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Sunday 17 June 2012PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Simpson wins U.S. Open
Olympic Club, San Francisco, California · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 June 2012 · Webb Simpson’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,000,000 USD · 112th 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 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 76° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/12°C · wind 20 km/h WSW, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/11°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/13°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/14°C · wind 21 km/h SW, gusts 47 · 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
- Graeme McDowell NIR · 282Closed with a 73; hit three fairways in the final round and missed a birdie putt on the 72nd hole that would have forced a playoff U.S. Open Championship, June 17, 2012: Graeme McDowell (ASAP Sports)
- Michael Thompson USA · 282Closed with a 67 to post 2-over 282 and finished one stroke behind 2012 U.S. Open leaderboard (ESPN)
156 started · cut +8, 72 made it
Same week
Men's major
U.S. Open
Olympic Club, San Francisco
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Graeme McDowell, Michael Thompson
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 June 2012
Well, one of my thoughts on the back nine was I don't know how Tiger has won 14 of these things
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 June 2012
We tried to watch videos of our son James that we have on our phone, and we did that to stay calm.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 June 2012
I would rather have tried and failed than have never tried at all. I think someone fairly familiar must said that. But no, yeah, I'm disappointed right now.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Webb Simpson | 72 · 73 · 68 · 68 | 281 | +1 |
| T2 | Michael Thompson | 66 · 75 · 74 · 67 | 282 | +2 |
| T2 | Graeme McDowell | 69 · 72 · 68 · 73 | 282 | +2 |
| T4 | Padraig Harrington | 74 · 70 · 71 · 68 | 283 | +3 |
| T4 | David Toms | 69 · 70 · 76 · 68 | 283 | +3 |
| T4 | Jason Dufner | 72 · 71 · 70 · 70 | 283 | +3 |
| T4 | John Peterson | 71 · 70 · 72 · 70 | 283 | +3 |
| T4 | Jim Furyk | 70 · 69 · 70 · 74 | 283 | +3 |
| 9 | Ernie Els | 75 · 69 · 68 · 72 | 284 | +4 |
| T10 | Casey Wittenberg | 71 · 77 · 67 · 70 | 285 | +5 |
| T10 | Retief Goosen | 75 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 285 | +5 |
| T10 | John Senden | 72 · 73 · 68 · 72 | 285 | +5 |
| T10 | Kevin Chappell | 74 · 71 · 68 · 72 | 285 | +5 |
| T10 | Lee Westwood | 73 · 72 · 67 · 73 | 285 | +5 |
The golfer
born 1985-08-08, Raleigh, North Carolina; USA; turned pro 2008; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 1; world No. 14 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table, U.S. Open Championship 2012)).
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