2017 U.S. Open (golf)


The 2017 U.S. Open Championship was the 117th U.S. Open, held June 15–18 at Erin Hills in Erin, Wisconsin, northwest of Milwaukee. Brooks Koepka claimed his first [Men's Men's major golf championships|major golf championships|major] title with a 16-under-par 272, four strokes ahead of runners-up Brian Harman and Hideki Matsuyama. Koepka's score matched the lowest ever at the championship, set in 2011 by Rory McIlroy.
This was the first U.S. Open in Wisconsin, but marked its fifth major, following four editions of the PGA Championship. The PGA was played in 1933 at Blue Mound in Wauwatosa, and at Whistling Straits near Kohler in 2004, 2010, and 2015.
The purse was a record for a major at $12 million, and the winner's share exceeded $2 million for the first time, at $2.16 million.
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Venue

This was the first U.S. Open at Erin Hills, which opened in 2006 and hosted the U.S. Amateur in 2011. It was also the first U.S. Open since 1992 at par 72.
It continued a long tradition of golf in the state, which hosted the U.S. Women's Open twice at Blackwolf Run in Kohler, and the U.S. Senior Open at Whistling Straits in 2007. The PGA Tour formerly stopped in the state regularly with the Greater Milwaukee Open, preceded by the Milwaukee Open Invitational.

Course layout

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Yards6083385084395052086074921353,8405044604641935943571835096373,9017,741
Par544443543364443543453672

;Yardages by round
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Par544443543364443543453672
1Yards6133304974515142526044901503,9015144514482275993681795266323,9447,845
2Yards5973605154564982495784871533,8935254684371986033481795126763,9467,839
3Yards6093315164325042396134991233,8665214674652085992882145236673,9527,818
4Yards6053294843995001996324861723,8064924524332165883561845136813,9157,721

  • Scoring average: 73.204
  • * by round: 73.385, 73.225, 72.016, 73.928
  • Most difficult holes in relation to par: 3, 4, 6, 17

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 2016 U.S. Amateur Championship
3. Winner of the 2016 Amateur Championship
4. Winner of the 2016 Mark H. McCormack Medal
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
9. Winner of the 2017 European Tour BMW PGA Championship
10. Winner of the 2016 U.S. Senior Open Championship
11. Winner of the 2016 Olympic Golf Tournament
12. The 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place at the 2016 U.S. Open Championship
13. Players who qualified for the season-ending 2016 Tour Championship
14. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of May 22, 2017 in the Official World Golf Ranking
15. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 12, 2017 in the Official World Golf Ranking
16. Special exemptions given by the USGA
  • None
The remaining contestants earned their places through sectional qualifiers.
Alternates who gained entry:
denotes amateur
denotes player advanced through local qualifying

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 15, 2017
Rickie Fowler tied the U.S. Open record for lowest first round score in relation to par, shooting a bogey-free round of 65 for a one-shot lead over Paul Casey and Xander Schauffele. The course played easily, yielding 44 under-par rounds. Despite this, many of the pre-tournament favorites faltered. Jordan Spieth played solidly, but stumbled late for an opening 73. World number one Dustin Johnson was derailed by a double bogey on the par-5 14th, shooting a 3-over 75. Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, and Jason Day were even worse, shooting 76, 78, and 79, respectively. Meanwhile, Canadian Adam Hadwin tied a U.S. Open record with six straight birdies, en route to shooting four under par. This was the first major in which neither Phil Mickelson or Tiger Woods competed, in 23 years. The scoring average was 73.385.
PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1

Second round

Friday, June 16, 2017
Four players finished atop the leadership after the second round for the first time since 1974. Paul Casey was four-over on his round before recording five straight birdies from holes 17-3 to shoot 71. Brooks Koepka made four birdies on his front-nine to get to nine-under but fell back with two bogeys on the back-nine. They were joined at the top of the leaderboard by Tommy Fleetwood and Brian Harman, who each shot 70. First round leader Rickie Fowler also got as low as nine-under before three straight bogeys saw him fall a shot behind the leaders. Hideki Matsuyama and Chez Reavie had the low round of the day with a 65 ; combined with Fowler's opening round, it is the first time in U.S. Open history that three players shot a round of 65 in the same tournament. Forty-two players were under-par after 36 holes, a new tournament record. The scoring average was 73.225.
For the first time since the introduction of the Official World Golf Ranking in 1986, the top three ranked players all missed the cut in a major championship.
PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1

Third round

Saturday, June 17, 2017
Overnight rains and calm conditions during the day led to numerous low scores. Brian Harman birdied three holes on the back-nine to post a score of 67 and take a one-shot lead over Tommy Fleetwood, Brooks Koepka, and Justin Thomas. Thomas began the round in a tie for 24th before a historic round put him into contention. An eagle on the 18th gave Thomas a score of 63, tying the major championship record. At nine-under, he set the U.S. Open record for lowest score in relation to par, breaking the mark set by Johnny Miller in 1973. Fleetwood held possession of the lead before a bogey at the par-5 18th saw him finish a shot behind Harman, while Koepka birdied the last to also get to within a stroke. Rickie Fowler recovered from a bogey at the 13th with three straight birdies on holes 14-16 and was two back. Paul Casey began the round tied for the lead but shot a three-over 75 and dropped to 17th.
Five golfers were at 10-under-par or better entering the final round. Before this year, only six golfers had ever reached double digits under par at any point in a U.S. Open. The scoring average was 72.036.
PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1

Final round

''Sunday, June 18, 2017''

Summary

Brooks Koepka tied the U.S. Open scoring record and won his first career major championship by four strokes over Brian Harman and Hideki Matsuyama. Beginning the round a shot out of the lead, Koepka quickly erased the deficit with birdies on his first two holes. After saving par with an eight-foot putt on the 13th, he then recorded three straight birdies on his way to a round of 67. His total of 16-under par tied the tournament scoring record set by Rory McIlroy in 2011. Harman entered the round with the lead but fell into a tie for second with three bogeys on the back-nine. Matsuyama shot the low round of the day with 66 and jumped into a tie with Harman. After establishing a new tournament scoring record in the third round, Justin Thomas bogeyed three of his first five holes and finished three-over on the round to drop to a tie for ninth. Tommy Fleetwood also began the round a shot behind but three bogeys on the front-nine dropped him from contention. The low amateur was Scottie Scheffler, who finished at –1, beating Cameron Champ by just one stroke. In all, thirty-one players finished the tournament under par, breaking the U.S. Open record set in 1990.

Final leaderboard

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney
1

Scorecard

Final round
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Par544443543444354345