Final-Round Leaderboard

Jon Rahm                             69-70-72-67—278 (-6)

Louis Oosthuizen             67-71-70-71—279 (-5)

Harris English                     72-70-71-68—281 (-3)

Guido Migliozzi                  71-70-73-68—282 (-2)

Brooks Koepka                  69-73-71-69—282 (-2)

Collin Morikawa               75-67-70-70—282 (-2)

Things to Know

• Spain’s Jon Rahm earns his first major championship victory in his 108^th PGA TOUR start and 20^th major
• Rahm becomes the first player from Spain to win the U.S. Open
• Rahm wins in first start since withdrawing from the 2021 Memorial Tournament due to a positive COVID test after leading by six shots after 54 holes
• Rahm claims the No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf Ranking, supplanting Dustin Johnson who led the last 43 consecutive weeks; Moves to No. 2 in the FedExCup standings
• Louis Oosthuizen finishes runner-up in a major for the sixth time
• Brooks Koepka records his 15^th top-10 in a major in his 29^th major start

 

Jon Rahm (-6/1^st)

Category
Age	26 (November 10, 1994)
FedExCup	2
OWGR	1
Major Wins	1
Starts at U.S. Open	6
Wins at U.S. Open	0
Top-10s at U.S. Open	2
Career PGA TOUR starts	108
Career PGA TOUR wins	6
Career PGA TOUR top-10s	51
PGA TOUR starts in 2020-21	18
PGA TOUR wins in 2020-21	1
PGA TOUR top-10s in 2020-21	11

 

• Wins first major championship in 20^th major start at the age of 26 years, 7 months and 10 days
• Earns sixth PGA TOUR win at the site of his maiden PGA TOUR win: 2017 Farmers Insurance Open, 2018 The American Express, 2019 Zurich Classic of New Orleans (with Ryan Palmer), 2020 the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday, 2020 BMW Championship, 2021 U.S. Open
• Becomes the fourth player from Spain to win a major and first Spanish player to win the U.S. Open: Seve Ballesteros/5, Jose-Maria Olazabal/2, Sergio Garcia/1, Jon Rahm/1
• Becomes the 227^th player to win a major
• Moves to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time since August 2020
• 67 marks his lowest round in a U.S. Open; becomes the 15^th player to record a 67 or better in the final round and go on to win
• Birdied Nos. 17 and 18 in the final round, becoming the fourth player to birdie the 71^st and 72^nd holes en route to a U.S. Open victory: Ben Hogan/1953/Oakmont CC, Jack Nicklaus/1980/Baltusrol GC, Tom Watson/1982/Pebble Beach GL, Jon Rahm/2021/Torrey Pines
• Becomes sixth U.S. Open champion to win a U.S. Open and a PGA TOUR event at the same course

 

• In his last PGA TOUR start, led the Memorial Tournament by six strokes after 54 holes before withdrawing due to a positive COVID test
• Entered the final round three shots off the lead; also overcame a three-shot deficit to win the 2017 Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines
• Marks his 11^th top-10 of the season, the most of any player (next: Jordan Spieth/8)

Louis Oosthuizen

• Was seeking second major championship victory (2010 Open Championship) for second PGA TOUR title
• Is 1-for-6 in converting 54-hole leads/co-leads to victory
• Records his sixth runner-up in a major, becoming the 14^th player to record six or more runner-ups in major championships

 

 

Additional player notes

• Louis Oosthuizen (2^nd), Xander Schauffele (T7) and Rory McIlroy (T7) finish inside the top-10 for the third consecutive U.S. Open
• Harris English (3^rd) records his best finish in 20 major appearances; marks his second top-10 in a major (2020 U.S. Open/4^th)
• In his first major start, Italy’s Guido Migliozzi finishes T4
• Defending champion Bryson DeChambeau, who began the final round two shots off the lead, finished T26 after playing his final nine in 8-over; recorded a quadruple bogey at the 17^th hole, his highest score on a hole at the U.S. Open
• San Diego native Xander Schauffele records his fifth top-10 in as many starts at the U.S. Open: 2017/T5, 2018/T6, 2019/T3, 2020/5, 2021/T7

Course Statistics

Toughest Hole                                  Easiest Hole

R1:          Par-3 11^th (3.429)                              Par-5 18^th (4.641)

R2:          Par-3 11^th (3.490)                              Par-5 18^th (4.593)

R3:          Par-4 12^th (4.352)                              Par-5 18^th (4.592)

R4:          Par-4 12^th (4.549)                              Par-5 9^th (4.648)

Scoring Averages                                                            

                Front 9                  Back 9                   Total                      Cumulative

R1:          36.456                   37.262                   73.718                   –

R2:          35.543                   38.138                   73.681                   73.705

R3:          35.662                   36.746                   72.408                   73.502

R4:          35.507                   37.662                   73.169                   73.451