2012 U.S. Open Golf Prize Money: Webb Simpson Wins $1.44 Million

Webb Simpson stunned the golf world on Sunday, shooting a 68 in the final round to win the 2012 U.S. Open. The 26-year-old golfer picked up the trophy following his win. He will also receive a $1.44 million prize and all the recognition that comes with winning one of the sport's most high profile tournaments.

Second-place finishers did alright in the prize money department as well. Michael Thompson and Graeme McDowell will each take home $695,916 in prize money. McDowell was on top of the leaderboard heading into the final round of the tournament.

The top 20 finishers at the Olympic Club this weekend will take home more than $100,000, before taxes anyway. Tiger Woods, whose performance in the final two rounds pushed him down the leaderboard, will take home just over $86,000 in prize money.

The full tournament leaderboard can be found here.

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2012 U.S. Open: Webb Simpson Wins A Thrilling Come From Behind Victory

Jim Furyk and Graeme McDowell entered Sunday's final round of the 2012 U.S. Open at The Olympic Club tied for the lead, but both struggled in the fourth round and little known pro Webb Simpson was able to steal the victory and win his first major tournament as a professional golfer.

Simpson shot a 68 on Sunday, bogeying just two holes and making birdies on four, including three consecutive on holes six, seven and eight.

After shooting a 72 on Thursday in the first round and a 73 on Friday in the second round, Simpson seemed to have figured the course out by Saturday as he shot a 68 on the day.

The full tournament leaderboard can be found here.

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U.S. Open 2012 Leaderboard: Tiger Woods Falls Apart Early During Final Round

Any chance that Tiger Woods had of capturing the 2012 U.S. Open ended Sunday afternoon with a terrible start to his final round.

Woods entered the day at three-over par, four strokes off of the lead, but went bogey-bogey to begin his round. He ended his chances then with a double bogey on hole three before finally stopping the bleeding a bit with a par on hole four. He then bogeyed on hole five, bringing his score on the day to five-over par.

The leaders, Graeme McDowell and Jim Furyk, are set to tee off shortly. Their scores of minus-one are one stroke ahead of fellow contenders Fredrik Jacobson and Ernie Ells who just teed off on hole No. 1.

The full tournament leaderboard can be found here.

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U.S. Open 2012 Leaderboard: Amateur Beau Hossler Emerges As One To Watch During Final Round

Although he is just 17 years old, amateur golfer Beau Hossler finds himself in contention for the 2012 U.S. Open.

After finding himself atop the leaderboard for a time on Friday, he followed up that performance by shooting an even par round on Saturday and currently sits behind leaders Jim Furyk and Graham McDowell by four strokes. He is ahead of idols Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson on the leaderboards on Sunday.

How has he done this? As a USA Today article explains, Hossler came into the weekend with a tremendous amount of confidence that has seen him through the first three rounds. When asked about whether or not he could win the whole thing after his round Saturday, he said:

"Absolutely," said Hossler, who earned a standing ovation from spectators above the historic 18th green. "There's not a doubt in my mind. Got to go out there and do everything right mentally and physically. But it's definitely out there for me."

Hossler will look to acheive the impossible when he tees off at 5:20 p.m. ET.

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2012 US Open Odds: Jim Furyk, Graeme McDowell The Favorites On Sunday

Graeme McDowell and Jim Furyk jumped to the top of the leaderboard on Saturday at 1-under par for the championship, and both now enter Sunday's final round as the favorites to capture the 2012 U.S. Open.

Tiger Woods struggled on Saturday, shooting a five-over round of 75, but still remains 12/1 to take home the Open. 17-year-old Beau Hossler is 100/1 to capture a rather improbable championship.

Here are the final odds to win the 2012 U.S. Open:

Jim Furyk 9/4
Graeme McDowell 5/2
Lee Westwood 6/1
Tiger Woods 12/1
Fredrik Jacobson 12/1
Ernie Els 15/1
Nicolas Colsaerts 20/1
Jason Dufner 25/1
Webb Simpson 25/1
Blake Adams 40/1
John Senden 50/1
Matt Kuchar 50/1
Martin Kaymer 50/1
Kevin Chappell 80/1
Retief Goosen 80/1
John Peterson 100/1
Beau Hossler 100/1
Justin Rose 100/1
Sergio Garcia 100/1
Field (all others) 15/1

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US Open 2012 Tee Times And Pairings For Sunday: Jim Furyk, Graeme McDowell In Final Pairing

Sunday at The Olympic Club in San Francisco brings the final round of the 2012 U.S. Open, currently lead by Graeme McDowell and Jim Furyk, both 1-under par for the tournament. Eleven golfers are within four shots of the lead entering Sunday's action, including 17-year-old high schooler Beau Hossler, three-over for the tournament.

Tiger Woods enters the final round five strokes behind at 4-over after shooting a 75 on moving day.

The fourth round begins at 12:20 p.m. EST. Complete tee times for Sunday can be found below. All times are Eastern.

12:20 p.m.: Stephen Ames; Joe Ogilvie
12:30 p.m.: Bo Van Pelt; Jason Bohn
12:40 p.m.: Jason Day; Simon Dyson
12:50 p.m.: Jesse Mueller; J.B. Park
1:00 p.m.: Michael Allen; Keegan Bradley
1:10 p.m.: Rod Pampling; Matthew Baldwin
1:20 p.m.: K.T. Kim; Zach Johnson
1:30 p.m.: Davis Love III; Nicholas Thompson
1:40 p.m.: Kevin Streelman; Alistair Presnell
1:50 p.m.: Marc Warren; Morgan Hoffmann
2:00 p.m.: Darron Stiles; Hiroyuki Fujita
2:10 p.m.: Francesco Molinari; Jeff Curl
2:20 p.m.: Rickie Fowler; a-Patrick Cantlay
2:30 p.m.: Ian Poulter; Matteo Manassero
2:40 p.m.: Branden Grace; Phil Mickelson
2:50 p.m.: Bob Estes; Charl Schwartzel
3:00 p.m.: K.J. Choi; Nick Watney
3:10 p.m.: Steve Stricker; Robert Karlsson
3:20 p.m.: Jonathan Byrd; Alex Cejka
3:30 p.m.: a-Jordan Spieth; Angel Cabrera
3:40 p.m.: Steve LeBrun; Hunter Mahan
3:50 p.m.: Raphael Jacquelin; Kevin Na
4:00 p.m.: Scott Langley; Adam Scott
4:10 p.m.: David Toms; Michael Thompson
4:20 p.m.: Aaron Watkins; Charlie Wi
4:30 p.m.: Sergio Garcia; Justin Rose
4:40 p.m.: Padraig Harrington; Hunter Hamrick
4:50 p.m.: Casey Wittenberg; Tiger Woods
5:00 p.m.: Matt Kuchar; Martin Kaymer
5:10 p.m.: Retief Goosen; John Peterson
5:20 p.m.: Jason Dufner; a-Beau Hossler
5:30 p.m.: John Senden; Kevin Chappell
5:40 p.m.: Webb Simpson; Nicolas Colsaerts
5:50 p.m.: Blake Adams; Ernie Els
6:00 p.m.: Lee Westwood; Fredrik Jacobson
6:10 p.m.: Jim Furyk; Graeme McDowell

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U.S. Open 2012: Live Updates, TV Schedule, Watch Online And More

Three rounds of golf are complete at the 2012 U.S. Open, with former major winners Jim Furyk and Graeme McDowell tied atop the leaderboard at 1-under par. McDowell shot a 2-under par 68 on Saturday to move to 1-under for the tournament, with Jim Furyk grinding out an even par 70 to tie McDowell entering Sunday's final round at The Olympic Club. Swede Frederik Jacobson is two shots back of the leaders at 1-over par, with 17-year-old high schooler Beau Hossler just four shots off the lead. Tiger Woods virtually fell out of contention with a 5-over par round of 75 on moving day.

NBC will again have six hours of coverage, beginning at 4:00 p.m. p.m. EST. In addition to the television broadcast, golf fans can see the action online at USOpen.com. Live streaming coverage of holes No. 8 and 18 will be available from 4:00 p.m. EST until 10:00 p.m. EST on Sunday.

Radio coverage of the event will also begin at 4:00 p.m. EST. It is available with an online option as well, and also accessible on some smartphones.

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U.S. Open 2012 Results: Jim Furyk, Graeme McDowell At 1-Under After Three Rounds

Saturday, or moving day, was supposed to be about Tiger Woods. But instead, Woods struggled from the first tee, eventually bogeying on two of his final three holes, and found himself tied for 14th after shooting 75 during the third round of the U.S. Open on Saturday in San Francisco. He had entered the day in a three-way tie for first place.

Instead, taking center stage, were both Jim Furky and Graeme McDowell, the 2010 winner. Furky shot a 68 and McDoweel an even 70 and the two stand at 1-under par heading into the final round. In third is Fredrik Jacobson, who also shot a 68 on Saturday to stay two strokes back.

A full tournament leaderboard can be found here.

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2012 U.S. Open Leaderboard Update: Beau Hossler Shoots Even Par On Saturday

Beau Hossler might just win it. The 17-year-old amateur from Mission Viejo, Calif., shot an even-par 70 on Saturday to finish in the top-10 and within striking distance going into Sunday's final run.

Hossler, who hails from Santa Margarita High School in Southern California, had many chances to fade, yet didn't. On four separate occasions, he bogeyed before following them up with a birdie to cancel them out to stay in contention.

As it stands now, Hossler, who is 3-over par for the tournament, sits four strokes back of Graeme McDowell, who remains atop the leaderboard at 1-under par. McDowell shot a 68 on Saturday.

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2012 U.S. Open Leaderboard Update: Casey Wittenberg With The Best Round Of The Tournament

The Olympic Club course at the 2012 U.S. Open has confounded golfers for the better part of two days, but Casey Wittenberg of Memphis, TN may have finally figured the course out.

Wittenberg shot a 67 on Saturday afternoon, the lowest score of the tournament thus far. He now sits at -3 under par, good for the lead at the moment with the current leaders, Tiger Woods, Jum Furyk and David Toms all teeing a little whle ago.

Wittenberg bogeyed the first and fifth holes, his only miscues of the day as he went on to make par on 12 holes, birdies on three and an eagle on the par four seventh hole. It'll be interesting to see if his score holds as the remaining golfers play their way through the course.

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2012 U.S. Open Leaderboard Update: Five Golfers Have Completed Round 3

The Olympic Club course is still giving golfers major troubles on day three of the 2012 U.S. Open. So far, four golfers have completed the course and only one has shown substantial improvement.

Florida's Steve LeBrun struggled in rounds one and two shooting a 73 and 75, respectively. But he made a vast improvement on Saturday by shooting a 69 and finishing at -1 on the day. The other four competitors haven't fared quite as well.

Bo Van Pelt and Jim Ogilvie both shot a 75, a +6 on the day. England's Matthew Baldwin finished the day at +3 as he shot a 73. Kevin Streelman shot a +2, 72 on Saturday while amateur Patrick Cantlay finished the day at +1, shooting a 71 in the third round.

USOpen.com has a complete, constantly-updated scoreboard to keep track of all the action Friday night.

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U.S. Open Golf 2012 Odds: Tiger Woods Favorite To Win Title

After two rounds of play at the 2012 U.S. Open, three Americans are tied for the lead at 1-under par, the only three golfers in fact to break par through the first two rounds. Tiger Woods, Jim Furyk and David Toms sit atop the leaderboard at The Olympic Club in San Francisco entering Saturday's round, and as may be expected with Woods' name on that list he is now the favorite to take home the championship.

Woods is coming in at 5-4 odds according to Bovada. He is looking to capture his first major championship since 2008. Furyk, playing in the final pairing with Woods on Saturday, enters the round at 5-1 odds to capture the title. Toms is currently 10-1 to win the Open.

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2012 U.S. Open Golf: TV Schedule, Live Updates, Streaming And More

A familiar, and popular name, is tied atop the leaderboard entering the third round at the 2012 U.S. Open. After two difficult rounds that saw Masters champion Bubba Watson and defending Open champion Rory McIlroy miss the cut, among others, Tiger Woods is leading the 2012 Open at 1-under par, tied with fellow Americans Jim Furyk and David Toms. Woods and Furyk will be the final pairing on Saturday, teeing off at 6:05 p.m. EST.

NBC will have the television coverage on Saturday, broadcasting six hours of third round play beginning at 4:00 p.m. EST. Dan Hicks and Johnny Miller will be in the booth, with the usual "sideline" reporters situated as key holes around the course.

In addition to the television coverage, golf fans will be able to watch some play online via a stream at USOpen.com. From 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. EST a live stream of the eighth and 18th holes will be available.

The radio broadcast also begins at 4:00 p.m. EST and is available online and on select smartphones. Fans can find the full 2012 U.S. Open leaderboard and follow live scoring at USOpen.com.

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2012 U.S. Open Tee Times And Pairings For Saturday: Tiger Woods, Jim Furyk Last To Tee Off In Third Round

Two rounds of the 2012 U.S. Open Championship are in the book, and a trio of Americans sit atop the leaderboard entering third round play on Saturday. Tiger Woods, Jim Furyk and David Toms are tied for the lead entering the day, at 1-under par for the tournament. Woods and Furyk will play in the final pairing of the day, set to tee off at 6:05 p.m. EST, with Toms and John Peterson playing in the second-to-last group that tees off at 5:55 p.m. EST.

Third round play begins at 12:15 p.m. EST. A full list of pairings and tee times can be found below.

12:15 p.m.: Kevin Streelman, Bo Van Pelt
12:25 p.m.: Joe Ogilvie, Patrick Cantlay
12:35 p.m.: Matthew Baldwin, Steve LeBrun
12:45 p.m.: Jesse Mueller, Rickie Fowler
12:55 p.m.: Angel Cabrera, Jordan Spieth
1:05 p.m.: Casey Wittenberg, Nicholas Thompson
1:15 p.m.: Jeff Curl, Simon Dyson
1:25 p.m.: Francesco Molinari, Bob Estes
1:35 p.m.: Rod Pampling, Davis Love III
1:45 p.m.: Stephen Ames, Zach Johnson
1:55 p.m.: Phil Mickelson, Alex Cejka
2:05 p.m.: K.T. Kim, Keegan Bradley
2:15 p.m.: Adam Scott, Hiroyuki Fujita
2:25 p.m.: Jonathan Byrd, Scott Langley
2:35 p.m.: Darron Stiles, Jason Day
2:45 p.m.: Morgan Hoffmann, Marc Warren
2:55 p.m.: Robert Karlsson, Webb Simpson
3:05 p.m.: Retief Goosen, Branden Grace
3:15 p.m.: Kevin Na, Jason Bohn
3:25 p.m.: Kevin Chappell, Matteo Manassero
3:35 p.m.: Ian Poulter, Martin Kaymer
3:45 p.m.: Lee Westwood, John Senden
3:55 p.m.: Hunter Hamrick, Michael Allen
3:05 p.m.: Alistair Presnell, Padraig Harrington
4:15 p.m.: J.B. Park, Steve Stricker
4:25 p.m.: Ernie Els, Justin Rose
4:35 p.m.: Nick Watney, Sergio Garcia
4:45 p.m.: Charlie Wi, Frederick Jacobson
4:55 p.m.: K.J. Choi, Charl Schwartzel
5:05 p.m.: Raphael Jacquelin, Beau Hossler
5:15 p.m.: Jason Dufner, Matt Kuchar
5:25 p.m.: Hunter Mahan, Aaron Watkins
5:35 p.m.: Blake Adams, Michael Thompson
5:45 p.m.: Graeme McDowell, Nicolas Colsaerts
5:55 p.m.: John Peterson, David Toms
6:05 p.m.: Tiger Woods, Jim Furyk

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U.S. Open Leaderboard: Jim Furyk, Tiger Woods Tied For The Lead

Jim Furyk's solid second round showing has put him in first place at the U.S. Open at The Olympic Club. Furyk shot a one-under score for the day and was for most of the day, the only golfer at under-par for the two rounds.

After a shaky start, Tiger Woods has rebounded to tie Jim Furyk atop the leaderboard. Tiger is shooting even par for the day and is also at minus one for the tournament.

A fun story on Friday was the emergence to 17-year-old Beau Hossler atop the leaderboard for a short time Friday afternoon. He has since slid to two-over par but is still in contention.

USOpen.com has a complete, constantly-updated scoreboard to keep track of all the action Friday night.

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U.S. Open 2012 Leaderboard: Tiger Woods And Michael Thompson Tied For The Lead

2012 U.S. Open contenders Tiger Woods and Michael Thompson began their second rounds at The Olympic Club Friday afternoon as the two duel at the top of the leaderboard. The two are now tied for the lead at minus one, along with Jim Furyk.

Thompson is failing miserably after a hot start on Thursday, as he is three-over par for his first four holes on Friday. Tiger has held steady at minus one, shooting par on his first two holes. Furyk has been stead both days, shooting even par on Thursday and shooting one-under on Friday.

Many golfers continue to struggle including Rickie Fowler, who sits at plus eight after a miserable day of shooting six-over on Friday.

USOpen.com has a complete, constantly-updated scoreboard to keep track of all the action Friday night.

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2012 US Open Golf: Friday TV Schedule, Live Updates, Streaming And More

Michael Thompson (four-under par) has a three-stroke lead heading into the second day of play at the 2012 U.S. Open. Like day one, there will extensive online and television coverage of all the goings-on at day two at the Olympic Club.

ESPN opens television coverage at 12:00 p.m. ET, continuing on until 3:00 p.m. until NBC takes. Coverage will continue on NBC from 3-5:00 p.m., when it switches back to ESPN. The final five hours (5-10:00 p.m.) will be on ESPN.

Online, there will be a live stream of two marquee groups (teeing off at 10:55 a.m. and 4:18 p.m.) at USOpen.com. On ESPN3.com, there will be a live feed of the eighth and 18th holes. ESPN3 will also have duplicate coverage of what's on ESPN, along with a live stream of a marquee group beginning at 11:30 a.m.

USOpen.com also has a complete, constantly-updated scoreboard.

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2012 U.S. Open Tee Times And Pairings For Friday: Woods, Mickelson Tee Off In Afternoon

As day two of the 2012 U.S. Open kicks off on Friday, the marquee group of the first two rounds -- Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Bubba Watson -- will tee off at 4:18 p.m. ET after starting day one in the morning. Woods was one of only six players under par; he sits in a five-way tie for second at one-under par. Watson (eight-over) and Mickelson (six-over) will try to regroup on day two. Here is a full schedule of the day-two tee times:

Morning groups at No. 1 tee:

Morning groups at No. 9 tee:

Afternoon groups at No. 1 tee:

Afternoon groups at No. 9 tee:

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2012 U.S. Open Leaderboard: Tiger Woods Within Striking Distance, Phil Mickelson And Bubba Watson Struggling

The 2012 U.S. Open from the Olympic Club in San Francisco is living up to the expectation that it will be a hard course to play this weekend. Out of the 78 golfers that have teed it off in the first round so far, only eight golfers have scores below par.

One of the eight is Tiger Woods at two under through 15 holes. After scoring a bogey on 14, starting on the back nine, Woods has birdied 17, four and five to put him one stroke back of leader Michael Thompson.

His two partners in the marquee group, Phil Mickelson and Bubba Watson, have not fared nearly as well. Mickelson is currently six over through 15 holes. He bogeyed the first three holes on the back nine. After earning one stroke back with a birdie on 13, Mickelson has bogeyed 14, 16, four and five.

Watson is in just as bad a shape. After scoring a birdie on 17 to pull his score back to three over, Watson double bogeyed 18 and bogeyed two and three to put him at seven over after 15 holes completed.

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U.S. Open 2012: TV Schedule And Online Coverage

The 2012 U.S. Open begins Thursday at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, California. Play is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. EDT, while television coverage is set to start at noon.

Coverage will begin on ESPN at 12:00 p.m. and continue until 3:00 p.m. NBC will then take over from 3-5 p.m., with coverage then shifting back to ESPN for the final five hours (5-10 p.m.).

There will be a live stream on USOpen.com at 10:33 a.m., following the group of Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Bubba Watson. USOpen.com will also have an afternoon stream, following a group beginning at 4:29 p.m. ESPN3.com will begin coverage at noon. It will have a stream following the Mickelson, Woods and Watson group, a live stream of the 8th and 18th holes and a feed that matches the coverage on ESPN.

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2012 U.S. Open Tee Times And Groupings For Thursday

The 2012 U.S. Open gets started on Thursday morning with a few marquee parings. The most notable pairing of course is that of Tiger Woods, Bubba Watson, and Phil Mickelson. The three will tee off on the back nine at 10:33 a.m. EDT.

While that pairing is probably the most marquee, it's not the only big name pairing in the event. Teeing off late in the afternoon at 4:29 p.m. EDT is the grouping of Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald, and Lee Westwood.

Here's how the field will tee off.

Morning wave off No. 1 tee:

10:15 a.m.: Scott Langley, Steve Lebrun, Beau Hossler (a)
10:26 a.m.: Jason Bohn, Raphael Jacquelin, J. B. Park
10:37 a.m.: Michael Thompson, TBD, Steve Marino
10:48 a.m.: Brendan Jones, George Coetzee, Gregory Bourdy
10:59 a.m.: Patrick Cantlay (a), Jonathan Byrd, Kyle Stanley
11:10 a.m.: Retief Goosen, Vijay Singh, Zach Johnson
11:21 a.m.: Paul Casey, Hiroyuki Fujita, Mark Wilson
11:32 a.m.: Adam Scott, Keegan Bradley, Webb Simpson
11:43 a.m.: Tim Clark Toru Taniguchi, Rod Pampling
11:54 a.m.: Francesco Molinari, Bo Van Pelt, Peter Hanson
12:05 p.m.: D. A. Points, Dong-Hwan Lee, Kevin Streelman
12:16 p.m.: Edward Loar, Paul Claxton, Alistair Presnell
12:27 p.m.: Mark McCormick, Nick Sherwood (a), Cole Howard

Morning wave off No. 9 tee:

10 a.m.: Shane Bertsch, Martin Flores, Tommy Biershenk
10:11 a.m.: Scott Piercy, Matthew Baldwin, Matt Bettencourt
10:22 a.m.: Thomas Bjorn, Kevin Na, Branden Grace
10:33 a.m.: Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Bubba Watson
10:44 a.m.: Joe Ogilvie, Stephen Ames, Tim Herron
10:55 a.m.: Davis Love III, Padraig Harrington, David Toms
11:06 a.m.: Carl Pettersson, Charl Schwartzel, Charles Howell III
11:17 a.m.: Robert Karlsson, Bob Estes, Robert Rock
11:28 a.m.: K. J. Choi, Y. E. Yang, K. T. Kim
11:39 a.m.: Fredrik Jacobson, Robert Garrigus, Alexander Noren
11:50 a.m.: Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Sang-Moon Bae, Rafael Cabrera-Bello
12:01 p.m.: Marc Warren, Anthony Summers, Michael Allen
12:12 p.m.: Hunter Hamrick, Tim Weinhart, Scott Smith

Afternoon wave off No. 1 tee:

3:45 p.m.: Casey Martin, Cameron Wilson (a), Dennis Miller
3:56 p.m.: Jim Herman, William Lunde, David Mathis
4:07 p.m.: Nicolas Colsaerts, Charlie Wi, Simon Dyson
4:18 p.m.: Alvaro Quiros, Gary Woodland, John Senden
4:29 p.m.: Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald, Lee Westwood
4:40 p.m.: Jim Furyk, Sergio Garcia, Graeme McDowell
4:51 p.m.: Stewart Cink, Trevor Immelman, Lucas Glover
5:02 p.m.: Ernie Els, Geoff Ogilvy, Angel Cabrera
5:13 p.m.: Martin Laird, Ben Crane, Anders Hansen
5:24 p.m.: Matteo Manassero, Aaron Baddeley, Miguel Angel Jimenez
5:35 p.m.: Brian Harman, TBD, Mikko Ilonen
5:46 p.m.: Brice Garnett, TBD, Jesse Mueller
5:57 p.m.: Brian Rowell, Alberto Sanchez (a), Brian Gaffney

Afternoon wave off No. 9 tee:

3:30 p.m.: John Peterson, Morgan Hoffmann, Aaron Watkins
3:41 p.m.: Jeff Curl, Nicholas Thompson, Casey Wittenberg
3:52 p.m.: Soren Kjeldsen, Chez Reavie, Peter Lawrie
4:03 p.m.: Michael Campbell, Olin Browne, Joe Durant
4:14 p.m.: Bill Haas, Nick Watney, Brandt Snedeker
4:25 p.m.: Martin Kaymer, Hunter Mahan, Justin Rose
4:36 p.m.: Steve Stricker, Ian Poulter, Matt Kuchar
4:47 p.m.: Jason Day, Louis Oosthuizen, Jason Dufner
4:58 p.m.: Rickie Fowler, Ryo Ishikawa, Dustin Johnson
5:09 p.m.: Hunter Haas, Tadahiro Takayama, Lee Slattery
5:20 p.m.: Alex Cejka, Kevin Chappell, Blake Adams
5:31 p.m.: James Hahn, Darron Stiles, Roberto Castro
5:42 p.m.: Brooks Koepka (a), TBD, Samuel Osborne

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U.S. Open Golf 2012 Odds: Tiger Woods, European Trio Favorites At Olympic

The 2012 U.S. Open will be played at the Lake Course at The Olympic Club, a track the pros compared to nearby Oakmont as the two toughest tests for America's national championship. But Olympic has utilized a feature of another famed Open venue, Pinehurst, in that Mike Davis and the USGA have shaved down the rough around the green on seven new holes to create treacherous collection areas and fall-offs.

While there was debate about Olympic and Oakmont on Tuesday, there's no debate about the favorite heading into Thursday's first round. Tiger Woods enters the week coming off a win in Columbus at the Memorial. He clinched it with a dramatic charge over the final four holes, but he was steady all week, saving pars from six to 10 feet. That's perhaps the most important part of the game at the slog of a U.S. Open, where par is always a good score.

The top three ranked players in the world follow Woods when it comes to favorable odds this week. Lee Westwood, Luke Donald, and Rory McIlroy have all had immense success over the past two years, but only Rory has managed to win a major. They will play the first two days together in the same group. More odds for this week's Open below:

Tiger Woods 13/2
Lee Westwood 11/1
Luke Donald 11/1
Rory McIlroy 14/1
Phil Mickelson 20/1
Dustin Johnson 25/1
Jason Dufner 25/1
Justin Rose 28/1
Matt Kuchar 28/1
Adam Scott 33/1
Jim Furyk 33/1
Rickie Fowler 33/1
Zach Johnson 33/1
Hunter Mahan 40/1
Sergio Garcia 40/1
Steve Stricker 40/1
Bo Van Pelt 50/1
Bubba Watson 50/1

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2012 U.S. Open: Phil Mickelson Excited To Play With Tiger Woods, Calls Pairing 'Fabulous'

As soon as the groupings for the U.S. Open were announced last week, golf fans and the media immediately began salivating over the prospects of following a Tiger Woods-Phil Mickelson-Bubba Watson threesome. But what about the players? How would they react to being grouped together, and the undoubted circus atmosphere that would follow?

Tuesday is the day where players speak with the press, and all three in the power group held their press conferences at Olympic. The subject of the USGA's pairing system was an obvious topic, and all three seemed excited to play together. Woods indicated that there won't be much talking, but that's just the nature of the U.S. Open, where perfect concentration and precision are demanded on every single shot.

Mickelson was much more animated about being paired with Woods, referring to it with a prompt and empathic "fabulous" when asked. Phil said he's been battling lethargy on his Thursday and Friday rounds on Tour this year, but Woods always brings the best out of him -- a marked change from the start of their careers. It was never more evident than earlier this season when Mickelson pulled away from Woods in the final group at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. On the more practical side, Lefty also noted that they'll both have to deal with the same conditions, via Ron Sirak of Golf Digest:

"The one player I'm most concerned about if I play my best golf that may have a chance to beat me is Tiger," Mickelson said, swatting away the other 154 players in the field. "And the fact that we are on the same wavelength, I'm always in favor of. Sometimes we'll get a huge advantage in tee times, based on weather conditions or whatnot, if we're in the same wavelength, neither of us will have a distinct advantage."

Come Thursday morning, all eyes will be on this group and based on the attitude and approach taken today, it would seem Mickelson has the advantage when it comes to playing together.

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US Open 2012 Tee Times And Groupings: USGA Creates Power Groups For 1st 2 Days

The USGA is famous for creating storylines with their groupings for America's national championship, often pairing some of the best players in the game or creating groups that have histories which will surely be storylines over the first two days of coverage. Mike Davis and company have done it again this year at Olympic, grouping Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, and Bubba Watson together. While Woods enters the week coming off a win at the Memorial, there are still questions about how his game will hold up at a major championship test. The Open consistently provides the toughest test of the season, and the Lake Course at Olympic is known for being one of the most difficult setups in the rota.

Mickeson and Watson also enter with questions. Lefty has a record five runner-ups in the U.S. Open, a championship that remains the "white whale" of his career. He enters after a WD at Muirfield Village, provoked by cellphone nuisance and "mental fatigue." Watson is playing in just his third tournament since winning the season's first major, and he was rusty in Columbus as well, coming up well short of the cut.

The USGA created a UK equivalent of that power group, putting Luke Donald, Rory McIlroy, and Lee Westwood together. All three have been ranked as the No. 1 player in the world over the past year, but only McIlroy has won a major. He. of course, enters the week looking to defend after a dominant performance in his coming-out party at Congressional CC last June. He had been looking for his form and missed three straight cuts before adding a late stop in Memphis last week, where he was in contention until he rinsed on No. 18.

Woods, Mickelson, and Watson will go off on Thursday at 10:33 a.m. ET while Donald, McIlroy, and Westwood will tee off at 4:29 p.m. ET. For the third time since 2008, the USGA has scheduled their most prestigious title to be largely conducted during primetime in the east -- a tradition started at Torrey Pines in 2008 and duplicated again at Pebble Beach in 2010. Due to the routing of the holes at the venerable Olympic Club, the split times will go off No. 9 tee as opposed to No. 10.

Morning wave off No. 1 tee:

10:15 a.m.: Scott Langley, Steve Lebrun, Beau Hossler (a)
10:26 a.m.: Jason Bohn, Raphael Jacquelin, J. B. Park
10:37 a.m.: Michael Thompson, TBD, Steve Marino
10:48 a.m.: Brendan Jones, George Coetzee, Gregory Bourdy
10:59 a.m.: Patrick Cantlay (a), Jonathan Byrd, Kyle Stanley
11:10 a.m.: Retief Goosen, Vijay Singh, Zach Johnson
11:21 a.m.: Paul Casey, Hiroyuki Fujita, Mark Wilson
11:32 a.m.: Adam Scott, Keegan Bradley, Webb Simpson
11:43 a.m.: Tim Clark Toru Taniguchi, Rod Pampling
11:54 a.m.: Francesco Molinari, Bo Van Pelt, Peter Hanson
12:05 p.m.: D. A. Points, Dong-Hwan Lee, Kevin Streelman
12:16 p.m.: Edward Loar, Paul Claxton, Alistair Presnell
12:27 p.m.: Mark McCormick, Nick Sherwood (a), Cole Howard

Morning wave off No. 9 tee:

10 a.m.: Shane Bertsch, Martin Flores, Tommy Biershenk
10:11 a.m.: Scott Piercy, Matthew Baldwin, Matt Bettencourt
10:22 a.m.: Thomas Bjorn, Kevin Na, Branden Grace
10:33 a.m.: Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Bubba Watson
10:44 a.m.: Joe Ogilvie, Stephen Ames, Tim Herron
10:55 a.m.: Davis Love III, Padraig Harrington, David Toms
11:06 a.m.: Carl Pettersson, Charl Schwartzel, Charles Howell III
11:17 a.m.: Robert Karlsson, Bob Estes, Robert Rock
11:28 a.m.: K. J. Choi, Y. E. Yang, K. T. Kim
11:39 a.m.: Fredrik Jacobson, Robert Garrigus, Alexander Noren
11:50 a.m.: Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Sang-Moon Bae, Rafael Cabrera-Bello
12:01 p.m.: Marc Warren, Anthony Summers, Michael Allen
12:12 p.m.: Hunter Hamrick, Tim Weinhart, Scott Smith

Afternoon wave off No. 1 tee:

3:45 p.m.: Casey Martin, Cameron Wilson (a), Dennis Miller
3:56 p.m.: Jim Herman, William Lunde, David Mathis
4:07 p.m.: Nicolas Colsaerts, Charlie Wi, Simon Dyson
4:18 p.m.: Alvaro Quiros, Gary Woodland, John Senden
4:29 p.m.: Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald, Lee Westwood
4:40 p.m.: Jim Furyk, Sergio Garcia, Graeme McDowell
4:51 p.m.: Stewart Cink, Trevor Immelman, Lucas Glover
5:02 p.m.: Ernie Els, Geoff Ogilvy, Angel Cabrera
5:13 p.m.: Martin Laird, Ben Crane, Anders Hansen
5:24 p.m.: Matteo Manassero, Aaron Baddeley, Miguel Angel Jimenez
5:35 p.m.: Brian Harman, TBD, Mikko Ilonen
5:46 p.m.: Brice Garnett, TBD, Jesse Mueller
5:57 p.m.: Brian Rowell, Alberto Sanchez (a), Brian Gaffney

Afternoon wave off No. 9 tee:

3:30 p.m.: John Peterson, Morgan Hoffmann, Aaron Watkins
3:41 p.m.: Jeff Curl, Nicholas Thompson, Casey Wittenberg
3:52 p.m.: Soren Kjeldsen, Chez Reavie, Peter Lawrie
4:03 p.m.: Michael Campbell, Olin Browne, Joe Durant
4:14 p.m.: Bill Haas, Nick Watney, Brandt Snedeker
4:25 p.m.: Martin Kaymer, Hunter Mahan, Justin Rose
4:36 p.m.: Steve Stricker, Ian Poulter, Matt Kuchar
4:47 p.m.: Jason Day, Louis Oosthuizen, Jason Dufner
4:58 p.m.: Rickie Fowler, Ryo Ishikawa, Dustin Johnson
5:09 p.m.: Hunter Haas, Tadahiro Takayama, Lee Slattery
5:20 p.m.: Alex Cejka, Kevin Chappell, Blake Adams
5:31 p.m.: James Hahn, Darron Stiles, Roberto Castro
5:42 p.m.: Brooks Koepka (a), TBD, Samuel Osborne

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2012 U.S. Open Odds: Tiger Woods Is Early Favorite

The early favorite for the 2012 U.S. Open is Tiger Woods who comes in at 6/1 odds. Behind Woods is both Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood who are both tied at 10/1