2004 U.S. Open Golf Tournament Winner and Scores
The 2004 U.S. Open golf championship was the 104th time the tournament was played. Retief Goosen won for the second time following a late 3-putt bogey by Phil Mickelson.
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
What Happened in the 2004 U.S. Open
Brutal course conditions at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club are a strong memory from the 2004 U.S. Open. A combination of the USGA's desire for testing conditions — particularly for extremely closely mowed greens and very fast green speeds — with a stiff, very dry wind that began blowing during the tournament created those conditions. By the final round, many of the greens appeared on the edge of playability and greenkeepers began watering some greens in-between playing groups.Regardless of the conditions, however, all golfers play the same course. There were plenty of player complaints during the week, especially the final round, but they all faced the same issues. And those issues helped lead to a final round in which not a single golfer broke par.
Retief Goosen began that final round with a 2-stroke lead over Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson, and Goosen ended the day with a 2-stroke victory over runner-up Mickelson.
Els carded an 80 in the final round, but Goosen and Mickelson both recorded 1-over-par scores of 71. (In addition to Els, other past or future major championship winners who failed to break 80 in the final round were Sergio Garcia, Shaun Micheel, Zach Johnson, Trevor Immelman and Tom Kite.)
Mickelson, playing one group in front of Goosen, birdied the 15th and 16th holes to take a 1-stroke lead. But Goosen also birdied the 16th to tie, and then Mickelson double-bogeyed the 17th. Mickelson had a five-foot par putt on the 17th green, but three-putted from that distance.
It was Goosen's second U.S. Open victory; he previously won the 2001 U.S. Open. For Mickelson, it was his third second-place finish in this major. He later finished second three more times, setting a U.S. Open record for runners-up. Mickelson never won the U.S. Open, the only one of the majors he failed to claim.
Tom Kite, 1992 champion, made his final appearance in any of the four majors in this tournament. He made the cut and finished tied for 57th place. Raymond Floyd, who won the 1986 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills, also made his final U.S. Open start here. He missed the cut. And 6-time major winner Nick Faldo missed the cut in his final U.S. Open appearance.
Future major winners Zach Johnson and Bubba Watson made their first starts in any of the majors here. Johnson finished tied for 48th, Watson missed the cut.
2004 U.S. Open 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 |
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