2001 U.S. Open: Second Chance for Goosen

Retief Goosen during the playoff at the 2001 US Open.
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Updated on 11/04/19

Southern Hills Country Club was the site of the 2001 U.S. Open, which required an extra 18 holes of playoff before the champion was determined. That champion turned out to be Retief Goosen, but Goosen made it hard on himself.

Mark Brooks, the 1996 PGA Championship winner, was playing a couple groups ahead of Goosen in the fourth round. When Brooks reached the final green he and Goosen shared the lead.

But Brooks proceeded to 3-putt the 72nd green, falling a stroke behind Goosen. When Goosen reached the 18th hole, he still held that one-stroke lead over Brooks. It appeared Goosen was going to win outright when he left a birdie try only two feet outside the cup. But then Goosen missed that 2-footer, and he and Brooks finished the fourth round tied at 4-under 276.

That necessitated an 18-hole playoff on Monday, and Goosen finally secured the trophy by shooting 70 to Brooks' 72.

Tiger Woods finished tied for 12th, breaking his streak of four straight wins in major championships.

2001 U.S. Open Scores

Results from the 2001 U.S. Open golf tournament played at the par-70 Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma (a-amateur):

x-Retief Goosen, $900,000 66-70-69-71--276
Mark Brooks, $530,000 72-64-70-70--276
Stewart Cink, 325,310 69-69-67-72--277
Rocco Mediate, 226,777 71-68-67-72--278
Tom Kite, 172,912 73-72-72-64--281
Paul Azinger, 172,912 74-67-69-71--281
Vijay Singh, 125,172 74-70-74-64--282
Angel Cabrera, 125,172 70-71-72-69--282
Davis Love, 125,172 72-69-71-70--282
Kirk Triplett, 125,172 72-69-71-70--282
Phil Mickelson, 125,172 70-69-68-75--282
Tiger Woods, 91,734 74-71-69-69--283
Matt Gogel, 91,734 70-69-74-70--283
Michael Allen, 91,734 77-68-67-71--283
Sergio Garcia, 91,734 70-68-68-77--283
Scott Hoch, 75,337 73-73-69-69--284
Chris DiMarco, 75,337 69-73-70-72--284
David Duval, 75,337 70-69-71-74--284
Chris Perry, 63,426 72-71-73-69--285
Corey Pavin, 63,426 70-75-68-72--285
Mike Weir, 63,426 67-76-68-74--285
Scott Verplank, 54,813 71-71-73-71--286
Thomas Bjorn, 54,813 72-69-73-72--286
Mark Calcavecchia, 42,523 70-74-73-70--287
Steve Lowery, 42,523 71-73-72-71--287
Hal Sutton, 42,523 70-75-71-71--287
Olin Browne, 42,523 71-74-71-71--287
Joe Durant, 42,523 71-74-70-72--287
Tom Lehman, 42,523 76-68-69-74--287
Jesper Parnevik, 30,055 73-73-74-68--288
Steve Jones, 30,055 73-73-72-70--288
Bob Estes, 30,055 70-72-75-71--288
Dean Wilson, 30,055 71-74-72-71--288
Darren Clarke, 30,055 74-71-71-72--288
Gabriel Hjertstedt, 30,055 72-74-70-72--288
Padraig Harrington, 30,055 73-70-71-74--288
J. L. Lewis, 30,055 68-68-77-75--288
Bob May, 30,055 72-72-69-75--288
a-Bryce Molder, 0 75-71-68-74--288
Shaun Micheel, 23,933 73-70-75-71--289
Tim Herron, 23,933 71-74-73-71--289
Bernhard Langer, 23,933 71-73-71-74--289
Briny Baird, 23,933 71-72-70-76--289
Kevin Sutherland, 18,780 73-72-73-72--290
Tom Byrum, 18,780 74-72-72-72--290
Toshimitsu Izawa, 18,780 69-74-74-73--290
Fred Funk, 18,780 78-68-71-73--290
Jeff Maggert, 18,780 69-73-72-76--290
Brandel Chamblee, 18,780 72-71-71-76--290
Duffy Waldorf, 18,780 75-68-69-78--290
Eduardo Romero, 15,035 74-72-72-73--291
Mark Wiebe, 13,164 73-72-74-73--292
Jimmy Walker, 13,164 79-66-74-73--292
Colin Montgomerie, 13,164 71-70-77-74--292
Jose Coceres, 13,164 70-73-75-74--292
Bob Tway, 13,164 75-71-72-74--292
Scott Dunlap, 13,164 74-70-73-75--292
Hale Irwin, 13,164 67-75-74-76--292
Brandt Jobe, 13,164 77-68-71-76--292
Frank Lickliter II, 13,164 75-71-70-76--292
Loren Roberts, 13,164 69-76-69-78--292
Tim Petrovic, 11,443 74-71-75-73--293
Dudley Hart, 11,443 71-73-74-75--293
Richard Zokol, 11,443 72-71-74-76--293
Jim Furyk, 11,443 70-70-71-82--293
Dan Forsman, 10,368 75-71-77-71--294
Ernie Els, 10,368 71-74-77-72--294
Harrison Frazar, 10,368 73-73-76-72--294
David Toms, 10,368 71-71-77-75--294
David Peoples, 10,368 73-73-72-76--294
Peter Lonard, 10,368 76-69-70-79--294
Franklin Langham, 9,508 75-71-75-74--295
Nick Faldo, 9,508 76-70-74-75--295
Anthony Kang, 8,863 74-72-77-73--296
Gary Orr, 8,863 74-72-74-76--296
Thongchai Jaidee, 8,863 73-73-72-78--296
Mathias Gronberg, 8,863 74-69-74-79--296
Jim McGovern, 8,325 71-73-77-76--297
Stephen Gangluff, 8,105 74-72-78-77--301