2004 U.S. Open: Goose with the Deuce
Winner: Retief Goosen, 276
Where it was played: Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Shinnecock Hills, New York
Tournament dates: June 17-20, 2004
Leader after first round: Jay Haas, Shigeki Maruyama and Angel Cabrera, 66
Leader after second round: Shigeki Maruyama and Phil Mickelson, 134
Leader after third round: Retief Goosen, 205
Notable Notes: Retief Goosen led Phil Mickelson by two strokes entering the final round, and that was also Goosen's winning margin over runner-up Mickelson after both shot closing 71s. Ernie Els, tied with Mickelson in second after three rounds, skied to an 80 in the fourth round.
The Shinnecock Hills greens were baked after three days and extremely fast - unfair, bordering on unplayable on some holes, some players claimed in the final round.
Mickelson birdied the 15th and 16th holes and led Goosen by one with two to play, but then 3-putted from five feet for a double bogey on the 17th. It was Goosen's second U.S. Open victory.
Final Scores
| Retief Goosen | 70-66-69-71—276 |
| Phil Mickelson | 68-66-73-71—278 |
| Jeff Maggert | 68-67-74-72—281 |
| Shigeki Maruyama | 66-68-74-76—284 |
| Mike Weir | 69-70-71-74—284 |
| Fred Funk | 70-66-72-77—285 |
| Robert Allenby | 70-72-74-70—286 |
| Steve Flesch | 68-74-70-74—286 |
| Stephen Ames | 74-66-73-74—287 |
| Chris DiMarco | 71-71-70-75—287 |
| Ernie Els | 70-67-70-80—287 |
| Jay Haas | 66-74-76-71—287 |
| Tim Clark | 73-70-66-79—288 |
| Tim Herron | 75-66-73-74—288 |
| a-Spencer Levin | 69-73-71-75—288 |
| Angel Cabrera | 66-71-77-75—289 |
| Skip Kendall | 68-75-74-73—290 |
| Corey Pavin | 67-71-73-79—290 |
| Tiger Woods | 72-69-73-76—290 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 71-71-74-75—291 |
| Sergio Garcia | 72-68-71-80—291 |
| David Toms | 73-72-70-76—291 |
| Kirk Triplett | 71-70-73-77—291 |
| Daniel Chopra | 73-68-76-75—292 |
| Lee Janzen | 72-70-71-79—292 |
| Tim Petrovic | 69-75-72-76—292 |
| Nick Price | 73-70-72-77—292 |
| Shaun Micheel | 71-72-70-80—293 |
| Vijay Singh | 68-70-77-78—293 |
| Ben Curtis | 68-75-72-79—294 |
| K.J. Choi | 76-68-76-75—295 |
| Padraig Harrington | 73-71-76-75—295 |
| Peter Lonard | 71-73-77-74—295 |
| David Roesch | 68-73-74-80—295 |
| Bo Van Pelt | 69-73-73-80—295 |
| Charles Howell III | 75-70-68-83—296 |
| Hidemichi Tanaka | 70-74-73-79—296 |
| Lee Westwood | 73-71-73-79—296 |
| a-Casey Wittenberg | 71-71-75-79—296 |
| a-Bill Haas | 72-73-71-81—297 |
| Jerry Kelly | 76-69-71-81—297 |
| Stephen Leaney | 72-70-71-84—297 |
| Spike McRoy | 72-72-72-81—297 |
| Joe Ogilvie | 70-75-74-78—297 |
| Pat Perez | 73-67-76-81—297 |
| Geoffrey Sisk | 72-72-71-82—297 |
| Scott Verplank | 71-71-72-83—297 |
| Kris Cox | 68-74-77-79—298 |
| Jim Furyk | 72-72-75-79—298 |
| Zach Johnson | 70-73-75-80—298 |
| Chris Riley | 72-71-72-83—298 |
| John Rollins | 76-68-76-78—298 |
| Dudley Hart | 71-73-70-85—299 |
| Scott Hoch | 75-70-73-81—299 |
| Tom Carter | 74-71-70-85—300 |
| Trevor Immelman | 69-70-79-82—300 |
| Joakim Haeggman | 74-69-76-83—302 |
| Tom Kite | 72-71-75-84—302 |
| Phillip Price | 70-73-75-84—302 |
| Alex Cejka | 75-70-73-85—303 |
| Craig Parry | 70-73-75-85—303 |
| Cliff Kresge | 72-73-77-82—304 |
| a-Chez Reavie | 73-72-71-88—304 |
| J.J. Henry | 75-69-86-76—306 |
| Kevin Stadler | 68-72-82-85—307 |
| Billy Mayfair | 70-70-81-89—310 |
