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Open 6 U.S. Open We are glad you have chosen to cover the 2012 U.S. Open. General Information Please see the online U.S. Open media credential application (https://mediacredentials.usga.org) for complete information regarding credentials and criteria, media block hotel accommodations, driving directions and the local media parking near the golf course. U.S. Open Media Information Local Media Parking We are able to offer parking for local media at Westmoor High School (Lot F). Once at the parking area, an exclusive media shuttle will run continuously to bring media from the local parking lot to the drop point on the Ocean Course. Shuttles will also run from the media hotel to the Ocean Course drop point. Media Center The media center will be located on the fourth tee of the Ocean Course, within 300 yards of the clubhouse and across an access road from the 17th hole on the Lake Course.

Rory McIlroy shot a 2-under-par 69 in Sunday’s final round on the Blue Course at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., for a record-breaking 16-under-par 268 total to claim the 111th U.S. Open Championship. His score in relation to par is four better than Tiger Woods’ 12-under at Pebble Beach in 2000, and his final total eclipsed the previous 72-hole low of 272 by four strokes. “There’s a lot of joy, and especially with this victory, there’s quite a bit of relief, as well. More joy, though,” McIlroy said. “I knew going out today that I was very comfortable. I knew most of the field was going to have a hard time to catch up to the score that I was on. Just very happy to win the U.S. Open and to win it in a bit of style, as well, is always nice.” The magnitude of McIlroy’s wire-to-wire victory overshadowed several noteworthy performances behind him. Most notable was Australian Jason Day, 23, runner-up in his second successive major. Day shot nine under on the weekend to finish at 8-under 276, eight strokes behind McIlroy. Tied for third at 6-under 278 were 2009 PGA champion Y.E. Yang (a final-round 71), world No. 2 Lee Westwood (70) and unlikely Americans Robert Garrigus (70) and Kevin Chappell (66), both of whom qualified for the championship. The undeniable story, though, was McIlroy. He began the week with a bogey-free 6-under 65 and for the week he totaled only three bogeys and one double bogey. He hit 62 of 72 greens in regulation, which is a record for as long as the USGA has been tracking such a statistic. Perhaps most important about the win is that McIlroy quells repeated references to his final-round Masters collapse – when he shot an 80 – and prompts speculation as to how many more majors he can win. At 22 years, one month and 15 days, McIlroy is the youngest U.S. Open champion since Bob Jones in 1923 (21 years, three months, 28 days) and the second-youngest player to win a major in the past 80 years. Tiger Woods was 10 months younger when he won the 1997 Masters. McIlroy Wins the 2011 Championship U.S. Open 7 “I didn’t have a chance to play with Tiger when he was in his real prime, but this guy is the best I’ve ever seen, simple as that,” said Graeme McDowell, a fellow Northern Irishman whose reign as U.S. Open champion ended with a 2-under 282. “He’s great for golf. He’s a breath of fresh air for the game and perhaps we’re ready for golf’s next superstar, and maybe Rory is it.” Some observers will use the fact that 22 players finished at or below par on a course that never became as penal as USGA officials might have hoped. In 2000, Woods won by 15 strokes in windy, foggy conditions at Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links and the runner-up score was three over par. “[The USGA] stuck with their game plan all week, which was to let us have some fun,” said Davis Love III, the 1997 PGA champion and 2012 U.S. Ryder Cup captain. “The last three or four years it seems like the Open has been a lot more fun than it was at Oakmont (2007) or Winged Foot (2006).” While this is McIlroy’s first major, many of his peers could see this coming. Westwood pointed out McIlroy’s final-round 10-under 62 at the 2010 Wells Fargo Championship on a U.S. Open-like Quail Hollow Club course as an example of his immense talent. McIlroy may be the one most surprised by his rapid ascension. “If you had asked me when I turned pro when I was 18, ‘Do you think you’d win a major by the time you’re 22?’ I would have said no,” he said. “I would have liked to have been an established player on the European Tour, maybe a couple of wins. But to contend in the majors how I have so early, I don’t really know what I can put it down to … if it’s just hard work and practice, or if I feel like I just have a little bit more focus or intensity for major weeks. “I’m surprised that I’ve done it so early. It’s a great thing for me. I can always call myself a major champion now and I can go ahead and focus on trying to get some more.” Open

Open<br />

6 U.S. Open<br />

We are glad you have chosen to cover the 2012 U.S. Open.<br />

General Information<br />

Please see the online U.S. Open media credential application<br />

(https://mediacredentials.usga.org) for complete information<br />

regarding credentials and criteria, media block hotel accommodations,<br />

driving directions and the local media parking near<br />

the golf course.<br />

U.S. Open Media Information<br />

Local Media Parking<br />

We are able to offer parking for local media at Westmoor High<br />

School (Lot F). Once at the parking area, an exclusive media<br />

shuttle will run continuously to bring media from the local parking<br />

lot to the drop point on the Ocean Course. Shuttles will also<br />

run from the media hotel to the Ocean Course drop point.<br />

Media Center<br />

The media center will be located on the fourth tee of the<br />

Ocean Course, within 300 yards of the clubhouse and across<br />

an access road from the 17th hole on the Lake Course.

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