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| 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) | |
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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.
- ^ "U.S. Open Championship: 2006 final leaderboard". ESPN. June 18, 2006. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
- ^ "U.S. Open Championship: 2006 leaderboard". European Tour. June 18, 2006. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
- ^ "2006 US Open Official Site". Archived from the original on August 10, 2007. Retrieved July 30, 2007.
- ^ Dulac, Gerry (June 19, 2006). "Crumbled". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. C1.
- ^ Ferguson, Doug (June 19, 2006). "Open and shut". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. D1.