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Sunday 18 June 2006PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Ogilvy wins U.S. Open
Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, New York · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 June 2006 · Geoff Ogilvy’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,250,000 USD · 106th U.S. Open
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 57 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/18°C · wind 18 km/h NNW, gusts 41 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/16°C · wind 12 km/h NW, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/18°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/20°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Open
1895–2026 in our record, 126 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Phil Mickelson USA · 286Led by two with four to play; bogeyed 16, then double-bogeyed the 72nd hole after driving into the trees left, hitting a tree with his second and plugging his third in a bunker Ogilvy wins U.S. Open as Mickelson falters on 18 (AP via ESPN)
- Colin Montgomerie SCO · 286Holed a long birdie putt at 17 to share the lead, then double-bogeyed 18 from the middle of the fairway after missing the green right with a 7-iron Ogilvy wins U.S. Open as Mickelson falters on 18 (AP via ESPN)
- Jim Furyk USA · 286Needed par at 18 for a playoff; blasted to about 5 feet from a greenside bunker and missed the putt Ogilvy wins U.S. Open as Mickelson falters on 18 (AP via ESPN)
156 started · cut +9, 63 made it
Same week
Men's major
U.S. Open
Winged Foot G.C., Mamaroneck
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jim Furyk, Phil Mickelson, Colin Montgomerie
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 June 2006
You wait your whole life to have a chance to chip one in the last three holes of a major, but when you do it, it took me by surprise a little bit.
Associated Press via ESPN
18 June 2006
I feel for Phil. He's won a few majors recently, so I can take one away.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 June 2006
I still am in shock that I did that. I just can't believe that I did that. I am such an idiot.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 June 2006
This is the first time I've really messed up. Other chances I've had other players have done very well.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geoff Ogilvy | 71 · 70 · 72 · 72 | 285 | +5 |
| T2 | Jim Furyk | 70 · 72 · 74 · 70 | 286 | +6 |
| T2 | Phil Mickelson | 70 · 73 · 69 · 74 | 286 | +6 |
| T2 | Colin Montgomerie | 69 · 71 · 75 · 71 | 286 | +6 |
| 5 | Padraig Harrington | 73 · 69 · 74 · 71 | 287 | +7 |
| T6 | Kenneth Ferrie | 71 · 70 · 71 · 76 | 288 | +8 |
| T6 | Vijay Singh | 71 · 74 · 70 · 73 | 288 | +8 |
| T6 | Jeff Sluman | 74 · 73 · 72 · 69 | 288 | +8 |
| T6 | Steve Stricker | 70 · 69 · 76 · 73 | 288 | +8 |
| T6 | Mike Weir | 71 · 74 · 71 · 72 | 288 | +8 |
| T6 | Nick O'Hern | 75 · 70 · 74 · 69 | 288 | +8 |
The golfer
born 1977-06-11, Adelaide, South Australia; AUS; turned pro 1998; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 1; world No. 17 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, US OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP 2006)).
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