2018 U.S. Open Winner and Scores
The 2018 U.S. Open was the 118th time this major was played, and it produced the first back-to-back winner in nearly 30 years.
Winner: Brooks Koepka, 281
Where it was played: Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York
Tournament dates: June 14-17, 2018
Leader after first round: Russell Henley, Dustin Johnson, Scott Piercy and Ian Poulter, 69
Leader after second round: Dustin Johnson, 136
Leader after third round: Daniel Berger, Tony Finau, Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka, 213
What Happened in the 2018 U.S. Open
Brooks Koepka won the 2018 U.S. Open by a single stroke, becoming the first golfer since Curtis Strange in the late 1980s, and just the third in the post-World War II era, to win this major championship back-to-back.Before Koepka in 2017-18, the only back-to-back U.S. Open champs since 1946 were Ben Hogan (1950-51) and Strange (1988-89). Koepka became the eighth overall back-to-back winner of the U.S. Open.
One year ealier, at the 2017 tournament, Koepka's victory was by four strokes and he finished at 272, 16-under-par. This year, on the treacherous and dried-out Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Koepka finished at 1-over par 281.
Dustin Johnson had a four-stroke lead at the halfway point, but in the third round scored 77. Scoring was high enough that day, though, that Johnson still shared the lead with Koepka, Tony Finau and Daniel Berger.
Finau had a 72 and Berger a 73 in the final round, and they finished fifth and sixth, respectively. Johnson had a solid, final-round 70 for solo third, two behind Koepka's winning total.
Koepka scored 68 in the final round. The runner-up was Tommy Fleetwood, who started the final round six strokes off the lead. But he tied the then-U.S. Open 18-hole scoring record with a 63.
2018 U.S. Open Final Scores
| Brooks Koepka | 75-66-72-68—281 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 75-66-78-63—282 |
| Dustin Johnson | 69-67-77-70—283 |
| Patrick Reed | 73-72-71-68—284 |
| Tony Finau | 75-72-66-72—285 |
| Xander Schauffele | 72-74-72-68—286 |
| Tyrrell Hatton | 75-70-72-69—286 |
| Henrik Stenson | 71-70-74-71—286 |
| Daniel Berger | 76-71-66-73—286 |
| Webb Simpson | 76-71-71-69—287 |
| Justin Rose | 71-70-73-73—287 |
| Russell Knox | 73-71-75-69—288 |
| Matthew Fitzpatrick | 73-70-75-70—288 |
| Zach Johnson | 73-73-72-70—288 |
| Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 76-72-68-73—289 |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 75-70-79-66—290 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | 74-72-75-69—290 |
| Li Haotong | 79-68-74-69—290 |
| Paul Casey | 73-73-73-71—290 |
| Rickie Fowler | 73-69-84-65—291 |
| Steve Stricker | 73-75-73-70—291 |
| Charley Hoffman | 71-69-77-74—291 |
| Dylan Meyer | 77-69-71-74—291 |
| Brian Gay | 73-74-70-74—291 |
| Jason Dufner | 70-74-79-69—292 |
| Aaron Baddeley | 74-72-77-69—292 |
| Matthieu Pavon | 71-77-74-70—292 |
| Alexander Noren | 72-72-77-71—292 |
| Charles Howell III | 71-72-77-72—292 |
| Russell Henley | 69-73-77-73—292 |
| Francesco Molinari | 75-72-72-73—292 |
| Justin Thomas | 74-70-74-74—292 |
| Bryson DeChambeau | 76-69-73-74—292 |
| Branden Grace | 76-69-72-75—292 |
| Ian Poulter | 69-72-76-75—292 |
| Brian Harman | 74-70-78-71—293 |
| Bill Haas | 76-72-74-71—293 |
| Pat Perez | 73-71-77-72—293 |
| Rafael Cabrera Bello | 73-71-76-73—293 |
| Gary Woodland | 79-69-70-75—293 |
| Patrick Rodgers | 72-72-83-67—294 |
| Sam Burns | 71-76-75-72—294 |
| Jhonattan Vegas | 76-72-73-73—294 |
| Ryan Fox | 73-72-74-75—294 |
| Patrick Cantlay | 75-71-76-73—295 |
| Marc Leishman | 74-69-78-74—295 |
| Scott Piercy | 69-71-79-76—295 |
| Phil Mickelson | 77-69-81-69—296 |
| Tim Wilkinson | 76-72-78-70—296 |
| Ross Fisher | 76-71-79-70—296 |
| a-Luis Gagne | 73-74-75-74—296 |
| Peter Uihlein | 75-72-75-74—296 |
| a-Matt Parziale | 74-73-74-75—296 |
| Brandt Snedeker | 72-76-73-75—296 |
| Jim Furyk | 73-71-72-80—296 |
| Tyler Duncan | 77-67-81-72—297 |
| Mickey DeMorat | 72-72-80-73—297 |
| Jimmy Walker | 75-70-79-73—297 |
| Dean Burmester | 75-73-75-74—297 |
| Chris Naegel | 73-73-75-76—297 |
| Calum Hill | 75-69-81-73—298 |
| Andrew Johnston | 73-73-82-71—299 |
| Brendan Steele | 72-73-75-80—300 |
| Cameron Wilson | 75-73-76-77—301 |
| Kevin Chappell | 75-72-78-77—302 |
| a-Will Grimmer | 73-72-78-80—303 |
| Byeong Hun An | 71-76-81-78—306 |
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