Golf Network News
Monday 18 June 2001Men’s majorsYear in Review
Goosen wins U.S. Open
Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma · Thursday 14 to Monday 18 June 2001
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 27 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 77° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/19°C · wind 31 km/h S, gusts 54 · 59.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/17°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/19°C · wind 16 km/h S, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R433°/20°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R532°/21°C · wind 23 km/h S, gusts 47 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Open
1895–2026 in our record, 126 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
Same week
Men's major
U.S. Open
Southern Hills C.C., Tulsa
2 of 5 researched
Winner
276Total
−4To par
playoff: 18 holes, 70–72Margin
PlayoffDecided
Runner-up: Mark Brooks
The golfer
b. 1969-02-03, Pietersburg, Limpopo, South Africa; South Africa; 1st major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet