2017 US Open Golf Tournament

Brooks Koepka holds the trophy aloft after winning the 2017 US Open
Brooks Koepka, 2017 US Open champion, shows off the trophy. Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images

Brooks Koepka became a first-time major championship winner at the 2017 U.S. Open, playing on a golf course that had its major-championship coming out, too. That was Erin Hills in Wisconsin, a long golf course with wide, firm fairways whose qualities played into the hands of long-bombing drivers...such as Koepka.

Quick Bits

  • Winner: Brooks Koepka, 272
  • Dates: June 15-18, 2017
  • Golf course: Erin Hills
  • U.S. Open number: This was the 117th time the championship was played.

Scoring Records Challenged, Fall at 2017 US Open

The scoring was good at Erin Hills in its U.S. Open debut. Played as a par-72, Erin Hills gave up just the fifth round of 63 in U.S. Open history to Justin Thomas in the third round. At 9-under, that was the best score in relation to par in tournament history.

And the winner, Koepka, tied the tournament's 72-hole record for strokes under par at 16-under.

Prior to the 2017 U.S. Open, only two golfers had ever finished double-digits under par in a U.S. Open (Tiger Woods in 2000 and Rory McIlroy in 2011). But Koepka was one of seven golfers to do it at Erin Hills.

Brooks Koepka's Path to US Open Champ

Koepka began his professional golf career playing on the European Challenge Tour and posted four victories. That performance moved him up to the European Tour, and he first won there in 2014.

That same season, Koepka posted a couple early season showings strong enough to earn enough money for PGA Tour membership the remainder of 2014. And in early 2015, he posted his first PGA Tour victory.

It was an unusual path for an American golfer, but it sure worked out well for Koepka.

And at the 2017 U.S. Open? Koepka opened with a 67, two off the first-round lead held by Rickie Fowler.

Koepka moved into a four-way tie for the lead at the midway point with a second-round 70.

In Round 3, Brian Harman moved him to the top of the leaderboard at 12-under. Koepka shot 68 to finish the third round at 11-under, in a three-way tie for second.

Harman was Koepka's main competition for much of the final round, but Harman eventually stumbled just a bit late and finished at 12-under 276, tied for second place.

Koepka, meanwhile, just kept booming drives and, on the back nine in particular, making putts. He shot 67 in the final round to finish at 272.

2017 US Open Scores

Results from the 2017 U.S. Open golf tournament played at Erin Hills golf course in Erin, Wisconsin (a-amateur):

Brooks Koepka 67-70-68-67--272 $2,160,000
Hideki Matsuyama 74-65-71-66--276 $1,050,012
Brian Harman 67-70-67-72--276 $1,050,012
Tommy Fleetwood 67-70-68-72--277 $563,642
Xander Schauffele 66-73-70-69--278 $420,334
Bill Haas 72-68-69-69--278 $420,334
Rickie Fowler 65-73-68-72--278 $420,334
Charley Hoffman 70-70-68-71--279 $336,106
Trey Mullinax 71-72-69-68--280 $279,524
Brandt Snedeker 70-69-70-71--280 $279,524
Justin Thomas 73-69-63-75--280 $279,524
J.B. Holmes 69-69-72-71--281 $235,757
Brendan Steele 71-69-69-73--282 $203,557
Patrick Reed 68-75-65-74--282 $203,557
Si Woo Kim 69-70-68-75--282 $203,557
Matt Kuchar 74-71-70-68--283 $156,809
Steve Stricker 73-72-69-69--283 $156,809
Chez Reavie 75-65-72-71--283 $156,809
Eddie Pepperell 72-71-69-71--283 $156,809
Bernd Wiesberger 69-72-69-73--283 $156,809
David Lingmerth 73-69-71-71--284 $124,951
Sergio Garcia 70-71-71-72--284 $124,951
Kevin Chappell 74-70-70-71--285 $105,506
Jim Furyk 70-74-69-72--285 $105,506
Louis Oosthuizen 74-70-68-73--285 $105,506
Paul Casey 66-71-75-74--286 $93,094
a-Scottie Scheffler 69-74-71-73--287 $0
Zach Johnson 71-74-68-74--287 $83,331
Jamie Lovemark 69-69-74-75--287 $83,331
Marc Leishman 68-72-72-75--287 $83,331
Russell Henley 71-70-67-79--287 $83,331
Kevin Na 68-76-73-71--288 $72,420
Martin Laird 72-71-72-73--288 $72,420
a-Cameron Champ 70-69-73-76--288 $0
Jordan Spieth 73-71-76-69--289 $58,637
Jordan Niebrugge 73-72-73-71--289 $58,637
Martin Kaymer 72-69-75-73--289 $58,637
Brandon Stone 70-74-72-73--289 $58,637
Webb Simpson 74-71-71-73--289 $58,637
Michael Putnam 73-70-71-75--289 $58,637
Matthew Fitzpatrick 70-73-70-76--289 $58,637
Rafael Cabrera Bello 72-73-71-74--290 $44,975
Andrew Johnston 69-73-73-75--290 $44,975
Jonathan Randolph 71-71-73-75--290 $44,975
Jack Maguire 70-73-71-76--290 $44,975
Stewart Cink 74-70-76-71--291 $35,484
Shane Lowry 71-74-73-73--291 $35,484
Satoshi Kodaira 73-69-73-76--291 $35,484
Harris English 71-69-75-76--291 $35,484
Gary Woodland 72-73-73-74--292 $28,895
Whee Kim 73-70-72-77--292 $28,895
Branden Grace 72-72-71-77--292 $28,895
Jason Kokrak 75-70-74-75--294 $26,659
Ryan Brehm 71-74-72-77--294 $26,659
Ernie Els 70-72-79-74--295 $25,631
William McGirt 70-71-79-75--295 $25,631
Lee Westwood 69-75-75-76--295 $25,631
Kevin Kisner 74-70-76-76--296 $25,026
Thomas Aiken 71-71-75-79--296 $25,026
Keegan Bradley 72-73-75-77--297 $24,301
Yusaku Miyazato 72-70-76-79--297 $24,301
Stephan Jaeger 71-73-74-79--297 $24,301
Adam Hadwin 68-74-75-80--297 $24,301
Kevin Dougherty 71-72-80-75--298 $23,696
Daniel Summerhays 73-72-74-81--300 $23,454
Talor Gooch 74-71-76-80--301 $23,213
Tyler Light 73-72-78-80--303 $22,971
Haotong Li 74-70-82-84--310 $22,722