Northern Ireland prodigy Rory McIlroy captured his first Major golf title with his victory in the 111th U.S. Open on 19 June 2011.
The 22-year-old fired a two-under par 69 to finish 72 holes at Congressional Country Club on 16-under par 268, the lowest winning total in US Open history. He became the youngest US Open winner in 88 years. This victory made him become the youngest Major winner since Woods at the 1997 Masters and the youngest US Open winner since Bobby Jones in 1923.
Masters runner-up Jason Day of Australia was a distant second on 276. South Korean Yang Yong-Eun, England's Lee Westwood and Americans Robert Garrigus and Kevin Chappell shared third on 278.
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