101st US Open Southern Hills pin flag Retief Goosen open ryder british pga

Description

The
2001 United States Open Championship
was the 101st
U.S. Open
, held June 14–18 at
Southern Hills Country Club
in
Tulsa, Oklahoma
. The U.S. Open returned to Southern Hills for the first time since
1977
. Retief Goosen won the first of his two U.S. Open titles in an 18-hole Monday playoff, two strokes ahead of runner-up
Mark Brooks
. The tournament was also notable for ending defending champion
Tiger Woods
' run of four consecutive major championship wins, the "
Tiger Slam
;" he finished seven strokes back in a tie for twelfth. Woods reclaimed the U.S. Open title the
following year
, and won the
PGA Championship
at Southern Hills in
2007
.
The total purse was million with a winner's share of 0,000.
Place
Player
Country
Score
To par
Money (
$
)
1
Retief Goosen
South Africa
70
E
900,000
2
Mark Brooks
United States
72
+2
530,000