Webb Simpson..last man standing at the Olympic Club

In the end nobody could better par at the Olympic Club, but the guy who came closest with a pair of 68's on the weekend was Webb Simpson, who finished at +1 281 good for a 1 shot lead over Graeme McDowell 73, who kepthttp://www.majorschampionships.com/usopen/2012/scoring/index.cfm# the drama going until the 72nd hole when he misread a 25 footer to tie, and force the playoff that seemed to be looming most of the day, Micheal Thompson 67 also finished at +2 T2

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Simpson,the man who went to Wake Forest on the Arnold Palmer scholarship was wearing the newly-named Jack Nicklaus medal around his neck and hoisting a big silver loving cup that has no name but carries considerable cachet. Simpson continued Olympic's tradition of come-from-behind victories, too, making up four shots on two former U.S. Open champions in Jim Furyk and Graeme McDowell to seal his first major win.

"I got here Monday, and I think every day my game got a little better," Simpson said. "I hit it really well yesterday. The first few days I putted well and hung in there. Yesterday I hit it well and made me get excited for today.
"Today I had the best warm-up I had the whole week before the round. You know, this is only my second U.S. Open and so I told myself don't get too excited, don't try to win. You've got to go out there and try to make pars, and that's what I did."

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