2006 U.S. Open (golf)

2006 U.S. Open

Tournament information
Dates	June 15–18, 2006
Location	Mamaroneck, New York
Course(s)	Winged Foot Golf Club West Course
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,264 yards (6,642 m) [1]
Field	156 players, 63 after cut
Cut	149 (+9)
Prize fund	$6,250,000 €4,946,204
Winner's share	$1,225,000 €969,456[2]
Champion
Geoff Ogilvy
285 (+5)

Mamaroneck 

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Location in the United States

Mamaroneck 

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Location in New York

The 2006 United States Open Championship was the 106th U.S. Open, held June 15–18 at Winged Foot Golf Club West Course in Mamaroneck, New York, a suburb northeast of New York City.^[3]

Geoff Ogilvy won his only major title by one stroke in one of the wildest finishes in U.S. Open history.^[4][5] He made clutch pars on the final two holes, including a chip-in on 17. Runners-up Jim Furyk, Colin Montgomerie, and Phil Mickelson all failed to par the 72nd hole. In the final pairing and seeking his third straight major championship, Mickelson double-bogeyed the final hole after hitting driver off the tee and failing to hit the fairway. Montgomerie double-bogeyed the same hole when his approach shot from the fairway ended up short and in the rough, then followed the difficult chip with three putts. Furyk bogeyed the 15th hole and then missed a 5-footer for par at the final hole. Tiger Woods missed the cut in a major as a professional for the first time, in his first major since the death of his father. All players finished over par for the first time in a U.S. Open since 1978. The total purse was $6.25 million with a winner's share of $1.225 million.

This was the fifth U.S. Open at Winged Foot and the sixth major championship (1997 PGA Championship won by Davis Love III). Former champions include: Bobby Jones (1929), Billy Casper (1959), Hale Irwin (1974), and Fuzzy Zoeller (1984).

The 1974 edition was known as "The Massacre at Winged Foot," as Irwin won with a seven-over-par 287, and just seven sub-par rounds were recorded over the four days. In the years following World War II, only Julius Boros' 9-over total in high winds in 1963 was a higher winning score. Some thought the difficult set-up in 1974 was in response to Johnny Miller's final round 63 at Oakmont a year earlier.

The U.S. Open returned to Winged Foot fourteen years later in 2020.

West Course

Lengths of the course for previous majors:

1. Last 10 U.S. Open Champions

Michael Campbell (8,10,16), Ernie Els (4,8,16), Jim Furyk (9,11,12,16), Retief Goosen (8,9,10,11,16), Lee Janzen, Steve Jones, Tiger Woods (3,4,8,9,11,12,16)

2. Top two finishers in the 2005 U.S. Amateur

Dillon Dougherty (a), Edoardo Molinari (a)

3. Last five Masters Champions

Phil Mickelson (5,9,11,12,16), Mike Weir (16)

4. Last five British Open Champions

Ben Curtis, David Duval, Todd Hamilton

5. Last five PGA Champions

Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel, Vijay Singh (8,9,12,16), David Toms (8,9,11,16)

6. The Players Champion

Stephen Ames (9,11,12,16)

7. The U.S. Senior Open Champion

Allen Doyle

8. Top 15 finishers and ties in the 2005 U.S. Open

K. J. Choi (16), Stewart Cink (16), Tim Clark (9,16), John Cook, Fred Couples (16), Bob Estes, Sergio García (9,10,16), Peter Hedblom, Mark Hensby, Ryuji Imada, Peter Jacobsen, Davis Love III (9,16), Rocco Mediate, Arron Oberholser (16), Corey Pavin, Nick Price

9. Top 30 leaders on the 2005 PGA Tour official money list

Stuart Appleby (11,16), Olin Browne, Bart Bryant (12,16), Mark Calcavecchia, Chad Campbell (11,16), Ben Crane (16), Chris DiMarco (16), Luke Donald (10,16), Fred Funk (16), Lucas Glover (16), Pádraig Harrington (16), Tim Herron (16), Charles Howell III, Brandt Jobe, Justin Leonard, Billy Mayfair, Sean O'Hair, Kenny Perry (16), Ted Purdy, Adam Scott (15,16), Scott Verplank (16)

10. Top 15 on the 2005 European Tour Order of Merit

Thomas Bjørn (16), Ángel Cabrera (16), Nick Dougherty, Niclas Fasth (16), Kenneth Ferrie, David Howell (13,16), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (16), Paul McGinley (16), Colin Montgomerie (16), José María Olazábal (16), Henrik Stenson (16)

11. Top 10 on the PGA Tour official money list, as of May 29

Geoff Ogilvy (16), Rory Sabbatini (16)

12. Winners of multiple PGA Tour events from April 23, 2005, through the 2006 Memorial Tournament

Carl Pettersson

13. Top 2 from the 2006 European Tour Order of Merit, as of May 29

Paul Casey (16)

14. Top 2 on the 2005 Japan Golf Tour official money list, provided they are within the top 75 point leaders of the Official World Golf Rankings at that time

Shingo Katayama (16)

15. Top 2 on the 2005 PGA Tour of Australasia official money list, provided they are within the top 75 point leaders of the Official World Golf Rankings at that time

Nick O'Hern (16)

16. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings list, as of May 30

Robert Allenby, Darren Clarke, Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson, Tom Lehman, Rod Pampling

17. Special exemptions selected by the USGA

None

Sectional qualifiers

• Japan: Keiichiro Fukabori, Tadahiro Takayama, Toru Taniguchi
• England: Phillip Archer, Richard Green, Maarten Lafeber, Graeme McDowell, Jyoti Randhawa, Jeev Milkha Singh, Graeme Storm, Oliver Wilson
• United States

• Daly City, California: Alex Coe (a,L), Michael Derminio (L), Patrick Nagle (a,L), Taylor Wood (L)
• Littleton, Colorado: Dustin White (L)
• Tampa, Florida: Billy Horschel (a,L), John Koskinen (L), George McNeill (L)
• Roswell, Georgia: Jason Dufner (L), Matt Kuchar, Andy Morse (L), Lee Williams (L)
• Koloa, Hawaii: Tadd Fujikawa (a,L)
• St. Charles, Illinois: Jason Allred (L), Steve Stricker
• Rockville, Maryland: Tommy Armour III, David Berganio Jr., Chad Collins, Joey Sindelar
• St. Louis, Missouri: Jay Delsing, Travis Hurst (L)
• Summit, New Jersey: Andy Bare (L), Mark Brooks, Brad Fritsch (L), Michael Harris (L), Scott Hend, J. J. Henry, Rob Johnson (L), Kent Jones, Greg Kraft, John Mallinger, Chris Nallen, David Oh (L), Tom Pernice Jr., Brett Quigley, Kevin Stadler, Andrew Svoboda (L), Phil Tataurangi, Nicholas Thompson (L)
• Columbus, Ohio: Woody Austin, Craig Barlow, Stephen Gangluff, Mathew Goggin, Nathan Green, Jay Haas, Benjamin Hayes (L), Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Skip Kendall, Steve Lowery, Ian Poulter, Tag Ridings, John Rollins, Charl Schwartzel, Jeff Sluman, D. J. Trahan, Bo Van Pelt, Camilo Villegas, Duffy Waldorf, Dean Wilson
• Galena, Ohio: Madalitso Muthiya (L), Stephen Woodard (L)
• Creswell, Oregon: Jonathan Moore (a)
• Houston, Texas: Ryan Baca (a,L), Ryan Posey (a,L)

Thursday, June 15, 2006

Colin Montgomerie shot 69 and was the only player under par in the opening round. Phil Mickelson, the winner of the last two majors, was just one shot behind at even-par. Former U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk was also just one shot back. Tiger Woods shot a six over 76 in his first major since his father's death, his worst start ever in a major.