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Sunday 19 June 2016PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Johnson wins U.S. Open
Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 June 2016 · Dustin Johnson’s win no. 10 on the PGA Tour · purse $10,000,000 USD · weather: storms suspended play three times Thursday; first round completed Friday, second round 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 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/20°C · wind 12 km/h SSW, gusts 35 · 31.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/18°C · wind 13 km/h ENE, gusts 32 · 2.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/15°C · wind 9 km/h E, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/16°C · wind 12 km/h SSW, gusts 26 · 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
- Shane Lowry IRL · 279Led by four shots entering the final round and still led with five holes to play, but a bad run on 14, 15 and 16 led to a closing 76 U.S. Open Championship, June 19, 2016: Shane Lowry (ASAP Sports)
- Jim Furyk USA · 279Closed with a 66 to post 1 under, three behind 2016 U.S. Open (golf) (Wikipedia)
- Scott Piercy USA · 279Closed with a 69 to finish 1 under, three behind 2016 U.S. Open (golf) (Wikipedia)
156 started · cut +6, 67 made it
Same week
Men's major
U.S. Open
Oakmont C.C., Oakmont
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jim Furyk, Shane Lowry, Scott Piercy
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 June 2016
Still, watching the video, I still don't think I caused the ball to move, but the USGA, they said I did. So with the rule that -- I don't even understand the rule, but I got a penalty.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 June 2016
For me to finally get it done on Sunday in a major, it's a huge monkey off my back.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 June 2016
It was there for the taking and I didn't take it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dustin Johnson | 67 · 69 · 71 · 69 | 276 | −4 |
| T2 | Jim Furyk | 71 · 68 · 74 · 66 | 279 | −1 |
| T2 | Scott Piercy | 68 · 70 · 72 · 69 | 279 | −1 |
| T2 | Shane Lowry | 68 · 70 · 65 · 76 | 279 | −1 |
| T5 | Sergio Garcia | 68 · 70 · 72 · 70 | 280 | E |
| T5 | Branden Grace | 73 · 70 · 66 · 71 | 280 | E |
| 7 | Kevin Na | 75 · 68 · 69 · 69 | 281 | +1 |
| T8 | Jason Dufner | 73 · 71 · 68 · 70 | 282 | +2 |
| T8 | Jason Day | 76 · 69 · 66 · 71 | 282 | +2 |
| T8 | Zach Johnson | 71 · 69 · 71 · 71 | 282 | +2 |
| T8 | Daniel Summerhays | 74 · 65 · 69 · 74 | 282 | +2 |
The golfer
born 1984-06-22, Columbia, South Carolina; USA; turned pro 2007; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 10; majors to date: 1; world No. 6 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet