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Sunday 15 June 2014PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Kaymer wins U.S. Open
Pinehurst Resort, Pinehurst, North Carolina · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 June 2014 · Martin Kaymer’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $9,000,000 USD · 114th U.S. Open; the U.S. Women's Open followed on the same course the next week
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 21 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 78° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/21°C · wind 10 km/h SSW, gusts 28 · 8.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/19°C · wind 10 km/h WSW, gusts 30 · 3.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/20°C · wind 12 km/h N, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/17°C · wind 14 km/h ENE, gusts 27 · 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
- Erik Compton USA · 279Got within four with a birdie at the 8th, then three bogeys in a five-hole stretch on the back nine; closed with 72 Martin Kaymer wins U.S. Open (AP via ESPN)
- Rickie Fowler USA · 279In a major's final group for the first time; made double bogey at the 4th and closed with 72 Martin Kaymer wins U.S. Open (AP via ESPN)
156 started · cut +5, 67 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
U.S. Open
Pinehurst No. 2, Village of Pinehurst
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Erik Compton, Rickie Fowler
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 June 2014
I hope I can play for free now (laughter). I don't pay if I come here. I would pay for my guests, but I hope I can get for free in here.
AP via ESPN
15 June 2014
Some people, especially when I went through that low, called me a one-hit wonder and those things. So it's quite nice proof, even though I don't feel like I need to prove a lot to people.
AP via ESPN
15 June 2014
No one was catching Kaymer this week. I was playing for second. I think we all were playing for second.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Kaymer | 65 · 65 · 72 · 69 | 271 | −9 |
| T2 | Erik Compton | 72 · 68 · 67 · 72 | 279 | −1 |
| T2 | Rickie Fowler | 70 · 70 · 67 · 72 | 279 | −1 |
| T4 | Keegan Bradley | 69 · 69 · 76 · 67 | 281 | +1 |
| T4 | Jason Day | 73 · 68 · 72 · 68 | 281 | +1 |
| T4 | Dustin Johnson | 69 · 69 · 70 · 73 | 281 | +1 |
| T4 | Brooks Koepka | 70 · 68 · 72 · 71 | 281 | +1 |
| T4 | Henrik Stenson | 69 · 69 · 70 · 73 | 281 | +1 |
| T9 | Adam Scott | 73 · 67 · 73 · 69 | 282 | +2 |
| T9 | Brandt Snedeker | 69 · 68 · 72 · 73 | 282 | +2 |
| T9 | Jimmy Walker | 70 · 72 · 71 · 69 | 282 | +2 |
The golfer
born 1984-12-28, Düsseldorf, West Germany; GER; turned pro 2005; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 2; world No. 28 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile)).
What’s in the bag
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