The 2015 United States Open Championship was the 115th U.S. Open, played June 18–21, 2015 at

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, southwest of Tacoma on the shore of

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won his first U.S. Open and consecutive major titles, one stroke ahead of runners-up

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and

Louis Oosthuizen Lodewicus Theodorus "Louis" Oosthuizen (; born 1982) is a South African professional golfer who won the 2010 Open Championship. He has finished runner-up in all four major championships: the 2012 Masters Tournament, the 2015 and 2021 U.S. Op ...

. This was the first U.S. Open televised by

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, launching a 12-year contract with the

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. Spieth, age 21, became the youngest U.S. Open champion in 92 years, since Bobby Jones in

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. The reigning Masters champion, Spieth became the youngest to win the Masters and U.S. Open in the same year, passing

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, who won both in 2002 at age 26. Others to win the first two majors of the year were Craig Wood ( 1941),

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). This was the first U.S. Open played in the

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and the third major played in the state of

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, which hosted the

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Venue

Owned by Pierce County, the Chambers Bay course opened for play only eight years earlier in June 2007.

Course layout

The course was laid out differently each day, with course totals ranging from on Sunday, to on Friday. Holes 1 and 18 were played as either par-4 or par-5: the first was a par-4 and the 18th was a par-5 for three of the rounds, switching only for the second round on Friday, and the course was par 70 for each round.
^ In Round 2 on Friday, Hole #1 was played as a par 5 and #18 as a par 4; par was 36 out and 34 in.
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Criticism of the course

Chambers Bay was subject to criticism for its bumpy greens, unfair course design, and poor accessibility for spectators. Former U.S. Open champion

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called it "the worst golf course I might've ever seen in the 63 years as a professional golfer", and Henrik Stenson said that the greens were like "putting on broccoli".

Field

About half the field consisted of players who are exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open. Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, and other categories are shown in parentheses. ;1. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship during the last ten years

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(7,8,11,12,13,14),

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(13,14), Rory McIlroy (6,7,12,13,14),

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(12),

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(12,13,14),

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(12,13,14),

(8) *''Prior to the tournament,

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, the 2005 winner, announced his retirement from golf.'' ;2. Winner and runner-up of the 2014

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Championship Gunn Yang (a) *''

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forfeited his exemption by turning professional.'' ;3. Winner of the 2014

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Bradley Neil (a) ;4. Winner of the 2014 Mark H. McCormack Medal (men's

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)

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(a) ;5. Winners of the Masters Tournament during the last five years

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(13,14), Adam Scott (golfer), Adam Scott (11,12,13,14),

(12,13,14), Bubba Watson (12,13,14) ;6. Winners of The Open Championship during the last five years Darren Clarke, Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson (13,14),

(13,14) ;7. Winners of the

during the last five years Keegan Bradley (11,13,14), Jason Dufner ;8. Winners of The Players Championship during the last three years Rickie Fowler (11,12,13,14) ;9. Winner of the 2015 European Tour BMW PGA Championship An Byeong-hun (13,14) ;10. Winner of the 2014 U.S. Senior Open Championship Colin Montgomerie ;11. The 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place at the 2014 U.S. Open (golf), 2014 U.S. Open Championship Erik Compton, Jason Day (12,13,14),

(12,13,14), Brooks Koepka (13,14), Brandt Snedeker (13,14), Henrik Stenson (13,14), Jimmy Walker (golfer), Jimmy Walker (12,13,14) ;12. Players who qualified for the season-ending 2014 Tour Championship Jim Furyk (13,14), Sergio García (13,14), Bill Haas (13,14), Russell Henley (13,14), Morgan Hoffmann, Billy Horschel (13,14), Zach Johnson (13,14), Chris Kirk (13,14), Matt Kuchar (13,14), Hunter Mahan (13,14), Hideki Matsuyama (13,14), Kevin Na (13,14), Ryan Palmer (13,14), Patrick Reed (13,14), John Senden (13,14), Brendon Todd (13,14), Cameron Tringale, Gary Woodland (13,14) ;13. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of May 25, 2015 in the Official World Golf Ranking Paul Casey (14), George Coetzee, Jamie Donaldson (14), Victor Dubuisson (14), Matt Every (14), Tommy Fleetwood (14), Stephen Gallacher (14), Branden Grace (14), Charley Hoffman (14), J. B. Holmes (14), Thongchai Jaidee (14), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (14), Anirban Lahiri (14), Marc Leishman (14), Shane Lowry (14), Joost Luiten (14), Ben Martin (golfer), Ben Martin (14), Francesco Molinari (14), Ryan Moore (golfer), Ryan Moore (14), Ian Poulter (14), Marc Warren (golfer), Marc Warren, Lee Westwood (14), Bernd Wiesberger (14), Danny Willett (14) ;14. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 15, 2015 in the Official World Golf Ranking Kevin Kisner, Andy Sullivan (golfer), Andy Sullivan ;15. Special exemptions given by the United States Golf Association, USGA ''None'' The remaining contestants earned their places through sectional qualifiers. *Japan: Baek Seuk-hyun, Kurt Barnes, Hiroyuki Fujita, Masahiro Kawamura, Liang Wenchong *England: Thomas Aiken, Lucas Bjerregaard, Marcus Fraser (golfer), Marcus Fraser, Shiv Kapur, Alexander Lévy, Garth Mulroy, Alex Norén, Jason Palmer (golfer), Jason Palmer, John Parry (golfer), John Parry, Marcel Siem, Tjaart van der Walt *United States :*Newport Beach, California: Jared Becher (L), Brian Campbell (golfer), Brian Campbell (a), Beau Hossler (a), Alex Kim (golfer), Alex Kim (L), Jake Knapp (a,L), Kevin Lucas (L) :*Jupiter, Florida: Luke Donald, Sam Horsfield (a), Jack Maguire (golfer), Jack Maguire (a), Andy Pope (L) :*Ball Ground, Georgia: Roberto Castro, Lee McCoy (a), Matthew NeSmith (a,L) :*Rockville, Maryland: Billy Hurley III, Denny McCarthy (a), Timothy O'Neal (golfer), Timothy O'Neal (L) :*Purchase, New York: Rich Berberian Jr. (L), Lee Janzen, Jamie Lovemark, Pat Wilson (golfer), Pat Wilson (L) :*Columbus, Ohio: Sebastian Cappelen, Bryson DeChambeau (a), Brad Fritsch, David Hearn (golfer), David Hearn, Ryo Ishikawa, Danny Lee (golfer), Danny Lee, George McNeill, D. A. Points, Michael Putnam, Sam Saunders (golfer), Sam Saunders, Cameron Smith (golfer), Cameron Smith, Robert Streb, Daniel Summerhays, Bo Van Pelt, Camilo Villegas :*Springfield, Ohio: Michael Davan (L), Tony Finau, Nick Hardy (a,L), Stephan Jäger (L) :*Memphis, Tennessee: Blayne Barber, Charlie Beljan, Tyler Duncan (L), Brad Elder (L), Retief Goosen, Brandon Hagy (L), Brian Harman, Tom Hoge (L), Davis Riley (a), Andrés Romero :*Dallas, Texas: Jason Allred, Cody Gribble, Cole Hammer (a,L), Kyle Jones (golfer), Kyle Jones (a), Matt Mabrey (L), Mark Silvers (L) :*Cle Elum, Washington: Troy Kelly, Richard H. Lee (golfer), Richard H. Lee, Pan Cheng-tsung (L) Alternates who gained entry: *Oliver Farr (England) *Shunsuke Sonoda (Japan) *Kevin Chappell (Columbus) – claimed spot held for category 14 *Jimmy Gunn (golfer), Jimmy Gunn (L, Memphis) – claimed spot held for category 14 *Steve Marino (Dallas) – claimed spot held for category 14 *Josh Persons (L, Rockville) – claimed spot held for category 14 (a) denotes amateur
(L) denotes player advanced through local qualifying Source:

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

( 2005) did not enter

Nationalities in the field

Round summaries

First round

''Thursday, June 18, 2015''

and Henrik Stenson both posted rounds of 65 (−5) to share the lead after the first round. Johnson recorded four birdies on his back-nine and did not make a bogey until the par-3 9th, his 18th hole of the round. Stenson, meanwhile, birdied four of his last five holes to tie Johnson for the lead.

, the reigning Masters champion, was three strokes back after a 68. Three-time champion

opened with a round of 80 (+10), his worst score ever at the U.S. Open. Brian Campbell (golfer), Brian Campbell, a senior at the University of Illinois, was low amateur after a round of 67 (−3), two behind the lead. The first hole was set as a par-4 at and the 18th hole as par-5 at , with the course at . The scoring average for the field was 72.72 (+2.72) and 25 players had under-par rounds.

Second round

''Friday, June 19, 2015'' Masters champion

shot a round of 67 (−3) to tie Patrick Reed for the 36-hole lead. First round co-leader

got as low as 7-under before bogeys on three of his last five holes dropped him to a stroke behind the leaders. Jason Day was just two shots off the lead playing the 9th hole, his 18th of the round, when he collapsed from vertigo. After being treated by medical personnel for several minutes, Day was able to finish the hole and made bogey, dropping to three behind and a tie for 9th place.

missed the cut with a two-round score of 16-over-par, his worst 36-hole score in a major. A bogey on the final hole by Nick Hardy, a freshman from the University of Illinois, moved the cut line to +5. Fifteen additional players earned entry into the third round, including

, Sergio García, Colin Montgomerie,

, and Jimmy Walker (golfer), Jimmy Walker. The 1st hole was set as a 593-yard par-5 and the 18th hole as 514-yard par-4, with the total yardage at 7,695. The scoring average for the field was 73.48 (+3.48) and 18 players had under-par rounds. J. B. Holmes and

had the low rounds of the day, 66 (−4). Amateurs: ''Brian Campbell (golfer), Campbell (−1)'', ''Jack Maguire (golfer), Maguire (+1)'', ''Ollie Schniederjans, Schniederjans (+2)'', ''Beau Hossler, Hossler (+3)'', ''Denny McCarthy, McCarthy (+4)'', ''Nick Hardy, Hardy (+5)'',
Lee McCoy, McCoy (+8), Bryson DeChambeau, DeChambeau (+9), Bradley Neil, Neil (+9), Matthew NeSmith, NeSmith (+9), Kyle Jones (golfer), Jones (+10), Jake Knapp, Knapp (+10), Gunn Yang, Yang (+10), Sam Horsfield, Horsfield (+11), Davis Riley, Riley (+13), Cole Hammer, Hammer (+21)

Third round

''Saturday, June 20, 2015''

again had the low round of the day, 66 (−4), moving him into a tie for 5th place. Despite suffering from vertigo, Jason Day scored 68 (−2), the second lowest round of the day. The 1st hole was set as a 499-yard par-4 and the 18th hole as 577-yard par-5, with the total yardage at 7,637. The scoring average for the field was 73.13 (+3.13) and only 6 players had under-par rounds.

Final round

''Sunday, June 21, 2015'' Four players began the final round tied for the lead for the first time at the U.S. Open since 1973 U.S. Open (golf), 1973. In the final pairing with Jason Day at 3 pm Pacific Time Zone, PDT,

recorded two birdies on the front nine to take sole possession of the lead, then lost it with bogeys on three out of four holes to begin the back nine. In the penultimate pairing,

and Branden Grace both birdied the par-4 12th to tie, but Grace fell from contention on the 16th after his drive went out of bounds and he made double bogey. Spieth holed a birdie putt at the 16th to open up a three-stroke lead, but then three-putted for double bogey on the par-3 17th to fall into a tie with

. Oosthuizen began the round three shots off the lead and quickly dropped further behind with three consecutive bogeys on the front-nine. Beginning at the 12th, however, Oosthuizen birdied six out of his last seven holes to tie Spieth. At the par-5 18th, Spieth hit the green in two and proceeded to two-putt for birdie. Johnson recovered from his bogey streak with a birdie at the 17th, then also found the 18th green in two. Faced with a eagle putt to win the championship, Johnson's attempt rolled three feet (0.9 m) past the hole, then missed his birdie putt to tie. Expecting a Monday playoff, Spieth suddenly gained a one-stroke victory for his second consecutive major title. With the win, Spieth became the sixth to win both the Masters and U.S. Open in the same year and the first since

in 2002. He also became the first to win two majors before the age of 22 since Gene Sarazen in 1922, and the youngest U.S. Open champion since Bobby Jones in

. After opening with a round of 77 (+7), Oosthuizen shot 199 over his last three rounds, tying the U.S. Open record for lowest 54-hole score. His score of 29 on the back-nine also tied a tournament record. The first hole was set as a par-4 at and the 18th hole as a par-5 at , with the total at . The scoring average for the field was 71.29 (+1.29) and 22 players had under-par rounds. Adam Scott (golfer), Adam Scott had the low round of the championship, a 6-under-par 64 to tie for fourth.

Final leaderboard

Scorecard

''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par'' Source:

Media

This was the first U.S. Open televised by Fox USGA, Fox Sports, which began a 12-year contract to televise the championship and other USGA events. The previous 20 years (1995 U.S. Open (golf), 1995–2014 U.S. Open (golf), 2014) had been by Golf Channel on NBC, NBC Sports, preceded by 29 years (1966 U.S. Open (golf), 1966–1994 U.S. Open (golf), 1994) on PGA Tour on ABC, ABC Sports.

References

External links

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