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1996 U.S. Open (golf)

Field	Value
name	1996 U.S. Open
image	1996OpenLogo.jpg
dates	June 13–16, 1996
location	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
course	Oakland Hills Country Club
South Course
org	USGA
tour	PGA Tour
par	70
yardage	6974 yd
field	156 players, 108 after cut
cut	148 (+8)
purse	$2.4 million
winners_share	$425,000
champion	USA Steve Jones
score	278 (−2)
previous	[1995](1995-u-s-open-golf)
next	[1997](1997-u-s-open-golf)

South Course |USA |USA Michigan The 1996 U.S. Open was the 96th U.S. Open, held June 13–16 at Oakland Hills Country Club in Birmingham, Michigan, a suburb northwest of Detroit. Steve Jones won his only major title, one stroke ahead of runners-up Tom Lehman and Davis Love III.

Jones went through an incredible journey just to get to Oakland Hills. He had won four PGA Tour events, the last in 1989, but in November 1991 he was involved in a dirt bike accident that threatened to end his career. He separated his shoulder and sprained an ankle, as well as suffering ligament damage in his left ring finger. Jones was sidelined for three years, not making it back on tour until 1994. His win here came in his first U.S. Open since 1991, and he was the first champion to go through sectional qualifying since tour rookie Jerry Pate in 1976. After this win, Jones won three additional events on tour.

This was the eighth major championship at the South Course, which previously hosted the U.S. Open in 1924, 1937, 1951, 1961, and 1985, and the PGA Championship in 1972 and 1979. It later hosted the PGA Championship in 2008.

It was Lehman's third close call in a major (1994 Masters, 1995 U.S. Open); he regrouped and won the next, The Open Championship in England. Love won the PGA Championship the following year at Winged Foot.

Course layout

South Course

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	433	523	194	430	455	356	405	440	220	3,456	450	399	560	170	471	400	403	200	465	3,518	6,974
Par	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	35	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	3	4	35	70

Lengths of the course for previous majors:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 13, 1996

Woody Austin, playing in his first U.S. Open, and Payne Stewart each shot a 3-under-par 67 for a 1-stroke lead over Lee Janzen and John Morse. Frank Nobilo, Philip Walton and Paul Azinger were among the group at 1-under 69 as well as two club professionals, Bob Ford and Gary Trivisonno.

20-year-old amateur Tiger Woods was 3-under thru his first 13 holes and held a share of the lead, but would play the last five holes at 9-over-par for a first round 76.

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Woody Austin	67	−3
USA Payne Stewart
T3	USA Lee Janzen	68	−2
USA John Morse
T5	USA Paul Azinger	69	−1
USA David Berganio Jr.
USA Stewart Cink
USA Bob Ford
NZL Frank Nobilo
JPN Masashi Ozaki
IRL Philip Walton
USA Gary Trivisonno

Second round

Friday, June 14, 1996

Payne Stewart shot a second round 71 to hold sole possession of the lead. Greg Norman moved up into a tie for 2nd after shooting a 66. There were only four golfers with sub-par scores through 36 holes after 12 players broke par on Thursday. A total of 108 players in the field of 156 made the cut, a U.S. Open record. The previous record was 88 at Baltusrol in 1993.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Payne Stewart	67-71=138	−2
T2	USA Woody Austin	67-72=139	−1
ZAF Ernie Els	72-67=139
AUS Greg Norman	73-66=139
T5	USA Ken Green	73-67=140	E
USA Steve Jones	74-66=140
USA Davis Love III	71-69=140
NZL Frank Nobilo	69-71=140
SCO Sam Torrance	71-69=140
T10	USA Billy Andrade	72-69=141	+1
USA David Berganio Jr.	69-72=141
USA John Cook	70-71=141
USA John Daly	72-69=141
USA Jim Furyk	72-69=141
USA Neal Lancaster	74-67=141
JPN Masashi Ozaki	69-72=141
USA Scott Simpson	70-71=141
USA Tom Watson	70-71=141

Amateurs: Scott (+4), Woods (+5), Kuehne (+8), Leen (+8), Hobby (+10), Edstrom (+14).

Third round

Saturday, June 15, 1996

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Tom Lehman	71-72-65=208	−2
2	USA Steve Jones	74-66-69=209	−1
T3	USA Davis Love III	71-69-70=210	E
USA John Morse	68-74-68=210
NZL Frank Nobilo	69-71-70=210
T6	USA Woody Austin	67-72-72=211	+1
ZAF Ernie Els	72-67-72=211
USA Jim Furyk	72-69-70=211
SCO Colin Montgomerie	70-72-69=211
SCO Sam Torrance	71-69-71=211

Final round

Sunday, June 16, 1996

In the final pairing, Tom Lehman had a three-stroke lead over Steve Jones after eight holes, but bogeyed 10 and 12 and Jones led by two strokes with six holes remaining. Tied at the 18th tee, Lehman drove into a bunker and missed a 15 ft putt to save par. Davis Love III made a charge, recording birdies at 11, 12, and 15; he bogeyed the final two holes, missing a 3-footer (0.9 m) for par at the last. John Morse came to the 18th tee 1-under needing birdie to tie Jones and Lehman for the lead; he hit the green in two on the par-4 finishing hole, but 3-putted from 30 feet to finish at even par for the tournament and end up alone in fourth place. Unlike Love, Morse and Lehman, Jones did not bogey the last; he hit his approach to 12 ft and two-putted for par to prevail by one.

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Steve Jones	74-66-69-69=278	−2	425,000
T2	USA Tom Lehman	71-72-65-71=279	−1	204,801
USA Davis Love III	71-69-70-69=279
4	USA John Morse	68-74-68-70=280	E	111,235
T5	ZAF Ernie Els	72-67-72-70=281	+1	84,965
USA Jim Furyk	72-69-70-70=281
T7	USA Ken Green	73-67-72-70=282	+2	66,295
USA Scott Hoch	73-71-71-67=282
FJI Vijay Singh	71-72-70-69=282
T10	USA Lee Janzen	68-75-71-69=283	+3	52,591
SCO Colin Montgomerie	70-72-69-72=283
AUS Greg Norman	73-66-74-70=283

Amateurs: Leen (+11), Kuehne (+13), Woods (+14), Scott (+21)

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	3	4
USA Jones	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−3	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2
USA Lehman	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1
USA Love	E	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	E	−1	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−2	−1
USA Morse	E	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−1	−1	−2	−1	−1	E
ZAF Els	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+1	E	+1	+2	+2	+3	+2	+2	+3	+2	+2	+1	+1
USA Furyk	+1	E	E	E	E	E	+1	+2	+2	+2	+1	E	E	E	E	−1	E	+1
NZL Nobilo	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	E	+2	+3	+3	+4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Birdie		Bogey		Double Bogey

Source:

References

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Dorman, Larry. (June 17, 1996). "Inspired Jones claims U.S. Open title". Spokesman-Review.
Bonk, Thomas. (June 17, 1996). "Stellar field humbled by a man named Jones". Eugene Register-Guard.
Reilly, Rick. (June 24, 1996). "Dear Mr. Hogan,".
Parascenzo, Marino. (June 17, 1996). "Steve who?". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(June 13, 1996). "1996 U.S. Open: Card of the course". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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(15 June 1996). "This One Really Is Wide Open". Los Angeles Times.
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