2001 U.S. Open (golf) 2001 U.S. Open (golf) 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
New South Wales Open (golf) New South Wales Open (golf) The New South Wales Open is an annual golf tournament held in Australia. It was founded in 1931 as the New South Wales Close Championship, before becoming the New South Wales state open championship in 1958. It is Golf Australia national ranking event. Through 2015, the New South Wales Open was a Tier 2 event on the PGA Tour of Australasia schedule, having previously been part of the Von Nida Tour which merged into the main tour for the start of the 2009 season. In 2016 it became a Tier 1 event, offering 16 Official