The 2012 United States Open Championship was the 112th U.S. Open, played June 14–17 at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, California. Webb Simpson won his first major title, one stroke ahead of runners-up Graeme McDowell and Michael Thompson.

Venue

This was the fifth U.S. Open at the Olympic Club, all played at the Lake Course. In 1955, unheralded Jack Fleck defeated Ben Hogan in an 18-hole playoff. In 1966, Billy Casper staged one of the greatest comebacks in U.S. Open history, erasing a seven-stroke deficit on the final nine holes to tie Arnold Palmer, then prevailed in an 18-hole playoff. In 1987, Scott Simpson won by a stroke over 8-time major winner Tom Watson. In 1998, Lee Janzen won his second U.S. Open, one stroke ahead of Payne Stewart.

Course layout

Olympic Club - Lake Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards5204282474384984892882004493,5574244304511994191546705223443,6137,170
Par443444434344443435543670

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

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One unique aspect of the course was that players began the first and second rounds on the 1st and 9th tees, rather than the 1st and 10th tees, as is typical. This was due to the 8th green and 9th tee being located far closer to the clubhouse than the 10th tee.

Changes to cuts

For 2012, the USGA changed the rule governing which players would make the cut after 36 holes. Now, only the top 60 players, plus those tied, would make the cut, instead of also including those players within ten strokes of the leader.

Field

About half the field each year consists of players who are fully exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open. The players who have qualified for the 2012 U.S. Open are listed below. Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.

The qualification categories changed substantially in 2012. Seven categories (9 and 11 to 16, from 2011) were eliminated. These categories exempted top finishers on the money lists of various tours and multiple PGA Tour winners. Three categories were added (3, 4, and 9 below), for the winners of The Amateur Championship, the Mark H. McCormack Medal, and the BMW PGA Championship. Two categories were expanded (13 and 14 below), to include the top 60 instead of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking.

1. Last 10 U.S. Open Champions

2. Top two finishers in the 2011 U.S. Amateur

3. Winner of the 2011 British Amateur

4. Winner of the 2011 Mark H. McCormack Medal

5. Last five Masters Champions

6. Last five British Open Champions

7. Last five PGA Champions

8. Last three Players Champions

9. Winner of the 2012 BMW PGA Championship

10. The U.S. Senior Open Champion

11. Top 10 finishers and ties in the 2011 U.S. Open

12. All players qualifying for the 2011 edition of The Tour Championship

13. Top 60 on the Official World Golf Ranking list as of May 21, 2012

14. Top 60 on the Official World Golf Ranking list as of June 11, 2012

15. Special exemptions selected by the USGA

  • None

Qualifiers

Source:

Daly City, California: Michael Allen, Matt Bettencourt, Alex Čejka, James Hahn, Beau Hossler (a), Alberto Sanchez (a), Scott Smith (L) Lecanto, Florida: Brooks Koepka (a), Scott Langley (L), Sam Osborne (L) Suwanee, Georgia: Jason Bohn, Tim Weinhart, Casey Wittenberg Glen Ellyn, Illinois: Tim Herron, Anthony Summers Rockville, Maryland: Shane Bertsch, Paul Claxton, Jeff Curl (L), Cole Howard, Darron Stiles, Michael Thompson, Nicholas Thompson (L) Summit, New Jersey: Brian Gaffney (L), Jim Herman (L), Mark McCormick (L), Cameron Wilson (a) Columbus, Ohio: Blake Adams, Martin Flores, Brian Harman, Morgan Hoffmann (L), Steve LeBrun (L), Edward Loar, Davis Love III, Steve Marino, David Mathis, Dennis Miller, Jesse Mueller (L), Rod Pampling, Scott Piercy, D. A. Points, Kevin Streelman, Charlie Wi Springfield, Ohio: Brice Garnett, John Peterson (L) Creswell, Oregon: Casey Martin, Nick Sherwood (a) Memphis, Tennessee: Stephen Ames, Tommy Biershenk, Roberto Castro, Joe Durant, Hunter Haas, Hunter Hamrick (L), Bill Lunde, Joe Ogilvie, Aaron Watkins Houston, Texas: Bob Estes, Alistair Presnell, Brian Rowell

Alternates who gained entry:

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 14, 2012

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Michael Thompson66−4
T2Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell69−1
England Justin Rose
United States David Toms
United States Nick Watney
United States Tiger Woods
T7United States Jason Bohn70E
United States Jim Furyk
United States Beau Hossler (a)
Sweden Robert Karlsson
United States Matt Kuchar
South Korea Park Jae-bum
England Ian Poulter
Australia Alistair Presnell

Source:

Second round

Friday, June 15, 2012

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Jim Furyk70-69=139−1
United States David Toms69-70=139
United States Tiger Woods69-70=139
T4Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts72-69=141+1
Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell69-72=141
United States John Peterson71-70=141
United States Michael Thompson66-75=141
8United States Blake Adams72-70=142+2
T9South Korea K. J. Choi73-70=143+3
United States Jason Dufner72-71=143
United States Beau Hossler (a)70-73=143
Sweden Freddie Jacobson72-71=143
France Raphaël Jacquelin72-71=143
United States Matt Kuchar70-73=143
United States Hunter Mahan72-71=143
South Africa Charl Schwartzel73-70=143
United States Aaron Watkins72-71=143

Source:

Amateurs: Hossler (+3), Spieth (+8), Cantlay (+8), Sanchez (+9), Wilson (+14), Koepka (+14), Zhang (+17), Sherwood (+18)

Third round

Saturday, June 16, 2012

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Jim Furyk70-69-70=209−1
Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell69-72-68=209
3Sweden Freddie Jacobson72-71-68=211+1
T4United States Blake Adams72-70-70=212+2
Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts72-69-71=212
South Africa Ernie Els75-69-68=212
England Lee Westwood73-72-67=212
T8United States Kevin Chappell74-71-68=213+3
United States Jason Dufner72-71-70=213
United States Beau Hossler (a)70-73-70=213
United States John Peterson71-70-72=213
Australia John Senden72-73-68=213
United States Webb Simpson72-73-68=213

Source:

Final round

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (leading amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1United States Webb Simpson72-73-68-68=281+11,440,000
T2Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell (c)69-72-68-73=282+2695,916
United States Michael Thompson66-75-74-67=282
T4United States Jason Dufner72-71-70-70=283+3276,841
United States Jim Furyk (c)70-69-70-74=283
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington74-70-71-68=283
United States John Peterson71-70-72-70=283
United States David Toms69-70-76-68=283
9South Africa Ernie Els (c)75-69-68-72=284+4200,280
T10United States Kevin Chappell74-71-68-72=285+5163,594
South Africa Retief Goosen (c)75-70-69-71=285
Australia John Senden72-73-68-72=285
England Lee Westwood73-72-67-73=285
United States Casey Wittenberg71-77-67-70=285
Leaderboard below the top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
T15South Korea K. J. Choi73-70-74-69=286+6118,969
Sweden Freddie Jacobson72-71-68-75=286
Germany Martin Kaymer74-71-69-72=286
Australia Adam Scott76-70-70-70=286
United States Steve Stricker76-68-73-69=286
United States Aaron Watkins72-71-72-71=286
T21United States Blake Adams72-70-70-75=287+786,348
France Raphaël Jacquelin72-71-73-71=287
England Justin Rose69-75-71-72=287
United States Jordan Spieth (a)74-74-69-70=2870
United States Nick Watney69-75-73-70=28786,348
United States Tiger Woods (c)69-70-75-73=287
T27Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts72-69-71-76=288+868,943
United States Matt Kuchar70-73-71-74=288
T29United States Morgan Hoffmann72-74-73-70=289+953,168
United States Beau Hossler (a)70-73-70-76=2890
Sweden Robert Karlsson70-75-72-72=28953,168
United States Scott Langley76-70-70-73=289
United States Davis Love III73-74-73-69=289
Italy Francesco Molinari71-76-72-70=289
United States Kevin Na74-71-71-73=289
Australia Alistair Presnell70-74-75-70=289
South Korea Charlie Wi74-70-71-74=289
T38Spain Sergio García73-71-71-75=290+1044,144
United States Hunter Mahan72-71-73-74=290
South Africa Charl Schwartzel73-70-74-73=290
T41United States Patrick Cantlay (a)76-72-71-72=291+110
Germany Alex Čejka78-69-70-74=29138,816
United States Rickie Fowler72-76-71-72=291
United States Zach Johnson77-70-73-71=291
England Ian Poulter70-75-73-73=291
T46Argentina Ángel Cabrera (c)72-76-69-75=292+1231,979
United States Bob Estes74-73-71-74=292
United States Hunter Hamrick77-67-71-77=292
United States Steve LeBrun73-75-69-75=292
Italy Matteo Manassero76-69-73-74=292
T51England Simon Dyson74-74-74-71=293+1324,912
South Africa Branden Grace71-74-73-75=293
Japan Hiroyuki Fujita75-71-73-74=293
United States Jesse Mueller75-73-74-71=293
United States Nicholas Thompson74-74-72-73=293
T56United States Michael Allen71-73-77-73=294+1421,995
United States Jonathan Byrd71-75-71-77=294
United States Jeff Curl73-75-71-75=294
T59England Matthew Baldwin74-74-73-74=295+1519,955
Australia Jason Day75-71-76-73=295
South Korea Park Jae-bum70-74-77-74=295
United States Darron Stiles75-71-73-76=295
United States Kevin Streelman76-72-72-75=295
United States Bo Van Pelt78-70-76-71=295
T65United States Phil Mickelson76-71-71-78=296+1618,593
Scotland Marc Warren73-72-74-77=296
67South Korea Kim Kyung-tae74-72-74-77=297+1718,113
T68Canada Stephen Ames74-73-79-72=298+1817,633
United States Keegan Bradley73-73-75-77=298
70Australia Rod Pampling74-73-74-78=299+1917,153
71United States Jason Bohn70-75-78-78=301+2116,833
72United States Joe Ogilvie73-75-76-79=303+2316,512
CUTDenmark Thomas Bjørn78-71=149+9
France Grégory Bourdy74-75=149
United States Roberto Castro75-74=149
United States Joe Durant78-71=149
United States Robert Garrigus72-77=149
United States Lucas Glover (c)76-73=149
United States Bill Haas76-73=149
United States Brian Harman77-72=149
United States Justin Hicks75-74=149
United States Charles Howell III72-77=149
Finland Mikko Ilonen75-74=149
Japan Ryo Ishikawa71-78=149
United States Dustin Johnson75-74=149
Scotland Martin Laird77-72=149
United States Casey Martin74-75=149
South Africa Louis Oosthuizen77-72=149
Sweden Carl Pettersson75-74=149
United States Alberto Sanchez (a)72-77=149
England Lee Slattery79-70=149
United States Bubba Watson78-71=149
United States Mark Wilson76-73=149
South Korea Yang Yong-eun74-75=149
South Korea Bae Sang-moon77-73=150+10
Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello74-76=150
United States Ben Crane77-73=150
United States Martin Flores71-79=150
United States Jim Herman78-72=150
United States Edward Loar76-74=150
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy (c)77-73=150
Sweden Alex Norén75-75=150
Australia Geoff Ogilvy (c)76-74=150
United States Scott Piercy75-75=150
Spain Álvaro Quirós75-75=150
United States Chez Reavie80-70=150
United States Kyle Stanley73-77=150
United States Olin Browne77-74=151+11
South Africa Tim Clark77-74=151
England Luke Donald79-72=151
Denmark Anders Hansen72-79=151
United States Tim Herron74-77=151
Australia Brendan Jones76-75=151
Republic of Ireland Peter Lawrie74-77=151
United States Spencer Levin74-77=151
Japan Toru Taniguchi78-73=151
United States Gary Woodland74-77=151
United States Stewart Cink77-75=152+12
United States Paul Claxton75-77=152
England Sam Osborne76-76=152
United States D. A. Points72-80=152
Australia Anthony Summers76-76=152
United States Shane Bertsch78-75=153+13
United States Matt Bettencourt76-77=153
United States Tommy Biershenk74-79=153
New Zealand Michael Campbell (c)79-74=153
South Africa George Coetzee78-75=153
United States James Hahn73-80=153
Sweden Peter Hanson78-75=153
United States Colt Knost75-78=153
United States Bill Lunde81-72=153
United States David Mathis78-75=153
England Robert Rock75-78=153
Fiji Vijay Singh75-78=153
Japan Tadahiro Takayama77-76=153
Australia Aaron Baddeley75-79=154+14
United States Brooks Koepka (a)77-77=154
United States Kyle Thompson82-72=154
United States Cameron Wilson (a)77-77=154
United States Brian Gaffney77-78=155+15
United States Brice Garnett78-77=155
United States Hunter Haas81-74=155
South Africa Trevor Immelman80-75=155
Spain Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño80-76=156+16
South Korea Lee Dong-hwan77-79=156
United States Tim Weinhart78-79=157+17
China Andy Zhang (a)79-78=157
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez81-77=158+18
United States Nick Sherwood (a)78-80=158
United States Mark McCormick82-77=159+19
United States Scott Smith78-81=159
Denmark Søren Kjeldsen85-75=160+20
United States Steve Marino84-78=162+22
United States Dennis Miller80-82=162
United States Cole Howard80-84=164+24
United States Brian Rowell86-82=168+28

Source:

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par443444434444343554
United States Simpson+3+4+4+4+5+4+3+2+2+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1
Northern Ireland McDowell−1−1EE+1+2+2+2+3+3+2+1+2+3+3+3+2+2
United States Thompson+5+5+5+5+4+4+3+3+4+4+3+3+3+3+3+2+2+2
United States Dufner+3+4+4+4+4+4+4+4+4+4+4+3+4+4+4+4+3+3
United States Furyk−1−1−1−1−1EEEEEEE+1+1+1+2+2+3
Republic of Ireland Harrington+5+6+6+6+6+7+6+5+4+4+4+4+3+3+3+3+2+3
United States Peterson+4+4+3+4+4+4+3+3+3+2+2+2+2+2+2+4+3+3
United States Toms+5+5+5+5+6+6+5+5+5+5+5+4+4+4+4+4+3+3
South Africa Els+2+2+3+3+3+3+1+2+3+3+3+2+2+2+2+3+3+4
Sweden Jacobson+1+2+2+2+3+4+3+3+4+5+5+5+5+6+5+6+6+6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogey

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External links

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