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Leaders Round 1 – Rory McIlroy, at 6-under 65, by three strokes over Y.E. Yang and Charl Schwartzel. Round 2 – McIlroy, at 11-under 131, by six strokes over Yang. Round 3 – McIlroy, at 14-under 199, by eight strokes over Yang. Cut At 4-over-par 146, with 72 players (69 professionals and three amateurs) making the cut. Weather Warm and sunny Thursday. Warm and sunny again Friday. Play was suspended Friday at 4:04 p.m. because of electricity and heavy rain. Play resumed at 4:46 p.m. after a delay of 42 minutes. Play was suspended due to lightning in the area and impending darkness at 8:04 p.m. with 21 players yet to complete their second round. The second round resumed at 8:08 Saturday morning and concluded at 8:57 a.m. The third round started at 10 a.m. Saturday. Warm and humid Saturday and Sunday. Notes Rory McIlroy set a number of significant U.S. Open scoring records in his historic victory … His four-day total of 268 bettered the previous U.S. Open 72-hole scoring record by four strokes … At 16 under par, he broke the record for most strokes under par for 72 holes … McIlroy actually got to 17 under twice during the final round but fell back to 16 under … He was the first player in history to get to 13 under, 14 under, 15 under, 16 under and 17 under … At 22 years, one month and 15 days, McIlroy became the youngest U.S. Open champion since Bob Jones (21 years, three months, 28 days) in 1923 … He is also the second-youngest player to win a major championship in past 80 years behind Tiger Woods, who was 21 years, three months, 15 days when he won the 1997 Masters … McIlroy became the seventh player in the championship’s history to lead from start to finish without any ties, the fourth winner to record all four rounds under par, and the third to claim the championship with four rounds in the 60s and the fourth to shoot four rounds in the 60s … In four rounds at Congressional, McIlroy made just three bogeys and one double bogey … McIlroy hit 62 of 72 greens in regulation (86 percent), which is a U.S. Open record for as long as the USGA has kept such records … McIlroy was 11 under on par 4s, breaking the previous record of 4 under by five players (Ernie Els, 1997; Tiger Woods, 2000; Jim Furyk, 2003; Phil Mickelson, 2004; Davis Love III, 2010) since the statistic has been tracked … With the victories by McIlroy and Graeme McDowell, both from 2011 Championship Notes U.S. Open 9 Northern Ireland, this is the first time there have been backto-back international winners from the same country since Alex Ross (1907) and Fred McLeod (1908), both from Scotland … Six of the past eight U.S. Open champions have been foreign-born … There were 12 amateurs in the field and three of them – Patrick Cantlay, Russell Henley and Brad Benjamin – made the cut … Cantlay’s total of 284 was the lowest 72-hole score by an amateur in the U.S. Open in 40 years, since Jim Simons’ 283 in 1971 … Four players who went through both local and sectional qualifying made the cut: Bud Cauley, Adam Hadwin, Alexandre Rocha and Christo Greyling … Ken Venturi, who won the 1964 U.S. Open at Congressional, was at the club throughout the week … The 2011 U.S. Open was the 22nd USGA championship conducted in Maryland and the sixth played at Congressional … Els, who won the 1997 U.S. Open at Congressional, was one of 10 players in the field who also played in the 1997 championship. The others were: Robert Allenby, Stewart Cink, Fred Funk, Furyk, Padraig Harrington, Love III, Mickelson, Steve Stricker and Lee Westwood … There were 20 USGA champions in the field, including eight past U.S. Open winners (Angel Cabrera, Michael Campbell, Els, Furyk, Lucas Glover, Retief Goosen, McDowell and Geoff Ogilvy) … Three-time U.S. Open champion Woods withdrew the week before the championship due to knee and Achilles injuries. Michael Whitehead, a 23-year-old professional from Sugar Land, Texas, replaced him in the field … 2009 Senior Open champion Funk went through sectional qualifying to earn a place in the U.S. Open field … Funk, who graduated from the University of Maryland and served as the Terrapins’ golf coach from 1982-88, was born five miles from Bethesda … It was Funk’s 22nd appearance in the U.S. Open, which tied him with Love III for most appearances in the field … Funk, at age 55, was the oldest player in the field. The youngest was 16-year-old Beau Hossler, of Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. Open

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