2006 U.S. Open (golf)
The 2006 United States Open Championship was the 106th U.S. Open, played from June 15 to June 18 at Winged Foot Golf Club West Course in Mamaroneck, New York, a suburb northeast of New York City. The U.S. Open returned to Winged Foot for the first time since 1984 when Fuzzy Zoeller captured his second and final major championship. Geoff Ogilvy won his first career major in one of the wildest finishes in U.S. Open history. He made clutch pars on the final two holes, including a chip-in on 17. Jim Furyk, Colin Montgomerie, and Phil Mickelson all failed to par the 72nd hole to give Ogilvy an unlikely one-stroke victory. Mickelson, playing in the final pairing and seeking his third straight major championship, double-bogeyed the final hole after hitting driver off the tee and failing to hit the fairway. Colin Montgomerie double-bogeyed the same hole when his second shot ended up in the rough and he three-putted, and Jim Furyk missed a 5-footer for par at the final hole. The total purse was $6.25 million with a winner's share of $1.225 million.
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