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1994 U.S. Open (golf)

Field	Value
name	1994 U.S. Open
image	1994OpenLogo.jpg
dates	June 16–20, 1994
location	Oakmont, Pennsylvania
course	Oakmont Country Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	71
yardage	6946 yd
field	159 players,
65 after cut
cut	147 (+5)
purse	$1.7 million
winners_share	$320,000
champion	ZAF Ernie Els
score	279 (−5), playoff
previous	[1993](1993-u-s-open-golf)
next	[1995](1995-u-s-open-golf)
map	USA#USA Pennsylvania
map_relief	yes
map_label	Oakmont
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in Pennsylvania
coordinates

65 after cut |USA |USA Pennsylvania The 1994 U.S. Open was the 94th U.S. Open, held June 16–20 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh. Ernie Els, age 24, won the first of his four major titles on the second sudden-death hole to defeat Loren Roberts, after Colin Montgomerie was eliminated in an 18-hole playoff. (Both Roberts and Montgomerie were winless in major championships, but each won several senior majors while on the Champions Tour.) It was the seventh U.S. Open and tenth major held at Oakmont, and was Arnold Palmer's final U.S. Open as a participant.

Palmer's last

Palmer, age 64, played in his final U.S. Open in 1994. He had not played in the tournament in eleven years, since it was last at Oakmont in 1983, but received an exemption by the USGA to play in his home state. As an amateur, his first U.S. Open in 1953 was also played at Oakmont, won by Ben Hogan.

Television

This was the last U.S. Open for ABC Sports, which had televised the U.S. Open in the United States since 1966, 29 consecutive years. NBC Sports televised the event for twenty years, from 1995 through 2014. Starting in 2015, Fox Sports began a 12-year contract to televise the championship and other USGA events. NBC regained the rights to the U.S. Open in 2020 after taking over Fox's contract.

Course layout

Main article: Oakmont Country Club

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

Source:

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

6972 yd, par 71 - 1983 U.S. Open
6989 yd, par 71 - 1978 PGA Championship
6921 yd, par 71 - 1973 U.S. Open
6894 yd, par 71 - 1962 U.S. OpenBefore 1962, the 1st hole was played as a par 5.
6916 yd, par 72 - 1953 U.S. Open
6882 yd, par 72 - 1951 PGA Championship
6981 yd, par 72 - 1935 U.S. Open
6965 yd, par 72 - 1927 U.S. Open
6707 yd, par 74 - 1922 PGA Championship

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 16, 1994

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Tom Watson	68	−3
T2	ZAF Ernie Els	69	−2
USA Hale Irwin
USA Jack Nicklaus
NZL Frank Nobilo
T6	JPN Masashi Ozaki	70	−1
USA Curtis Strange
USA Kirk Triplett
USA Scott Verplank
T10	USA Mark Calcavecchia	71	E
USA Ben Crenshaw
USA Clark Dennis
AUS Bradley Hughes
USA Steve Lowery
USA Jeff Maggert
JPN Hajime Meshiai
SCO Colin Montgomerie
AUS Greg Norman
USA Dave Rummells
USA Jim Thorpe
USA Don Walsworth
USA Mark Wurtz

Second round

Friday, June 17, 1994

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

Amateurs: Alexander (+7).

Third round

Saturday, June 18, 1994

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	ZAF Ernie Els	69-71-66=206	−7
2	NZL Frank Nobilo	69-71-68=208	−5
T3	USA Hale Irwin	69-69-71=209	−4
SCO Colin Montgomerie	71-65-73=209
USA Loren Roberts	76-69-64=209
USA Tom Watson	68-73-68=209
T7	USA Steve Lowery	71-71-68=210	−3
USA Curtis Strange	70-70-70=210
T9	USA John Cook	73-65-73=211	−2
AUS Greg Norman	71-71-69=211
USA Steve Pate	74-66-71=211

Final round

Sunday, June 19, 1994

Els shot a 66 (−5) in the third round to take a two-shot lead. At the start of the Sunday's final round, Els was the beneficiary of a controversial ruling. After he hit his opening drive into deep rough, a tournament official ruled that a broadcast truck and aerial camera was in his line of play. He was allowed to take a drop in a spot where escape was much more likely, but still ended up with a bogey on the hole. Afterwards, some pundits suggested that the ruling was wrong and Els should have been forced to play from his original location, since it was possible to move the aerial camera out of the way. Roberts and Montgomerie both recorded a 70 (−1) in the round to challenge Els. Roberts could have posted a −6 (278) clubhouse score, but he missed a par putt on the 18th. Strange was in contention most of the day, but made bogeys on 15 and 16 and a birdie on 18 left him at −4 (280). Els needed par on the last to hold off Roberts and Montgomerie, but he hit his drive into the rough and made bogey from there, forcing a three-way playoff. It was the first three-way playoff at the U.S. Open in 31 years, when Julius Boros defeated Jacky Cupit and Palmer in 1963.

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

Scorecard

Final round

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
ZAF Els	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−6	−6	−5
SCO Montgomerie	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−7	−6	−5	−4	−5	−4	−4	−5	−5
USA Roberts	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−6	−5	−6	−6	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−5
USA Strange	−3	−3	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−4	−5	−5	−4	−5	−4	−3	−3	−4
USA Cook	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−1	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2
NZL Nobilo	−5	−4	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−2	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	E

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Double Eagle		Eagle --		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey		Triple bogey+ --

Source:

Playoff

Monday, June 20, 1994

All three players struggled early in the Monday playoff. Montgomerie double-bogeyed the 2nd, 3rd, and 11th holes and fell out of contention. Els began the playoff bogey-triple bogey, while Roberts double-bogeyed the 5th. Roberts had a one-stroke lead over Els on the 16th, but he bogeyed the hole to fall into a tie. Els and Roberts both carded a 74 (+3), while Montgomerie finished with a 78 (+7) and was eliminated.

After halving the first extra hole with pars, they headed to the 11th where Roberts found a greenside bunker on his approach while Els safely hit the green. After Roberts' par putt lipped out, Els two-putted for par and the championship. It was the second time for sudden-death at the U.S. Open, which was first implemented in 1990. It was needed again in 2008.

Place	Player	Score	To par	Sudden death	Money ($)
1	ZAF Ernie Els	74	+3	4–4	320,000
T2	USA Loren Roberts	74	+3	4–5	141,827
SCO Colin Montgomerie	78	+7

Els and Roberts were tied at 74 (+3) after 18 holes; Montgomerie was four strokes back and was eliminated.
The sudden-death playoff began on the back nine and Els (4-4) defeated Roberts (4-5) on the second hole.

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
ZAF Els	+1	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+3	+2	+3	+3	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+3	+3
USA Roberts	E	+1	+1	+1	+3	+2	+2	+3	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+4	+3	+3
SCO Montgomerie	E	+2	+4	+4	+4	+5	+5	+6	+6	+6	+8	+8	+7	+7	+7	+7	+7	+7
Sudden-death playoff
ZAF Els		E	E
USA Roberts	E	+1

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par :{|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |Eagle-- |Birdie |Bogey |Double bogey |Triple bogey+ |} Source:

References

(June 21, 1994). "How Oakmont played in the 1994 U.S. Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Reilly, Rick. (June 27, 1994). "From trouble to triumph".
Rosaforte, Tim. (June 27, 1994). "See Ya Later".
"U.S. Open History". USGA.
[https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/21/sports/golf-forget-finesse-remember-a-name-els-wins-open.html GOLF; Forget Finesse, Remember a Name: Els Wins Open]
Parascenzo, Marino. (June 21, 1994). "Ernie is something Els". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(June 21, 1994). "Els awakens to win Open". Spokesman-Review.
(June 21, 1994). "At U.S. Open, Els' finish makes up for shaky start". Seattle Times.
(June 21, 1994). "The leaders, hole by hole". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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