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2004 U.S. Open: Retief Goosen wins at Shinnecock Hills G.C.

Retief Goosen won the 2004 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills G.C. in Southampton, New York with 276 (−4), by 2 strokes over Phil Mickelson.

Updated October 23, 2026

See 2004 in the U.S. Open room, or every year on the U.S. Open winners list.

Dates
June 17, 2004 to June 20, 2004
Course
Shinnecock Hills G.C., Southampton, New York
Edition
104th U.S. Open
Champion
Retief Goosen · South Africa · born Pietersburg, Limpopo, South Africa
Champion's title
2nd U.S. Open title
Winning score
276 (−4) · won by 2 strokes
Runner-up
Phil Mickelson

Winner and runner-up

Pos.PlayerTotalTo par
1Retief Goosen276−4
2Phil Mickelson

What happened at the 2004 U.S. Open

Goosen won his second title. Mickelson came close again.

How this was built

Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's U.S. Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.

Data: us-open-years.json (the U.S. Open room's data); dates from GNN's U.S. Open final-day dates table (Wikipedia infoboxes).

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: 2004 U.S. Open (golf)