The fretful Strange won the last two U.S. Opens with long strings of pars, but his eight straight to close here weren't enough.
But Bradley wound up struggling for pars instead of snaring birdies and finished second at 285, while Alcott, after tying for the lead with birds on the 13th and 14th holes, bogeyed 16 and 18 to come in third, one stroke further back.