2009 U.S. Open (golf)

2009 U.S. Open

Tournament information
Dates	June 18–22, 2009
Location	Farmingdale, New York
Course(s)	Bethpage State Park Black Course
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,426 yards (6,790 m) [1]
Field	156 players, 60 after cut
Cut	144 (+4)
Prize fund	$7,500,000 €5,289,738
Winner's share	$1,350,000 € 952,153[2]
Champion
Lucas Glover
276 (–4)
«2008 2010»

Bethpage  
Black Course

Location the in United States

The 2009 United States Open Championship was the 109th U.S. Open, held June 18–22 on the Black Course of Bethpage State Park on Long Island, in Farmingdale, New York. Lucas Glover won his only major title, two strokes ahead of runners-up Ricky Barnes, David Duval, and Phil Mickelson.^[3]

This was the second U.S. Open at Bethpage Black; the first in 2002 was won by Tiger Woods, also the defending champion. The 2009 edition was hit heavily by continuous rain throughout the tournament, and resulted in multiple suspensions of play. Mickelson announced that this would be his last tournament for a while, before he took time off to tend to his ailing wife, Amy, who had been recently diagnosed with breast cancer.

Course layout

Bethpage State Park - Black Course^[1][4]

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yardage	430	389	232	517	478	408	525	210	460	3,649	508	435	504	605	158	459	490	207	411	3,777	7,426
Par	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	3	4	35	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	35	70

Field

About half the field each year consists of players who are fully exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open. Below is the list of the 74 players who were fully exempt for the 2009 U.S. Open. Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.^[5] Also listed are the 81 players who have qualified through sectional qualifying.^[6]

1. Last 10 U.S. Open Champions

• Ángel Cabrera (3, 14, 17); Michael Campbell; Jim Furyk (9, 10, 17); Retief Goosen (8, 11, 17); Geoff Ogilvy (8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 17); Tiger Woods (3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 17)

2. Top two finishers in the 2008 U.S. Amateur

• Drew Kittleson
  • U.S. Amateur winner Danny Lee turned professional in April 2009 and forfeited his automatic exemption.^[7]

3. Last five Masters Champions

• Zach Johnson (12, 13, 17), Phil Mickelson (5, 9, 10, 12, 13, 17)
  • Trevor Immelman (9, 10, 17) withdrew prior to the tournament due to tendinitis in his left wrist and elbow.^[8]

4. Last five British Open Champions

• Todd Hamilton; Pádraig Harrington (5, 9, 11, 13, 17)

5. Last five PGA Champions

• Vijay Singh (9, 10, 13, 17)

6. The Players Champion

• Henrik Stenson (11, 17)

7. The U.S. Senior Open Champion

• Eduardo Romero

8. Top 15 finishers and ties in the 2008 U.S. Open

• Eric Axley; Stewart Cink (9, 10, 17); Ernie Els (9, 10, 17); Miguel Ángel Jiménez (11, 17); Rocco Mediate; John Merrick; Rod Pampling (16); Carl Pettersson (9, 10); Heath Slocum; Brandt Snedeker; D. J. Trahan (9, 10); Camilo Villegas (9, 10, 13, 17); Lee Westwood (11, 17)
  • Note: Robert Karlsson (11, 17) withdrew prior to the tournament due to an eye infection.^[9]

9. Top 30 leaders on the 2008 PGA Tour official money list

• Robert Allenby (10, 17); Stephen Ames (17); Stuart Appleby (10); Chad Campbell (10, 17); K. J. Choi (10, 17); Ben Curtis (10, 17); Ken Duke (10); Sergio García (10, 11, 17); Ryuji Imada (10); Anthony Kim (10, 17); Justin Leonard (10, 17); Hunter Mahan (10, 17); Kenny Perry (10, 12, 13, 17); Steve Stricker (10, 17); Kevin Sutherland (10); Boo Weekley; Mike Weir (10, 17)
  • Note: Dudley Hart (10) withdrew prior to the tournament due to a back injury.^[10]

10. All players qualifying for the 2008 edition of The Tour Championship

• Briny Baird; Tim Clark (17); Billy Mayfair; Andrés Romero; Bubba Watson

11. Top 15 on the 2008 European Tour Order of Merit

• Darren Clarke; Ross Fisher (14, 17); Søren Hansen; Martin Kaymer (17); Graeme McDowell (17); Jeev Milkha Singh (17); Oliver Wilson (17)
  • Note: Søren Kjeldsen (17) withdrew prior to the tournament due to an ear infection.^[11]

12. Top 10 on the PGA Tour official money list, as of May 24

• Paul Casey (14, 17); Dustin Johnson (13, 17); Sean O'Hair (17); Rory Sabbatini (17); Nick Watney (17)

13. Winners of multiple PGA Tour events from June 2, 2008, through June 14, 2009

• Brian Gay

14. Top 5 from the 2009 European Tour Race to Dubai, as of May 24

• Rory McIlroy (17)

15. Top 2 on the 2008 Japan Golf Tour official money list, provided they are within the top 75 point leaders of the Official World Golf Rankings at that time

• Azuma Yano
  • Note: Shingo Katayama (17) withdrew prior to the tournament due to a back injury.^[12]

16. Top 2 on the 2008 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

• (Mark Brown was ranked at 107 and did not qualify)

17. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings list, as of May 24

• Luke Donald; Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño; Ian Poulter; Álvaro Quirós; Justin Rose; Adam Scott; David Toms

18. Special exemptions selected by the USGA

• None

Sectional qualifiers

• Europe: Richard Bland; Simon Dyson; Johan Edfors; Peter Hanson; David Horsey; Raphaël Jacquelin; Simon Khan; José Manuel Lara; Thomas Levet; Jean-François Lucquin; Andrew McLardy; Francesco Molinari
• Japan: Bae Sang-moon; Shintaro Kai; Angelo Que; David Smail; Kaname Yokoo
• U.S.: Tyson Alexander (a,L); Stephen Allan; Ricky Barnes; Doug Batty (L); Cameron Beckman; Colby Beckstrom (L); Charlie Beljan; Matt Bettencourt; Ryan Blaum (L); Craig Bowden (L); Jeff Brehaut; Josh Brock (a,L); Bronson Burgoon (a,L); Ben Crane; David Duval; Sean Farren (L); Rickie Fowler (a); Fred Funk; Lucas Glover; Scott Gutschewski; J. P. Hayes (L); J. J. Henry; J. B. Holmes; Matt Jones; James Kamte; Chris Kirk; Clark Klaasen (a,L); Greg Kraft; Matt Kuchar; Martin Laird; Tom Lehman; Cortland Lowe (L); John Mallinger; Ben Martin (a,L); Josh McCumber (L); George McNeill; Mike Miles (L); Ryan Moore; Trevor Murphy (L); Matt Nagy (a,L); James Nitties; Andrew Parr; Kyle Peterman (a,L); Charl Schwartzel (L); Kevin Silva (L); Michael Sim; Vaughn Snyder (a,L); Ryan Spears (L); Kyle Stanley (a); Shawn Stefani (L); Darron Stiles,; Chris Stroud; Nick Taylor (a); Peter Tomasulo; Cameron Tringale (L); Nathan Tyler (L); Bo Van Pelt; Drew Weaver; Michael Welch (L); Charlie Wi; Casey Wittenberg; Gary Woodland (L); Cameron Yancey (L)

Alternates

• Note: alternates are drawn from the sectional qualifiers.

1. Andrew Svoboda - replaced Robert Karlsson^[9]
2. Scott Lewis (a,L) - replaced Dudley Hart^[10]
3. Clint Jensen (L) - replaced Trevor Immelman^[8]
4. David Erdy (a,L) - replaced Shingo Katayama^[12]
5. Steve Conway (L) - replaced Søren Kjeldsen^[11]

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

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Tiger Woods	United States	2000, 2002, 2008	74	69	68	69	280	E	T6
Retief Goosen	South Africa	2001, 2004	73	68	68	74	283	+3	T16
Jim Furyk	United States	2003	72	69	74	72	287	+7	T33
Geoff Ogilvy	Australia	2006	73	67	77	75	292	+12	T47
Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	2007	74	69	75	76	294	+14	T54

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Ernie Els	South Africa	1994, 1997	77	78	155	+15
Michael Campbell	New Zealand	2005	77	79	156	+16

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 18, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009

Play began in the rain on Thursday morning, until play was suspended at 10:15 am, as several of the greens became unplayable with excessive water. Play was not restarted on Thursday, with the majority of players yet to tee off. Jeff Brehaut, through 10 holes, was one of four leading at 1-under par heading into Friday. Play was restarted on Friday morning and Mike Weir shot 64 (–6) to lead by two strokes at the end of the first round.^[13][14] Woods shot 74 (+4) with two double bogeys and three bogeys.^[15]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Mike Weir	Canada	64	–6
2	Peter Hanson	Sweden	66	–4
T3	Ricky Barnes	United States	67	–3
	David Duval	United States	67
	Todd Hamilton	United States	67
6	Rocco Mediate	United States	68	–2
T7	Lucas Glover	United States	69	–1
	Sean O'Hair	United States	69
	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	69
	Phil Mickelson	United States	69
	Adam Scott	Australia	69
	David Toms	United States	69
	Drew Weaver (a)	United States	69

Second round

Friday, June 19, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009

The round began at 5:00 pm on Friday afternoon and finished on Saturday afternoon. Because of the soft conditions caused by the heavy rain, many low scores were made during the second round. Ricky Barnes shot 65, and had a 36-hole record of 8-under par 132.^[16] Lucas Glover and Azuma Yano were also amongst the ones that shot very low scores. Woods shot 69 for 143 (+3),^[17] and Mickelson shot even par 70 to remain 1 under par at 139. The cut was at 144 (+4), the lowest at the U.S. Open since 2003, and was missed by major champions David Toms and Justin Leonard.^[18]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Ricky Barnes	United States	67-65=132	–8
2	Lucas Glover	United States	69-64=133	–7
3	Mike Weir	Canada	64-70=134	–6
T4	David Duval	United States	67-70=137	–3
	Peter Hanson	Sweden	66-71=137
	Azuma Yano	Japan	72-65=137
T7	Ross Fisher	England	70-68=138	–2
	Todd Hamilton	United States	67-71=138
	Sean O'Hair	United States	69-69=138
	Nick Taylor (a)	Canada	73-65=138
	Lee Westwood	England	72-66=138

Amateurs: Taylor (-2), Weaver (+1), Stanley (+4), Fowler (+6), Tringale (+7), Alexander (+8), Klaasen (+10), Martin (+10), Erdy (+12), Burgoon (+13), Kittleson (+13), Snyder (+14), Nagy (+16), Peterman (+16), Lewis (+21), Brock (+22).

Third round

Saturday, June 20, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009

More heavy rain halted play at 6:55 pm on Saturday. The third round was resumed on Sunday at noon and completed in the late afternoon. Barnes and Glover both shot even par 70 to remain at the top of the leaderboard, while David Duval and Ross Fisher were five strokes back in a tie for third place. Weir struggled and fell back with a 74, Mickelson shot 69 to stay in contention, and Woods a 68 for 211 (+1), nine shots behind Barnes.^[19]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Ricky Barnes	United States	67-65-70=202	–8
2	Lucas Glover	United States	69-64-70=203	–7
T3	David Duval	United States	67-70-70=207	–3
	Ross Fisher	England	70-68-69=207
T5	Hunter Mahan	United States	72-68-68=208	–2
	Phil Mickelson	United States	69-70-69=208
	Mike Weir	Canada	64-70-74=208
T8	Retief Goosen	South Africa	73-68-68=209	–1
	Todd Hamilton	United States	67-71-71=209
	Sean O'Hair	United States	69-69-71=209
	Bubba Watson	United States	72-70-67=209

Final round

Sunday, June 21, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009

The final round began Sunday evening until play was suspended due to darkness, with leaders Barnes and Glover on the second hole. Play resumed Monday morning. Barnes, who had held the lead through the second and third rounds, faltered on the front nine on Monday morning, and bogeyed five of the first nine holes. He shot one over par on the back nine, but was never able to catch up with Glover, his playing partner for the final two rounds. Duval had a triple-bogey at the par-3 3rd, but rallied on the back nine with three straight birdies before bogeying 17 and missing a birdie putt at 18 to finish at 2 under par. Woods made a charge on the back nine with birdies on 13 and 14, but then bogeyed 15 and parred the rest to finish even par.^[20] Mickelson tied Glover for the lead after making an eagle at 13 after hitting a perfect second shot on the par 5, but proceeded to miss a short birdie putt on 14, three-putt for bogey on 15, miss another putt on 16, and made another bogey on 17 on his way to finishing two strokes behind Glover and tied for second place with Barnes and Duval. It was Mickelson's fifth runner-up finish at the U.S. Open, breaking the record of four by Sam Snead, Bobby Jones, Arnold Palmer, and Jack Nicklaus.^[21][22] (His sixth came four years later in 2013 at Merion.) Glover birdied 16 and parred the final two holes to seal the victory.^[23]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Lucas Glover	United States	69-64-70-73=276	–4	1,350,000
T2	Ricky Barnes	United States	67-65-70-76=278	–2	559,830
	David Duval	United States	67-70-70-71=278
	Phil Mickelson	United States	69-70-69-70=278
5	Ross Fisher	England	70-68-69-72=279	–1	289,146
T6	Søren Hansen	Denmark	70-71-70-69=280	E	233,350
	Hunter Mahan	United States	72-68-68-72=280
	Tiger Woods	United States	74-69-68-69=280
9	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	73-70-70-68=281	+1	194,794
T10	Stephen Ames	Canada	74-66-70-72=282	+2	154,600
	Matt Bettencourt	United States	75-67-71-69=282
	Sergio García	Spain	70-70-72-70=282
	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	72-70-72-68=282
	Ryan Moore	United States	70-69-72-71=282
	Mike Weir	Canada	64-70-74-74=282

Amateurs: Taylor (+8), Weaver (+9), Stanley (+13).

Source:^[24]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	3	4
Glover	–7	–7	–6	–6	–5	–5	–5	–5	–4	–4	–4	–4	–4	–4	–3	–4	–4	–4
Barnes	–7	–7	–7	–7	–6	–5	–4	–3	–3	–3	–2	–1	–2	–2	–2	–2	–2	–2
Duval	–2	–2	+1	E	E	E	+1	E	E	E	E	E	E	–1	–2	–3	–2	–2
Mickelson	–2	–2	–2	–2	–2	–1	E	E	–1	–1	–1	–2	–4	–4	–3	–3	–2	–2
Fisher	–2	–2	–2	–3	–2	–2	–1	–1	–2	–2	–2	–1	–3	–3	–2	–2	–1	–1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[25]

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External links

• Official website
• Coverage from PGA Tour's official site - 2009 U.S. Open
• Coverage from European Tour's official site - 2009 U.S. Open

Coordinates: 40°44′31″N 73°27′18″W / 40.742°N 73.455°W