2007 U.S. Open Winner and Scores

The 2007 U.S. Open was the 107th one played. But for the first time ever, the champion was a golfer from South America.

Winner: Angel Cabrera, 285

Where it was played: Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania

Tournament dates: June 14-17, 2007

Leader after first round: Nick Dougherty, 68

Leader after second round: Angel Cabrera, 140

Leader after third round: Aaron Baddeley, 212

What Happened in the 2007 U.S. Open

Angel Cabrera didn't just win his first major championship in the 2007 U.S. Open, he did it by one stroke over runners-up Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk. And in so doing, the Argentinian Cabrera became the first golfer from South America to win the U.S. Open.

Cabrera was in second place after a first-round 69, then took the 36-hole lead with a 71. But a 76 in the third round dropped him into a tie for seventh place, four strokes behind the 54-hole leader, Aaron Baddeley. Woods was in second place following the third round, and Furyk was tied with Cabrera.

But Baddeley struggled to an 80 (eventually finishing 13th) in the final round, opening the door for everyone else. And with a 69, Cabrera was the golfer who walked through that door.

Cabrera made three birdies and two bogeys on his front nine, playing well ahead of the final pairing (that included Woods). By the time Cabrera birdied the 15th hole, he had a three-stroke lead over Woods and Furyk.

But Cabrera bogeyed the 16th and 17th holes of the final round, reducing his lead to one. Furyk birdied the 16th to tie the lead, but bogeyed No. 17. After Cabrera parred the final hole, both Furyk and Woods needed birdies on the 18th hole to tie Cabrera and force a playoff. But neither one got that birdie.

The 2007 U.S. Open was the eighth time this major was played at Oakmont Country Club, but the first since 1994. Cabrera was the only golfer in the field at the legendarily tough layut who broke par in at least two rounds of the tournament.

2007 U.S. Open Final Scores

Angel Cabrera	69-71-76-69—285
Jim Furyk	71-75-70-70—286
Tiger Woods	71-74-69-72—286
Niclas Fasth	71-71-75-70—287
David Toms	72-72-73-72—289
Bubba Watson	70-71-74-74—289
Nick Dougherty	68-77-74-71—290
Scott Verplank	73-71-74-72—290
Jerry Kelly	74-71-73-72—290
Justin Rose	71-71-73-76—291
Stephen Ames	73-69-73-76—291
Paul Casey	77-66-72-76—291
Lee Janzen	73-73-73-73—292
Hunter Mahan	73-74-72-73—292
Steve Stricker	75-73-68-76—292
Aaron Baddeley	72-70-70-80—292
Carl Pettersson	72-72-75-74—293
Tim Clark	72-76-71-74—293
Jeff Brehaut	73-75-70-75—293
Anthony Kim	74-73-80-67—294
Mike Weir	74-72-73-75—294
Vijay Singh	71-77-70-76—294
Ken Duke	74-75-73-73—295
Brandt Snedeker	71-73-77-74—295
Nick O'Hern	76-74-71-74—295
Camilo Villegas	73-77-75-71—296
Boo Weekley	72-75-77-72—296
J.J. Henry	71-78-75-72—296
Stuart Appleby	74-72-71-79—296
Pablo Martin	71-76-77-73—297
Peter Hanson	71-74-78-74—297
Fred Funk	71-78-74-74—297
D.J. Brigman	74-74-74-75—297
Charl Schwartzel	75-73-73-76—297
Graeme McDowell	73-72-75-77—297
Lee Westwood	72-75-79-72—298
Shingo Katayama	72-74-79-73—298
Mathew Goggin	77-73-74-74—298
Jeev Milkha Singh	75-75-73-75—298
Ian Poulter	72-77-72-77—298
Tom Pernice Jr.	72-72-75-79—298
Kenneth Ferrie	74-76-77-72—299
Geoff Ogilvy	71-75-78-75—299
John Rollins	75-74-74-76—299
Marcus Fraser	72-78-77-73—300
Olin Browne	71-75-80-74—300
Ben Curtis	71-77-78-74—300
Jose Maria Olazabal	70-78-78-74—300
Zach Johnson	76-74-76-74—300
Chris DiMarco	76-73-73-78—300
Rory Sabbatini	73-77-78-73—301
Charles Howell III	76-73-77-75—301
Dean Wilson	76-74-76-75—301
Ernie Els	73-76-74-78—301
Anders Hansen	71-79-79-73—302
Michael Putnam	73-74-72-83—302
Chad Campbell	73-72-77-81—303
Kevin Sutherland	74-76-79-75—304
Bob Estes	75-75-77-77—304
Michael Campbell	73-77-75-79—304
Harrison Frazar	74-74-74-82—304
Jason Dufner	71-75-79-80—305
George McNeill	72-76-77-81—306

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