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1996 U.S. Open (golf)

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1996 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 13–16, 1996
LocationBloomfield Hills, Michigan
Course(s)Oakland Hills Country Club
South Course
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length6,974 yards (6,377 m)
Field156 players, 108 after cut
Cut148 (+8)
Prize fund$2.4 million
Winner's share$425,000
Champion
United States Steve Jones
278 (−2)
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Oakland Hills Country Club is located in Michigan
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The 1996 U.S. Open was the 96th U.S. Open, held June 13–16 at Oakland Hills Country Club in Birmingham, Michigan, a suburb northwest of Detroit. Steve Jones won his only major title, one stroke ahead of runners-up Tom Lehman and Davis Love III.[1][2][3][4][5]

Jones went through an incredible journey just to get to Oakland Hills. He had won four PGA Tour events, the last in 1989, but in November 1991 he was involved in a dirt bike accident that threatened to end his career. He separated his shoulder and sprained an ankle, as well as suffering ligament damage in his left ring finger.[1][4] Jones was sidelined for three years, not making it back on tour until 1994. His win here came in his first U.S. Open since 1991, and he was the first champion to go through sectional qualifying since tour rookie Jerry Pate in 1976.[4] After this win, Jones won three additional events on tour.

This was the eighth major championship at the South Course, which previously hosted the U.S. Open in 1924, 1937, 1951, 1961, and 1985, and the PGA Championship in 1972 and 1979. It later hosted the PGA Championship in 2008.

It was Lehman's third close call in a major (1994 Masters, 1995 U.S. Open);[4] he regrouped and won the next, The Open Championship in England. Love won the PGA Championship the following year at Winged Foot.

Course layout

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South Course [6]

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 433 523 194 430 455 356 405 440 220 3,456 450 399 560 170 471 400 403 200 465 3,518 6,974
Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 35 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 35 70

Lengths of the course for previous majors:

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, June 13, 1996

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Woody Austin 67 −3
United States Payne Stewart
T3 United States Lee Janzen 68 −2
United States John Morse
T5 United States Paul Azinger 69 −1
United States David Berganio Jr.
United States Stewart Cink
United States Bob Ford
New Zealand Frank Nobilo
Japan Masashi Ozaki
Republic of Ireland Philip Walton
United States Gary Trivisonno

Second round

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Friday, June 14, 1996

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Payne Stewart 67-71=138 −2
T2 United States Woody Austin 67-72=139 −1
South Africa Ernie Els 72-67=139
Australia Greg Norman 73-66=139
T5 United States Ken Green 73-67=140 E
United States Steve Jones 74-66=140
United States Davis Love III 71-69=140
New Zealand Frank Nobilo 69-71=140
Scotland Sam Torrance 71-69=140
T10 United States Billy Andrade 72-69=141 +1
United States David Berganio Jr. 69-72=141
United States John Cook 70-71=141
United States John Daly 72-69=141
United States Jim Furyk 72-69=141
United States Neal Lancaster 74-67=141
Japan Masashi Ozaki 69-72=141
United States Scott Simpson 70-71=141
United States Tom Watson 70-71=141

Amateurs: Scott (+4), Woods (+5), Kuehne (+8), Leen (+8), Hobby (+10), Edstrom (+14).

Third round

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Saturday, June 15, 1996

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Tom Lehman 71-72-65=208 −2
2 United States Steve Jones 74-66-69=209 −1
T3 United States Davis Love III 71-69-70=210 E
United States John Morse 68-74-68=210
New Zealand Frank Nobilo 69-71-70=210
T6 United States Woody Austin 67-72-72=211 +1
South Africa Ernie Els 72-67-72=211
United States Jim Furyk 72-69-70=211
Scotland Colin Montgomerie 70-72-69=211
Scotland Sam Torrance 71-69-71=211

Final round

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Sunday, June 16, 1996

In the final pairing, Tom Lehman had a three-stroke lead over Steve Jones after eight holes, but bogeyed 10 and 12 and Jones led by two strokes with six holes remaining. Tied at the 18th tee, Lehman drove into a bunker and missed a 15-foot (4.5 m) putt to save par. Davis Love III made a charge, recording birdies at 11, 12, and 15; he bogeyed the final two holes, missing a 3-footer (0.9 m) for par at the last. John Morse came to the 18th tee at 1-under needing a birdie to tie Jones and Lehman for the lead; he hit the green in two on the par-4 finishing hole, but 3-putted from 30 feet to finish at even par for the tournament and end up alone in fourth place. Unlike Love, Morse and Lehman, Jones did not bogey the last; he hit his approach to 12 feet (3.7 m) and two-putted for par to prevail by one.[4][5]

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Steve Jones 74-66-69-69=278 −2 425,000
T2 United States Tom Lehman 71-72-65-71=279 −1 204,801
United States Davis Love III 71-69-70-69=279
4 United States John Morse 68-74-68-70=280 E 111,235
T5 South Africa Ernie Els 72-67-72-70=281 +1 84,965
United States Jim Furyk 72-69-70-70=281
T7 United States Ken Green 73-67-72-70=282 +2 66,295
United States Scott Hoch 73-71-71-67=282
Fiji Vijay Singh 71-72-70-69=282
T10 United States Lee Janzen 68-75-71-69=283 +3 52,591
Scotland Colin Montgomerie 70-72-69-72=283
Australia Greg Norman 73-66-74-70=283

Amateurs: Leen (+11), Kuehne (+13), Woods (+14), Scott (+21)

Scorecard

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Hole  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 4
United States Jones −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −3 −3 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2
United States Lehman −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1
United States Love E −1 −1 E E E E −1 −1 E −1 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −2 −1
United States Morse E E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −1 −1 −2 −1 −1 E
South Africa Els +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +1 E +1 +2 +2 +3 +2 +2 +3 +2 +2 +1 +1
United States Furyk +1 E E E E E +1 +2 +2 +2 +1 E E E E −1 E +1
New Zealand Nobilo −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 E +2 +3 +3 +4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double Bogey

Source:[1][4][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Sirak, Ron (June 17, 1996). "Virtual unknown Steve Jones tames 'The Monster'". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. p. 1B.
  2. ^ Dorman, Larry (June 17, 1996). "Inspired Jones claims U.S. Open title". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (New York Times). p. C1.
  3. ^ Bonk, Thomas (June 17, 1996). "Stellar field humbled by a man named Jones". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 1B.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Reilly, Rick (June 24, 1996). "Dear Mr. Hogan,". Sports Illustrated. p. 38.
  5. ^ a b Parascenzo, Marino (June 17, 1996). "Steve who?". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. B-1.
  6. ^ "1996 U.S. Open: Card of the course". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. June 13, 1996. p. D-2.
  7. ^ "U.S. Open History". USGA. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
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