Who won the U.S. Open in 2012?

Webb Simpson won the 2012 U.S. Open at The Olympic Club, finishing 1 over par.

What was the winning score at the 2012 U.S. Open?

The winning score was 1 over par (281 strokes), posted by Webb Simpson.

How many players were in the U.S. Open field?

156 players started the 2012 U.S. Open. Every one of them appears on the leaderboard below.

Tournaments / 2012

U.S. Open

2012-06-14 · The Olympic Club

Winner: Webb Simpson
Winning score: +1
Field: 156
Field strength: +0.474 SG

The 2012 U.S. Open was played at The Olympic Club, starting 14 June 2012. Webb Simpson won at 1 over par (281), 1 stroke ahead of Graeme McDowell. The winning card was 72, 73, 68 and 68, and the win paid $1,440,000. Graeme McDowell and Michael Thompson tied for second. 156 players started the event. The field averaged +0.474 strokes gained per round against the tour baseline, with strokes-gained data covering 51% of the players. The full leaderboard below lists every player's finish position, round scores and total to par. Every figure on this page comes from the PGA Tour's published final leaderboard for the event — nothing here is estimated or modelled.

Final leaderboard

Top 20 of 156. Search finds any player in the field, including those who missed the cut.


1	Webb Simpson	72	73	68	68	281	+1
T2	Graeme McDowell	69	72	68	73	282	+2
T2	Michael Thompson	66	75	74	67	282	+2
T4	David Toms	69	70	76	68	283	+3
T4	Jason Dufner	72	71	70	70	283	+3
T4	Jim Furyk	70	69	70	74	283	+3
T4	John Peterson	71	70	72	70	283	+3
T4	Padraig Harrington	74	70	71	68	283	+3
9	Ernie Els	75	69	68	72	284	+4
T10	Casey Wittenberg	71	77	67	70	285	+5
T10	John Senden	72	73	68	72	285	+5
T10	Kevin Chappell	74	71	68	72	285	+5
T10	Lee Westwood	73	72	67	73	285	+5
T10	Retief Goosen	75	70	69	71	285	+5
T15	Aaron Watkins	72	71	72	71	286	+6
T15	Adam Scott	76	70	70	70	286	+6
T15	Freddie Jacobson	72	71	68	75	286	+6
T15	K.J. Choi	73	70	74	69	286	+6
T15	Martin Kaymer	74	71	69	72	286	+6
T15	Steve Stricker	76	68	73	69	286	+6

The venue

This event was played at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, California, USA. The venue page carries its scorecard, hosting history and every other tour event played there.

Common questions

Who won the U.S. Open in 2012?: Webb Simpson won the 2012 U.S. Open at The Olympic Club, finishing 1 over par.
Where was the 2012 U.S. Open played?: The 2012 U.S. Open was played at The Olympic Club, starting 14 June 2012.
What was the winning score at the 2012 U.S. Open?: The winning score was 1 over par (281 strokes), posted by Webb Simpson.
How many players were in the U.S. Open field?: 156 players started the 2012 U.S. Open. Every one of them appears on the leaderboard below.

Where these numbers come from

Finishes, round scores and to-par figures are the PGA Tour's own published final leaderboard for this event. Nothing is estimated or interpolated — where the tour published no value, this page shows a gap rather than a guess. Full sourcing notes are on the methodology page, and every stat name is defined in the glossary.