Golf 2013 U.s. Open

Open (golf)">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.

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)
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
Champion
Justin Rose
281 (+1)
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Merion GC

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Location in the United States

Merion GC

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Location in Pennsylvania

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.

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.

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 the last ten years

• Retief Goosen (11) did not play due to a back injury.

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.

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

• Matteo Manassero (13,14)

10. Winner of the 2012 U.S. Senior Open Championship

• Roger Chapman withdrew due to a shoulder injury.

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

• David Lynn (14) and Richard Sterne (14) opted not to compete.

14. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 10, 2013 in the World Rankings

• Kyle Stanley

15. Special exemptions selected by the USGA

• None

The remaining contestants earned their places through sectional qualifiers.

• Japan: Hiroyuki Fujita, Hwang Jung-gon, Hideki Matsuyama, Yoshinobu Tsukada, Yui Ueda
• England: Paul Casey, Chris Doak, Marcus Fraser, Estanislao Goya, Peter Hedblom, David Howell, Simon Khan, Morten Ørum Madsen, José María Olazábal, John Parry, Eddie Pepperell, Jaco van Zyl
• United States

• Newport Beach, California: Steven Alker, Max Homa (a), Kim Bi-o, Cory McElyea (a,L), Roger Tambellini (L)
• Bradenton, Florida: John Hahn (L), John Nieporte (L), Kevin Phelan (a)
• Ball Ground, Georgia: Michael Kim (a), Grayson Murray (a,L), Ryan Nelson (L)
• Rockville, Maryland: Matt Bettencourt, Mathew Goggin, Adam Hadwin, Matt Harmon (L), Randall Hutchison (L), Russell Knox, Cliff Kresge, Ryan Sullivan (L)
• St. Louis, Missouri: Jay Don Blake, Mackenzie Hughes (L)
• Purchase, New York: Gavin Hall (a,L), Jim Herman, Geoffrey Sisk (L), Jesse Smith (L)
• Columbus, Ohio: Aaron Baddeley, Bae Sang-moon, Luke Guthrie, David Hearn, Justin Hicks, Charley Hoffman, Brandt Jobe (L), Robert Karlsson, Doug LaBelle II, David Lingmerth, Ted Potter Jr., Rory Sabbatini, Brendan Steele, Josh Teater, Nicholas Thompson
• Springfield, Ohio: Brandon Brown, Brian Stuard
• Memphis, Tennessee: Brandon Crick (L), Morgan Hoffmann, Jerry Kelly, Scott Langley, Joe Ogilvie, Alistair Presnell, Shawn Stefani, Kevin Sutherland, Andrew Svoboda
• Dallas, Texas: Zack Fischer (L), Edward Loar, Jordan Spieth, Matt Weibring
• Cle Elum, Washington: Wil Collins, Pan Cheng-tsung (a)

Six alternates were also selected from sectional qualifiers.

• Scott Stallings (Memphis) – replaced Roger Chapman
• Mike Weir (Columbus) – claimed spot held for category 14
• Harold Varner III (L, Rockville) – claimed spot held for category 14
• Ryan Palmer (Dallas) – claimed spot held for category 14
• Ryan Yip (L, Springfield) – claimed spot held for category 14
• Rikard Karlberg (England) – claimed spot held for category 14

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

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

• Brandon Brown, Brandon Crick, Chris Doak, Zack Fischer, Luke Guthrie, John Hahn, Gavin Hall, Matt Harmon, Max Homa, Mackenzie Hughes, Randall Hutchison, Kim Bi-o, Michael Kim, Russell Knox, David Lingmerth, Cory McElyea, Grayson Murray, John Nieporte, John Parry, Eddie Pepperell, Jesse Smith, Brian Stuard, Ryan Sullivan, Jaco van Zyl, Yui Ueda, Harold Varner III, Matt Weibring, and Ryan Yip.

East Course

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Lengths of the course for U.S. Opens:

 

• 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. 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.

First round

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

Due to rain delays, the first round was not completed on Thursday; 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). 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. 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.

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

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). 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.

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

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. 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.

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

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.

For Rose, it was his first major title. 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." 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.

For Mickelson, it was his sixth runner-up finish at the U.S. Open, 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."

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

Final leaderboard

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

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
14	Charl Schwartzel	70-71-69-78=288	+8	144,444
T15	John Senden	70-71-74-74=289	+9	132,453
	Lee Westwood	70-77-69-73=289
T17	John Huh	71-73-75-71=290	+10	115,591
	Michael Kim (a)	73-70-71-76=290		0
	David Lingmerth	74-71-71-74=290		115,591
	Brandt Snedeker	74-74-70-72=290
T21	Mathew Goggin	68-74-76-73=291	+11	86,579
	Pádraig Harrington	73-71-75-72=291
	David Hearn	78-69-73-71=291
	Martin Laird	74-73-76-68=291
	Ian Poulter	71-71-73-76=291
	Henrik Stenson	74-68-73-76=291
	Bo Van Pelt	73-71-72-75=291
T28	Matt Kuchar	74-73-72-73=292	+12	60,183
	Morten Ørum Madsen	74-74-70-74=292
	John Parry	76-71-72-73=292
	Mike Weir	72-76-75-69=292
T32	Kevin Chappell	72-76-74-71=293	+13	47,246
	K. J. Choi	70-76-75-72=293
	Jamie Donaldson	73-73-73-74=293
	Paul Lawrie	76-71-69-77=293
	Edward Loar	73-71-73-76=293
	Geoff Ogilvy (c)	74-70-77-72=293
	Webb Simpson (c)	71-75-75-72=293
	Bubba Watson	71-76-70-76=293
	Tiger Woods (c)	73-70-76-74=293
T41	Jerry Kelly	70-73-75-76=294	+14	37,324
	Scott Langley	75-70-75-74=294
	Rory McIlroy (c)	73-70-75-76=294
	Carl Pettersson	72-75-74-73=294
T45	Steven Alker	73-75-75-72=295	+15	28,961
	Paul Casey	73-72-71-79=295
	Sergio García	73-73-75-74=295
	Charley Hoffman	71-73-72-79=295
	Kim Bi-o	72-75-73-75=295
	Russell Knox	69-75-77-74=295
	Pan Cheng-tsung (a)	72-72-75-76=295		0
	Adam Scott	72-75-73-75=295		28,961
T53	Matt Bettencourt	72-71-76-77=296	+16	23,446
	Scott Stallings	71-76-76-73=296
55	Dustin Johnson	71-77-75-74=297	+17	22,561
T56	George Coetzee	71-73-77-77=298	+18	21,485
	Josh Teater	74-74-74-76=298
	Nicholas Thompson	72-76-74-76=298
T59	Martin Kaymer	76-72-77-74=299	+19	20,111
	Marcel Siem	73-71-77-78=299
	Shawn Stefani	72-73-85-69=299
T62	Kevin Phelan (a)	71-77-78-74=300	+20	0
	Matt Weibring	75-73-76-76=300		19,406
64	Michael Weaver (a)	74-74-78-75=301	+21	0
T65	Peter Hedblom	70-78-79-75=302	+22	18,926
	David Howell	77-71-77-77=302
T67	Jim Herman	76-72-76-79=303	+23	17,965
	John Peterson	73-75-78-77=303
	Alistair Presnell	73-75-76-79=303
	Kevin Sutherland	73-74-84-72=303
71	Robert Karlsson	74-72-86-73=305	+25	17,165
72	Simon Khan	74-74-82-76=306	+26	16,844
73	Kyle Stanley	71-74-85-78=308	+28	16,523
CUT	Aaron Baddeley	75-74=149	+9
	Tim Clark	70-79=149
	Peter Hanson	74-75=149
	Justin Hicks	76-73=149
	Freddie Jacobson	73-76=149
	Cliff Kresge	75-74=149
	Doug LaBelle II	75-74=149
	Matteo Manassero	75-74=149
	Rory Sabbatini	77-72=149
	Michael Thompson	71-78=149
	Chris Williams (a)	75-74=149
	Stewart Cink	72-78=150	+10
	Chris Doak	73-77=150
	Steven Fox (a)	76-74=150
	Hiroyuki Fujita	76-74=150
	Morgan Hoffmann	76-74=150
	Ted Potter Jr.	76-74=150
	Kevin Streelman	72-78=150
	Brian Stuard	75-75=150
	Jaco van Zyl	73-77=150
	Casey Wittenberg	79-71=150
	Bae Sang-moon	77-74=151	+11
	Bill Haas	77-74=151
	Gavin Hall (a)	74-77=151
	Max Homa (a)	73-78=151
	Zach Johnson	74-77=151
	Ryan Nelson	73-78=151
	D. A. Points	77-74=151
	Andrew Svoboda	81-70=151
	Nick Watney	73-78=151
	Boo Weekley	75-76=151
	Keegan Bradley	77-75=152	+12
	Brandon Brown	75-77=152
	Marcus Fraser	79-73=152
	Luke Guthrie	73-79=152
	Francesco Molinari	78-74=152
	Brendan Steele	76-76=152
	David Toms	75-77=152
	Yang Yong-eun	77-75=152
	Branden Grace	70-83=153	+13
	John Hahn	75-78=153
	Mackenzie Hughes	75-78=153
	Randall Hutchison	74-79=153
	Hwang Jung-gon	75-78=153
	Thongchai Jaidee	79-74=153
	Marc Leishman	78-75=153
	Graeme McDowell (c)	76-77=153
	Geoffrey Sisk	78-75=153
	Jordan Spieth	77-76=153
	Ryan Yip	76-77=153
	Jay Don Blake	74-80=154	+14
	Michael Campbell (c)	76-78=154
	Estanislao Goya	71-83=154
	Brandt Jobe	74-80=154
	Ryan Palmer	75-79=154
	Eddie Pepperell	77-77=154
	Scott Piercy	78-76=154
	Jesse Smith	73-81=154
	Ángel Cabrera (c)	74-81=155	+15
	Darren Clarke	80-75=155
	Wil Collins	76-79=155
	Rikard Karlberg	78-77=155
	Harold Varner III	76-79=155
	Jim Furyk (c)	77-79=156	+16
Lucas Glover (c)	74-82=156
Ryan Moore	79-77=156
Joe Ogilvie	75-81=156
José María Olazábal	75-81=156
Adam Hadwin	81-76=157	+17
Russell Henley	77-80=157
Zack Fischer	82-76=158	+18
Thorbjørn Olesen	79-79=158
Yoshinobu Tsukada	78-80=158
Brandon Crick	81-78=159	+19
Matt Harmon	78-81=159
Cory McElyea (a)	81-79=160	+20
Roger Tambellini	80-80=160
Yui Ueda	78-83=161	+21
John Nieporte	78-84=162	+22
Ryan Sullivan	81-82=163	+23
Grayson Murray (a)	83-81=164	+24
WD	Louis Oosthuizen	75	+5
	Robert Garrigus	80	+10

Scorecard

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
Rose	+1	+1	+2	+1	+2	+1	E	E	E	E	+1	E	−1	E	E	+1	+1	+1
Day	+2	+2	+2	+1	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	E	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3
Mickelson	−1	−1	+1	E	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	E	E	E	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+3
Dufner	+7	+7	+7	+7	+7	+7	+6	+6	+6	+5	+5	+4	+3	+3	+6	+5	+5	+5
Els	+5	+4	+5	+5	+7	+7	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+5	+5	+4	+5
Horschel	+1	+2	+3	+3	+4	+3	+3	+3	+4	+4	+5	+4	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5
Mahan	E	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+3	+3	+4	+5
Donald	+1	+1	+2	+3	+4	+6	+5	+6	+7	+6	+6	+5	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6
Stricker	E	+3	+4	+4	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+4	+5	+6	+6	+6	+6
Fowler	+3	+4	+4	+4	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+4	+4	+5	+5	+6	+7
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

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