2013 U.S. Open (golf)

2013 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 13–16, 2013
Location Haverford Township, Pennsylvania
Course(s) Merion Golf Club
East Course
Organized by USGA
Tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par 70
Length 6,996 yards (6,397 m)[1][2]
Field 156 players, 73 after cut
Cut 148 (+8)
Prize fund $8,000,000
€6,118,872
Winner's share $1,440,000
€1,101,397 [3]
Champion
England Justin Rose
281 (+1)
«2012
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Merion GC
Location in the United States

The 2013 United States Open Championship was the 113th U.S. Open, held June 13–16 at the East Course of Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, west of Philadelphia. Justin Rose won his first major title, two strokes ahead of runners-up Jason Day and Phil Mickelson.

Rose became the first player from England to win the U.S. Open since Tony Jacklin in 1970, and the first to win any major since Nick Faldo won his third Masters in 1996. It was a record sixth runner-up finish for Mickelson and defending champion Webb Simpson tied for 32nd place. Inclement weather in the opening round delayed the completion of each of the first two rounds to the following day, and the average score in each of the four rounds exceeded 74 (+4). Shawn Stefani recorded the first-ever hole in one during a U.S. Open at Merion, acing the 229-yard (209 m) 17th on Sunday.

Venue

The 2013 U.S. Open was the fifth Open played at Merion's East Course, which opened in 1912. The past Open champions on the course were Olin Dutra in 1934, Ben Hogan in 1950, Lee Trevino in 1971, and David Graham in 1981. The course has also hosted the U.S. Amateur six times.

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.[4]

  1. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship the last ten years
  2. Winner and runner-up of the 2012 U.S. Amateur Championship
  3. Winner of the 2012 Amateur Championship
    • Alan Dunbar turned professional in April 2013, forfeiting his exemption.[6]
  4. Winner of the 2012 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Men's World Amateur Golf Rankings)
    • Chris Williams (a)
  5. Winners of the Masters Tournament during the last five years
  6. Winners of The Open Championship during the last five years
  7. Winners of the PGA Championship the last five years
  8. Winners of The Players Championship during the last three years
  9. Winner of the 2013 European Tour BMW PGA Championship
  10. Winner of the 2012 U.S. Senior Open Championship
  11. The 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place at the 2012 U.S. Open Championship
  12. Players who qualified for the season-ending 2012 Tour Championship
  13. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of May 27, 2013 in the World Rankings
  14. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 10, 2013 in the World Rankings
  15. Special exemptions selected by the USGA
    • None

The remaining contestants earned their places through sectional qualifiers.[10]

Six alternates were also selected from sectional qualifiers.

(a) denotes amateur

For 28 players, the U.S. Open was their first major appearance.[12]

Past champions in the field

The field included ten previous champions, half of whom made the cut.

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Place
Ernie Els  South Africa 1994, 1997 71 72 73 69 285 +5 T4
Geoff Ogilvy  Australia 2006 74 70 77 72 293 +13 T32
Webb Simpson  United States 2012 71 75 75 72 293 +13 T32
Tiger Woods  United States 2000, 2002, 2008 73 70 76 74 293 +13 T32
Rory McIlroy  Northern Ireland 2011 73 70 75 76 294 +14 T41

Missed the cut

Player Country Year won R1 R2 Total To par
Graeme McDowell  Northern Ireland 2010 76 77 153 +13
Michael Campbell  New Zealand 2005 76 78 154 +14
Ángel Cabrera  Argentina 2007 74 81 155 +15
Jim Furyk  United States 2003 77 79 156 +16
Lucas Glover  United States 2009 74 82 156 +16

Course layout

East Course

RoundHole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Par453544443364443444343470
1Yards340567246640499489 3823602373,7603013753861024464134402435003,2066,966
2Yards3565572036285044913683632193,6893133634051234534144342065013,2126,901
3Yards3425562456045104773633512313,679280370403984763974462545303,2546,933
4Yards3605252665714954903403532463,6462903564191214524224232295113,2236,869
US Open 2013 Course Map

Source:[1][2][13]

Lengths of the course for U.S. Opens:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 13, 2013
Friday, June 14, 2013

Due to rain delays, the first round was not completed on Thursday;[14] only the morning half of the field completed their rounds. Luke Donald was the overnight leader at −4, while Mickelson was the clubhouse leader at 67 (−3).[15] When the first round was completed Friday morning, only five players were under par: Mickelson at 67 (−3), Donald and Mathew Goggin at 68 (−2) and Nicolas Colsaerts and Russell Knox at 69 (−1). Since 2008, the USGA has placed the top three players in the world rankings in the same grouping for the first two rounds.[16] None of the three broke par in the first round: Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy shot 73 (+3) and Adam Scott 72 (+2). The scoring average for the field was 74.31, more than four strokes over par.[13]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Phil Mickelson United States67−3
T2Luke Donald England68−2
Mathew Goggin Australia
T4Nicolas Colsaerts Belgium69−1
Russell Knox Scotland
T6K. J. Choi South Korea70E
Tim Clark South Africa
Jason Day Australia
Rickie Fowler United States
Branden Grace South Africa
Peter Hedblom Sweden
Jerry Kelly United States
Charl Schwartzel South Africa
John Senden Australia
Lee Westwood England

Second round

Friday, June 14, 2013
Saturday, June 15, 2013

On Friday, the second round was suspended due to darkness, with 68 players yet to complete their rounds. The leaders in the clubhouse were Mickelson and Billy Horschel, at 139 (−1). Horschel hit all 18 greens in regulation and shot a 67 (−3).[17] When the second round was completed Saturday morning, Horschel and Mickelson still stood atop the leader board. Only six players shot under-par rounds, led by Horschel's 67. The scoring average for the second round was 75.13.[13]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Billy Horschel United States72-67=139−1
Phil Mickelson United States67-72=139
T3Luke Donald England68-72=140E
Justin Rose England71-69=140
Steve Stricker United States71-69=140
T6Nicolas Colsaerts Belgium69-72=141+1
Hunter Mahan United States72-69=141
Charl Schwartzel South Africa70-71=141
John Senden Australia70-71=141
T10Mathew Goggin Australia68-74=142+2
Ian Poulter England71-71=142
Henrik Stenson Sweden74-68=142

Amateurs: Kim (+3), Pan (+4), Weaver (+8), Phelan (+8), Williams (+9), Fox (+10), Hall (+11), Homa (+11), McElyea (+20), Murray (+24)

Third round

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Mickelson shot an even-par round for 209 (−1) to stay atop the leaderboard, his second 54-hole lead at the U.S. Open. Hunter Mahan, Charl Schwartzel, and Steve Stricker were one shot back at even-par 210.[18] As in the second round, only six players had under-par rounds, led by Rickie Fowler at 67. Woods struggled with his putting; after a birdie on the par-4 1st, he made seven bogeys to shoot 76 and fall to 219 (+9), ten strokes back. The scoring average for the third round was 74.36.[13]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Phil Mickelson United States 67-72-70=209−1
T2Hunter Mahan United States 72-69-69=210E
Charl Schwartzel South Africa70-71-69=210
Steve Stricker United States71-69-70=210
T5Luke Donald England68-72-71=211+1
Billy Horschel United States72-67-72=211
Justin Rose England71-69-71=211
8Jason Day Australia 70-74-68=212+2
9Rickie Fowler United States70-76-67=213+3
10Michael Kim (a) United States 73-70-71=214+4

Final round

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Phil Mickelson three-putted the third and fifth holes for double bogeys, but took back the lead with an eagle on the 10th. Justin Rose responded with birdies on the 12th and 13th. A bogey by Mickelson on the 13th gave Rose the lead.[19]

Through 16 holes, Rose had five birdies and five bogeys and a one-shot lead over Mickelson. He managed par on the challenging final two holes, finishing with an even-par 70 for a 281 (+1) overall. Mickelson narrowly missed a birdie putt on the 16th that would have tied Rose and did not threaten to birdie either of the final two holes. A missed long par putt on 18 dropped him to +3 overall and into a tie with Jason Day for second place.[19]

For Rose, it was his first major title.[20] He completed the tournament without any double bogeys. On his win, Rose commented "It feels fantastic. I committed myself to the process this week. I committed myself to putting a strategy in place that I hoped would work in five-to-10 years in delivering major championships ... it's a moment where you can look back and think childhood dreams have come true."[19] He was the first English player to win the U.S. Open since Tony Jacklin in 1970, and the first to win any major since Nick Faldo won the 1996 Masters. Rose, who entered the tournament ranked fifth in the world, moved up to third as a result of the win.[19]

For Mickelson, it was his sixth runner-up finish at the U.S. Open,[21][22] an event record. He has never won the event and called the loss heartbreaking: "this is tough to swallow after coming so close ... I felt like this was as good an opportunity I could ask for and to not get it ... it hurts."[19]

Mahan was tied for the lead as late as the 14th hole before going +4 on the last four holes and dropping into a four-way tie for fourth, four strokes back.[19] Jason Dufner shot a 67 (−3) despite a triple-bogey on 15 to tie Mahan, Horschel, and Ernie Els.[19] Hideki Matsuyama also shot a 67 with six birdies to finish in a tie for tenth. Schwartzel started the day one shot back, but a 78 dropped him outside the top 10.

Shawn Stefani recorded the first-ever hole-in-one during a U.S. Open at Merion, acing the 229-yard (209 m) 17th. His 4-iron tee shot bounced off the slope left of the green and rolled a considerable distance into the cup.[23] The scoring average for the fourth round was 74.05.[13]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Justin Rose England71-69-71-70=281+11,440,000
T2Jason Day Australia70-74-68-71=283+3696,104
Phil Mickelson United States67-72-70-74=283
T4Jason Dufner United States74-71-73-67=285+5291,406
Ernie Els South Africa71-72-73-69=285
Billy Horschel United States72-67-72-74=285
Hunter Mahan United States72-69-69-75=285
T8Luke Donald England68-72-71-75=286+6210,006
Steve Stricker United States71-69-70-76=286
T10Nicolas Colsaerts Belgium69-72-74-72=287+7168,530
Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño Spain71-72-72-72=287
Rickie Fowler United States70-76-67-74=287
Hideki Matsuyama Japan71-75-74-67=287

Amateurs: Kim (+10), Pan (+15), Phelan (+20), Weaver (+21)

Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par453544443 444344434
England Rose +1+1+2+1+2+1EEEE+1E−1EE+1+1+1
Australia Day +2+2+2+1+2+2+2+1+1E+1+1+1+2+2+2+2+3
United States Mickelson −1−1+1E+2+2+2+2+2EEE+1+1+2+2+2+3
United States Dufner +7+7+7+7+7+7+6+6+6+5+5+4+3+3+6+5+5+5
South Africa Els +5+4+5+5+7+7+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+5+5+4+5
United States Horschel +1+2+3+3+4+3+3+3+4+4+5+4+5+5+5+5+5+5
United States Mahan EEEEE+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+3+3+4+5
England Donald +1+1+2+3+4+6+5+6+7+6+6+5+6+6+6+6+6+6
United States Stricker E+3+4+4+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+4+5+6+6+6+6
United States Fowler +3+4+4+4+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+4+4+5+5+6+7
South Africa Schwartzel −1−1E+1+2+4+5+5+6+7+6+6+6+6+6+7+8+8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[24]

References

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  13. 1 2 3 4 5 "U.S. Open – Course Statistics". USGA. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
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  15. ↑ Harig, Bob (June 13, 2013). "Phil Mickelson (67) clubhouse leader". ESPN. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  16. ↑ Ross, Helen (June 12, 2013). "Top three eager for marquee date". PGA Tour. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
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  18. ↑ "Phil Mickelson maintains Open lead". ESPN. Associated Press. June 15, 2013. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Harig, Bob (June 16, 2013). "Justin Rose closes out 1st major win". ESPN. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
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  21. ↑ Murray, Scott (June 17, 2013). "US Open: final round - as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
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