2005 U.S. Open (golf)
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| Dates | June 16–19, 2005 |
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| Location | Pinehurst, North Carolina |
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Pinehurst Resort, Course No. 2 |
| Organized by | USGA |
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PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,214 yards (6,596 m) |
| Field | 156 players, 83 after cut |
| Cut | 148 (+8) |
| Prize fund |
$6,250,000 €5,153,803 |
| Winner's share | $1,170,000 €964,792 |
 Michael Campbell
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The 2005 United States Open Championship was the 105th U.S. Open, held June 16–19 at Pinehurst Resort Course No. 2 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Michael Campbell won his only major title when third-round leader and two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen collapsed on the final day. It was the second of three U.S. Opens at the course, which first hosted in 1999, when Payne Stewart won his second U.S. Open four months before his death in an aviation accident. Six years was the shortest gap between U.S. Opens at the same site since 1946. The total purse was $6.25 million with a winner's share of $1.17 million.
It was only the second U.S. Open at Pinehurst, because of past concerns of high temperatures and its distance from a major populated area. At the first in 1999, Payne Stewart won his second U.S. Open (and third major) in one of the most remarkable U.S. Open victories ever. He trailed playing partner Phil Mickelson by one stroke as they played the 16th hole, where he made an amazing 25-foot (8 m) putt for par while Mickelson missed his from 7 feet (2 m). Stewart birdied 17 to take the lead and holed a 15-foot (5 m) par putt on 18 in one of the most dramatic finishes ever. After helping the U.S. regain the Ryder Cup in late September, he died in a plane crash a month later at age 42. Stewart was honored at the 2005 edition with a silhouette of his 1999 victory pose on the flag of the 18th green, also captured in a bronze statue overlooking the 18th green.
Following a restoration by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, the U.S. Open returned for a third time in 2014.
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