[3] Geoff Ogilvy won his only major title by one stroke in one of the wildest finishes in U.S. Open history.

Montgomerie double-bogeyed the same hole when his approach shot from the fairway ended up short and in the rough, then followed the difficult chip with three putts.

The 1974 edition was known as "The Massacre at Winged Foot," as Irwin won with a seven-over-par 287, and just seven sub-par rounds were recorded over the four days.

In the years following World War II, only Julius Boros' 9-over total in high winds in 1963 was a higher winning score.

Some thought the difficult set-up in 1974 was in response to Johnny Miller's final round 63 at Oakmont a year earlier.

West Course Lengths of the course for previous majors: Michael Campbell (8,10,16), Ernie Els (4,8,16), Jim Furyk (9,11,12,16), Retief Goosen (8,9,10,11,16), Lee Janzen, Steve Jones, Tiger Woods (3,4,8,9,11,12,16) Dillon Dougherty (a), Edoardo Molinari (a) Phil Mickelson (5,9,11,12,16), Mike Weir (16) Ben Curtis, David Duval, Todd Hamilton Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel, Vijay Singh (8,9,12,16), David Toms (8,9,11,16) Stephen Ames (9,11,12,16) Allen Doyle K. J. Choi (16), Stewart Cink (16), Tim Clark (9,16), John Cook, Fred Couples (16), Bob Estes, Sergio García (9,10,16), Peter Hedblom, Mark Hensby, Ryuji Imada, Peter Jacobsen, Davis Love III (9,16), Rocco Mediate, Arron Oberholser (16), Corey Pavin, Nick Price Stuart Appleby (11,16), Olin Browne, Bart Bryant (12,16), Mark Calcavecchia, Chad Campbell (11,16), Ben Crane (16), Chris DiMarco (16), Luke Donald (10,16), Fred Funk (16), Lucas Glover (16), Pádraig Harrington (16), Tim Herron (16), Charles Howell III, Brandt Jobe, Justin Leonard, Billy Mayfair, Sean O'Hair, Kenny Perry (16), Ted Purdy, Adam Scott (15,16), Scott Verplank (16) Thomas Bjørn (16), Ángel Cabrera (16), Nick Dougherty, Niclas Fasth (16), Kenneth Ferrie, David Howell (13,16), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (16), Paul McGinley (16), Colin Montgomerie (16), José María Olazábal (16), Henrik Stenson (16) Geoff Ogilvy (16), Rory Sabbatini (16) Carl Pettersson Paul Casey (16) Shingo Katayama (16) Nick O'Hern (16) Robert Allenby, Darren Clarke, Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson, Tom Lehman, Rod Pampling None Thursday, June 15, 2006 Colin Montgomerie shot 69 and was the only player under par in the opening round.

Friday, June 16, 2006 Steve Stricker led at a major for the first time since 1998 after a one-under 69, and was the only player under par after 36 holes.

Other notable players missing the cut included Sergio García, Retief Goosen, 1997 PGA Championship winner at Winged Foot Davis Love III, and defending U.S. Open champion Michael Campbell.

Source:[8][9] Amateurs: Coe (+10), Horschel (+12), Molinari (+13), Moore (+15), Nagle (+16), Fujikawa (+18), Dougherty (+20), Baca (+21), Posey (+22).

Pádraig Harrington needed a birdie to catch Mickelson on the 18th hole, but barely made contact out of the deep rough, and moved the ball just 15 yards (14 m) into the fairway.

His tee shot on 18 found the fairway but was in a sand-filled divot, and his approach hit the green's false front and rolled back.

After an extended wait and much club deliberation, he finally selected a 7-iron[12] and proceeded to miss the green short and right, into deep rough.

On the 18th tee, Mickelson needed par to win or a bogey to tie, but could not finish off what would have been his third consecutive major championship victory.

His third faded into the greenside bunker, buried with a "fried-egg" lie; the fourth shot from the sand to win had no spin and rolled off the other side of the green into the rough.

- Geoff Ogilvy after watching from the club house as Furyk, Mickelson and Montgomerie all couldn't make par on the 18th hole.