2016 U.S. Open (golf)

The 2016 United States Open Championship was the 116th U.S. Open, held June 16–19 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont and Plum, Pennsylvania, suburbs northeast of Pittsburgh. Dustin Johnson won his first major championship.
Play was delayed on the first day due to heavy rainfall, forcing most of the field to play half a round behind schedule. Andrew Landry was a surprise leader after the first round before Johnson led the field in the second. Shane Lowry carded a 65 in the third round to take the overall lead into the final round. Despite a controversial penalty on the 5th green, Johnson took the title three strokes ahead of runners-up Lowry, Jim Furyk and Scott Piercy.

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Venue

This was the ninth U.S. Open at Oakmont and its twelfth major championship.

Course layout

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	482	340	426	609	382	194	479	288	477	3,677	462	379	667	183	358	500	231	313	484	3,577	7,254
Par	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	35	4	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	4	35	70

Source:
Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

, par 70 - 2007 U.S. Open
, par 71 - 1994 U.S. Open
, par 71 - 1983 U.S. Open
, par 71 - 1978 PGA Championship
, par 71 - 1973 U.S. Open
, par 71 - 1962 U.S. Open
, par 72 - 1953 U.S. Open
, par 72 - 1951 PGA Championship
, par 72 - 1935 U.S. Open
, par 72 - 1927 U.S. Open
, par 74 - 1922 PGA Championship

;2016 yardages by round

Round	Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
	Par	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	35	4	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	4	35	70
1	Yards	481	353	429	615	390	206	488	258	482	3,702	442	390	684	191	331	519	234	307	484	3,582	7,284
2	Yards	491	337	432	619	384	185	483	281	468	3,680	466	379	617	164	355	503	225	318	472	3,499	7,179
3	Yards	482	351	420	600	393	198	477	247	487	3,655	432	378	674	164	368	481	227	295	496	3,515	7,170
4	Yards	485	320	433	611	373	197	490	299	488	3,696	472	373	618	183	368	479	239	312	489	3,533	7,229

Scoring average: 73.5697
* by round: 74.2436, 73.6037, 72.0298, 73.4630
Most difficult holes in relation to par: 1, 9, 15, 10

Source:

Field

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

2. Winner and runner-up of the 2015 U.S. Amateur Championship

Derek Bard
Bryson DeChambeau forfeited his exemption by turning professional in April 2016 but subsequently earned a spot through sectional qualifying.

3. Winner of the 2015 Amateur Championship

Romain Langasque forfeited his exemption by turning professional in April 2016.

4. Winner of the 2015 Mark H. McCormack Medal

Jon Rahm

5. Winners of the Masters Tournament during the last five years

6. Winners of The Open Championship during the last five years

7. Winners of the PGA Championship during the last five years

8. Winners of The Players Championship during the last three years

Rickie Fowler

9. Winner of the 2016 European Tour BMW PGA Championship

Chris Wood

10. Winner of the 2015 U.S. Senior Open Championship

Jeff Maggert

11. The 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place at the 2015 U.S. Open Championship

12. Players who qualified for the season-ending 2015 Tour Championship

Daniel Berger
Steven Bowditch
Paul Casey
Harris English
Jim Furyk
Bill Haas
Charley Hoffman
J. B. Holmes
Kevin Kisner
Brooks Koepka
Matt Kuchar
Danny Lee
Hideki Matsuyama
Kevin Na
Scott Piercy
Patrick Reed
Henrik Stenson
Robert Streb
Jimmy Walker
Bae Sang-moon was unable to compete due to a military obligation in South Korea.

13. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of May 23, 2016 in the Official World Golf Ranking

14. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 13, 2016 in the Official World Golf Ranking

William McGirt

15. Special exemptions given by the USGA

Retief Goosen

The remaining contestants earned their places through sectional qualifiers.

Japan: Yuta Ikeda, Yūsaku Miyazato, Toru Taniguchi, Hideto Tanihara
England: Matthew Baldwin, Grégory Bourdy, Søren Hansen, Peter Hanson, Andrew Johnston, Maximilian Kieffer, Mikael Lundberg, Matteo Manassero, Alex Norén, Lee Slattery, Sebastian Söderberg, Gary Stal, Romain Wattel
United States

Alternates who gained entry:

Thitiphun Chuayprakong – replaced Tiger Woods
Jeev Milkha Singh – replaced Thongchai Jaidee
Thomas Aiken – replaced Darren Clarke
Zach Edmondson – claimed spot held for category 14
Tony Finau – claimed spot held for category 14
Kevin Foley – claimed spot held for category 14
Daniel Summerhays – claimed spot held for category 14
Mike Van Sickle – claimed spot held for category 14

denotes amateur

denotes player advanced through local qualifying

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 16, 2016
Play was suspended three times during the morning wave of players, all for dangerous weather conditions. At 4:40 pm EDT, play was called for the day with the second wave of players yet to tee off. Only three groups, nine players, finished their first rounds. Andrew Landry, who was ranked 624th in the world and had to go through local and sectional qualifiers, was the leader at 3 under par, with a birdie putt on his last hole, hole 9. Amateur Scottie Scheffler was the leader in the clubhouse at 1 under par.

Place

Player

Score/Hole

To par

Second round

Friday, June 17, 2016
Play was suspended due to darkness at 8:43 pm with 27 players of the first wave still on the course and the second wave of players yet to tee off. Dustin Johnson completed his round and was tied for the lead with Andrew Landry, who had not started his second round yet, at 4 under par.

Place

Player

Score

To Par

Third round

Saturday, June 18, 2016
The round began at 3 pm, on split tees in groupings of three; the final grouping of Dustin Johnson, Andrew Landry, and Scott Piercy teed off at 5:01 pm and completed 13 holes. Play was suspended due to darkness at 8:49 pm with Shane Lowry as the overnight leader at 5 under par, through 14 holes.

Place

Player

To Par

Score

Hole

Final round

''Sunday, June 19, 2016''

Summary

Play in the final round began at 10 am, in pairs from the first hole, with the final pair of Shane Lowry and Andrew Landry starting at 3:30 pm. Dustin Johnson shot a 69 and won his first major, three shots ahead of three runners-up. After finishing at five under par, Johnson was penalized a shot as he was judged to have made his ball move as he addressed it on the fifth green, despite being initially absolved of wrongdoing. His score was amended to four under par, but he still finished three strokes ahead. The top four of the leaderboard were the only ones left under par.

Final leaderboard

Place

Player

Score

To par

Money

Scorecard

Final round

Hole

Par

Controversy

During the final round of the tournament, there was a controversial incident on the fifth green that involved eventual winner Dustin Johnson. As he prepared to address the ball for a par putt, his ball moved slightly. Johnson stepped away, saying that he had not addressed the ball. After he spoke to an on-site rules official, he was told to carry on with his shot and sank the putt. Later, on the 12th tee, an official informed him that he might be penalized a stroke, but that no decision would be made until the round was complete. The penalty was ultimately assessed against Johnson which still left him three strokes ahead of three second-place finishers. Several of the world's top golfers, such as Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, and Rickie Fowler, as well as many viewers on their local Fox stations and spectators at the course, took to social media to criticize the USGA for its decision.

Media

For the second year, Fox Sports televised the championship in the United States. The first two rounds were on FS1 cable and over-the-air on Fox, with the last two rounds shown only on Fox. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it was carried by Sky Sports.