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Sunday 19 June 2022PGA Tour · DP World TourYear in Review
Fitzpatrick wins U.S. Open
The Country Club, Brookline, Massachusetts · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 June 2022 · Matt Fitzpatrick’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $17,500,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 06 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/14°C · wind 19 km/h SSW, gusts 46 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/19°C · wind 22 km/h SW, gusts 48 · 6.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/13°C · wind 21 km/h NW, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/10°C · wind 20 km/h NNW, gusts 45 · 5.1 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
- Will Zalatoris USA · 275Missed a 12-foot birdie putt at the 17th and a 14-foot birdie putt at the 18th that would have forced a playoff; second straight major runner-up. Wikipedia: 2022 U.S. Open (golf)
- Scottie Scheffler USA · 275Made four birdies in his first six holes to lead, then bogeyed the 10th and three-putted the 11th; birdied 17 but finished one back. Wikipedia: 2022 U.S. Open (golf)
156 started · cut +3, 64 made it
Same week
Men's major
U.S. Open
The Country Club, Brookline
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Scottie Scheffler, Will Zalatoris
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 June 2022
It is so cliche, but it's stuff you dream of as a kid. Yeah, to achieve it, I can retire a happy man tomorrow.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 June 2022
Yeah, just happy to be unbeaten around this place.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 June 2022
I've done my drug test, and it was negative, so we're all good (laughing).
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 68 · 70 · 68 · 68 | 274 | −6 |
| T2 | Scottie Scheffler | 70 · 67 · 71 · 67 | 275 | −5 |
| T2 | Will Zalatoris | 69 · 70 · 67 · 69 | 275 | −5 |
| 4 | Hideki Matsuyama | 70 · 70 · 72 · 65 | 277 | −3 |
| T5 | Collin Morikawa | 69 · 66 · 77 · 66 | 278 | −2 |
| T5 | Rory McIlroy | 67 · 69 · 73 · 69 | 278 | −2 |
| T7 | Denny McCarthy | 73 · 70 · 68 · 68 | 279 | −1 |
| T7 | Keegan Bradley | 70 · 69 · 69 · 71 | 279 | −1 |
| T7 | Adam Hadwin | 66 · 72 · 70 · 71 | 279 | −1 |
| T10 | Gary Woodland | 69 · 73 · 69 · 69 | 280 | E |
| T10 | Joel Dahmen | 67 · 68 · 74 · 71 | 280 | E |
The golfer
born 1994-09-01, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England; ENG; turned pro 2014; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 1; world No. 18 that week (OWGR rankBefore for U.S Open (week 25, 2022), OWGR player profile).
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