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Sunday 19 June 2011PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
McIlroy wins U.S. Open
Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 June 2011 · Rory McIlroy’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,850,000 USD · 111th U.S. Open; a 42-minute thunderstorm delay on Friday left seven groups to finish the second round on Saturday morning
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 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/18°C · wind 17 km/h S, gusts 47 · 18.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/19°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 38 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/20°C · wind 8 km/h WNW, gusts 27 · 4.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/22°C · wind 8 km/h E, gusts 20 · 7 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
- Jason Day AUS · 276Shot a bogey-free closing 68 to finish alone in second, eight strokes behind; his second straight runner-up finish in a major US Open: Rory McIlroy wins first major at Congressional (BBC Sport)
156 started · cut +4, 72 made it
Same week
Men's major
U.S. Open
Congressional C.C., Bethesda
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jason Day
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 June 2011
After I got past the 11th, I sort of knew I would have had to have done something really, really stupid to not win.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 June 2011
And as I said, to get one out of the way early, you can always call yourself a Major champion. And hopefully in the not so distant future I'll be able to call myself a multiple major champion.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 June 2011
Very excited that I finished second. I'm not going to go home and cry because I got whooped.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rory McIlroy | 65 · 66 · 68 · 69 | 268 | −16 |
| 2 | Jason Day | 71 · 72 · 65 · 68 | 276 | −8 |
| T3 | Kevin Chappell | 76 · 67 · 69 · 66 | 278 | −6 |
| T3 | Lee Westwood | 75 · 68 · 65 · 70 | 278 | −6 |
| T3 | Robert Garrigus | 70 · 70 · 68 · 70 | 278 | −6 |
| T3 | Y.E. Yang | 68 · 69 · 70 · 71 | 278 | −6 |
| T7 | Peter Hanson | 72 · 71 · 69 · 67 | 279 | −5 |
| T7 | Sergio Garcia | 69 · 71 · 69 · 70 | 279 | −5 |
| T9 | Charl Schwartzel | 68 · 74 · 72 · 66 | 280 | −4 |
| T9 | Louis Oosthuizen | 69 · 73 · 71 · 67 | 280 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1989-05-04, Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland; NIR; turned pro 2007; age 22 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 1; world No. 8 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table, 2011 U.S. Open)).
What’s in the bag
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