The 2012 U.S. Open came down to the final hole, where Webb Simpson polished off his first major championship with a one-shot win at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, beating out 2010 U.S. Open winner Graeme McDowell and Michael Thompson.
Simpson won the $1.44 million winner's share of the $8 million purse.
2012 U.S. Open leaderboard and final results and prize money payouts
| POS | PLAYER | TO PAR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | TOTAL | MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Webb Simpson | 1 | 72 | 73 | 68 | 68 | 281 | $1,440,000 |
| T2 | Michael Thompson | 2 | 66 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 282 | $695,916 |
| T2 | Graeme McDowell | 2 | 69 | 72 | 68 | 73 | 282 | $695,916 |
| T4 | David Toms | 3 | 69 | 70 | 76 | 68 | 283 | $276,841 |
| T4 | Padraig Harrington | 3 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 68 | 283 | $276,841 |
| T4 | John Peterson | 3 | 71 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 283 | $276,841 |
| T4 | Jason Dufner | 3 | 72 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 283 | $276,841 |
| T4 | Jim Furyk | 3 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 74 | 283 | $276,841 |
| 9 | Ernie Els | 4 | 75 | 69 | 68 | 72 | 284 | $200,280 |
| T10 | Casey Wittenberg | 5 | 71 | 77 | 67 | 70 | 285 | $163,594 |
| T10 | Retief Goosen | 5 | 75 | 70 | 69 | 71 | 285 | $163,594 |
| T10 | John Senden | 5 | 72 | 73 | 68 | 72 | 285 | $163,594 |
| T10 | Kevin Chappell | 5 | 74 | 71 | 68 | 72 | 285 | $163,594 |
| T10 | Lee Westwood | 5 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 73 | 285 | $163,594 |
| T15 | K.J. Choi | 6 | 73 | 70 | 74 | 69 | 286 | $118,969 |
| T15 | Steve Stricker | 6 | 76 | 68 | 73 | 69 | 286 | $118,969 |
| T15 | Adam Scott | 6 | 76 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 286 | $118,969 |
| T15 | Aaron Watkins | 6 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 286 | $118,969 |
| T15 | Martin Kaymer | 6 | 74 | 71 | 69 | 72 | 286 | $118,969 |
| T15 | Freddie Jacobson | 6 | 72 | 71 | 68 | 75 | 286 | $118,969 |
| T21 | Nick Watney | 7 | 69 | 75 | 73 | 70 | 287 | $86,348 |
| T21 | Raphael Jacquelin | 7 | 72 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 287 | $86,348 |
| T21 | Justin Rose | 7 | 69 | 75 | 71 | 72 | 287 | $86,348 |
| T21 | Tiger Woods | 7 | 69 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 287 | $86,348 |
| T21 | Blake Adams | 7 | 72 | 70 | 70 | 75 | 287 | $86,348 |
| T21 | Jordan Spieth | 7 | 74 | 74 | 69 | 70 | 287 | $0 |
| T27 | Matt Kuchar | 8 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 74 | 288 | $68,943 |
| T27 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 8 | 72 | 69 | 71 | 76 | 288 | $68,943 |
| T29 | Davis Love III | 9 | 73 | 74 | 73 | 69 | 289 | $53,168 |
| T29 | Alistair Presnell | 9 | 70 | 74 | 75 | 70 | 289 | $53,168 |
| T29 | Morgan Hoffmann | 9 | 72 | 74 | 73 | 70 | 289 | $53,168 |
| T29 | Francesco Molinari | 9 | 71 | 76 | 72 | 70 | 289 | $53,168 |
| T29 | Robert Karlsson | 9 | 70 | 75 | 72 | 72 | 289 | $53,168 |
| T29 | Kevin Na | 9 | 74 | 71 | 71 | 73 | 289 | $53,168 |
| T29 | Scott Langley | 9 | 76 | 70 | 70 | 73 | 289 | $53,168 |
| T29 | Charlie Wi | 9 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 74 | 289 | $53,168 |
| T29 | Beau Hossler | 9 | 70 | 73 | 70 | 76 | 289 | $0 |
| T38 | Charl Schwartzel | 10 | 73 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 290 | $44,144 |
| T38 | Hunter Mahan | 10 | 72 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 290 | $44,144 |
| T38 | Sergio Garcia | 10 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 75 | 290 | $44,144 |
| T41 | Zach Johnson | 11 | 77 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 291 | $38,816 |
| T41 | Rickie Fowler | 11 | 72 | 76 | 71 | 72 | 291 | $38,816 |
| T41 | Ian Poulter | 11 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 73 | 291 | $38,816 |
| T41 | Alex Cejka | 11 | 78 | 69 | 70 | 74 | 291 | $38,816 |
| T41 | Patrick Cantlay | 11 | 76 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 291 | $0 |
| T46 | Matteo Manassero | 12 | 76 | 69 | 73 | 74 | 292 | $31,979 |
| T46 | Bob Estes | 12 | 74 | 73 | 71 | 74 | 292 | $31,979 |
| T46 | Angel Cabrera | 12 | 72 | 76 | 69 | 75 | 292 | $31,979 |
| T46 | Steve LeBrun | 12 | 73 | 75 | 69 | 75 | 292 | $31,979 |
| T46 | Hunter Hamrick | 12 | 77 | 67 | 71 | 77 | 292 | $31,979 |
| T51 | Simon Dyson | 13 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 71 | 293 | $24,912 |
| T51 | Jesse Mueller | 13 | 75 | 73 | 74 | 71 | 293 | $24,912 |
| T51 | Nicholas Thompson | 13 | 74 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 293 | $24,912 |
| T51 | Hiroyuki Fujita | 13 | 75 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 293 | $24,912 |
| T51 | Branden Grace | 13 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 75 | 293 | $24,912 |
| T56 | Michael Allen | 14 | 71 | 73 | 77 | 73 | 294 | $21,995 |
| T56 | Jeff Curl | 14 | 73 | 75 | 71 | 75 | 294 | $21,995 |
| T56 | Jonathan Byrd | 14 | 71 | 75 | 71 | 77 | 294 | $21,995 |
| T59 | Bo Van Pelt | 15 | 78 | 70 | 76 | 71 | 295 | $19,955 |
| T59 | Jason Day | 15 | 75 | 71 | 76 | 73 | 295 | $19,955 |
| T59 | Jae-Bum Park | 15 | 70 | 74 | 77 | 74 | 295 | $19,955 |
| T59 | Matthew Baldwin | 15 | 74 | 74 | 73 | 74 | 295 | $19,955 |
| T59 | Kevin Streelman | 15 | 76 | 72 | 72 | 75 | 295 | $19,955 |
| T59 | Darron Stiles | 15 | 75 | 71 | 73 | 76 | 295 | $19,955 |
| T65 | Marc Warren | 16 | 73 | 72 | 74 | 77 | 296 | $18,593 |
| T65 | Phil Mickelson | 16 | 76 | 71 | 71 | 78 | 296 | $18,593 |
| 67 | Kyung Kim | 17 | 74 | 72 | 74 | 77 | 297 | $18,113 |
| T68 | Stephen Ames | 18 | 74 | 73 | 79 | 72 | 298 | $17,633 |
| T68 | Keegan Bradley | 18 | 73 | 73 | 75 | 77 | 298 | $17,633 |
| 70 | Rod Pampling | 19 | 74 | 73 | 74 | 78 | 299 | $17,153 |
| 71 | Jason Bohn | 21 | 70 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 301 | $16,833 |
| 72 | Joe Ogilvie | 23 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 79 | 303 | $16,512 |
| MC | Casey Martin | CUT | 74 | 75 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Joe Durant | CUT | 78 | 71 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Bill Haas | CUT | 76 | 73 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Lucas Glover | CUT | 76 | 73 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Martin Laird | CUT | 77 | 72 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Louis Oosthuizen | CUT | 77 | 72 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Dustin Johnson | CUT | 75 | 74 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Ryo Ishikawa | CUT | 71 | 78 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Brian Harman | CUT | 77 | 72 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Mikko Ilonen | CUT | 75 | 74 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Lee Slattery | CUT | 79 | 70 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Justin Hicks | CUT | 75 | 74 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Alberto Sanchez | CUT | 72 | 77 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Roberto Castro | CUT | 75 | 74 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Gregory Bourdy | CUT | 74 | 75 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Thomas Bjorn | CUT | 78 | 71 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Bubba Watson | CUT | 78 | 71 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Mark Wilson | CUT | 76 | 73 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Charles Howell III | CUT | 72 | 77 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Carl Pettersson | CUT | 75 | 74 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Y.E. Yang | CUT | 74 | 75 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Robert Garrigus | CUT | 72 | 77 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Jim Herman | CUT | 78 | 72 | MC | MC | 150 | $0 |
| MC | Alvaro Quiros | CUT | 75 | 75 | MC | MC | 150 | $0 |
| MC | Chez Reavie | CUT | 80 | 70 | MC | MC | 150 | $0 |
| MC | Rory McIlroy | CUT | 77 | 73 | MC | MC | 150 | $0 |
| MC | Geoff Ogilvy | CUT | 76 | 74 | MC | MC | 150 | $0 |
| MC | Ben Crane | CUT | 77 | 73 | MC | MC | 150 | $0 |
| MC | Martin Flores | CUT | 71 | 79 | MC | MC | 150 | $0 |
| MC | Scott Piercy | CUT | 75 | 75 | MC | MC | 150 | $0 |
| MC | Kyle Stanley | CUT | 73 | 77 | MC | MC | 150 | $0 |
| MC | Alexander Noren | CUT | 75 | 75 | MC | MC | 150 | $0 |
| MC | Edward Loar | CUT | 76 | 74 | MC | MC | 150 | $0 |
| MC | Sang-Moon Bae | CUT | 77 | 73 | MC | MC | 150 | $0 |
| MC | Rafael Cabrera Bello | CUT | 74 | 76 | MC | MC | 150 | $0 |
| MC | Gary Woodland | CUT | 74 | 77 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Peter Lawrie | CUT | 74 | 77 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Luke Donald | CUT | 79 | 72 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Olin Browne | CUT | 77 | 74 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Anders Hansen | CUT | 72 | 79 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Spencer Levin | CUT | 74 | 77 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Brendan Jones | CUT | 76 | 75 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Tim Herron | CUT | 74 | 77 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Tim Clark | CUT | 77 | 74 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Toru Taniguchi | CUT | 78 | 73 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Stewart Cink | CUT | 77 | 75 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Sam Osborne | CUT | 76 | 76 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | D.A. Points | CUT | 72 | 80 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Paul Claxton | CUT | 75 | 77 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Anthony Summers | CUT | 76 | 76 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Bill Lunde | CUT | 81 | 72 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | David Mathis | CUT | 78 | 75 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | Michael Campbell | CUT | 79 | 74 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | Tadahiro Takayama | CUT | 77 | 76 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | James Hahn | CUT | 73 | 80 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | Shane Bertsch | CUT | 78 | 75 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | Tommy Biershenk | CUT | 74 | 79 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | Colt Knost | CUT | 75 | 78 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | Matt Bettencourt | CUT | 76 | 77 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | George Coetzee | CUT | 78 | 75 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | Vijay Singh | CUT | 75 | 78 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | Robert Rock | CUT | 75 | 78 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | Peter Hanson | CUT | 78 | 75 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | Aaron Baddeley | CUT | 75 | 79 | MC | MC | 154 | $0 |
| MC | Kyle Thompson | CUT | 82 | 72 | MC | MC | 154 | $0 |
| MC | Brooks Koepka | CUT | 77 | 77 | MC | MC | 154 | $0 |
| MC | Trevor Immelman | CUT | 80 | 75 | MC | MC | 155 | $0 |
| MC | Hunter Haas | CUT | 81 | 74 | MC | MC | 155 | $0 |
| MC | Brice Garnett | CUT | 78 | 77 | MC | MC | 155 | $0 |
| MC | Brian Gaffney | CUT | 77 | 78 | MC | MC | 155 | $0 |
| MC | Dong-hwan Lee | CUT | 77 | 79 | MC | MC | 156 | $0 |
| MC | Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | CUT | 80 | 76 | MC | MC | 156 | $0 |
| MC | Andy Zhang | CUT | 79 | 78 | MC | MC | 157 | $0 |
| MC | Tim Weinhart | CUT | 78 | 79 | MC | MC | 157 | $0 |
| MC | Miguel Angel Jimenez | CUT | 81 | 77 | MC | MC | 158 | $0 |
| MC | Nick Sherwood | CUT | 78 | 80 | MC | MC | 158 | $0 |
| MC | Mark McCormick | CUT | 82 | 77 | MC | MC | 159 | $0 |
| MC | Scott Smith | CUT | 78 | 81 | MC | MC | 159 | $0 |
| MC | Soren Kjeldsen | CUT | 85 | 75 | MC | MC | 160 | $0 |
| MC | Dennis Miller | CUT | 80 | 82 | MC | MC | 162 | $0 |
| MC | Steve Marino | CUT | 84 | 78 | MC | MC | 162 | $0 |
| MC | Cole Howard | CUT | 80 | 84 | MC | MC | 164 | $0 |
| MC | Brian Rowell | CUT | 86 | 82 | MC | MC | 168 | $0 |
