Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The 2006 United States Open Championship was the 106th U.S. Open, held June 15–18 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. Montgomerie double-bogeyed the same hole when his second shot from the fairway ended up short and in the rough, then followed the difficult chip with three putts. Furyk bogeyed fifteen and then missed a 5-footer for par at the final hole. All players finished over-par for the first time in a U.S. Open since 1978. The total purse was $6.25 million with a winner's share of $1.225 million.. }
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- 2006_U.S._Open_(golf) abstract "The 2006 United States Open Championship was the 106th U.S. Open, held June 15–18 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. Montgomerie double-bogeyed the same hole when his second shot from the fairway ended up short and in the rough, then followed the difficult chip with three putts. Furyk bogeyed fifteen and then missed a 5-footer for par at the final hole. All players finished over-par for the first time in a U.S. Open since 1978. The total purse was $6.25 million with a winner's share of $1.225 million.".