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Star Phoenix
| 11 months ago
The Olympic Club came in with the reputation as a heartbreaker, having destroyed 54-hole leaders each time the Open has been played here, and it did so again Sunday, chewing up the third-day co-leaders, Jim Furyk and Graeme McDowell, and spitting...
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Sacramento Bee
| 11 months ago
Open victory Sunday, chatter continues about how the golf world is diminished without a certain player being involved in the final-round drama. Absent Tiger Woods and his aura, major tournaments, let alone regular PGA Tour stops, are pedestrian...
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Orlando Sentinel Online
| 11 months ago
Viewed through the prism of golf as it stands today, Webb Simpson 's U.S. Open triumph certainly bears the Olympic Club's stamp the longshot swooping in at the final moment to upend bigger names...Fifty-two weeks ago, Simpson had yet to win a PGA...
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France24
| 11 months ago
Webb Simpson of the US acknowledges the crowd after finishing at the 18th hole. Simpson became golf's latest star on Sunday, the American's triumph in the US Open at The Olympic Club making his the 15th different name to grace a trophy in the last 15...
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National Public Radio
| 11 months ago
The two sports stories that matter the most this morning: Golf. Webb Simpson won his first major golf tournament, outlasting Jim Furyk and Graeme McDowell to take the U.S. open title on Sunday at The Olympic Club in San Francisco...Simpson triumphed...
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India Abroad
| 11 months ago
American Webb Simpson clinched his first major title with a nerve-jangling one-shot victory at the 112th US Open [ Images ] on Sunday after overhauling overnight leaders Jim Furyk and Graeme McDowell. The 26-year-old Simpson, who triumphed twice on...
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San Francisco Chronicle
| 11 months ago
It was only a matter of time before the real Olympic Club appeared...For the many Bay Area residents who reside near the coast, this was long overdue. The Lake Course had been a brutal test during those autumn-like conditions of the first three...
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NY Daily News
| 11 months ago
I was unprepared and didn't know exactly where to hit the ball off the tee. And I took a little bit more of an aggressive route with that 3-wood. He ended up snap-hooking it into the trees and making a bogey to lose the lead...The rest of the field...
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The Herald
| 11 months ago
Webb Simpson, no relation to 1987 Olympic winner Scott Simpson except by comparable anonymity in Grand Slam competition, pulled out the 112th Open and the fifth at Olympic Sunday with a 13-hole surge that denied, among others, three former U.S...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 11 months ago
Open on Sunday turned out to be far more difficult than Webb Simpson ever imagined. The 26-year-old American triumphed by a single shot after a grueling afternoon at the Olympic Club and he was indebted to his caddie, Paul Tesori , for making sure he...
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Taiwan News
| 11 months ago
A quick look Sunday at the final round of the U.S. Open on The Olympic Club's 7,170-yard, par-70 Lake Course: Winner: Webb Simpson, who shot his second straight 2-under 68 to finish at 1-over 281 and beat Graeme McDowell and Michael Thompson by a...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 11 months ago
Ernie Els came to the first of Olympic Club's back-to-back par 5s at 2 over, primed to chase down his third U.S...I'm disappointed right now," said Els, who booted away a chance at the 2010 U.S. Open with a back-nine 40 to finish third. "I felt like...
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The Star
| 11 months ago
Jim Furyk was inconsolable after a poor finish cost him the chance of winning a second U.S. Open on Sunday, blaming himself for failing to hang on as Webb Simpson stormed home at a brutal Olympic Club course to claim a maiden the title. The 42-year-...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Tiger Woods may have faltered in the Bay Area, but another American was able to step up and triumph at the 2012 U.S...Webb Simpson won his first major title on Sunday at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, with a one-stroke victory over former U.S...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 11 months ago
Everybody else was obscured or diminished by the pressure and the conditions...Open at cloud-covered Olympic Club -- the first major of his young career -- because he was the only one who didn't lose it. Nobody else was able to escape this event...
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International Herald Tribune
| 11 months ago
European Simpson, who began the day four strokes behind the leaders, Jim Furyk and Graeme McDowell, cut through the haziness of a densely packed leader board with a four-birdie binge beginning at No...He then parred out for his second straight two-...
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Miami Herald
| 11 months ago
Open The Sports Network For the fifth time, The Olympic Club produced a surprise U.S...Webb Simpson carded his second straight 2-under 68 on Sunday to come from behind and win the 112th U.S...Simpson finished at 1-over-par 281 to win by one stroke...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 11 months ago
Webb Simpson of the United States came from four shots back to win the US Open at San Francisco's Olympic Club on Sunday, overtaking a bunch of big names to win his first major title. The 26-year-old from North Carolina, in just his second US Open,...
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The Star
| 11 months ago
00 AM Updated: Monday June 18, 2012 MYT 10:40:00 AM American Simpson wins U.S. American Webb Simpson clinched his first major title with a nerve-jangling one-shot victory at the 112th U.S. Open on Sunday after overhauling overnight leaders Jim Furyk...
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Big News Network
| 11 months ago
Open title and first in nine years, played 1-over par golf over the tough first six holes at Olympic Club on Sunday to forge a two-stroke lead over five other players, including former U.S...Furyk, who shared the lead after the second and third...
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France24
| 11 months ago
Jim Furyk of the United States watches his tee shot on the second hole as Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland looks on during the final round of the 112th US Open at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, California. Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 11 months ago
32 p.m., June 17, 2012 Amateur Beau Hossler reacts after chipping in to save par on the first hole during the fourth round of the U.S. Open Championship golf tournament Sunday, June 17, 2012, at The Olympic Club in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 11 months ago
AP A steady Jim Furyk emerged from The Olympic Club's demanding first six holes with a two-stroke lead in the final round of the US Open golf championship...Australia's John Senden went through his front nine in even par, with a birdie at the seventh...
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France24
| 11 months ago
Tiger Woods of the United States walks to the eighth tee during the final round of the 112th US Open at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, California. Woods's bid for a first major title in four years was in tatters Sunday as the former world No.1...
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Wellington Dominion
| 11 months ago
Welcome in to Stuff.co.nz's live blog for the final stages of the US Open from the Olympic Club in San Francisco, California. As predicted the course has played tough all week and with nine holes to play there are no players under par. The outright...
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Big News Network
| 11 months ago
Jim Furyk of the US tees off at the 5th hole during the third round of the 112th US Open at San Francisco's Olympic Club on June 16, 2012 in California where Tiger Woods, the joint overnight leader, saw his hopes of ending a four year winless drought...
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The Bellingham Herald
| 11 months ago
The Sports Network Entering the final round on Sunday at the 112th U.S. Open Championship, people wondered if this would finally be the week Tiger Woods came from behind to win a major. After three holes, Woods was heading in the wrong direction, and...
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Wellington Dominion
| 11 months ago
Former champions Graeme McDowell and Jim Furyk remained in a tie for the U.S. Open lead after they each parred the tricky opening hole while Tiger Woods slid out of contention in the final round at a foggy Olympic Club. American Furyk missed the...
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The independent
| 11 months ago
Stupidity comes in many forms and so it proved on Monday when the nation ruined what had been a prom... Suggested Topics A West Coast major in Ryder Cup year; must be time for Graeme McDowell to put his hand up. When the list of candidates most...
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The Age
| 11 months ago
Reuters Tiger Woods' chances of winning a 15th major championship nosedived early in the final round of the US Open at the Olympic Club in California. Woods opened with a bogey on each of the first two holes before a double bogey on the third and a...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 11 months ago
Jim Furyk and Graeme McDowell teed off with an eerie fog swallowing The Olympic Club late Sunday afternoon...McDowell's drive stayed in the fairway where he has been all week and his second landed in the shaved grass short of the green, where he two-...
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Ledger-Enquirer
| 11 months ago
Jim Furyk and Graeme McDowell teed off with an eerie fog swallowing The Olympic Club late Sunday afternoon...Frederik Jacobson was two strokes back and six other players were within four of the lead. Tiger Woods dropped four strokes in the first...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 11 months ago
Tiger Woods, already five shots before the final round started, effectively took himself out of contention for the U.S. Open Sunday in the first three holes when he opened bogey-bogey-double bogey at the Olympic Club. Woods, looking to break a four-...
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Examiner
| 11 months ago
Jeff Haynes A fan in a tiger suit crosses the third fairway during the final round for the 2012 U.S. Open golf championship on the Lake Course at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, California June 17, 2012...Open on Sunday as the early starters in...
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France24
| 11 months ago
Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland walks off the 18th green after a birdie putt during the third round of the 112th U.S. Open at The Olympic Club on June 16, in San Francisco, California. Jim Furyk of the United States reacts to a birdie putt on the...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
The final round of the US Open tees off from Olympic Golf Club in San Francisco Sunday at 12:20 p.m...Graeme McDowell and Jim Furyk, who are deadlocked in the lead at (-1), will be the final pair to tee off at 6:10 p.m...But, there are 17 golfers...
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The Bellingham Herald
| 11 months ago
Open, the Lake Course at Olympic Club has chewed up golfers and spit them back out, often well over par...They shot 11- and 10-over par, respectively, and didn't even make the cut...Phil Mickelson made the cut, but has struggled the entire time and...
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The Olympia
| 11 months ago
The manner in which they play their golf ball, Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell and Pennsylvanian Jim Furyk are strikingly similar in medium length, superior precision and ability to scramble around greens...Open finished up Saturday, both are in...
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Sacramento Bee
| 11 months ago
They don't look like each other, they don't act like each other, they don't sound like each other...The latter is why Graeme McDowell and Jim Furyk will be playing alongside each other today in the final twosome in the final round of the U.S...When...
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Examiner
| 11 months ago
Open lead entering final round Stuart Franklin/Getty Images Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland surged to a tie for the U.S...Opens held at the Olympic Club's Lake Course, the final rounds were filled with unpredictable and riveting moments. And if...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 11 months ago
Jim Furyk has been a superb front-runner on the PGA Tour so understandably likes his chances going into Sunday's final round at the Olympic Club tied for the U.S...With his rock-steady game, the 42-year-old American has flourished in the year's...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 11 months ago
Tiger Woods lets go of his club after hitting a shot on the 14th hole during the third round of the U.S. AP Golf Writer 8:47 p.m., June 16, 2012 Amateur Beau Hossler acknowledges the crowd as he walks up the 18th hole during the third round of the U.
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The Star
| 11 months ago
00 PM Updated: Sunday June 17, 2012 MYT 12:22:18 PM Furyk and McDowell share lead at U.S. Former champions Jim Furyk and Graeme McDowell charged into a share of the lead in the third round of the U.S. Open on Saturday, while Tiger Woods slipped down...
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The Province
| 11 months ago
It was difficult to tell Saturday what was more help in bringing the best out of Jim Furyk in the third round of the U.S...It could have been the presence of Tiger Woods, who was considered to have the best chance to win of the three men tied for the...
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Chicago Tribune
| 11 months ago
Open adventures took shape, there seemed little question who would be declared the winner: the Olympic Club. Forgiving enough under fast and fiery conditions to give up nearly a dozen scores in the 60s, the crafty hillside layout still had enough...
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Myrtle Beach Online
| 11 months ago
Furyk, McDowell share US Open lead after Round 3 Furyk, McDowell share US Open lead after Round 3 While Tiger Woods tumbled down the leaderboard, Graeme McDowell and Jim Furyk shared the top spot heading into the final round of the U.S...Open lead...
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Ledger-Enquirer
| 11 months ago
The Sports Network The final group in the season's second major will have a pair of former winners battling alongside each other for the third time this week. Graeme McDowell, the 2010 champ, posted a 2-under 68 on Saturday to join Jim Furyk in the...
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Chandler Republic
| 11 months ago
While Tiger Woods tumbled down the leaderboard, Graeme McDowell and Jim Furyk shared the top spot heading into the final round of the U.S...McDowell stuck his approach to 4-feet on the 18th hole to set up a birdie for a 2-under 68 on Saturday. Furyk...
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
Open is that par would be a good score in any round at the unforgiving Olympic Club course...The trio of major champions enter Saturday's third round tied for the lead at 1 under, a rather ordinary number in any other week. Not even one other player...
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France24
| 11 months ago
Tiger Woods of the United States lines up a putt during the second round of the 112th US Open at The Olympic Club on June 15. Woods said that humility and dogged determination would be key to victory at the US Open this weekend over the exacting...
