| U.S. Open Playoff Hole-by-Hole |
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TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A hole-by-hole look at Monday's U.S. Open playoff between Mark Brooks and Retief Goosen.
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No. 1
454 yards
par 4: |
Goosen lands in front bunker with 8-iron from 187 yards, then nearly holes out from the sand before tapping in. Brooks knocks a 9-iron to back fringe of green, hits lip with birdie putt from 30 feet before making par.
Goosen 4, Brooks 4. |
No. 2
467 yards
par 4: |
Goosen has to scramble after hitting tee shot into rough of adjacent seventh fairway. He chips out over the trees, then hits 8-iron from 165 yards to about 7 feet and make putt. Brooks' second shot lands short and right of green; he chips up for gimme.
Goosen 4, Brooks 4. |
No. 3
408 yards
par 4: |
Goosen knocks a 6-iron into the right bunker, but makes a deft save and sinks 6-foot putt. Brooks hits a 9-iron from 140 yards to 5 feet and makes birdie.
Brooks 3, Goosen 4. |
No. 4
368 yards
par 4: |
Both players are safely on the green and make long two-putts.
Goosen 4, Brooks 4. |
No. 5
642 yards
par 5: |
Brooks hits his first errant drive into the right rough, then knocks his third shot from 162 yards into a bunker. He punches out to 4 feet and sinks it. Goosen botches his third shot, a pitching wedge from 127 yards, and is forced to chip on for par.
Goosen 5, Brooks 5. |
No. 6
175 yards
par 3: |
Goosen pulls even, knocking tee shot to 6 feet and sinking birdie. Brooks two putts from 30 feet.
Goosen 2, Brooks 3. |
No. 7
382 yards
par 4: |
Brooks hits rough again off the tee, leading to first bogey of the round when he misses 12-footer. Goosen two-putts from 18 feet to lead for first time.
Goosen 4, Brooks 5. |
No. 8
225 yards
par 3: |
Brooks is wide left off the tee, but catches a break when the ball strikes a fan and bounces back toward the green. Brooks chips to 5 feet and makes it. Goosen has another save from the sand, blasting out from a deep bunker to 2 feet.
Goosen 3, Brooks 3. |
No. 9
374 yards
par 4: |
Turning point of the playoff. Brooks knocks his tee shot near an oak tree, affecting his back swing. He tops his next shot, which dribbles into thick rough, and winds up with a bogey. Goosen hit a soaring iron about 15 feet left of the cup and curls in the birdie putt for a two-stroke swing.
Goosen 3, Brooks 5. |
No. 10
374 yards
par 4: |
Another two-shot swing. Brooks fails to cut his drive around a tree, winds up in the rough and has to lay up. He winds up with another bogey. Goosen reaches the green in two and rolls in 12-footer for birdie.
Goosen 3, Brooks 5. |
No. 11
165 yards
par 3: |
Both players have long two-putts.
Goosen 3, Brooks 3. |
No. 12
456 yards
par 4: |
Both drive into right rough and have to punch out just to have shot at the green. Brooks flubs a wedge and winds up taking bogey. Goosen sends his third shot over back edge of green and gets bogey as well.
Goosen 5, Brooks 5. |
No. 13
534 yards
par 5: |
Brooks reaches greenside bunker with second shot, but squanders birdie chance by chunking his first attempt out of the sand. Goosen plays it safe, laying up with second shot and two-putting.
Goosen 5, Brooks 5. |
No. 14
215 yards
par 3: |
Both players have long two-putts.
Goosen 3, Brooks 3. |
No. 15
412 yards
par 4: |
Brooks hits an iron from 130 yards to 10 feet but misses birdie putt. Goosen two-putts from back fringe to maintain five-shot lead.
Goosen 4, Brooks 4. |
No. 16
491 yards
par 4: |
Brooks barely clears the bunker with his second shot, the ball hopping 8 feet past the cut. Again, he misses the birdie putt. Goosen is short and right of the green, but chips up to 5 feet for par save.
Goosen 4, Brooks 4. |
No. 17
365 yards
par 4: |
Brooks finally makes another birdie, sinking a 15-foot putt. With only 112 yards to the hole, Goosen knocks it over the green, chips below the hole and two-putts for a bogey. He goes to the final hole with a three-stroke lead.
Brooks 3, Goosen 5. |
No. 18
466 yards
par 4: |
Brooks drives right of the fairway and hits a wood out of the thick rough. He winds up in the front left bunker, ending his chances of an improbable comeback. Trying to shake of the memory of Sunday's collapse, Goosen's second shot lands short of the green and rolls back down the hill. From about 100 feet away, he uses putter to knock it on the green. He needs two more putts from 25 feet, sinking a six-footer for bogey to win the U.S. Open by two strokes.
Brooks 4, Goosen 5. |
| Total: |
Goosen 70, Brooks 72. |
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