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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