<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← 2017 2019 → </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2018 United States Open Championship was the 118th U.S. Open, held June 14--17 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Shinnecock Hills, New York, about eighty miles (130 km) east of New York City on Long Island; it was the fifth time the U.S. Open was held at this course . </P> <P> Defending champion Brooks Koepka shot a final round 68 for 281 (+ 1) to win his second straight U.S. Open, one stroke ahead of runner - up Tommy Fleetwood, who closed with the sixth round of 63 in U.S. Open history . Koepka was only the third to successfully defend the title since World War II, following Ben Hogan (1951) and Curtis Strange (1989). </P> <P> The USGA changed the playoff format in February, from a full round (18 holes) to a two - hole aggregate playoff . Previously, playoffs at the U.S. Open were 18 holes, followed by sudden - death, if needed . The last 18 - hole playoff was in 2008, won by Tiger Woods on the first sudden - death hole . </P>

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