ernie Els, Zach Johnson, Phil Mickelson
;7. Winners of the PGA Championship during the last five years
Keegan Bradley, Jason Day, Jason Dufner
;8. Winners of The Players Championship during the last three years
Rickie Fowler
;9. Winner of the 2016 European Tour BMW PGA Championship
Chris Wood
;10. Winner of the 2015 U.S. Senior Open Championship
Jeff Maggert
;11. The 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place at the 2015 U.S. Open Championship
Branden Grace, Dustin Johnson, Shane Lowry, Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel, Cameron Smith, Brandt Snedeker
;12. Players who qualified for the season-ending 2015 Tour Championship
Daniel Berger, Steven Bowditch, Paul Casey, Harris English, Jim Furyk, Bill Haas, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Kevin Kisner, Brooks Koepka, Matt Kuchar, Danny Lee, Hideki Matsuyama, Kevin Na, Scott Piercy, Patrick Reed, Henrik Stenson, Robert Streb, Jimmy Walker
;13. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of May 23, 2016 in the Official World Golf Ranking
An Byeong-hun, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Kevin Chappell, Jamie Donaldson, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Sergio García, Emiliano Grillo, James Hahn, Billy Horschel, Smylie Kaufman, Kim Kyung-tae, Chris Kirk, Patton Kizzire, Søren Kjeldsen, Russell Knox, Anirban Lahiri, Marc Leishman, David Lingmerth, Ryan Moore, Andy Sullivan, Justin Thomas, Jaco van Zyl, Lee Westwood, Bernd Wiesberger
;14. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 13, 2016 in the Official World Golf Ranking
William McGirt
;15. Special exemptions given by the USGA
Retief Goosen
The remaining contestants earned their places through sectional qualifiers.
Alternates who gained entry:
denotes amateur

denotes player advanced through local qualifying

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

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Missed the cut

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 16, 2016
Play was suspended three times during the morning wave of players, all for dangerous weather conditions. At 4:40 pm EDT, play was called for the day with the second wave of players yet to tee off. Only three groups, nine players, finished their first rounds. Andrew Landry, who was ranked 624th in the world and had to go through local and sectional qualifiers, was the leader at 3 under par, with a birdie putt on his last hole, hole 9. Amateur Scottie Scheffler was the leader in the clubhouse at 1 under par.
PlacePlayerCountryScore/HoleTo par
1Andrew Landry17*−3
T2Bubba Watson14−2
T2Danny Lee13−2
T4Scottie Scheffler 69−1
T4Kevin Streelman16*−1
T4Lee Westwood13*−1
T4Harris English12*−1

*Started on hole 10
Friday, June 17, 2016
After more rain overnight, nearly three inches total since Wednesday, play resumed at 7:30 am under mostly sunny skies and the round was completed shortly after 3 pm. Landry, the overnight leader, had a cushy end to his round: he only brought his putter to the course, to which he sank his birdie putt to lead at 4-under par. He would not play another hole for the rest of the day.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Andrew Landry66−4
T2Dustin Johnson67−3
T2Lee Westwood67−3
T4Sergio García68−2
T4Shane Lowry68−2
T4Scott Piercy68−2
T7Danny Lee69−1
T7Scottie Scheffler 69−1
T7Henrik Stenson69−1
T7Kevin Streelman69−1
T7Bubba Watson69−1

Second round

Friday, June 17, 2016
Play was suspended due to darkness at 8:43 pm with 27 players of the first wave still on the course and the second wave of players yet to tee off. Dustin Johnson completed his round and was tied for the lead with Andrew Landry, who had not started his second round yet, at 4 under par.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo Par
T1Andrew Landry66*−4
T1Dustin Johnson67-69=136−4
3Lee Westwood67*−3
T4Shane Lowry68*−2
T4Sergio García68-70=138−2
T4Scott Piercy68-70=138−2

*Completed their second round on Saturday
Saturday, June 18, 2016
The 27 members of the first wave resumed their rounds and the second wave began theirs at 7 am. The second round was completed after 2 pm; 67 players made the cut at 146 or better.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Dustin Johnson67-69=136−4
2Andrew Landry66-71=137−3
T3Grégory Bourdy71-67=138−2
T3Sergio García68-70=138−2
T3Shane Lowry68-70=138−2
T3Scott Piercy68-70=138−2
T7Jim Furyk71-68=139−1
T7Andy Sullivan71-68=139−1
T7Daniel Summerhays74-65=139−1
T7Lee Westwood67-72=139−1

Amateurs: Rahm , Scheffler, Suh, Burns, Horsfield, Hardy, Mueller, Crawford, Bard, Danielson, Stachler

Third round

Saturday, June 18, 2016
The round began at 3 pm, on split tees in groupings of three; the final grouping of Dustin Johnson, Andrew Landry, and Scott Piercy teed off at 5:01 pm and completed 13 holes. Play was suspended due to darkness at 8:49 pm with Shane Lowry as the overnight leader at 5 under par, through 14 holes.
PlacePlayerCountryTo ParScoreHole
1Shane Lowry68-70=138−514
2Andrew Landry66-71=137−313
T3Sergio García68-70=138−214
T3Dustin Johnson67-69=136−213
T3Lee Westwood67-72=139−215
6Branden Grace73-70-66=209−1F

Sunday, June 19, 2016
Play resumed at 7 am and Shane Lowry birdied 15 and 17 for a round of 65 to extend his lead to four strokes. Andrew Landry bogeyed 14 and 15, but birdied 17 and 18 to move into the final pairing. Daniel Summerhays birdied 15 and eagled 17 to climb into a tie for fourth. After 54 holes, the top eight players on the leaderboard were all seeking their first major title.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Shane Lowry68-70-65=203−7
T2Andrew Landry66-71-70=207−3
T2Dustin Johnson67-69-71=207−3
T4Daniel Summerhays74-65-69=208−2
T4Lee Westwood67-72-69=208−2
6Branden Grace73-70-66=209−1
T7Sergio García68-70-72=210E
T7Scott Piercy68-70-72=210E
T9Jason Day76-69-66=211+1
T9Bryson DeChambeau71-70-70=211+1
T9Zach Johnson71-69-71=211+1

Final round

Sunday, June 19, 2016
Play in the final round began at 10 am, in pairs from the first hole, with the final pair of Shane Lowry and Andrew Landry starting at 3:30 pm. Dustin Johnson shot a 69 and won his first major, three shots ahead of three runners-up. After finishing at five under par, Johnson was penalized a shot as he was judged to have made his ball move as he addressed it on the fifth green, despite being initially absolved of wrongdoing. His score was amended to four under par, but he still finished three strokes ahead. The top four of the leaderboard were the only ones left under par.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Dustin Johnson67-69-71-69=276−41,800,000
T2Jim Furyk71-68-74-66=279−1745,270
T2Shane Lowry68-70-65-76=279−1745,270
T2Scott Piercy68-70-72-69=279−1745,270
T5Sergio García68-70-72-70=280E374,395
T5Branden Grace73-70-66-71=280E374,395
7Kevin Na75-68-69-69=281+1313,349
T8Jason Day76-69-66-71=282+2247,806
T8Jason Dufner73-71-68-70=282+2247,806
T8Zach Johnson71-69-71-71=282+2247,806
T8Daniel Summerhays74-65-69-74=282+2247,806

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Amateurs: Rahm

Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444543434445344344
D. Johnson−3−4−4−4−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−3−3−3−3−4
Furyk+2+2+2+2+1+1EEEE−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−1
Lowry−7−6−6−6−5−5−5−5−4−3−3−4−4−3−2−1−1−1
Piercy−1−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−2−2−1
GarcíaEEE−1−2−2−1−2−2−2−2−2−3−2−1EEE
Grace−1−2−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−2−1−1E−1E
Na+1+1+1+1EE+1+1+2+2+2+1+1+1+2+2+1+1
Day+2+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+2+2+2E−1−1−1−1+1+2
Dufner+2+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+2+2+3+2+1+2+2+2+2+2
Z. Johnson+2+2+3+3+2+2+2+2+2+2+4+3+3+2+2+3+3+2
Summerhays−1−1−1−1−1−1E+1+2+3+3+2+2+2+2+3+2+2
Landry−2−1−1E+2+2+3+4+4+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5
Westwood−2−1E+1+3+4+5+5+6+6+6+6+6+7+8+9+8+8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogey

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Controversy

During the final round of the tournament, there was a controversial incident on the fifth green that involved eventual winner Dustin Johnson. As he prepared to address the ball for a par putt, his ball moved slightly. Johnson stepped away, saying that he had not addressed the ball. After he spoke to an on-site rules official, he was told to carry on with his shot and sank the putt. Later, on the 12th tee, an official informed him that he might be penalized a stroke, but that no decision would be made until the round was complete. The penalty was ultimately assessed against Johnson which still left him three strokes ahead of three second-place finishers. Several of the world's top golfers, such as Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, and Rickie Fowler, as well as many viewers on their local Fox stations and spectators at the course, took to social media to criticize the USGA for its decision.