1996 U.S. Open (golf)

1996 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 13–16, 1996
LocationBloomfield Hills, Michigan
Course(s)Oakland Hills Country Club
South Course
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length6,974 yards (6,377 m)
Field156 players, 108 after cut
Cut148 (+8)
Prize fund$2.4 million
Winner's share$425,000
Champion
Steve Jones
278 (−2)
Oakland Hills Country Club
Location in the United States
Oakland Hills Country Club
Location in 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.[1][2][3][4][5]

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.[1][4] 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.[4] 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);[4] he regrouped and won the next, The Open Championship in England. Love won the PGA Championship the following year at Winged Foot.

Course layout

See also: Oakland Hills Country Club

South Course [6]

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.[7]

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.[8]

Place Player Score To par
T1 Woody Austin 67 −3
Payne Stewart
T3 Lee Janzen 68 −2
John Morse
T5 Paul Azinger 69 −1
David Berganio Jr.
Stewart Cink
Bob Ford
Frank Nobilo
Masashi Ozaki
Philip Walton
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.[9] 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.[10]

Place Player Score To par
1 Payne Stewart 67-71=138 −2
T2 Woody Austin 67-72=139 −1
Ernie Els 72-67=139
Greg Norman 73-66=139
T5 Ken Green 73-67=140 E
Steve Jones 74-66=140
Davis Love III 71-69=140
Frank Nobilo 69-71=140
Sam Torrance 71-69=140
T10 Billy Andrade 72-69=141 +1
David Berganio Jr. 69-72=141
John Cook 70-71=141
John Daly 72-69=141
Jim Furyk 72-69=141
Neal Lancaster 74-67=141
Masashi Ozaki 69-72=141
Scott Simpson 70-71=141
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 Tom Lehman 71-72-65=208 −2
2 Steve Jones 74-66-69=209 −1
T3 Davis Love III 71-69-70=210 E
John Morse 68-74-68=210
Frank Nobilo 69-71-70=210
T6 Woody Austin 67-72-72=211 +1
Ernie Els 72-67-72=211
Jim Furyk 72-69-70=211
Colin Montgomerie 70-72-69=211
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-foot (4.5 m) 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 feet (3.7 m) and two-putted for par to prevail by one.[4][5]

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Steve Jones 74-66-69-69=278 −2 425,000
T2 Tom Lehman 71-72-65-71=279 −1 204,801
Davis Love III 71-69-70-69=279
4 John Morse 68-74-68-70=280 E 111,235
T5 Ernie Els 72-67-72-70=281 +1 84,965
Jim Furyk 72-69-70-70=281
T7 Ken Green 73-67-72-70=282 +2 66,295
Scott Hoch 73-71-71-67=282
Vijay Singh 71-72-70-69=282
T10 Lee Janzen 68-75-71-69=283 +3 52,591
Colin Montgomerie 70-72-69-72=283
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
Jones −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −3 −3 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2
Lehman −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1
Love E −1 −1 E E E E −1 −1 E −1 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −2 −1
Morse E E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −1 −1 −2 −1 −1 E
Els +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +1 E +1 +2 +2 +3 +2 +2 +3 +2 +2 +1 +1
Furyk +1 E E E E E +1 +2 +2 +2 +1 E E E E −1 E +1
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:[1][4][11]

References

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  2. ^ Dorman, Larry (June 17, 1996). "Inspired Jones claims U.S. Open title". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (New York Times). p. C1.
  3. ^ Bonk, Thomas (June 17, 1996). "Stellar field humbled by a man named Jones". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 1B.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Reilly, Rick (June 24, 1996). "Dear Mr. Hogan,". Sports Illustrated. p. 38.
  5. ^ a b Parascenzo, Marino (June 17, 1996). "Steve who?". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. B-1.
  6. ^ "1996 U.S. Open: Card of the course". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. June 13, 1996. p. D-2.
  7. ^ "Stewart, Allen Duo Has Little in Common but U.S. Open Lead". Deseret News. Associated Press. June 14, 1996. Retrieved June 2, 2025.
  8. ^ Bonk, Thomas (June 14, 1996). "Oakland Hills Grabs Tiger by the Tail in First Round". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 2, 2025.
  9. ^ "Stormin' Norman Tames Monster of an Open Course". Deseret News. Assoicated Press. June 15, 1996. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
  10. ^ Bonk, Thomas (June 15, 1996). "This One Really Is Wide Open". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
  11. ^ "U.S. Open History". USGA. Retrieved April 15, 2019.

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