The 2018 United States Open Championship was the 118th U.S. Open, held at

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in Shinnecock Hills, New York, about east of

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on Long Island; it was the fifth time the U.S. Open was held at this course. Defending champion Brooks Koepka shot a final round 68 for 281 (+1) to win his second straight U.S. Open, one stroke ahead of runner-up Tommy Fleetwood, who closed with the sixth round of 63 in U.S. Open history. Koepka was only the third to successfully defend the title since

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, following

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(

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) and Curtis Strange (

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changed the playoff format in February, from a full round (18 holes) to a two-hole aggregate playoff. Previously, playoffs at the U.S. Open were 18 holes, followed by sudden-death, if needed. The last 18-hole playoff was in

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, won by

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on the first sudden-death hole.

Venue

Course layout

Lengths of the course for previous major championships: *, par 70 - 2004 U.S. Open *, par 70 - 1995 U.S. Open *, par 70 - 1986 U.S. Open *, - 1896 U.S. Open ;2018 yardages by round * Scoring average: 74.650 ** by round: 76.474, 73.595, 75.327, 72.180 * Most difficult holes in relation to par: 14, 3, 2, 10 Source:

Field

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at Shinnecock Hills About half the field consisted of players who were 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 Lucas Glover, Dustin Johnson (12,13,14), Martin Kaymer, Brooks Koepka (11,12,13,14), Graeme McDowell,

Rory McIlroy Rory Daniel McIlroy (born 4 May 1989) is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who is a member of both the European and PGA Tours. He is the current world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking, and has spent over 100 weeks in th ...

(6,7,13,14),

Justin Rose Justin Peter Rose, (born 30 July 1980) is an English professional golfer who plays most of his golf on the PGA Tour, while keeping his membership on the European Tour. He won his first major championship at the 2013 U.S. Open at Merion Golf ...

(12,13,14), Webb Simpson (8,12,13,14),

Jordan Spieth Jordan Alexander Spieth (born July 27, 1993) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour and former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking. He is a three-time major winner and the 2015 FedEx Cup champion. Spieth's first maj ...

(5,6,12,13,14),

;2. Winner and runner-up of the 2017 U.S. Amateur, winner of the 2017

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and 2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur Doug Ghim (a), Noah Goodwin (a), Matt Parziale (a) *'' Doc Redman forfeited his exemption as winner of the U.S. Amateur by turning professional in May 2018.'' ;3. Winner of the 2017 Amateur Championship

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(a) ;4. Winner of the 2017 Mark H. McCormack Medal (men's World Amateur Golf Ranking) *'' Joaquín Niemann forfeited his exemption by turning professional.'' ;5. Winners of the

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during the last five years

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(12,13,14), Patrick Reed (12,13,14),

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(13,14), Danny Willett ;6. Winners of

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during the last five years Zach Johnson (13,14),

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(13,14),

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(13,14) ;7. Winners of the

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during the last five years Jason Day (8,12,13,14), Jason Dufner (12,13,14),

Justin Thomas Justin Louis Thomas (born April 29, 1993) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and is former World Number One. In 2017, Thomas experienced a breakout year, winning five PGA Tour events and the FedEx Cup championship. H ...

(11,12,13,14),

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(13,14) ;8. Winners of

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during the last three years Kim Si-woo (13,14) ;9. Winner of the 2018 European Tour BMW PGA Championship

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(13,14) ;10. Winner of the 2017 U.S. Senior Open Championship

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;11. The 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place at the 2017 U.S. Open Championship Tommy Fleetwood (13,14),

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(12,13,14), Bill Haas, Brian Harman (12,13,14),

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(12,13,14), Hideki Matsuyama (12,13,14), Trey Mullinax, Xander Schauffele (12,13,14),

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;12. Players who qualified for the season-ending 2017

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Daniel Berger (13,14),

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(13,14), Paul Casey (13,14), Kevin Chappell (13,14),

Tony Finau Milton Pouha "Tony" Finau (born September 14, 1989) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. Early life and amateur career Milton Pouha Finau was born on September 14, 1989 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He won the Utah ...

(13,14),

Adam Hadwin Adam Hadwin (born 2 November 1987) is a Canadian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won once on the PGA Tour, twice on the Web.com Tour, and twice on the Canadian Tour. Early life Hadwin was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan a ...

(13,14),

Russell Henley Russell Henley (born April 12, 1989) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. Amateur career Born in Macon, Georgia, Henley attended Stratford Academy in Macon. He played college golf for four years at the University of Geor ...

(13,14), Kevin Kisner (13,14), Matt Kuchar (13,14), Marc Leishman (13,14), Pat Perez (13,14),

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(13,14), Kyle Stanley (13,14), Jhonattan Vegas, Gary Woodland (13,14) ;13. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of May 21, 2018, in the

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Kiradech Aphibarnrat (14), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (14),

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(14),

Ross Fisher Ross Daniel Fisher (born 22 November 1980) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, where he has won five times, including the 2009 Volvo World Match Play Championship at Finca Cortesin Golf Club in Spain. Early life F ...

(14), Matt Fitzpatrick (14), Dylan Frittelli,

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(14),

Chesson Hadley Chesson Tyler Hadley (born July 5, 1987) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. Amateur career Hadley was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, on July 5, 1987, to Russell and Edna Ruth Hadley. He started playing golf at North ...

, Tyrrell Hatton (14), Charles Howell III (14), Satoshi Kodaira (14), Alexander Lévy (14), Li Haotong (14), Luke List (14), Alex Norén (14), Louis Oosthuizen (14), Ian Poulter (14),

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(14), Charl Schwartzel (14), Cameron Smith (14),

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(14), Peter Uihlein (14) ;14. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 11, 2018, in the

An Byeong-hun, Emiliano Grillo ;15. Special exemptions given by the

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The remaining contestants earned their places through sectional qualifiers. * Japan: Shota Akiyoshi, David Bransdon, Liang Wenchong * England: Dean Burmester, Ryan Fox, Scott Gregory, Andrew Johnston, Tom Lewis, James Morrison,

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Richie Ramsay } Richie Ramsay (born 15 June 1983) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. Ramsay played in the 2005 Walker Cup and, in 2006, became the first British golfer in almost a century to win the U.S. Amateur. Ramsay tur ...

, Kristoffer Reitan (a), Jason Scrivener, Matthew Southgate,

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* United States :* Daly City, California: Shintaro Ban (a),

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(a,L), Park Sung-joon,

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(a,L), Yu Chun-an (a) :* Jupiter, Florida:

Luis Gagne Luis Gerardo Gagne (born 27 August 1997) is a Costa Rican professional golfer who is best known for finishing low amateur at the 2018 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills. Early life and amateur career Gagne was born in Costa Rica, but his family ...

(a,L), Tyler Strafaci (a,L), Richy Werenski :* Roswell, Georgia:

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(L), Garrett Rank (a,L) :* Rockville, Maryland:

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(L),

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(L), Sebastián Muñoz,

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:* Summit, New Jersey: Stewart Hagestad (a), Calum Hill,

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(a), Michael Miller (L), Cameron Wilson :* Columbus, Ohio: Aaron Baddeley,

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, Brian Gay, Im Sung-jae,

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, Shane Lowry,

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(a,L),

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, Patrick Rodgers, Ollie Schniederjans, Adam Scott, Shubhankar Sharma, Harold Varner III, Will Zalatoris :* Springfield, Ohio: David Gazzolo (L), Will Grimmer (a,L),

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(L), Brian Stuard,

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(a,L) :* Portland, Oregon:

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(L), Michael Block (L), Lucas Herbert,

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(L) :* Memphis, Tennessee: Eric Axley,

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, Tyler Duncan, Lanto Griffin,

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, Matt Jones, Scott Stallings,

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(a), Sebastián Vázquez (L), Aaron Wise :* Richmond, Texas: Philip Barbaree (a),

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(a),

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(L) Alternates who gained entry: *

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(England) – claimed spot held for category 14 *

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(Japan) – claimed spot held for category 14 * Scott Piercy (Memphis) – claimed spot held for category 14 *

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(Columbus) – claimed spot held for category 14 (a) denotes amateur
(L) denotes player advanced through local qualifying

Nationalities in the field

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Round summaries

First round

''Thursday, June 14, 2018'' Conditions were extremely difficult as gusty winds hung around all day with sunny skies, making the course firm and fast. Only four players broke par, including Dustin Johnson, one of the tournament favorites. The scoring average for the round was 76.47.

Second round

''Friday, June 15, 2018'' Dustin Johnson held the lead after shooting a 67, four shots ahead of

and Scott Piercy. Amateurs: '' Grimmer (+5)'', '' Gagne (+7)'', '' Parziale (+7)'', Thornberry (+9), Strafaci (+10),

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(+13), Rasmussen (+14), Hagestad (+15), Bergeron (+16), Humphrey (+16), Yu (+17), Huang (+18), Lumsden (+18),

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(+18), Reitan (+18), Wiseman (+18),

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(+19),

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(+19), Goodwin (+19), Barbaree (+21)

Third round

''Saturday, June 16, 2018'' Second round leader Dustin Johnson shot a seven-over 77 to fall into a four-way tie with Daniel Berger,

and defending champion Brooks Koepka. Johnson double bogeyed the par-3 2nd and went six-over on the front-nine. He made his only birdie of the round at the 11th to get back to the top of the leaderboard, but three-putted for bogey on 18 to settle for a share of the 54-hole lead. Berger and Finau began the round in 45th place and 11 shots behind, but each shot 66 (−4) for the low round of the day. Scoring conditions got more difficult as the day went on. Koepka's two-over 72 was the lowest score among the final four groups. Only three rounds in the 60s were recorded, two of them by Berger and Finau. The scoring average for the round was 75.3.

incurred a two-shot penalty on the 13th when he walked after his ball which was running slowly away from the hole after his putt and deliberately hit the ball backwards towards the hole while it was still moving. He ended up shooting 81 (+11), equalling his highest score at the U.S. Open. Amateurs: Parziale (+11), Gagne (+12), Grimmer (+13)

Final round

''Sunday, June 17, 2018''

Summary

Brooks Koepka shot a final round 68 (−2) to finish one ahead of Tommy Fleetwood and win the U.S. Open for the second straight year. He was the first to successfully defend the title in 29 years, since Curtis Strange in

. Koepka began the round in a four-way tie for the lead with Dustin Johnson, Daniel Berger, and

. He got off to a good start with birdies on three of his first five holes to get to even par and take the lead. At the par-3 11th, his tee shot went into the rough over the green. After chipping into a greenside bunker, he holed a putt to save bogey. At the following hole, he made a six-foot par putt, then at the 14th he got up-and-down to save par from short of the green with an eight-foot putt. Hitting his approach at the par-5 16th to within four feet, he made the birdie to open up a two-shot lead. Despite a bogey at the 18th, Koepka held on win by one. Fleetwood shot the sixth round of 63 in U.S. Open history to finish in second. He began the round six behind and began by sinking a putt from at the 2nd and three more birdies on the front-nine. He made four straight birdies on holes 12–15, with putts of at 12, at 14, and at 15. Fleetwood had an eight-foot putt at the 18th for the first 62 in U.S. Open history, but it slid past the hole that would have forced the first two-hole playoff. Johnson made birdie at the 5th but three-putted for bogey at the 7th, 11th, 14th, and 17th. He birdied the last to shoot an even-par 70 and finish two shots behind Koepka. Finau bogeyed three of his first four holes but got back to even for the round with a 26-foot birdie at the 11th. He came to the 18th two back of Koepka but made double bogey and ended up in fifth place, four behind. Berger also started his round with two bogeys and finished with a three-over 73 to tie for sixth. Patrick Reed began three shots behind but birdied his first three holes and five of the first seven to tie for the lead. He made four bogeys the rest of the round, however, to fall back to fourth place. With the win, Koepka becomes the seventh player to win consecutive U.S. Opens, and the first since Curtis Strange in

Final leaderboard

Scorecard

''Final round'' ''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''
:

Media

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References

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