when this golf course looked like it would never host another championship of this magnitude, has its latest champion in justin rose and nobody matched par. mickelson for par. to seal another runner up finish in a u.s. open. and a tie for 2nd. barring the winner for the sixth time. and now, 23 u.s. opens. >> that leaves a gracious man of

defeat, i'll tell you that. he knows he tried every shot the best he could, just those two double bogeys did it. >> how many times have we seen that look on phil's face at a u.s. open? just -- amazing to fathom that it's six times. mahan for par. another lost stroke down the finish. bogey for mahan. tied for fourth, his career best finish in a major. he got a taes of it big time. the first time late in the game. 43 years old today, phil mickelson's u.s. open will have to wait. justin rose is the man at

merion. final round, 70. two-shot win over mickelson and day. mahan, horschel, dufner and els, four back at plus 5. tough start for stricker. kept it together though, but on his way to a final round 76. u.s. open tough is justin rose. survives the mania at merion to win the title. back with much more in a moment. as your life changes, fidelity is there for your personal economy, helping you readjust along the way, refocus as careers change and kids head off to college, and revisit your investments as retirement gets closer. wherever you are today, fidelity's guidance can help you

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i've been dreaming of this moment since i was 10 years old. >> and geoff ogilvy survives. >> tom kite at last has won his first major championship. the u.s. open. >> an unreal performance from rory mcilroy. >> united states open champion. >> sensational rally in open golf history. >> webb simpson is the 2012 united states open champion. >> a three-shot victory for lee

trevino. >> first australian to win the open. >> i guess patience and hard work, i guess it pays off. >> the older you get, the more thrilling it gets because the harder it gets. >> the third open championship. >> and justin rose just a couple of moments from getting his arms around that trophy as well. easy tap-in, the look to the sky and justin rose has won the u.s. open championship at merion. only player in the final ten pairings to avoid an over par score today. you bet he earned it. and phil mickelson had his

opportunities today, but justin rose had some pressure shots that he delivered and executeded down the stretch, which is the kind of stuff that u.s. open champions are made of. >> phil, those wedges on 13 and 15, 13 goes over the green, then 15 hits that big drive with the 2 wood off the tee. wedge to the green. makes bogey there. those two holes were really k l killer for him, then of course the two double bogeys on 3 and 5 and 36 putts, so even though he hit 15 greens out of 18 holes, phil had a million chances and just unfortunately on his birthday, it didn't seem like his birthday golfing wise, did it? and then rose, he was 4 over par on his first 13 holes on thursday. looked like he was out of the championship. he battles back. plays 3 under par golf after

that. wonderful after that. he was clutch. the two shots at 18. terrific tee shot at 17. with his golf swing, he could be unleashed. he could be tough to beat in the next five years. >> we want to show you how justin rose got it done today. he began the day two back of phil mickelson's lead and this got things rolling for birdie at the 6th. two bogeys the last three holes and this is the up and down stref at the golf course that rose was able to survive and then, this birdie putt at 7. >> look at the wiggles on that. >> didn't look like it was going to get in until the last second. rose goes out in 1 under 35. pars 10. bogeys 11 and then hits this second shot at the par 4 12th. >> it's a beautiful shot. for a tap-in birdie.

that gets him back to even. then where mickelson had his problems, rose for birdy. >> look at the speed of this putt. >> taking the lead by one as he went over to the tough holes and then here at 18, at plus 1. one-shot lead. >> po >> most important drive of his life. just a wonderful tee shot. a lot of pressure on him and he delivered. >> and so, he got the first part done. this, just as important. this was ripped up there. >> again, the right shoulder pointing right at the target. just fired it down the line and that was a fantastic golf shot. just an impossible to stop it almost. but leaves himself that nice, uphill bump with the 3 wood metal. it was a good, smart play to putt it with this fairway wood. >> remember, he had with luke

donald having his problems, he wait to wait for that second shot. that was a lot of time to sit around and think about it. you know ben hogan came to mind and all the players who were so aware of the history here at merion. you saw justin rose checking out some of the pictures on the walls inside the clubhouse as he comes out with the president of the usga, about to be recognized as a part of that merion special class of champions here. 18th usga championship played here. there's mike davis, the executive director of the usga, set up the golf course. there's the usga brought this championship back to this quaint little gem to this neighborhood in ardmore, p.a. >> it's just what rose needed, a major championship, because he's got the game. he is so happen p pi. cannot get much happier than that.

>> fifth win on tour. first major. you get the sense he is one of the most well liked gentlemen out here on tour. come out and congratulate him. >> rose's par might not have been quite so easy. >> shaking hands with all the guys. buddy, big figure here with this championship, captain here. just about ready to become reality. >> ladies and gentlemen, good

evening. i'm the president of the united states golf association. we hope you enjoyed the excitement and experience of the 113th united states open. with the heritage that dates back to 1895, united states open is a unique championship. it remains a showcase for the greatest skills in the game to test the finest players in the game, their shot making skills, their physical endurance, their mental endurance. some questioned whether or not the east course could still provide that test. well, she's clearly spoken. she can and she did. justin rose's victory this week is an extraordinary accomplishment.

he richly deserves his place in the rich history of the united states open and america's national championship. justin becomes the fifth player to win the u.s. open here at merion. joining the 1934 champion, ben hogan, 1971 champion, lee trevino and david graham. justin, for you victory this we' week, i have the honor of presenting you with two distinguished awards. first is the nicklaus medal, in recognition of the place you take in history with jack nicklaus. and second, i have the honor of presenting you with the united states open trophy. the time honor eed emblem of ou

national championship. >> justin, congratulations. you are very emotional after holing out at 18 and signing your scorecard with your wife alongside you to the extent that your comfortable, what were those emotions about? >> today's father's day and before i get too emotional, happy father's day to all of you guys out there and you know -- i think you know, a lot of us come from great men and we have that responsibility to our children to show them what a great man can be and that was my goal today, just to sort of carry myself in a way that i could be proud when i came off the golf course and for it all just to work out for me on such an emotional day. i just couldn't help but look up to the heavens and think that my

old dad, ken, had something to do with it. >> you burst on the scene as just a 17-year-old at the british in 1998. great things were forecast for you and you put together an excellent career. but this was your 37th major start before the breakthrough. had you begun to wonder if it would ever happen? >> there's no doubt. i mean, i hadn't really given myself many great chances and took a will the of sort of encouragement from adam scott, great friend of mine. i saw how he's gone about playing major championships. he sent me a fantastic text message after the masters and he said, your time's coming soon and he's a wise man. >> much has been made about the glorious history of merion. your tee shot at 18. as you closed in on the championship. landed virtually on top of the hogan plaque. the iconic 1 iron shot. there's no 1 iron in anybody's

bag anymore. what did you hit and did you notice how close you were to the plaque? >> i did. when i came over the hill and saw my ball lying in the middle of the fairway and just what a beautiful setting this is is, i thought, this is my moment. i've seen that ben hogan photograph a million times and suddenly, it was me hitting from the middle of the fairway. so, i just triy eied not to get ahead of myself. i hit a beautiful 4 iron into the green and just so glad it all worked out. >> this moment is yours. you've expressed yourself very well. anything else you'd like to say? >> yeah, absolutely. philadelphia has been my town. >> you know how to work a crowd, don't you? >> i have such good support here all week and there are a lot of people in the crowd who remembered me from 2010 at&t that i won here and i felt like i had a lot of good will in the

crowd and obviously, phil mickelson rightly so, fan fa favorite. the way he carries himself. i've got nothing but great things to be said about phil. being father's day, he needs a big shoutout for the way he handled himself this week, his daughter's graduation, coming back to play the tournament. thank you so much. >> one of the most popular players on tour and now, the u.s. open champion. >> father's day here in the u.s., bob, the rose is the official flower of father's day. and justin rose got it done today. he spoke so highly of phil mickelson. we'll hear from the runner up again, phil, when we come back. ♪ ♪ ♪

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earlier, you might have seen justin rose pointing to his shoe, leo and lottie. those are his two children, leo and charlotte. >> love you, lottie. happy father's day. thanks for making me such a proud dad. >> on this father's day sunday. justin rose and he finishes two better than phil mickelson, who once again occupies the second spot in a u.s. open and just a short time ago, steve sands caught up with phil.

>> all right, thank you, phil. after you made that second shot at the tenth and had a one-shot lead, did you feel like this one was yours? >> i felt like there were eight more holes. i had come so close to getting the ball to go in the hole and i couldn't get one to go in starting on the 1st or 2nd hole, that to finally get one in the hole just felt good and i thought maybe things were going to turn. i felt like i hit good putt after good putt, but just couldn't get to fall. i don't know what i would do differently other than read it differently, but when it was almost there a number of times, i couldn't get it to go in. so on that shot on 10. it was a nice little momentum boost. >> you told us you were going to stay patient. did you stay within your game plan? >> i trieded to. it's never easy, final round of the u.s. open and you've got guys in front of you dictating what you have to do and when i made that eagle on 10, it made,

allowed me to relax because it moved me back to even par, which is a score you've got to figure is going to be around where the winning score is. i felt like i was fairly patient, i hit two shots, misclubbed on 13. i drew a pitching wedge, i should have drawn a gap wedge because it was too much club and i hit a poor gap wedge on 15. i kind of quit on it. if i hit it hard, ying i can hit it past the hole. those two wedge shots were the poor swings coming down the stretch. >> this is your sixth runner up finish at the u.s. open. what do you take away from this one? >> heartbreak. this is tough to swallow after coming so close. this was my best chance of all of them because i was playing well. i had a golf course i really liked that i could play aggressive on a number of holes

and felt like this was as good an opportunity you could ask for. it hurts. >> thanks for your time, phil. >> thanks. >> you can see the emotion in phil's eyes. really candid in answering steve's questions there and really frank about the mistakes he made coming down the stretch with some of the club selections. >> 13 was a huge misclub. i mean, he was riding it with a draw wind and wasn't even close. way over the green. sort of a poor flop shot. on 15, hits a big 2 wood and really looking at a birdie, then hits that shot poorly, too. the wedges are killing him. >> this was the shot he talked about and the shot that gave him the one-shot lead with eight holes to play from 76 yards. eagle at the 10th. that was the at the 64 degreer he put in the bag just for

merion and was so pumped up. that pitching wedge here, he's turning it down. punch draw, trap draw and not even close. it just way past the green. >> led to a bogey and phil fell to plus 1 and this was the par attempt at 14. >> hits a beauty there. reads it perfectly. one of the few putts he made all day. >> that kind of propelled him through the first of those five tough finishing holes and here's mickelson looking at the wicker basket and then coming up long. >> that was a shot that he can hit most of the time. four out of five time, he can hit it thin. >> that led to a bogey at 15. so now, two bogeys in three holes. he's fallen to plus 2 and this was the birdie attempt at 16 that really could have helped matters. >> he hits it in the left rough. comes up with a great lie, great second and that putt, he should have made that putt.

>> so, he parred 16 and this was the tee shot at 17 and watch this shot here. it is looking really good right now. really good. it's picking up to the crest of the hill. almost over and goes the other way. misses that by two feet. >> at this point of the championship, he was in need of a birdie at one of the last. ended up two-putting from there, so needs a birdie at the 18th hole. a hole where there had been only 11 all week. hit a poor drive. second to this point. needed to hole this one out to tie justin rose at plus 1. another one escapes phil mickelson here at merion, justin rose, the winner. and you know, you heard mickelson say this was my best chance. heartbreak continues for him. exaltation there for justin rose, winner at the u.s. open. he goes to number three in the

world and gives england its first major champion in 17 years. we talked about nick faldo winning the 1996 masters, so the merion mystique continues because once again, the u.s. open champion doesn't lead any of the first three rounds and comes from behind the win in the end. >> it is a heartbreaker. that's what he said. going to have a tough time because he loves this place. loved his game coming into this round. ten players within four shots of the lead starting the day, but phil still thought he had it. double bogeys number 3 and 5 and then with the other mistakes coming in and poor wedge play, except for the one he holed out, that was the difference. 36 putts for day. he still only loses by two. he could have won by four or five shots if he had a good round. >> he ties for second with jason

day and justin rose becomes a part of the major championship club and the u.s. open fraternity and this is a look at what the u.s. open champion receives. exception in the next ten u.s. opens. exempt status on the pga tour. he's obviously into all these championships, but you also get the jack nicklaus medal, awarded just for the second time. but one final thought on this championship, not necessarily about the competition and mickelson finishing second, but what about merion as this championship came back here? boy, did this place hold up and then some. >> nobody even matched par. just fantastic. all about really the great design and the tough, tough rough. these young guys don't know maybe how to play the tough rough. >> merion doesn't disappoint. never underestimate this

champion track as we remind you that the best in the women's game compete for major championship glory on long island, june 29th and 30th on nbc. happy father's day, the question everybody wants to know, where the stars finally align for phil mickelson.

for more analysis, golf channel. one last good-bye from merion where justin rose rises above them all. the u.s. open champion in 2013 at merion.

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