2023 U.S. Open (golf)
The 2023 United States Open Championship was the 123rd U.S. Open, the national open golf championship of the United States. It was a 72-hole stroke play played from June 15–18 on the North Course of Los Angeles Country Club in Los Angeles, California. It was the first U.S. Open to be played in Los Angeles since Riviera Country Club hosted the tournament in 1948.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | June 15–18, 2023 |
| Location | Los Angeles, California 34°4′8″N 118°25′23″W |
| Course(s) | Los Angeles Country Club North Course |
| Organized by | USGA |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,423 yards (6,788 m) |
| Field | 156 players, 65 after cut |
| Cut | 142 (+2) |
| Prize fund | $20,000,000 |
| Winner's share | $3,600,000 |
| Champion | |
| Wyndham Clark | |
| 270 (−10) | |
| Location map | |
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Wyndham Clark, who had never finished better than 75th in a major championship and had missed the cut in his previous two U.S. Opens, shot a final-round 70 to finish at 10-under-par for the tournament and hold off four-time major champion Rory McIlroy by one shot for his first career U.S. Open and major championship .
Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele both broke the U.S. Open scoring record by shooting 62 (−8) in the first round. Fowler, who was tied with Clark for the lead at the start of the final round, ended up tied for fifth place, while Schauffele finished 10th.