First round Thursday, June 15, 2006 Colin Montgomerie shot 69 and was the only player under par in the opening round.
Phil Mickelson, the winner of the last two majors, was just one shot behind at even-par. Former U.S. Open champion
Jim Furyk was also just one shot back.
Tiger Woods shot a six over 76 in his first major since his father's death, his worst start ever in a major.
Second round Friday, June 16, 2006 Steve Stricker led at a major for the first time since
1998 after a one-under 69, and was the only player under par after 36 holes. One stroke back was Montgomerie, while Woods missed the cut at a major as a professional for the first time, ending his record-tying streak of 39 consecutive cuts made at majors. He shot 76 for the second consecutive day missing the cut by three shots. Mickelson struggled throughout the day for 73, which put him four shots back entering The best rounds of the day belonged to
Arron Oberholser and
David Duval who both shot 68. It was the first cut Duval had made at a major since the
2002 PGA Championship. Other notable players missing the cut included
Sergio García,
Retief Goosen,
1997 PGA Championship winner at Winged Foot
Davis Love III, and defending U.S. Open champion
Michael Campbell. The cut was at 149 (+9) and better, and no amateurs advanced to the weekend. Amateurs: Coe (+10),
Horschel (+12),
Molinari (+13),
Moore (+15), Nagle (+16),
Fujikawa (+18), Dougherty (+20), Baca (+21), Posey (+22).
Third round Saturday, June 17, 2006 Following a one-under 69 in the third round, Mickelson shared the 54-hole lead with Kenneth Ferrie, who bogeyed the 18th Ogilvy made two straight bogeys on the back and finished with a 72 that left him one shot back. Stricker led through much of the front nine but ended up at 76, three shots behind.
Pádraig Harrington needed a birdie to catch Mickelson on the 18th hole, but barely made contact out of the deep rough, and moved the ball just into the fairway. Once out of a greenside bunker, he three-putted for a triple bogey seven and a disappointing 74.
Final round Sunday, June 18, 2006 In one of the most exciting final rounds in U.S. Open history, Ogilvy survived a brutal final day to win his only major He took the lead early and led by two strokes after 7 holes, but lost his lead with four bogeys in seven holes. But Ogilvy finished his round with four pars, highlighted by a chip shot from the second fringe at the 17th. His tee shot on 18 found the fairway but was in a sand-filled divot, and his approach hit the green's false front and rolled back. He dropped a downhill six-footer for his final stroke as all his competitors collapsed around him. Mickelson and Montgomerie needed pars on the final hole to win, or bogeys to tie with Ogilvy, but they both double-bogeyed to hand Ogilvy a dramatic win. He became the first Australian to win a major since
Steve Elkington in the
1995 PGA Championship, and the first to win a U.S. Open in a quarter century, since
David Graham in
1981. Montgomerie holed a putt for birdie on the 17th hole for a share of the lead and was in the middle of the 18th fairway, from the hole, in prime position to do no worse than a playoff. After an extended wait and much club deliberation, he finally selected a 7-iron and proceeded to miss the green short and right, into deep rough. His difficult chip left a lengthy downhill par putt, and then three-putted for double bogey. Mickelson was in the right rough on the 16th, then the approach plugged into a greenside bunker and he bogeyed. He was well left of the fairway on the 17th into a trash can, but his slicing recovery shot found the green and he two-putted for par. On the 18th tee, Mickelson needed par to win or a bogey to tie, but could not finish off what would have been his third consecutive major championship victory. Using driver, his tee shot went so far left that it clattered through the trees by a hospitality tent. Still trying for par, he went for the green with his second shot but hit a tree, and the ball advanced just . His third faded into the greenside bunker, buried with a "fried-egg" lie; the fourth shot from the sand to win had no spin and rolled off the other side of the green into the rough. Mickelson's chip for bogey and a Monday playoff with Ogilvy rolled six feet past the hole. He tied
Sam Snead for the most second-place finishes by a player who has never won the U.S. Open, with four. Furyk needed par to force a playoff and his tee shot was to the left in the intermediate cut; the hooking approach found a greenside bunker and he missed the five-foot putt to save par. Harrington bogeyed the final three holes and finished two strokes behind. Five different players held the lead at one point on Sunday with 15 different lead changes between them.
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