Justin Rose won his first major title, two strokes ahead of runners-up Jason Day and Phil Mickelson.

It was a record sixth runner-up finish for Mickelson and defending champion Webb Simpson tied for 32nd place.

The past Open champions on the course were Olin Dutra in 1934, Ben Hogan in 1950, Lee Trevino in 1971, and David Graham in 1981.

Winner of the 2012 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Men's World Amateur Golf Rankings) 5.

Special exemptions selected by the USGA The remaining contestants earned their places through sectional qualifiers.

[16] When the first round was completed Friday morning, only five players were under par: Mickelson at 67 (−3), Donald and Mathew Goggin at 68 (−2) and Nicolas Colsaerts and Russell Knox at 69 (−1).

[17] None of the three broke par in the first round: Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy shot 73 (+3) and Adam Scott 72 (+2).

[18] When the second round was completed Saturday morning, Horschel and Mickelson still stood atop the leader board.

[13] Amateurs: Kim (+3), Pan (+4), Weaver (+8), Phelan (+8), Williams (+9), Fox (+10), Hall (+11), Homa (+11), McElyea (+20), Murray (+24) Saturday, June 15, 2013 Mickelson shot an even-par round for 209 (−1) to stay atop the leaderboard, his second 54-hole lead at the U.S. Open.

Hunter Mahan, Charl Schwartzel, and Steve Stricker were one shot back at even-par 210.

Woods struggled with his putting; after a birdie on the par-4 1st, he made seven bogeys to shoot 76 and fall to 219 (+9), ten strokes back.

[13] Sunday, June 16, 2013 Phil Mickelson three-putted the third and fifth holes for double bogeys, but took back the lead with an eagle on the 10th.

I committed myself to putting a strategy in place that I hoped would work in five-to-10 years in delivering major championships ... it's a moment where you can look back and think childhood dreams have come true.

He has never won the event and called the loss heartbreaking: "this is tough to swallow after coming so close ...

His 4-iron tee shot bounced off the slope left of the green and rolled a considerable distance into the cup.