High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2005 United States Open Championship was the 105th U.S. Open, played from June 13 to June 19 at Pinehurst Resort Course No. 2 in Pinehurst, North Carolina. The U.S. Open returned to Pinehurst No. 2 for the first time since 1999, when Payne Stewart won his second U.S. Open four months before his death. Six years was the shortest gap between U.S. Opens at the same site since 1946. Michael Campbell won his first career major in a surprising collapse by two of the best players in the world. The total purse was $6.25 million with a winner`s share of $1.17 million.