--- title: "Who won the 119th US Open title recently?" description: "Who won the 119th US Open title recently?" author: "Shrikant Mishra" published: 2019-06-23 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62168/who-won-the-119th-us-open-title-recently category: "sports" tags: ["sports", "us open tennis tournament", "general knowledge"] reading_time: 4 minutes --- # Who won the 119th US Open title recently? Who won the 119th US Open [title](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81648/how-indore-won-swachh-bharat-abhiyan-best-city-title) recently? ## Answers ### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL **American Golfer “Gary Woodland” won 2019, 119th United States Open Championship, organized at Pebble Beach Golf Links in California.** ![Who won the 119th US Open title recently?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/7a6c2e42-4c51-4dcc-b4bd-6a4d68b12407/images/5c8a8e03-032f-401f-84a0-beabb7e9a4ff.jpeg)\ \ This has been **his 18th lifetime win after winning the 119th US Open Championship at California on June 16, 2019**. It is the major career title for the 35 year old Woodland. **Woodland finishes with a 13-under par for the championship and beat the world No. 1 Brooks Koepka in the final round of US Open**. The **two-time defending [champion](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48257/who-won-the-inaugural-asia-cup-championship) Koepka finished at second spot** with a score of 10-under par. \ The victory is Woodland's first major win championship trophy and comes after he held both the 36-hole and 54-hole leads in the tournament. 2019 United States Open Championship was counted as the 119th U.S. Open and is the 450th major tournament in professional golf. \ **The combined prize money of the tournament was $12,500,000, in which the winner alone shares $2,250,000**. Gary Woodland, who entered into the final round with having a one-shot lead with him, birdied two of his first three holes and, despite having a bogey at the 9th. Still led the tournament by two shots and making the turn in the championship. Whereas, the competitor Brooks Koepka was four-under through five holes but failed to birdie the par-5 6th from a greenside bunker and missed a six-foot putt for birdie at the 7th to trail by two going to the bogey 9 back. ### Answer by Harshal Vispute **Gary Woodland** **of the** **United States of America** **won the 2019 US Open Championship at Pebble Beach Golf Links in California**. \ The triumph is the **35-year-first old's major championship win**. Woodland finished the tournament at **13-under par**, holding off **World No. 1 Brooks Koepka in the final round**. With a score of **10-under par**, **two-time defending champion Koepka finished second.** \ The **Topeka, Kansas** native recorded a **271 at Pebble Beach**, the **lowest ever in a US Open, beating Tiger Woods by one stroke in 2000.** \ **Woodland, 35**, played **basketball** for a year at **Washburn** before enrolling at **Kansas on a Golf scholarship**. **Gary Woodland**, who entered the **tournament ranked 25th** and had never placed in the **top 20** of the **US Open** before, was widely regarded as a **surprise winner**. **Koepka had won four of the previous nine majors** and was seeking to become **the first player since 1905** to win **three consecutive US Open.** **\** ![Who won the 119th US Open title recently?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/7a6c2e42-4c51-4dcc-b4bd-6a4d68b12407/images/960586fc-09e9-4fde-8b5f-83b97236ec78.jpeg)\ \ **Woodland** led by two strokes after 36 holes after shooting 68 in the first round and 65 in the second. He fired a third-round 69 to take a one-stroke lead over Justin Rose heading into the final day. For the first time in eight stroke-play competitions, he turned a 54-hole lead into a victory after shooting a 69 in the final round. His winning score of 13-under-par 271, which included a 34-hole stretch without a bogey, was the lowest relative to par since 2011. Woodland was the best scrambler in the field, having started the week ranked 169th. \ **Gary's 18th career** victory came on **June 16, 2019**, when he **won the 119th US Open Championship in California**.\ \ The **tournament's total prize pool was $12,500,000**, with the **winner taking home $2,250,000**. Gary Woodland, who had a **one-shot** lead going into the final round, birdied two of his first **three holes** and, despite a **bogey** at the **ninth**, was still two shots ahead of the field at the turn in the championship. **Brooks Koepka,** on the other hand, wa**s four-under through five holes** but missed a **six-foot putt for birdie on the par-5** 6th from a greenside bunker and a six-foot putt for birdie on the 7th to trail by two going to the bogey 9th. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62168/who-won-the-119th-us-open-title-recently Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.