2011 U.S. Open: Rory Roars
Winner: Rory McIlroy, 268
Where it was played: Congressional Country Club (Blue Course), Bethesda, Maryland
Tournament dates: June 16-19, 2011
Leader after first round: Rory McIlroy, 65
Leader after second round: Rory McIlroy, 131
Leader after third round: Rory McIlroy, 199
Notable Notes: The 2011 U.S. Open was never really close — it belonged to Rory McIlroy. McIlroy led by three after the first round, by six after the second round, by eight after the third round, and won by eight strokes.
McIlroy broke all kinds of records here: fewest strokes ever in a U.S. Open, and most strokes under par, in addition to various round records. He shot all four rounds under par, and all four rounds in the 60s, and was a wire-to-wire winner.
Final Scores
| Rory McIlroy | 65-66-68-69—268 |
| Jason Day | 71-72-65-68—276 |
| Y.E. Yang | 68-69-70-71—278 |
| Lee Westwood | 75-68-65-70—278 |
| Robert Garrigus | 70-70-68-70—278 |
| Kevin Chappell | 76-67-69-66—278 |
| Peter Hanson | 72-71-69-67—279 |
| Sergio Garcia | 69-71-69-70—279 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | 69-73-71-67—280 |
| Charl Schwartzel | 68-74-72-66—280 |
| Davis Love III | 70-71-70-70—281 |
| Heath Slocum | 71-70-70-70—281 |
| Brandt Snedeker | 70-70-72-69—281 |
| Matt Kuchar | 72-68-69-73—282 |
| Bo Van Pelt | 76-67-68-71—282 |
| Webb Simpson | 75-71-66-70—282 |
| Graeme McDowell | 70-74-69-69—282 |
| Fredrik Jacobson | 74-69-66-73—282 |
| Steve Stricker | 75-69-69-70—283 |
| Johan Edfors | 70-72-74-67—283 |
| Ryan Palmer | 69-72-73-70—284 |
| a-Patrick Cantlay | 75-67-70-72—284 |
| Brandt Jobe | 71-70-70-74—285 |
| Henrik Stenson | 70-72-69-74—285 |
| Bill Haas | 73-73-68-71—285 |
| Dustin Johnson | 75-71-69-70—285 |
| Retief Goosen | 73-73-71-68—285 |
| Robert Rock | 70-71-76-68—285 |
| Gary Woodland | 73-71-73-68—285 |
| Ryo Ishikawa | 74-70-74-68—286 |
| Gregory Havret | 77-69-71-69—286 |
| Seung-yul Noh | 72-70-73-71—286 |
| Rory Sabbatini | 72-73-70-71—286 |
| John Senden | 70-72-72-72—286 |
| Do-hoon Kim | 73-71-70-72—286 |
| Zach Johnson | 71-69-72-74—286 |
| Harrison Frazar | 72-73-68-73—286 |
| Kyung-Tae Kim | 69-72-69-76—286 |
| Martin Kaymer | 74-70-72-71—287 |
| Adam Hadwin | 75-71-73-68—287 |
| Sunghoon Kang | 74-72-70-71—287 |
| Sang-Moon Bae | 75-71-75-67—288 |
| Lucas Glover | 76-69-73-70—288 |
| a-Russell Henley | 73-69-71-75—288 |
| Michael Putnam | 74-71-73-71—289 |
| Luke Donald | 74-72-74-69—289 |
| Charley Hoffman | 71-74-75-69—289 |
| Chez Reavie | 70-75-72-72—289 |
| Robert Karlsson | 79-67-71-72—289 |
| Padraig Harrington | 71-73-72-73—289 |
| Alexander Noren | 75-67-74-74—290 |
| Scott Piercy | 73-71-76-70—290 |
| Marc Leishman | 73-69-72-76—290 |
| Phil Mickelson | 74-69-77-71—291 |
| Anthony Kim | 74-72-75-70—291 |
| J.J. Henry | 72-73-76-70—291 |
| Matteo Manassero | 74-72-73-72—291 |
| Edoardo Molinari | 74-70-74-73—291 |
| Alvaro Quiros | 70-71-72-78—291 |
| Marcel Siem | 79-66-74-73—292 |
| Justin Hicks | 74-71-76-71—292 |
| Todd Hamilton | 73-72-77-70—292 |
| Bubba Watson | 71-75-74-73—293 |
| Jeff Overton | 72-72-74-75—293 |
| Brian Gay | 73-71-74-75—293 |
| Bud Cauley | 71-72-74-76—293 |
| Kevin Streelman | 73-73-74-75—295 |
| Alexandre Rocha | 69-76-76-76—297 |
| Kenichi Kuboya | 73-73-74-77—297 |
| Christo Greyling | 72-74-75-76—297 |
| Wes Heffernan | 75-71-79-78—303 |
| a-Brad Benjamin | 72-73-80-80—305 |
