TULSA, Okla. – Retief Goosen won the U.S. Open at Southern Hills in 2001, but it could have as easily been Stewart Cink hoisting the trophy.
Cink, Goosen and Mark Brooks all came to the 18th hole on Sunday at Southern Hills at 5 under par, and each man was betrayed by his putter on the final hole of regulation.
Brooks three-putted it for bogey. Cink three-putted it for double-bogey. And Goosen, needing to get down in two from 12 feet, three-putted it to force an 18-hole playoff on Monday. That playoff was just between Goosen and Brooks, thanks to Cink missing his bogey putt from 18 inches.