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2014 U.S. Open (golf)

This article is about the PGA Tour event. For the LPGA Tour event, also at Pinehurst Resort, see 2014 U.S. Women's Open.

The 2014 United States Open Championship was the 114th U.S. Open, played June 12–15 at the No. 2 Course of the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina.[2]

2014 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 12–15, 2014
LocationPinehurst, North Carolina
Course(s)Pinehurst Resort,
Course No. 2
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,562 yards (6,915 m)
Field156 players, 67 after cut
Cut145 ( 5)
Prize fund$9,000,000
€6,665,578
Winner's share$1,620,000
€1,199,804[1]
Champion
Germany Martin Kaymer
271 (−9)
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Location in the United States
Pinehurst is located in North Carolina
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Martin Kaymer led wire-to-wire to win his first U.S. Open and second major title, eight strokes ahead of runners-up Erik Compton and Rickie Fowler. He was the first to open a major with two rounds of 65 or better, and set a U.S. Open record for lowest 36-hole score at 130. From Germany, Kaymer was the first from continental Europe to win the U.S. Open and the fourth European winner in five years.

Venue

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This was the third U.S. Open played at Pinehurst's No. 2 Course and first after the 2010 Coore & Crenshaw restoration which stripped the course of all of its rough and returned it to its original design. The past champions were: Payne Stewart in 1999 and Michael Campbell in 2005. Designed by Donald Ross, the No. 2 Course opened in 1907 and also hosted the PGA Championship in 1936 and the Ryder Cup in 1951. The course hosted the 2014 U.S. Women's Open the following week, the first time the two championships were played on the same course in the same year.[3]

Course layout

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Course No. 2

Hole Yards Par    Hole Yards Par
1 402 4 10 617 5
2 507 4 11 483 4
3 387 4 12 484 4
4 529 4 13 382 4
5 576 5 14 473 4
6 219 3 15 202 3
7 424 4 16 528 4
8 502 4 17 205 3
9 191 3 18 451 4
Out 3,737 35 In 3,825 35
Source:[4] Total 7,562 70

Lengths of the course for previous U.S. Opens:

  • 2005: 7,214 yards (6,596 m), par 70
  • 1999: 7,175 yards (6,561 m), par 70

Field

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A record 10,127 entries were received.[5]

About half the field consisted of players who were exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open.[6] 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 2013 U.S. Amateur Championship

3. Winner of the 2013 Amateur Championship

4. Winner of the 2013 Mark H. McCormack Medal (men's World Amateur Golf Ranking)

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 2014 European Tour BMW PGA Championship

10. Winner of the 2013 U.S. Senior Open Championship

11. The 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place at the 2013 U.S. Open Championship

12. Players who qualified for the season-ending 2013 Tour Championship

13. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of May 26, 2014, in the Official World Golf Ranking

14. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 9, 2014, in the Official World Golf Ranking

15. Special exemptions given by the USGA

  • None

The remaining contestants earned their places through sectional qualifiers.[11]

  • Jason Millard (L) was disqualified after reporting a self-imposed penalty during sectional qualifying.[13]

Alternates who earned entry:

(a) denotes amateur
(L) denotes player advanced through local qualifying

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, June 12, 2014

Martin Kaymer led the field after shooting a five-under-par 65. He led a group of four golfers, including 2010 champion Graeme McDowell, by three strokes. Only 15 players shot under-par rounds. Defending champion Justin Rose shot 72.[15][16] The scoring average for the field was 73.23, more than three strokes over par.[17]

Place Player Score To par
1   Martin Kaymer 65 −5
T2   Brendon de Jonge 68 −2
  Graeme McDowell
  Kevin Na
  Fran Quinn
T6   Keegan Bradley 69 −1
  Harris English
  Dustin Johnson
  Matt Kuchar
  Hideki Matsuyama
  Francesco Molinari
  Brandt Snedeker
  Jordan Spieth
  Henrik Stenson
  Brendon Todd

Second round

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Friday, June 13, 2014

Martin Kaymer recorded a second consecutive round of 65 (−5), establishing a new tournament record for lowest 36-hole score (130) and becoming the first player to open a major championship with two rounds of 65 or better.[18] His six-stroke lead over Brendon Todd after 36 holes tied a tournament record previously set by Tiger Woods in 2000 and Rory McIlroy in 2011.[19] 21 players shot under-par rounds and 13 players were under-par for the tournament. The cut was at 145 ( 5) and 67 players made the cut including one amateur, 2013 U.S. Amateur winner Matt Fitzpatrick. The scoring average for the field was 72.89, just less than three strokes over par.[20]

Place Player Score To par
1   Martin Kaymer 65-65=130 −10
2   Brendon Todd 69-67=136 −4
T3   Kevin Na 68-69=137 −3
  Brandt Snedeker 69-68=137
T5   Keegan Bradley 69-69=138 −2
  Brendon de Jonge 68-70=138
  Dustin Johnson 69-69=138
  Brooks Koepka 70-68=138
  Henrik Stenson 69-69=138
T10   Chris Kirk 71-68=139 −1
  Matt Kuchar 69-70=139
  Rory McIlroy 71-68=139
  Jordan Spieth 69-70=139

Amateurs: Fitzpatrick ( 4), Campbell ( 6), Stewart ( 6), Whitsett ( 6), Wilson ( 8), McNealy ( 10), Shelton ( 13), Goss ( 14), McIver ( 15), Grimmer ( 17), Dorn ( 19)

Third round

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Saturday, June 14, 2014

Kaymer dropped back towards the field, shooting a 2-over-par 72 but still led by five strokes on a tougher scoring day.[21] Erik Compton and Rickie Fowler shot the only sub-par rounds, both shooting 67 (−3) to move into a tie for second place.[22] Only six golfers remained under-par for the tournament. The scoring average for the field was 73.82, almost four strokes over par.[23]

Place Player Score To par
1   Martin Kaymer 65-65-72=202 −8
T2   Erik Compton 72-68-67=207 −3
  Rickie Fowler 70-70-67=207
T4   Dustin Johnson 69-69-70=208 −2
  Henrik Stenson 69-69-70=208
6   Brandt Snedeker 69-68-72=209 −1
T7   Brooks Koepka 70-68-72=210 E
  Matt Kuchar 69-70-71=210
  Kevin Na 68-69-73=210
T10   Brendon de Jonge 68-70-73=211 1
  Chris Kirk 71-68-72=211
  Justin Rose 72-69-70=211
  Jordan Spieth 69-70-72=211

Final round

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Sunday, June 15, 2014

Kaymer shot a 69 in the final round to win by eight strokes over Compton and Fowler. His 72-hole score of 271 was the second-lowest in U.S. Open history.[24] This was his second major championship and also made him the fourth European winner of the event in five years (after Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose) having previously had no European winners since Tony Jacklin in 1970.[25] Eleven golfers shot under-par rounds but none in the last eight groups except Kaymer.[26] Only three golfers finished under-par for the tournament. The scoring average for the field was 72.40, the lowest of any rounds.[27][28]

Final leaderboard

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Champion
Silver Cup winner (leading amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Martin Kaymer 65-65-72-69=271 −9 1,620,000
T2   Erik Compton 72-68-67-72=279 −1 789,330
  Rickie Fowler 70-70-67-72=279
T4   Keegan Bradley 69-69-76-67=281 1 326,310
  Jason Day 73-68-72-68=281
  Dustin Johnson 69-69-70-73=281
  Brooks Koepka 70-68-72-71=281
  Henrik Stenson 69-69-70-73=281
T9   Adam Scott 73-67-73-69=282 2 211,715
  Brandt Snedeker 69-68-72-73=282
  Jimmy Walker 70-72-71-69=282

Scorecard

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Final round

Hole   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10   11    12   13   14   15   16   17   18 
Par 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4
  Kaymer −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9
  Fowler −3 −3 −3 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 E −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1
  Compton −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −3 −4 −3 −4 −3 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1
  Bradley 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
  Day 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 E E E 1
  Johnson −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 E 1 1
  Koepka 1 1 E E E E E E E E E 1 2 2 2 2 2 1
  Stenson −2 −2 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 E E 1 1 1 2 1 1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[29]

Media

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This was the last U.S. Open for NBC Sports, which had televised the event for twenty consecutive years, 1995–2014. Starting in 2015, Fox Sports began a 12-year contract to televise the championship and other USGA events, which it ended early before the 2020 U.S. Open, where NBC regained coverage due to scheduling conflicts with Fox's NFL and college football coverage caused by the tournament's postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

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