U.S. Open 1 U.S. Open Championship Record Book 2020 2 U.S. Open Gary Woodland Wins the 2019 Championship Gary Woodland no longer has to answer questions about an and Rose was still in the chase. inability to close or win a major championship. The ball barely cleared the front greenside bunker and Entering Sunday’s final round of the 119th U.S. Open stopped in the rough just left of the green. His deftly execut- Championship at Pebble Beach Golf Links, the 35-year-old ed pitch stopped 3½ feet from the flagstick, and he convert- from Topeka, Kan., was 0-for-7 when holding a 54-hole lead ed the birdie putt to extend his lead to two. Koepka never got on the PGA Tour, and he had never finished better than a tie closer the rest of the way. for 23rd in eight previous U.S. Opens. “We sat there and thought about it for a while and said let’s That’s now all in the past. go, we’re out here to win,” said Woodland of his decision to go for the green. “Played aggressive, and it paid off.” Woodland holed a 30-foot birdie putt on Pebble Beach’s iconic par-5 closing hole to punctuate a three-stroke victory There were other momentous shots down the stretch as well. over two-time defending champion Brooks Koepka, who was On the par-3 17th hole, his tee shot wound up on the far-right trying to become just the second player to win three con- side of the hourglass-shaped putting surface. Forced to pitch secutive U.S. Opens. the ball to the back-left hole location, Woodland executed a perfect shot from 93 feet to 2½ feet to save par. By carding a 2-under-par 69, Woodland became the fourth player to claim the U.S. Open title with four sub-70 rounds. When Koepka missed a 9½-foot birdie putt on 18 that would He’s also the second Open winner at Pebble Beach to post have gotten him within one of the lead, Woodland could play a double-digit under-par score (13-under 271), joining Tiger the closing hole conservatively. With three putts to win the Woods (12-under 272) who won the 2000 championship by a title, Woodland accomplished the feat with a birdie flourish. record 15 strokes. It was a fitting end to a glorious week for the Kansan, who was 169th in scrambling on the PGA Tour this season, but “I just kept telling myself that records are meant to be bro- first this week. ken,” said Woodland. “I’m [actually] more nervous right now than I was playing today. All of his work with instructor Pete Cowen and putting coach Phil Kenyon came to fruition. “I didn’t let myself get ahead at all today. Didn’t ever let myself think the tournament was over.” Many of his fellow PGA Tour professionals congratulated Woodland as he walked off No. 18 to the scoring trailer, Four players – 2013 U.S. Open champion Justin Rose, Chez including Koepka. His parents, Dan and Linda Woodland, Reavie, Jon Rahm and Xander Schauffele – shared third were also in attendance, but wife Gabby and son, Jaxson, at 7-under 277. Rose started the day one stroke behind were back at their Florida residence. She is due with twin Woodland, only to fade over the final 11 holes in carding a 74. girls in August. Major champions Adam Scott and Louis Oosthuizen tied for seventh (278). What a Father’s Day it turned out to be. “I played great,” said Koepka, who was hoping to join Willie NOTABLE Anderson (1903-05) as the only players to win three consecu- tive Opens. “Nothing I could do. Gary played a great four Runner-up Brooks Koepka became the first player to post days. That’s what you’ve got to do if you want to win a U.S. four rounds in the 60s and not win. Open, win a major championship and hats off to him. Cool Thirty-three of the 79 players bettered par in the final round. way to go out on 18, to make that bomb. He deserves it, he’s It was the fourth consecutive day with overcast skies and worked hard and I’m happy for him.” little wind. In the pantheon of heroic U.S. Open shots at Pebble Beach, Gary Woodland matched the mark for fewest bogeys or there is Tom Kite holing out for a 2 on the par-3 seventh in worse in a U.S. Open over the last 50 years with four (join- 1992. There’s Jack Nicklaus’ 1-iron that hit the flagstick and ing three players: winners Payne Stewart in 1991 and Rory stopped inches away in 1972, and Tom Watson’s miraculous McIlroy in 2011, and Bill Haas, T-5 in 2017, all of whom also hole-out from greenside rough on the same hole 10 years had four). later. Viktor Hovland capped off his amateur career in style by You can add Woodland’s 265-yard, 3-wood second shot to earning low-amateur honors by five strokes over Brandon Wu the par-5 14th hole to that list. On a hole where most play- with a final-round 67, matching the lowest Round-4 score by ers were laying up, and just one eagle was recorded in the an amateur (Deane Beman in 1962). His 4-under total of 280 final round, Woodland decided it was time to be aggressive. was two strokes better than the amateur 72-hole record held At the time, he held a precarious one-stroke lead on Koepka by Jack Nicklaus (1960). U.S. Open 3 119th U.S. Open Championship Results June 13-16, 2019 Pebble Beach Golf Links Pebble Beach, Calif. Par: 35-36—71, Yardage: 7,075 • Entries: 9,125, Purse: $12.5 million Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Final Pos. Pos. Pos. Pos. Player, Hometown Scores Money T8 1 1 1 Gary Woodland, Topeka, Kan. 68-65-69-69-271 $2,250,000 T16 T6 T3 2 Brooks Koepka, West Palm Beach, Fla. 69-69-68-68-274 $1,350,000 T2 T11 T14 T3 Xander Schauffele, San Diego, Calif. 66-73-71-67-277 $581,872 T16 T11 T9 T3 Jon Rahm, Spain 69-70-70-68-277 $581,872 T8 T6 T3 T3 Chez Reavie, Scottsdale, Ariz. 68-70-68-71-277 $581,872 1 2 2 T3 Justin Rose, England 65-70-68-74-277 $581,872 T28 T11 T14 T7 Adam Scott, Australia 70-69-71-68-278 $367,387 T2 3 T3 T7 Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa 66-70-70-72-278 $367,387 T8 T11 T9 T9 Henrik Stenson, Sweden 68-70-70-71-279 $288,715 T8 T6 T7 T9 Chesson Hadley, Raleigh, N.C. 68-70-70-71-279 $288,715 T8 T4 6 T9 Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland 68-69-70-72-279 $288,715 T16 T32 T27 T12 a-Viktor Hovland, Norway 69-73-71-67-280 $226,609 T16 T19 T23 T12 Matthew Fitzpatrick, England 69-71-72-68-280 $226,609 T28 T6 T16 T12 Matt Wallace, England 70-68-71-71-280 $226,609 T40 T32 T9 T12 Danny Willett, England 71-71-67-71-280 $226,609 T98 T32 T41 T16 Webb Simpson, Charlotte, N.C. 74-68-73-66-281 $172,455 T8 T19 T17 T16 Francesco Molinari, Italy 68-72-71-70-281 $172,455 T28 T32 T14 T16 Byeong Hun An, Republic of Korea 70-72-68-71-281 $172,455 T16 T11 T9 T16 Graeme McDowell, Northern Ireland 69-70-70-72-281 $172,455 T16 T6 T7 T16 Matt Kuchar, Sea Island, Ga. 69-69-70-73-281 $172,455 T28 T32 T41 T21 Paul Casey, England 70-72-73-67-282 $117,598 T115 T56 T33 T21 Alex Prugh, Spokane, Wash. 75-69-70-68-282 $117,598 T28 T32 T27 T21 Tiger Woods, Hobe Sound, Fla. 70-72-71-69-282 $117,598 T28 T45 T27 T21 Jason Day, Australia 70-73-70-69-282 $117,598 T28 T56 T27 T21 Tyrrell Hatton, England 70-74-69-69-282 $117,598 T16 T32 T23 T21 Hideki Matsuyama, Japan 69-73-70-70-282 $117,598 T77 T56 T23 T21 Patrick Cantlay, Jupiter, Fla. 73-71-68-70-282 $117,598 T8 T19 T48 T28 Sepp Straka, Valdosta, Ga. 68-72-76-67-283 $86,071 T115 T56 T33 T28 Shane Lowry, Republic of Ireland 75-69-70-79-283 $86,071 T77 T19 T23 T28 Jim Furyk, Jacksonville, Fla. 73-67-72-71-283 $86,071 T6 T27 T17 T28 Nate Lashley, Scottsdale, Ariz. 67-74-70-72-283 $86,071 T98 T56 T64 T32 Marcus Kinhult, Sweden 74-70-74-66-284 $72,928 T40 T56 T48 T32 Patrick Reed, Houston, Texas 71-73-72-68-284 $72,928 T77 T45 T16 T32 Billy Horschel, Ponte Vedra, Fla. 73-70-71-70-284 $72,928 T2 T4 T48 T35 Aaron Wise, Las Vegas, Nev. 66-71-79-69-285 $57,853 T16 T45 T148 T35 Bryson DeChambeau, Clovis, Calif. 69-74-73-69-285 $57,853 T40 T56 T48 T35 Collin Morikawa, La Canada Flintridge, Calif. 71-73-72-69-285 $57,853 T16 T56 T41 T35 Martin Kaymer, Germany 69-75-71-70-285 $57,853 T28 T27 T33 T35 Jason Dufner, Auburn, Ala. 70-71-73-71-285 $57,853 T16 T45 T27 T35 Marc Leishman, Australia 69-74-70-72-285 $57,853 T40 T19 T17 T35 Dustin Johnson, Jupiter, Fla.