2001 U.S. Open Tournament Winner and Scores
The 2001 U.S. Open was the 101st time this major championship was played. Retief Goosen emerged as the winner following an 18-hole playoff.
Winner: Retief Goosen, 276
Where it was played: Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tournament dates: June 14-18, 2001
Leader after first round: Retief Goosen, 66
Leader after second round: Retief Goosen, J.L. Lewis and Mark Brooks, 136
Leader after third round: Stewart Cink and Retief Goosen, 205
What Happened in the 2001 U.S. Open
Retief Goosen blew a chance to win the 2001 U.S. Open on the 72nd green. But then he did win it after the 90th hole, beating Mark Brooks in an 18-hole playoff.After the third round, Goosen and Stewart Cink were tied for the lead. Brooks was tied for third, one stroke behind. And after 17 holes of the final round, all three were tied for the lead.
But Brooks, playing one group in front of Goosen and Cink, three-putted the 18th green to bogey and drop one behind. Goosen and Cink were both in the fairway off the tee, but Cink overshot the green on his approach. Then he, like Brooks, three-putted. It was a double bogey for Cink, who finished solo third.
Goosen, however, hit a good approach to 10 feet. He missed the birdie try, but had only two feet remaining to win the tournament. But Goosen missed that 2-footer, another 3-putt bogey, to drop into a tie with Brooks.
In the 18-hole playoff, Goosen had a 3-stroke lead after nine holes. But when Brooks bogeyed No. 10 while Goosen birdied it, Goosen took a 5-stroke lead. And Goosen wound up winning by two, 70 to 72.
It was the first of Goosen's two career wins in majors; he also won the 2004 U.S. Open. For Brooks, who had won the 1996 PGA Championship, it was the last time he finished in the Top 10 in a major. Cink went on to win the 2009 British Open.
This was the tournament where Tiger Woods' streak of four consecutive wins in majors — the so-called Tiger Slam — came to an end. Woods tied for 12th place.
Fifty-year-old Tom Kite, the 1992 U.S. Open winner, tied for fifth place. It was his final Top 10 finish in a major. Three-time U.S. Open winner Hale Irwin, age 56, made the cut for the last time in any of the majors and tied for 52nd place.
2001 U.S. Open Final Scores
| Retief Goosen | 66-70-69-71—276 (70) |
| Mark Brooks | 72-64-70-70—276 (72) |
| Stewart Cink | 69-69-67-72—277 |
| Rocco Mediate | 71-68-67-72—278 |
| Tom Kite | 73-72-72-64—281 |
| Paul Azinger | 74-67-69-71—281 |
| Vijay Singh | 74-70-74-64—282 |
| Angel Cabrera | 70-71-72-69—282 |
| Davis Love | 72-69-71-70—282 |
| Kirk Triplett | 72-69-71-70—282 |
| Phil Mickelson | 70-69-68-75—282 |
| Tiger Woods | 74-71-69-69—283 |
| Matt Gogel | 70-69-74-70—283 |
| Michael Allen | 77-68-67-71—283 |
| Sergio Garcia | 70-68-68-77—283 |
| Scott Hoch | 73-73-69-69—284 |
| Chris DiMarco | 69-73-70-72—284 |
| David Duval | 70-69-71-74—284 |
| Chris Perry | 72-71-73-69—285 |
| Corey Pavin | 70-75-68-72—285 |
| Mike Weir | 67-76-68-74—285 |
| Scott Verplank | 71-71-73-71—286 |
| Thomas Bjorn | 72-69-73-72—286 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 70-74-73-70—287 |
| Steve Lowery | 71-73-72-71—287 |
| Hal Sutton | 70-75-71-71—287 |
| Olin Browne | 71-74-71-71—287 |
| Joe Durant | 71-74-70-72—287 |
| Tom Lehman | 76-68-69-74—287 |
| Jesper Parnevik | 73-73-74-68—288 |
| Steve Jones | 73-73-72-70—288 |
| Bob Estes | 70-72-75-71—288 |
| Dean Wilson | 71-74-72-71—288 |
| Darren Clarke | 74-71-71-72—288 |
| Gabriel Hjertstedt | 72-74-70-72—288 |
| Padraig Harrington | 73-70-71-74—288 |
| J.L. Lewis | 68-68-77-75—288 |
| Bob May | 72-72-69-75—288 |
| a-Bryce Molder | 75-71-68-74—288 |
| Shaun Micheel | 73-70-75-71—289 |
| Tim Herron | 71-74-73-71—289 |
| Bernhard Langer | 71-73-71-74—289 |
| Briny Baird | 71-72-70-76—289 |
| Kevin Sutherland | 73-72-73-72—290 |
| Tom Byrum | 74-72-72-72—290 |
| Toshimitsu Izawa | 69-74-74-73—290 |
| Fred Funk | 78-68-71-73—290 |
| Jeff Maggert | 69-73-72-76—290 |
| Brandel Chamblee | 72-71-71-76—290 |
| Duffy Waldorf | 75-68-69-78—290 |
| Eduardo Romero | 74-72-72-73—291 |
| Mark Wiebe | 73-72-74-73—292 |
| Jimmy Walker | 79-66-74-73—292 |
| Colin Montgomerie | 71-70-77-74—292 |
| Jose Coceres | 70-73-75-74—292 |
| Bob Tway | 75-71-72-74—292 |
| Scott Dunlap | 74-70-73-75—292 |
| Hale Irwin | 67-75-74-76—292 |
| Brandt Jobe | 77-68-71-76—292 |
| Frank Lickliter II | 75-71-70-76—292 |
| Loren Roberts | 69-76-69-78—292 |
| Tim Petrovic | 74-71-75-73—293 |
| Dudley Hart3 | 71-73-74-75—293 |
| Richard Zokol | 72-71-74-76—293 |
| Jim Furyk | 70-70-71-82—293 |
| Dan Forsman | 75-71-77-71—294 |
| Ernie Els | 71-74-77-72—294 |
| Harrison Frazar | 73-73-76-72—294 |
| David Toms | 71-71-77-75—294 |
| David Peoples | 73-73-72-76—294 |
| Peter Lonard | 76-69-70-79—294 |
| Franklin Langham | 75-71-75-74—295 |
| Nick Faldo | 76-70-74-75—295 |
| Anthony Kang | 74-72-77-73—296 |
| Gary Orr | 74-72-74-76—296 |
| Thongchai Jaidee | 73-73-72-78—296 |
| Mathias Gronberg | 74-69-74-79—296 |
| Jim McGovern | 71-73-77-76—297 |
| Stephen Gangluff | 74-72-78-77—301 |
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