2015 U.S. Open (golf) explained

2015 U.S. Open
Dates:June 18–21, 2015
Location:University Place, Washington
Course:Chambers Bay
Org:USGA
Tour:PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Par:70
Yardage: to
Field:156 players, 75 after cut
Cut:145 (+5)
Purse:$10,000,000
€8,944,383
Winners Share:$1,800,000
€1,609,989[1]
Champion: Jordan Spieth
Score:275 (−5)
Previous:2014
Next:2016

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.

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. It was constructed a former quarry that faces Puget Sound and an active freight railroad.[3] A Sounder commuter train platform at Chambers Bay with service from Seattle was planned by Sound Transit for the tournament, but was later cancelled due to logistical and financial challenges.[4]

Course layout

See main article: Chambers Bay. The course was laid out differently each day, with course totals ranging from on Sunday, to 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.[5]

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[6] [7] 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:

Criticism of the course

Chambers Bay was subject to criticism for its bumpy greens, unfair course design, and poor accessibility for spectators.[8] [9] 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".[10]

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

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

3. Winner of the 2014 Amateur Championship

4. Winner of the 2014 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 2015 European Tour BMW PGA Championship

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

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

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

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

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

15. Special exemptions given by the USGA

The remaining contestants earned their places through sectional qualifiers.[13]

Alternates who gained entry:

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

Source:[16]

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.[17] Three-time champion Tiger Woods opened with a round of 80 (+10), his worst score ever at the U.S. Open.[18] 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 and the 18th hole as par-5 at, with the course at .[19] [20] The scoring average for the field was 72.72 (+2.72)[19] and 25 players had under-par rounds.[17] [21]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 65 −5
Henrik Stenson
3 66 −4
T4 Brian Campbell (a) 67 −3
Matt Kuchar
Ben Martin
T7 68 −2
Jason Dufner
Cody Gribble
Joost Luiten
Francesco Molinari
Jordan Spieth
Marc Warren

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.[22] 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.[23] 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.[24]

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.[25] The scoring average for the field was 73.48 (+3.48)[25] and 18 players had under-par rounds. J. B. Holmes and Louis Oosthuizen had the low rounds of the day, 66 (−4).[21]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 66-69=135 −5
68-67=135
T3 69-67=136 −4
65-71=136
T5 69-68=137 −3
68-69=137
67-70=137
70-67=137
T9 68-70=138 −2
72-66=138
70-68=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.[27] The scoring average for the field was 73.13 (+3.13)[27] and only 6 players had under-par rounds.[21]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
align=center rowspan=4T1 68-70-68=206 align=center rowspan=4−4
69-67-70=206
65-71-70=206
68-67-71=206
align=center rowspan=4T5 72-66-71=209 align=center rowspan=4−1
69-70-70=209
77-66-66=209
70-70-69=209
align=center rowspan=6T9 69-68-74=211 align=center rowspan=6+1
68-69-74=211
66-69-76=211
71-69-71=211
69-72-70=211
65-74-72=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.[28] 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 25feet 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.[29] Faced with a 12feet 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.[30] [31] [32]

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.[33] 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.[34]

The first hole was set as a par-4 at and the 18th hole as a par-5 at, with the total at .[35] The scoring average for the field was 71.29 (+1.29)[35] 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.[21]

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (leading amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Jordan Spieth 68-67-71-69=275 −5 1,800,000
T2 65-71-70-70=276 −4 877,144
77-66-66-67=276
T4 69-67-70-71=277 −3 407,037
70-71-72-64=277
70-70-69-68=277
7 73-70-69-66=278 −2 311,835
8 69-72-70-68=279 −1 280,482
T9 68-70-68-74=280 E 235,316
69-70-70-71=280
Rory McIlroy (c) 72-72-70-66=280

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−1 E +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 E −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 +1 E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −3
SmithE −1 −1 E E E E −1 −1 −1 E −1 −1 −1 E −1 −1 −3
Schwartzel +2 +2 +3 +4 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −2
Snedeker +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 E −1 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 +1 +1 E E −1
Day −4 −4 −4 −3 −4 −3 −2 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 E E E −1 E E
Lowry −1 −1 E E +1 E +1 E +1 E E −1 E E E −1 −1 E
McIlroy +4 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +1 +1 E E −1 −2 −2 −1 −1 E E
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Double Eagle -->EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ -->

Source:[36]

Media

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 20 years (1995–2014) had been by NBC Sports, preceded by 29 years (1966–1994) on ABC Sports.

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: U.S. Open Championship: leaderboard . European Tour . June 21, 2015 . June 22, 2015.
  2. Web site: USGA Championships . USGA: 2015 U.S. Open . July 13, 2014.
  3. News: Pennington . Bill . June 16, 2015 . Is this the strangest golf course ever to host a US Open? . . June 4, 2024.
  4. News: Baker . Geoff . November 24, 2014 . USGA working hard to ensure smooth transportation for U.S. Open at Chambers Bay in June . The Seattle Times . June 4, 2024.
  5. Web site: Chambers Bay a 'dream' U.S. Open venue for Davis . PGA Tour . Helen . Ross . June 17, 2015.
  6. News: Chambers Bay Yardage Guide with US Open Tees Sold at Club.
  7. Web site: Course Map . USGA: 2015 U.S. Open . June 16, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150621235056/http://www.usopen.com/en_US/course/index.html . June 21, 2015 . dead . mdy-all .
  8. News: Players: U.S. Open deserves better than setup at Chambers Bay . USA Today . Steve . DiMeglio . June 20, 2015.
  9. News: US Open will return to Chambers Bay, whether players like it or not . New York Post . Mark . Cannizzaro . June 23, 2015.
  10. News: Was the 'unplayable' Chambers Bay golf course fit to host the US Open? . The Guardian . Paul . Campbell . June 22, 2015.
  11. Web site: Campbell announces retirement from golf . May 5, 2015 . PGA European Tour . May 16, 2015.
  12. Web site: Corey Conners turns pro, signs with Ping . April 16, 2015 . Golfweek . April 17, 2015.
  13. Web site: 2015 U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying. USGA: 2015 U.S. Open. May 25, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160530114638/http://www.usopen.com/en_US/news/qualifying/sectional.html. May 30, 2016. dead. mdy-all.
  14. Web site: Oliver Farr profile . USGA: 2015 U.S. Open . June 10, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150610204753/http://www.usopen.com/en_US/players/bios/99005.html . June 10, 2015 . dead . mdy-all .
  15. Web site: Shunsuke Sonoda profile . USGA: 2015 U.S. Open . June 10, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150610192806/http://www.usopen.com/en_US/players/bios/99023.html . June 10, 2015 . dead . mdy-all .
  16. Web site: Players . USGA: 2015 U.S. Open . June 15, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150621235303/http://www.usopen.com/en_US/players/index.html . June 21, 2015 . dead . mdy-all .
  17. News: Henrik Stenson, Dustin Johnson each shoot 65 in Round 1 . ESPN . June 18, 2015 . June 18, 2015.
  18. News: US Open 2015: Tiger Woods implodes at Chambers Bay . June 18, 2015 . The Daily Telegraph . James . Corrigan . June 19, 2015.
  19. Web site: Course Statistics – Round 1 . USGA: 2015 U.S. Open . June 18, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150618214722/http://www.usopen.com/en_US/scoring/stats/round1.html . June 18, 2015 . dead . mdy-all .
  20. News: US Open 2015: first round – as it happened . June 18, 2015 . The Guardian . Scott . Murray . June 19, 2015.
  21. Web site: Full Leader Board . USGA: 2015 U.S. Open . June 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150622070143/http://www.usopen.com/en_US/scoring/index.html . June 22, 2015 . dead . mdy-all .
  22. News: Jordan Spieth, Patrick Reed (5 under) tied atop U.S. Open leaderboard . ESPN . Associated Press . June 19, 2015 . June 19, 2015.
  23. News: Harig . Bob . Jason Day diagnosed with vertigo, aims to play weekend at U.S. Open . ESPN . June 19, 2015.
  24. News: US Open 2015: second round – as it happened . June 20, 2015 . The Guardian . Scott . Murray . June 22, 2015.
  25. Web site: Course Statistics – Round 2 . USGA: 2015 U.S. Open . June 18, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150619051606/http://www.usopen.com/en_US/scoring/stats/round2.html . June 19, 2015 . dead . mdy-all .
  26. News: US Open 2015: third round – as it happened . June 21, 2015 . The Guardian . Scott . Murray . June 22, 2015.
  27. Web site: Course Statistics – Round 3 . USGA: 2015 U.S. Open . June 18, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150619064908/http://www.usopen.com/en_US/scoring/stats/round3.html . June 19, 2015 . dead . mdy-all .
  28. News: U.S. Open 2015: Jordan Spieth, Not Yet 22, Is 2 for 2 in This Year's Majors . June 22, 2015 . The New York Times . Karen . Crouse . June 22, 2015.
  29. News: US Open 2015: Jordan Spieth wins in thrilling finish – as it happened . Scott . Murray . June 22, 2015 . The Guardian . June 22, 2015.
  30. News: Jordan Spieth wins stunner at Chambers Bay for U.S. Open title . ESPN . Associated Press . June 21, 2015 . June 21, 2015.
  31. Web site: Busbee . Jay . Jordan Spieth wins U.S. Open as Dustin Johnson chokes on final green . Yahoo Sports . June 20, 2015 . June 21, 2015.
  32. News: Jordan Spieth wins historic title for second major . June 22, 2015 . BBC Sport . June 22, 2015.
  33. Web site: Auclair . T.J. . Spieth wins 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay . PGA of America . June 20, 2015 . Associated Press . June 21, 2015.
  34. News: Harig . Bob . Louis Oosthuizen fights back to second-place U.S. Open finish . ESPN . June 22, 2015.
  35. Web site: Course Statistics – Round 4 . USGA: 2015 U.S. Open . June 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140716084144/http://www.usopen.com/en_US/scoring/stats/round4.html . July 16, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
  36. Web site: 2015 U.S. Open Leaderboard . Yahoo! Sports. June 21, 2015 . June 24, 2015.

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