2013 U.S. Open (golf)

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2013 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 13–16, 2013
LocationHaverford Township, Pennsylvania
Course(s)Merion Golf Club
East Course
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length6,996 yards (6,397 m)[1][2]
Field156 players, 73 after cut
Cut148 (+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)
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Merion GC is located in the United States
Merion GC
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Location in the United States
Merion GC is located in Pennsylvania
Merion GC
Merion GC
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Location in Pennsylvania

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[edit]

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[edit]

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)

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
(L) denotes player advanced through local qualifying

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

Course layout[edit]

See also: Merion Golf Club

East Course

Round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Par 4 5 3 5 4 4 4 4 3 36 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 34 70
1 Yards 340 567 246 640 499 489 382 360 237 3,760 301 375 386 102 446 413 440 243 500 3,206 6,966
2 Yards 356 557 203 628 504 491 368 363 219 3,689 313 363 405 123 453 414 434 206 501 3,212 6,901
3 Yards 342 556 245 604 510 477 363 351 231 3,679 280 370 403 98 476 397 446 254 530 3,254 6,933
4 Yards 360 525 266 571 495 490 340 353 246 3,646 290 356 419 121 452 422 423 229 511 3,223 6,869

Source:[1][2][13]

Lengths of the course for U.S. Opens:

US Open 2013 Course Map
  • 2013: 6,996 yards (6,397 m), par 70
  • 1981: 6,544 yards (5,984 m), par 70
  • 1971: 6,544 yards (5,984 m), par 70
  • 1950: 6,694 yards (6,121 m), par 70
  • 1934: 6,694 yards (6,121 m), par 70

The course was re-measured prior to the 1971 Open and found to be 150 yds shorter than previously thought. Given that the same tees were used, the previous two opens were also played over 6544 yds as the previous measurement of 6694 was incorrect.

One unique aspect of the course was that players began the first and second rounds on the 1st and 11th tees, rather than the 1st and 10th tees, as is typical. This was due to the 11th tee being more conveniently located relative to the practice range than the 10th tee.[14] This was the second straight year the players did not begin rounds on the 10th tee as the first and second rounds started on the 1st and 9th tee the previous year at Olympic Club.

Round summaries[edit]

First round[edit]

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

Due to rain delays, the first round was not completed on Thursday;[15] 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).[16] 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.[17] 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]

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Phil Mickelson 67 −3
T2 England Luke Donald 68 −2
Australia Mathew Goggin
T4 Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts 69 −1
Scotland Russell Knox
T6 South Korea K. J. Choi 70 E
South Africa Tim Clark
Australia Jason Day
United States Rickie Fowler
South Africa Branden Grace
Sweden Peter Hedblom
United States Jerry Kelly
South Africa Charl Schwartzel
Australia John Senden
England Lee Westwood

Second round[edit]

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).[18] 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]

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Billy Horschel 72-67=139 −1
United States Phil Mickelson 67-72=139
T3 England Luke Donald 68-72=140 E
England Justin Rose 71-69=140
United States Steve Stricker 71-69=140
T6 Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts 69-72=141 +1
United States Hunter Mahan 72-69=141
South Africa Charl Schwartzel 70-71=141
Australia John Senden 70-71=141
T10 Australia Mathew Goggin 68-74=142 +2
England Ian Poulter 71-71=142
Sweden Henrik Stenson 74-68=142

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

Third round[edit]

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.[19] 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]

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Phil Mickelson 67-72-70=209 −1
T2 United States Hunter Mahan 72-69-69=210 E
South Africa Charl Schwartzel 70-71-69=210
United States Steve Stricker 71-69-70=210
T5 England Luke Donald 68-72-71=211 +1
United States Billy Horschel 72-67-72=211
England Justin Rose 71-69-71=211
8 Australia Jason Day 70-74-68=212 +2
9 United States Rickie Fowler 70-76-67=213 +3
10 United States Michael Kim (a) 73-70-71=214 +4

Final round[edit]

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.[20]

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.[20]

For Rose, it was his first major title.[21] 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."[20] 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.[20]

For Mickelson, it was his sixth runner-up finish at the U.S. Open,[22][23] 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."[20]

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.[20] Jason Dufner shot a 67 (−3) despite a triple-bogey on 15 to tie Mahan, Horschel, and Ernie Els.[20] 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.[24] The scoring average for the fourth round was 74.05.[13]

Final leaderboard[edit]

Champion
Silver Cup winner (leading amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 England Justin Rose 71-69-71-70=281 +1 1,440,000
T2 Australia Jason Day 70-74-68-71=283 +3 696,104
United States Phil Mickelson 67-72-70-74=283
T4 United States Jason Dufner 74-71-73-67=285 +5 291,406
South Africa Ernie Els (c) 71-72-73-69=285
United States Billy Horschel 72-67-72-74=285
United States Hunter Mahan 72-69-69-75=285
T8 England Luke Donald 68-72-71-75=286 +6 210,006
United States Steve Stricker 71-69-70-76=286
T10 Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts 69-72-74-72=287 +7 168,530
Spain Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño 71-72-72-72=287
United States Rickie Fowler 70-76-67-74=287
Japan Hideki Matsuyama 71-75-74-67=287

Scorecard[edit]

Final round

Hole  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 3 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4
England Rose +1 +1 +2 +1 +2 +1 E E E E +1 E −1 E E +1 +1 +1
Australia Day +2 +2 +2 +1 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 E +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3
United States Mickelson −1 −1 +1 E +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 E E E +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 E E E E E +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 −1 E +1 +2 +4 +5 +5 +6 +7 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +7 +8 +8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[25]

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