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1994 U.S. Open Golf

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About player
Date of birth: 26 April 1985
Birth place: Greensboro, NC, USA
Plays: Right Handed
Singles ranking: 17
Doubles ranking: 196
KEY STATISTICS
First year played 2005
Total nominations 20
Ties played 19
Singles W/L 29/2
Doubles W/L 8/5
1994 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 16–20, 1994
Location Oakmont, Pennsylvania
Course(s) Oakmont Country Club
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 71
Length 6,946 yards (6,351 m)
Field 159 players, 65 after cut
Cut 147 (+5)
Prize fund $1.7 million
Winner’s share $320,000
Champion
Ernie Els
279 (−5), playoff
← 1993 1995 →

Course layout

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 463 342 421 560 378 195 431 249 474 3,513 458 378 598 181 356 467 228 315 452 3,433 6,946
Par 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 5 36 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 35 71
  • 6,972 yards (6,375 m), par 71 – 1983 U.S. Open
  • 6,989 yards (6,391 m), par 71 – 1978 PGA Championship
  • 6,921 yards (6,329 m), par 71 – 1973 U.S. Open
  • 6,894 yards (6,304 m), par 71 – 1962 U.S. Open
      Before 1962, the 1st hole was played as a par 5.
  • 6,916 yards (6,324 m), par 72 – 1953 U.S. Open
  • 6,882 yards (6,293 m), par 72 – 1951 PGA Championship
  • 6,981 yards (6,383 m), par 72 – 1935 U.S. Open
  • 6,965 yards (6,369 m), par 72 – 1927 U.S. Open
  • 6,707 yards (6,133 m), par 74 – 1922 PGA Championship

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Curtis Strange United States 1988, 1989 70 70 70 70 280 −4 4
Tom Watson United States 1982 68 73 68 74 283 −1 T6
Hale Irwin United States 1974, 1979, 1990 69 69 71 78 287 +3 T18
Jack Nicklaus United States 1962, 1967,
1972, 1980		 69 70 77 76 292 +8 T28
Tom Kite United States 1992 73 71 72 77 293 +9 T33
Scott Simpson United States 1987 74 73 73 78 298 +14 T55
Fuzzy Zoeller United States 1984 76 70 76 77 299 +15 T58

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Larry Nelson United States 1983 75 73 148 +6
Lee Janzen United States 1993 77 71 148 +6
Payne Stewart United States 1991 74 75 149 +7
Andy North United States 1978, 1985 78 73 151 +9
Johnny Miller United States 1973 81 76 157 +15
Arnold Palmer United States 1960 77 81 158 +16

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Tom Watson United States 68 −3
T2 Ernie Els South Africa 69 −2
Hale Irwin United States
Jack Nicklaus United States
Frank Nobilo New Zealand
T6 Masashi Ozaki Japan 70 −1
Curtis Strange United States
Kirk Triplett United States
Scott Verplank United States
T10 Mark Calcavecchia United States 71 E
Ben Crenshaw United States
Clark Dennis United States
Bradley Hughes Australia
Steve Lowery United States
Jeff Maggert United States
Hajime Meshiai Japan
Colin Montgomerie Scotland
Greg Norman Australia
Dave Rummells United States
Jim Thorpe United States
Don Walsworth United States
Mark Wurtz United States

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Colin Montgomerie Scotland 71-65=136 −6
T2 John Cook United States 73-65=138 −4
David Edwards United States 73-65=138
Hale Irwin United States 69-69=138
T5 Jeff Maggert United States 71-68=139 −3
Jack Nicklaus United States 69-70=139
T7 Ernie Els South Africa 69-71=140 −2
Frank Nobilo New Zealand 69-71=140
Steve Pate United States 74-66=140
Curtis Strange United States 70-70=140

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Ernie Els South Africa 69-71-66=206 −7
2 Frank Nobilo New Zealand 69-71-68=208 −5
T3 Hale Irwin United States 69-69-71=209 −4
Colin Montgomerie Scotland 71-65-73=209
Loren Roberts United States 76-69-64=209
Tom Watson United States 68-73-68=209
T7 Steve Lowery United States 71-71-68=210 −3
Curtis Strange United States 70-70-70=210
T9 John Cook United States 73-65-73=211 −2
Greg Norman Australia 71-71-69=211
Steve Pate United States 74-66-71=211

Final round

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
T1 Ernie Els South Africa 69-71-66-73=279 −5 Playoff
Colin Montgomerie Scotland 71-65-73-70=279
Loren Roberts United States 76-69-64-70=279
4 Curtis Strange United States 70-70-70-70=280 −4 75,728
5 John Cook United States 73-65-73-71=282 −2 61,318
T6 Clark Dennis United States 71-71-70-71=283 −1 49,485
Greg Norman Australia 71-71-69-72=283
Tom Watson United States 68-73-68-74=283
T9 Jeff Maggert United States 71-68-75-70=284 E 37,179
Frank Nobilo New Zealand 69-71-68-76=284
Jeff Sluman United States 72-69-72-71=284
Duffy Waldorf United States 74-68-73-69=284

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 4
Els −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −6 −6 −5
Montgomerie −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −6 −5 −4 −5 −4 −4 −5 −5
Roberts −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −6 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −5
Strange −3 −3 −4 −5 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −4 −5 −5 −4 −5 −4 −3 −3 −4
Cook −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −1 E E E E −1 −1 −1 −2 −2
Nobilo −5 −4 −2 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −2 −1 −1 −1 E E E E
Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Playoff

Place Player Country Score To par Sudden death Money ($)
1 Ernie Els South Africa 74 +3 4-4 320,000
T2 Loren Roberts United States 74 +3 4-5 141,827
Colin Montgomerie Scotland 78 +7 –

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 4
Els +1 +4 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +3 +2 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +3 +3
Roberts E +1 +1 +1 +3 +2 +2 +3 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +4 +3 +3
Montgomerie E +2 +4 +4 +4 +5 +5 +6 +6 +6 +8 +8 +7 +7 +7 +7 +7 +7
Sudden-death playoff
Els E E
Roberts E +1
Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+