US Open Golf 2016: Leaderboard Scores and Highlights from Sunday

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Published: June 20, 2016

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Dustin Johnson battled the naysayers of yesteryear, a difficult Oakmont Country Club course and a controversial rules violation in Sunday's final round of the 116th U.S. Open. He ultimately passed all those tests and emerged with his maiden major title.

Thanks to a one-under round of 69, Johnson posted a four-under championship total, claiming the U.S. Open trophy by three strokes over Jim Furyk, Scott Piercy and Shane Lowry.



Fox Sports highlighted the elite company Johnson joined by winning in Oakmont, Pennsylvania:



As Johnson began to separate himself from the field on the back nine, he was informed on the tee box of the par-five 12th hole that he might have incurred a one-stroke penalty earlier in the day.

While taking practice strokes for his par putt on the par-four fifth, Johnson was deemed to have caused his ball to move. Although he made the putt and never placed his club directly behind the ball, the 31-year-old was assessed a bogey upon further review, per Golf Digest.

Three former world No. 1 golfers ripped the USGA's pedantic interpretation of the rules with a major championship hanging in the balance when the possibility of a penalty initially surfaced:



Golf.com highlighted the specific rule in question, which may have caused further confusion:



Meanwhile, several groups ahead, the top-ranked player on the planet, Jason Day, was making a charge, spurred along by an eagle on No. 12, as the U.S Open's Twitter account showed:



A double bogey on the 17th in which he found both bunkers near the green doomed Day, who finished two over in a tie for eighth.

For all the hoopla surrounding Johnson, the 54-hole leader by four strokes, Lowry, was almost forgotten. The Irishman's inexperience on the major stage showed when he bogeyed four of his first 10 holes to fall out of the lead.

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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