BROOKS KOEPKA WINS US OPEN TITLE

TWO YEARS IN A ROW

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Southampton, New York: American Brooks Koepka retained the US Open  title by one shot with a final round 68, holding off a fast-charging Tommy Fleetwood of England who matched the U.S. Open low with a superb 63.

Koepka, who became the first repeat winner at the U.S. Open since Curtis Strange in 1989, totalled 1-over 281.

  

The powerful Koepka made a little history on Sunday, winning his second straight U.S. Open Championship. Clinging to a one-shot lead after England’s Tommy Fleetwood tied the championship record with a 63 two hours earlier, Koepka shot a 68 for the highest winning score at the championship since 2012. He became only the seventh player to win the championship in consecutive years.

“This is incredible,” said Koepka, who shot 75 in the first round. “I don’t think I could have dreamed of this, going back-to-back. I always felt like I had a chance (despite the poor opening round). Make a couple birdies and make up a lot of ground. Keep grinding. I knew conditions would ease up and they did and I took advantage of it.”

The other three third round co-leaders never got on track. Dustin Johnson, the 36-hole leader, had another rough day on the greens and shot 70 to finish third at 3-over 283. Tony Finau shot 72, including a double-bogey on the 72nd hole and finished fifth at 5-over. Daniel Berger shot 73 and tied for sixth at 6 over.

Fleetwood’s 63 matched the record shared by five others and was reminiscent of Johnny Miller, who shot a 63 at Oakmont in 1973 to deny Arnold Palmer the championship. Fleetwood, the No. 12-ranked player in the world, missed an eight-foot birdie on the 18th hole that would have given him the record and would have forced a playoff.

“I honestly never really thought I was out of it,” Fleetwood said. “All the way around, I always felt like I could get myself back in it. It’s funny, though, when you finish, you always feel like you’ve kind of missed your shot.”

Reigning Masters champion Patrick Reed, who played alongside Kiradech, began the day with a barrage of five birdies over his first seven holes and had a share of the lead early. But a pair of untimely bogeys halted his momentum and prevented him from winning the second leg of the Grand Slam. He shot 68 and tied for fourth.

Top-10 Payout Breakdown (ties included, per ESPN.com)
1. Brooks Koepka, $2,160,000
2. Tommy Fleetwood, $1,296,000
3. Dustin Johnson, $812,927
4. Patrick Reed, $569,884
5. Tony Finau, $474,659
6. Xander Schauffele, $361,923
6. Tyrrell Hatton, $361,923
6. Henrik Stenson, $361,923
6. Daniel Berger, $361,923
10. Webb Simpson, $270,151
10. Justin Rose, $270,151

Here's a look at the final leaderboard, per PGATour.com.

     

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Dustin Johnson takes 77 but still one of four US Open co-leaders

Southampton, New York: From making the halfway cut right on the number, Kiradech Aphibarnrat found himself in title contention after a wild U.S. Open on Saturday.

The 28-year-old Thai star hit an impressive 2-under 68 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, taking advantage of an early start to shoot five birdies against three bogeys and rise 51 rungs to T7 on 6-over 216 in the year’s second major.

He will enter the final round only three shots behind co-leaders Dustin Johnson (77), Daniel Berger (66), Tony Finau (66) and defending champion Brooks Koepka (72).

Kiradech was only one of three players in the field to break par on golf’s ‘Moving Day’ – the other two being Berger and Finau – as he gave himself a shot at the title and a chance to wrap-up his US PGA TOUR card for the 2018-19 season.

“It's always pressure to be in the U.S. Open. To have a chance to play on the weekend is such a great week. And to move up a lot on my position, I just tried to do everything that my job had to do, keep the ball in play and just hope it will be my day,” said Kiradech, who has two top-5s at the World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship and WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play.

The big-hitting Thai, ranked 31^st in the world, found all fairways on Saturday which made life easier for him. After making bogey on three when he found a greenside bunker, he bounced back with birdies on four, five and eight, converting putts from inside of 10 feet. He traded two more birdies on 12 and 17 against dropped shots on 13 and 14 for his first under-par round in two U.S. Open appearances.

Nearly five and a half hours after signing his scorecard, and with the leaders struggling as the winds picked up and greens became devilishly tricky, Kiradech found himself lying in the top-10 of a major championship at any stage for the first time in his blossoming career.

He knows he must repeat his heroics and stay patient on Sunday to have any chance of becoming only the second Asian golfer after South Korea’s Y.E. Yang (2009 PGA Championship) to win a major championship.

“I think it's all about keeping the ball in play, under the wind and then put it in the right positions. Some putts you have to be a little bit against it, some putts you have to back off a little bit. It just has to be all about the game planning. If you hit it out of position, on this course when you make a mistake, it hurts a lot,” said Kiradech.

“This course, when the wind picks up, is a completely different golf course. Really difficult to put the ball in the fairways, and you can't hold the greens. And the pins were really tricky. You just have to be really patient and really calm on the shot,” said Kiradech, who will play alongside Masters Tournament winner Patrick Reed in the fourth to last pairing on Sunday.

Koepka dropped four bogeys against two birdies for a 72 which earned him a share of the third  round lead, giving himself a chance to retain the U.S. Open.

“I'm glad I'm in the position I'm in. I feel like, you know, obviously, going off in the morning was a little bit easier. Guys are spinning the balls on the greens. I don't think there was this much wind. I'm not really quite sure. But it definitely got difficult (in the afternoon). You got to - comes down to winning a U.S. Open, you got to have some grit, some heart. I mean, I've won one, so why not win another?,” said Koepka.

Taking a four-shot lead into the third day, Johnson, who regained his world No. 1 mantle after winning the FedEx St. Jude Classic last week, made one double bogey, six bogeys and one birdied to fall back to the field.

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THIRD-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 210 (3x70)
Players from USA unless stated otherwise
213 D Berger 76 71 66, T Finau 75 72 66, B Koepka 75 66 72, D Johnson 69 67 77
214 J Rose (Eng) 71 70 73
215 H Stenson (Swe) 71 7 74
216 K Aphibarnrat (Thai) 76 70 68, P Reed 73 72 71, J Furyk 73 71 72

SELECTED SCORES
217 T Hatton (Eng) 75 70 72, I Poulter (Eng) 69 72 76 (T10)
218 M Fitzpatrick (Eng) 73 70 75 (T16)
219 P Casey (Eng) 73 73 73, R Knox (Sco) 73 71 75, T Fleetwood (Eng) 75 68 78 (T23)

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Mickelson hits moving all on green and

ends up with a 10 and an 81

Phil Mickelson created one of the more bizarre moments in US Open history when he stunned fans by hitting a moving ball on the 13th green at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club on Saturday.
Such an offence incurs a two-shot penalty and Mickelson ended up taking a ten and signing for an 81, with theories abound over the final five holes about the reasoning for his uncharacteristic approach.

Some even speculated that it may have been a protest over the difficult course conditions but when interviewed after his round, the five-time Major winner revealed he was simply trying to take advantage of the rules.

The six-time runner-up at the year's second Major Championship was already four over for his round stood on the tee at the par four and needed four attempts to get onto the green before he stood over his first putt.

His 18-footer for par missed on the low side and with the ball seemingly heading back to where Mickelson had just chipped from, the American ran around the hole and hit it back up towards the cup before it had stopped.

“I don't mean disrespect to anybody,” he said. “I know it's a two-shot penalty. At that time, I just didn't feel like going back and forth and hitting the same shot over. I took the two-shot penalty and moved on, it's my understanding of the rules. I've had multiple times where I've wanted to do that, I just finally did.

“It was going to go down in the same spot behind the bunker, I wasn't going to have a shot, I don't know if I was able to save a shot or not.

“I know it's a two-shot penalty hitting a moving ball. I tried to hit it as close as I could on the next one and you take the two shots and move on.

“It's meant to take advantage of the rules as best as you can. In that situation, I was just going back and forth. I would gladly take the two shots over continuing that display.

“I don't mean it in any disrespect and if that's the way people took it, I apologise to them. But that's not the way it was taken. I took the two-shot penalty, moved on, and there's not much more to say.”

Mickelson – celebrating his 48th birthday on Saturday – was playing alongside Andrew Johnston with the pair seemingly enjoying the attention from the galleries despite both enduring tough days up until the controversial incident.
Beef is renowned for his laid-back attitude and admitted he could only laugh after he saw Mickelson make his dash down the green.

“It's just one of the mad moments, really,” he said. “We were both obviously really struggling.

“It wasn't a thing of saying, 'I've had enough' or this and that. It just happened.

“I said, 'that's one of the strangest things I've ever seen' and then just started laughing, to be honest. I said, 'I'm sorry, but I've got to laugh at this'.

“He just laughed with me. He just looked at me and just laughed. We just laughed at it. He had no words to say what he did. It was just one of the moments where he was just like, 'I have nothing to say about it'.

“It's nothing disrespectful to me or to the US Open or anything. It's just one of them things that just happened.”

Tournament Leaderboard

	Pos	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgrayheader.png	Player name	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgrayheader.png	Nat	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgrayheader.png	Hole	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgrayheader.png	Par
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	T1	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	KOEPKA, Brooks	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	USA	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	14:13	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	3
	T1	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	BERGER, Daniel	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	USA	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	14:24	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	3
	T1	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	FINAU, Tony	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	USA	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	14:24	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	3
	5	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	ROSE, Justin	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	ENG	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	14:02	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	4
	6	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	STENSON, Henrik	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	SWE	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	14:02	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	5
	T7	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	FURYK, Jim	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	USA	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	13:40	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	6
	T7	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	APHIBARNRAT, Kiradech	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	THA	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	13:51	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	6
	T7	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	REED, Patrick	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	USA	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	13:51	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png	6
	T10	image: http://www.europeantour.com/imgml/template/sepgray.png

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DUSTIN JOHNSON SEPARATING HIMSELF FROM 

U.S. OPEN PACK AT SHINNECOCK HILLS

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Southampton, New York: Dustin Johnson has shown the ability to perform well on some tough golf courses. He won the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club, one of the most difficult venues in the world.

Now, after a 3-under 67 on Friday, Johnson holds a four-shot lead at the midpoint of the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, where only three players in the 156-player field are at par or better. Johnson is the only guy with a red number next to his name.

“You’ve got to play really good golf if you want to shoot a good score,” Johnson said. “I like where par is a good score on every hole no matter what club you’ve got in your hand, what hole it is.”

Johnson overcame rainy conditions that settled over the course for about half his round. He had four birdies and one bogey and stands at 4-under 136. He hit 12 of 14 fairways for the second straight day and birdied the par-3 seventh hole by rolling in a 45-foot putt.

“I knew about halfway there it was on a really good line if it would just get to the hole,” Johnson said. “I guess it dropped right in the front door.”

Charley Hoffman, who was eighth in the 2017 U.S. Open, shot a 69 and moved into a second-place tie at 1-under with Scott Piercy, one of four first-round co-leaders, who shot 71 despite a four-putt bogey at No. 16.

“I can’t wait to see how I perform,” Hoffman said. “I enjoy the challenges that golf brings and there’s going to be challenges out there [Saturday].”

Defending champion Brooks Koepka and Tommy Fleetwood each shot 66, the low score of the day, and are in a five-way tie for fourth, at 1 over. Henrik Stenson (70), Justin Rose (70) and Ian Poulter, who played the final two holes in 4-over (72), are also at 141.

“There’s nobody more confident than me,” Koepka said. “I feel like I’m playing really well; just need to continue what we’re doing.”

Fleetwood said, “At a U.S. Open you just have to keep your head down. You have to keep going.”

Although Johnson has a four-shot lead going into the weekend, he doesn’t believe the matter has been decided on a course as unyielding as Shinnecock Hills.

“There’s still a lot of golf left,” Johnson said. “There are still 36 holes left no matter what position I’m in. I’m going to stick to my game plan, stick to trying to play the holes how I have the first couple days and see what happens.”

Rose said, “You saw what happened to Ian Poulter. That could happen to D.J. I’m not saying it’s going to, but it could. That’s the nature of the U.S. Open. So ‘hang around’ is often the best form of attack.”

The cut was set at 8-over 148 and claimed many high-profile victims. Among those who failed to qualify for the weekend were former U.S .Open champions Jordan Spieth, Lucas Glover, Graeme McDowell and former Masters champions Charl Schwartzel, Bubba Watson, Adam Scott, Sergio Garcia and Danny Willett.

Tiger Woods, a three-time U.S. Open champ, shot a 72 but still missed the cut, finishing at 10-over 150, in his first U.S. Open appearance since 2015. “I’m not very happy the way I played and the way I putted,” Woods said. 

“I don’t know that you can be too happy and too excited about 10-over par.”

HALFWAY LEADERBOARD
par 140 (2x70)
Players from USA unless stated otherwise
136 D Johnson 69 67
140 S Piercy 69 71, C Hoffman 71 69.
141 T Fleetwood (Eng) 75 66, H Stenson (Swe) 71 70, J Rose (Eng) 71 70, B Koepka 75 66, I Poulter (Eng) 69 72.

SELECTED SCORES
144 R Knox (Sco), C Hill (Sco) (T14)

MISSED THE CUT (148 and better qualified)
150 T Woods 78 72, R McIlroy (NIre) 80 70.
152 D Willett (Eng) 75 77
153 R Ramsay (Sco) 77 76
154 S Garcia (Spn) 75 79.

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Dustin Johnson goes two clear in US Open outward half

Dustin Johnson turned in 33 to open up a two-shot lead as the Shinnecock Hills course continued to prove the toughest of tests on day two of the US Open.
The American entered the day in a four-way tie for the lead at one under par but birdies on the 11th and 16th moved him clear of fellow overnight leaders Ian Poulter and Scott Piercy.
Englishman Poulter and American Piercy were due out in the afternoon, with Spaniard Rafa Cabrera Bello and another American in Russell Henley the closest challengers on the course at one over.
Johnson - the 2016 champion - regained the Number One spot in the Official World Golf Ranking on Sunday thanks to a win on the US PGA Tour and is going for back-to-back victories and a second Major Championship triumph on Long Island.
Henley - the fourth of the overnight leaders - got off to a flying start, holing birdie putts of nine and 12 feet on the tenth and 12th to jump out to three under and a two-shot lead.
Johnson cut that gap to one with a tee-shot to nine feet on the 11th and when Henley failed to get up and down from a greenside bunker on the 14th, the lead was tied again.
The rain had been falling lightly and it got heavier as Johnson was playing the par five 16th but that was no distraction for the 33 year old, who played the hole in textbook fashion and holed an eight-footer to hit the front on his own.
He almost holed from a bunker on the 17th and when he found sand again after going over the back of the 18th, he made an excellent up-and-down to stay bogey-free for the day.
Henley then got in huge trouble on the third, going left off the tee and playing out sideways after two failed attempts to get out of the rough stuff, eventually surrendering a triple bogey.
That dropped him to one over alongside Cabrera Bello, who was making a nice move through the field after turning in 32.
The 34 year old put an approach to nine feet on his opener, hit a stunning third into the par five 16th and then left himself just five feet for birdie on the 18th.
A bogey on the second after a poor tee-shot dropped him back over par for the week.
Frenchman Matthieu Pavon and England's Justin Rose were among the afternoon starters at one over, with American Jason Dufner a shot further back out on the course after playing his first eight holes in two over.
Reigning Race to Dubai champion Tommy Fleetwood was two under through 11 holes to sit at three over.

US Open at Shinnecock Hills

 Poulter (69) in four-way tie for lead as McILroy slumps to an 80

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Southampton, New York: The No. 1-ranked player in the world had to muster all of his skills in the opening round of the U.S. Open to enjoy a share of the lead on Thursday.

Dustin Johnson, who ascended to the top of the world rankings with his US PGA Tour victory at the FedEx St. Jude Classic last week, shot a steady, 1-under 69 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club. He joined Ian Poulter, Russell Henley and Scott Piercy in a four-way tie for the lead after the first round.

South Korea’s An, who lost in a play-off at the Memorial Tournament two weeks ago, ground out a 71 to emerge as the leading Asian golfer in T6 position.

  

Jason Dufner shot a 70 and is alone in fifth place. Tied for sixth at 71 are Matthieu Pavon of France, 2013 U.S. Open champion Justin Rose, Charles Howell III, Charley Hoffman, Sam Burns, former Open Championship winner Henrik Stenson and An.

Johnson, who won the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont, was accurate off the tee, hitting 10 of 14 fairways. He lowered his score to 3-under by holing out from a greenside bunker for a birdie on the par-3 11th, but lost some of the momentum with a pair of bogeys coming home.

“I did a lot of things well,” Johnson said. “I hit a lot of good shots, hit a lot of fairways and had a lot of birdie putts. “

Johnson watched some of the morning round and saw the high scores on TV. He understood it was going to be a gruelling afternoon. “You want it to play tough—maybe not quite this tough—but it was a day where you had to play good golf if you wanted to shoot a good score,” Johnson said.

It was believed that the morning wave would have an advantage, but windy conditions quickly dried the course from Wednesday’s rain and made the greens difficult from the onset. Only two players from the morning were able to break par—Piercy and Poulter.

Poulter nearly made a hole-in-one on the 11th on the way to his best opening round in the U.S. Open. “(Thursday) is just a good day,” Poulter said. “And I’ve got three tough days left.”

Piercy didn’t expect to be among the opening-round leaders, either. He walked off the course after four holes of his practice round Wednesday and told his wife that he’d probably be home for the weekend. Then he ordered a pizza and re-evaluated his mental approach to the first round.
“You know it’s going to be frustrating, so you’ve got to get the right mindset,” Piercy said. “I think last night was a big regroup for me and today it showed.”

Henley was slowed by a double bogey on No. 10 and finished with a bogey at 18 when he failed to get up and down from a greenside bunker. “I felt really in control of my game,” Henley said. “Off the tee, I felt like I was going to hit it right where I was lined up. Gave myself a chance to have a good round, hit a lot of fairways.”

Defending champion Brooks Koepka shot 75 but wasn’t overly concerned. “I think everybody was just trying to grind it out,” he said. “It’s a U.S. Open. You can shoot, whatever, 5-over today and shoot 1-under tomorrow and be just fine going into the weekend. So, I’m not too concerned.”

The conditions created some high scores. Rory McIlroy shot 80 to match his highest score in a major. Phil Mickelson and Bubba Watson shot 77, and Jon Rahm and Jordan Spieth shot 78. Jason Day shot 79.

Tiger Woods opened the day with a triple bogey and a bogey. He seemed to settle down until taking back-to-back double bogeys at Nos. 13 and 14, including a four-putt, and finished with a 78.

“It’s tough out there, but I shouldn’t make two doubles and a triple, four-putt,” Woods said. “For most of the day I just didn’t putt well.”

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LEADERBOARD
Par 70
69 S Piercy (US), I Poulter (Eng), R Henley (US), D Johnson (US)
70 J Duffner (uS)
71 M Pavon (Fra), J Rose (Eng), C Howell III (US), S Burns (US), H Stenson (Swe), Byeong Hun An (SKor)

SELECTED SCORES
73 P Casey (Eng), A Johnston (Eng), M Fitzpatrick (Eng), R Knox (Sco) (T19)
75 T Hatton (Eng), D Willett (Eng), C Hill (Sco), T Fleetwood (Eng) (T46).
77 R Ramsay (Sco) (T88)
79 G McDowell (N Ire) (T114)
80 R McIlroy (N Ire).

Brooks Koepka wins United States Open

                                                              

Butch Harmon praises Brooks Koepka for maiden major win

Butch Harmon reflects on Brooks Koepka's impressive maiden major success at the US Open and reviews another near-miss for Rickie Fowler at Erin Hills.

It was a fantastic day for Brooks Koepka and a great performance. He three-putted on the 10th green, his only bogey of the day, and was solid from tee-to-green.
He made the putts when he needed to down the stretch, with birdies at the 14th, 15th and 16th taking the tournament away from everyone and making sure nobody else had a chance.

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Open 2017 Outright

Outright Winner

Outright Winner

Dustin Johnson

9/1

Rory McIlroy

11/1

Jordan Spieth

12/1

Jason Day

16/1

Henrik Stenson

18/1

Hideki Matsuyama

18/1

Sergio Garcia

18/1

Rickie Fowler

20/1

Justin Rose

22/1

Adam Scott

25/1

Jon Rahm

28/1

Brooks Koepka

33/1

Justin Thomas

33/1

Tommy Fleetwood

33/1

Branden Grace

40/1

Paul Casey

40/1

Phil Mickelson

40/1

Thomas Pieters

50/1

Louis Oosthuizen

50/1

Martin Kaymer

50/1

Matthew Fitzpatrick

50/1

Shane Lowry

50/1

Alex Noren

50/1

Brandt Snedeker

66/1

Charl Schwartzel

66/1

Lee Westwood

66/1

Matt Kuchar

66/1

Patrick Reed

66/1

Tyrrell Hatton

66/1

Zach Johnson

66/1

Chris Wood

80/1

Ian Poulter

80/1

J.B Holmes

80/1

Marc Leishman

80/1

Si Woo Kim

80/1

Rafa Cabrera Bello

100/1

Francesco Molinari

100/1

Daniel Berger

100/1

Jason Dufner

100/1

Graeme McDowell

100/1

Andrew Johnston

125/1

Andy Sullivan

125/1

Byeong-Hun An

125/1

Danny Willett

125/1

Jim Furyk

125/1

Kevin Kisner

125/1

Luke Donald

125/1

Padraig Harrington

125/1

Ross Fisher

125/1

Soren Kjeldsen

125/1

Tony Finau

150/1

Bill Haas

150/1

Bubba Watson

150/1

Emiliano Grillo

150/1

Gary Woodland

150/1

Jimmy Walker

150/1

Kevin Chappell

150/1

Bernd Wiesberger

150/1

Ryan Moore

150/1

Steve Stricker

150/1

Thorbjorn Olesen

150/1

Russell Knox

150/1

Billy Horschel

200/1

Charley Hoffman

200/1

David Lingmerth

200/1

Webb Simpson

250/1

Joost Luiten

250/1

Kevin Na

250/1

Matteo Manassero

250/1

Ernie Els

250/1

Victor Dubuisson

300/1

Jordan Smith

300/1

Nicolas Colsaerts

300/1

Richard Sterne

300/1

Thongchai Jaidee

300/1

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Koepka finished four strokes clear of Hideki Matsuyama and Brian Harman

When the day started we thought there could be at least 10 guys who all had a chance of winning the US Open, but when we got into the back nine there was only one guy whoever looked like winning.
He has always been a good player, winning three times on the European Challenge Tour and getting that battlefield promotion to the European Tour. He won on that, moved over to the PGA Tour and worked hard to get up the money list to where he is today.

Koepka played alongside Tommy Fleetwood during the final round
  
Brooks is a player who has got more consistent each year, as has his position in the world rankings. He has got into a position where he now knows just how good he can play, which he has shown to the rest of the world with this final round display.
It will be interesting to see what Brooks does next and how he copes with being a major champion, as some people struggle with all of the extra interest and media attention.

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For me, I think he's going to handle it just fine. If I was him, I'd love every minute of it because you never know if or when you're going to get another one!
It didn't quite happen for Rickie Fowler today, who birdied the first but then missed from five feet at the second. From then on in it just wasn't his day, and he has to learn how to close majors out on Sundays.

Fowler finished in a share of fifth spot

He has been in this position before and in 2014 finished inside the top five of all of the majors, he had a chance at this year's Masters and came close again here at Erin Hills. That's not what it's all about though, but I'm confident he'll eventually get over the line and win one.
England's Tommy Fleetwood had a good tournament. He was in contention most of the time and finished fourth on 277, five behind the winner, with rounds of 67, 70, 68 and 72.
Fleetwood earned $563,642 compared with $2,160,000 by Koepka.
A second Englishman in the top 20 was Eddie Pepperell with rounds of 72, 71, 69 and 71 for a 283 total an a T16 final placing
Scot Martin Laird finished T32 on level par 288.


LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72) players from USA unless stated
272  B Koepka 67 70 68 67 ($2,160,000).
276 H Matsuyama (Japan) 74 65 71 66, B Harman 67 70 67 72 ($1,052,012 each).
277 T Fleetwood (England) 67 70 68 72 ($563,442)
278 X Schauffele 66 73 70 69, B Haas 72 68 69 69, R Fowler 65 7 68 72.


SELECTED TOTALS
283 E Pepperell (England) 72 71 69 71 (T16).
284 S Garcia (Spain) 70 71 71 72 (T21)
286 P Casey (England) 66 71 75 74 (26th)
288 M Laird (Scotland) 72 71 72 73 (T32)
289 M Fitzpatrick (England) 70 73 70 76 (T35)
290 A Johnston (England) 69 73 73 75 (T42)
295 L Westwood (England) 69 75 75 76 (T53)