2014 U.S. Open (golf) explained

2014 U.S. Open
Dates:June 12–15, 2014
Location:Pinehurst, North Carolina
Course:Pinehurst Resort,
Course No. 2
Org:USGA
Tour:PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Par:70
Field:156 players, 67 after cut
Cut:145 (+5)
Purse:$9,000,000
€6,665,578
Winners Share:$1,620,000
€1,199,804[1]
Champion: Martin Kaymer
Score:271 (−9)
Previous:2013
Next:2015

The 2014 United States Open Championship was the 114th U.S. Open, played June 12–15 at the No. 2 Course of the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina.[2]

Martin Kaymer led wire-to-wire to win his first U.S. Open and second major title, eight strokes ahead of runners-up Erik Compton and Rickie Fowler. He was the first to open a major with two rounds of 65 or better, and set a U.S. Open record for lowest 36-hole score at 130. From Germany, Kaymer was the first from continental Europe to win the U.S. Open and the fourth European winner in five years.

Venue

This was the third U.S. Open played at Pinehurst's No. 2 Course and first after the 2010 Coore & Crenshaw restoration which stripped the course of all of its rough and returned it to its original design. The past champions were: Payne Stewart in 1999 and Michael Campbell in 2005. Designed by Donald Ross, the No. 2 Course opened in 1907 and also hosted the PGA Championship in 1936 and the Ryder Cup in 1951. The course hosted the 2014 U.S. Women's Open the following week, the first time the two championships were played on the same course in the same year.[3]

Course layout

See main article: Pinehurst Resort. Course No. 2

HoleYardsParHoleYardsPar
14024106175
25074114834
33874124844
45294133824
55765144734
62193152023
74244165284
85024172053
91913184514
Out3,73735In3,82535
[4] Total 7,56270
Lengths of the course for previous U.S. Opens:

, par 70

, par 70

Field

A record 10,127 entries were received.[5]

About half the field consisted of players who were exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open.[6] 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

2. Winner and runner-up of the 2013 U.S. Amateur Championship

3. Winner of the 2013 Amateur Championship

4. Winner of the 2013 Mark H. McCormack Medal (men's World Amateur Golf Ranking)

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 during the last five years

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

9. Winner of the 2014 European Tour BMW PGA Championship

10. Winner of the 2013 U.S. Senior Open Championship

11. The 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place at the 2013 U.S. Open Championship

12. Players who qualified for the season-ending 2013 Tour Championship

13. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of May 26, 2014, in the Official World Golf Ranking

14. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 9, 2014, in the Official World Golf Ranking

15. Special exemptions given by the USGA

The remaining contestants earned their places through sectional qualifiers.[11]

Alternates who earned entry:

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Martin Kaymer led the field after shooting a five-under-par 65. He led a group of four golfers, including 2010 champion Graeme McDowell, by three strokes. Only 15 players shot under-par rounds. Defending champion Justin Rose shot 72.[15] [16] The scoring average for the field was 73.23, more than three strokes over par.[17]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 65 −5
align=center rowspan=4T2 Brendon de Jongealign=center rowspan=468 align=center rowspan=4−2
Graeme McDowell
Fran Quinn
align=center rowspan=10T6 align=center rowspan=1069 align=center rowspan=10−1
Harris English
Dustin Johnson
Matt Kuchar
Hideki Matsuyama
Francesco Molinari
Brandt Snedeker
Jordan Spieth
Henrik Stenson
Brendon Todd

Second round

Friday, June 13, 2014

Martin Kaymer recorded a second consecutive round of 65 (−5), establishing a new tournament record for lowest 36-hole score (130) and becoming the first player to open a major championship with two rounds of 65 or better.[18] His six-stroke lead over Brendon Todd after 36 holes tied a tournament record previously set by Tiger Woods in 2000 and Rory McIlroy in 2011.[19] 21 players shot under-par rounds and 13 players were under-par for the tournament. The cut was at 145 (+5) and 67 players made the cut including one amateur, 2013 U.S. Amateur winner Matt Fitzpatrick. The scoring average for the field was 72.89, just less than three strokes over par.[20]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 65-65=130 −10
2 69-67=136 −4
T3 68-69=137 −3
69-68=137
T5 69-69=138 −2
68-70=138
69-69=138
70-68=138
69-69=138
T10 71-68=139 −1
69-70=139
71-68=139
69-70=139

Amateurs: Fitzpatrick (+4), Campbell (+6), Stewart (+6), Whitsett (+6), Wilson (+8), McNealy (+10), Shelton (+13), Goss (+14), McIver (+15), Grimmer (+17), Dorn (+19)

Third round

Saturday, June 14, 2014

Kaymer dropped back towards the field, shooting a 2-over-par 72 but still led by five strokes on a tougher scoring day.[21] Erik Compton and Rickie Fowler shot the only sub-par rounds, both shooting 67 (−3) to move into a tie for second place.[22] Only six golfers remained under-par for the tournament. The scoring average for the field was 73.82, almost four strokes over par.[23]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 65-65-72=202 −8
T2 72-68-67=207 −3
70-70-67=207
T4 69-69-70=208 −2
69-69-70=208
6 69-68-72=209 −1
T7 70-68-72=210 E
69-70-71=210
68-69-73=210
T10 68-70-73=211 +1
71-68-72=211
72-69-70=211
69-70-72=211

Final round

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Kaymer shot a 69 in the final round to win by eight strokes over Compton and Fowler. His 72-hole score of 271 was the second-lowest in U.S. Open history.[24] This was his second major championship and also made him the fourth European winner of the event in five years (after Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose) having previously had no European winners since Tony Jacklin in 1970.[25] Eleven golfers shot under-par rounds but none in the last eight groups except Kaymer.[26] Only three golfers finished under-par for the tournament. The scoring average for the field was 72.40, the lowest of any rounds.[27] [28]

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (leading amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Martin Kaymer 65-65-72-69=271 −9 1,620,000
T2 72-68-67-72=279 −1 789,330
70-70-67-72=279
T4 69-69-76-67=281 +1 326,310
73-68-72-68=281
69-69-70-73=281
70-68-72-71=281
69-69-70-73=281
T9 73-67-73-69=282 +2 211,715
69-68-72-73=282
70-72-71-69=282

Scorecard

Final round

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11   12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
Par444453443544443434
Kaymer −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9
Fowler −3 −3 −3 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 E −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1
Compton −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −3 −4 −3 −4 −3 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1
Bradley +4 +4 +3 +3 +3 +3 +4 +4 +3 +2 +2 +3 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1
Day +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 E E E +1
Johnson −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 E +1 +1
Koepka +1 +1 E E E E E E E E E +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1
Stenson −2 −2 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 E E +1 +1 +1 +2 +1 +1
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Double Eagle -->EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ -->
Source:[29]

Media

This was the last U.S. Open for NBC Sports, which had televised the event for twenty consecutive years, 1995–2014. Starting in 2015, Fox Sports began a 12-year contract to televise the championship and other USGA events, which it ended early before the 2020 U.S. Open, where NBC regained coverage due to scheduling conflicts with Fox's NFL and college football coverage caused by the tournament's postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: U.S. Open Championship: leaderboard . European Tour . June 15, 2014 . June 16, 2014.
  2. Web site: 2014 Competitions of the United States Golf Association . USGA . July 5, 2013.
  3. Web site: Pinehurst will host 2014 men's and women's U.S. Opens . Gorant . Jim . Golf.com . June 14, 2009.
  4. Web site: U.S. Open Golf Championship . ESPN . June 14, 2014 . Course stats) . January 13, 2019.
  5. Web site: More than 10,000 golfers attempt to qualify for 2014 U.S. Open at Pinehurst . Golf.com . April 24, 2014 . Associated Press.
  6. Web site: 114th U.S. Open Championship – Entry Form . April 14, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140325071928/https://champs.usga.org/EntryForms/usopen_2014.pdf . March 25, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
  7. Web site: Former U.S. Open Champion Michael Campbell Pulls Out of Pinehurst . Golf.com . Cameron . Morfit . May 14, 2014 . May 14, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140515135310/http://hotlinks.golf.com/2014/05/14/former-u-s-open-champion-michael-campbell-pulls-out-of-pinehurst/?sct=hp3 . May 15, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
  8. News: Tiger Will Not Play in the U.S. Open Next Month . TigerWoods.com . Mark . Soltau . May 28, 2014 . May 28, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140529084408/http://www.tigerwoods.com/news/2014/05/28/77187042/tiger-will-not-play-in-the-us-open-next-month/ . May 29, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
  9. Web site: British Amateur champion Garrick Porteous turns pro . Yahoo Sports . April 16, 2014.
  10. News: Thomas Bjorn out of U.S. Open . ESPN . Associated Press . June 4, 2014.
  11. Web site: 2014 U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying . USGA . May 18, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160530114638/http://www.usopen.com/en_US/news/qualifying/sectional.html . May 30, 2016 . dead . mdy-all .
  12. http://www.jga.or.jp/jga/jsp/2014/53-0-0/fullreaderboard2_en.html 2014 U.S. Open qualifiers - Japan
  13. Web site: Millard disqualified from U.S. Open after qualifying . PGA Tour . June 7, 2014.
  14. News: Five added to U.S. Open field . ESPN . Bob . Harig . June 9, 2014.
  15. News: US Open 2014: first round – as it happened . June 12, 2014 . The Guardian . Scott . Murray . Gregg . Bakowski . June 13, 2014.
  16. News: Martin Kaymer up 3 after opening 65 . ESPN . Associated Press . June 13, 2014.
  17. Web site: Course Statistics – Round 1 . USGA . June 14, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150618214722/http://www.usopen.com/en_US/scoring/stats/round1.html . June 18, 2015 . dead . mdy-all .
  18. News: US Open 2014: second round – as it happened . June 13, 2014 . The Guardian . Scott . Murray . June 17, 2014.
  19. News: Kaymer sets Open record, up by 6 . ESPN . Bob . Harig . June 13, 2014.
  20. Web site: Course Statistics – Round 2 . USGA . June 14, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150619051606/http://www.usopen.com/en_US/scoring/stats/round2.html . June 19, 2015 . dead . mdy-all .
  21. News: US Open 2014: third round – as it happened . June 14, 2014 . The Guardian . Scott . Murray . June 17, 2014.
  22. News: Martin Kaymer has 5-stroke lead . ESPN . Associated Press . June 14, 2014.
  23. Web site: Course Statistics – Round 3 . USGA . June 14, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150619064908/http://www.usopen.com/en_US/scoring/stats/round3.html . June 19, 2015 . dead . mdy-all .
  24. News: US Open Golf 2014 Leaderboard: Full Results, Key Storylines from Pinehurst . June 16, 2014 . . Scott . Polacek . August 24, 2020.
  25. News: US Open 2014: final round – as it happened . June 16, 2014 . The Guardian . Scott . Murray . June 17, 2014.
  26. News: Martin Kaymer wins U.S. Open . ESPN . Associated Press . June 15, 2014.
  27. Web site: Course Statistics – Round 4 . USGA . June 16, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140716084144/http://www.usopen.com/en_US/scoring/stats/round4.html . July 16, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
  28. News: Martin Kaymer strolls to Pinehurst success . June 16, 2014 . BBC Sport . Richard . Winton . June 17, 2014.
  29. Web site: 2014 U.S. Open Leaderboard . Yahoo! Sports. June 15, 2014 . June 24, 2015.

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