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Playoff after final hole drama
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Goosen wins the US Open in playoff
Hole by hole summary of playoff

Hole by hole summary of playoff

Retief Goosen (South Africa) (70) vs. Mark Brooks (USA) (72)

Hole 18 - Par 4 - Brooks drove into the right rough while Goosen drove into the right center of the fairway. Brooks from the deep rough, hit his shot with a fairway metal into the front left bunker. Goosen from 187 yards out with a 5-iron, hits his shot short of the putting surface and it rolls back down the fairway, 20 yards below the green. Goosen, with a putter, hits his shot 25 feet short of the hole. Brooks blasts out to three feet left of the pin. Goosen leaves his first putt, five feet short. Goosen makes the putt for bogey and the win. Brooks makes the putt. SCORES: Goosen - Bogey; Brooks - Par.

Hole 17 - Par 4 - Goosen, with an iron off the tee, hits his shot into the left side of the fairway. Brooks takes a three-wood and hits his shot into the right side of the fairway. From 112 yards away, Goosen knocks his second shot 10 yards over the green. Brooks, four yards closer, hits his shot 12 feet to the left of the pin. From behind the green, Goosen's chip shot went 20 feet past the hole. Goosen leaves his putt short and left and taps in for bogey. Brooks makes his putt for birdie. SCORES: Goosen - Bogey; Brooks - Birdie.

Hole 16 - Par 4 - Goosen drove off the tee into the center of the fairway. Brooks drives into first cut of rough on the right. Brooks hits his second shot to within six feet of the hole. Goosen, from 176 yards out, hit an 8-iron left of the green. Goosen chips past the hole, 5 1/2 feet away. Brooks burns the left edge of the cup and taps in for par. Goosen makes the putt. SCORES: Goosen - Par; Brooks - Par.

Hole 15 - Par 4 - Goosen hits an iron off the tee into the first cut of rough on the right. Brooks drives his tee shot into the center of the fairway. Goosen lands his second shot short of the pin, but it rolls to the left side of the green, 25 feet away. From 135 yards away, Brooks hits his shot five feet below the cup. Goosen's putt slip 1 1/2 feet past the left side of the hole. Brooks lips out left and taps in for par. Goosen makes his putt. SCORES: Goosen - Par; Brooks - Par.

Hole 14 - Par 3 - Goosen with a 4-iron, places his shot into the center of the green, 40 feet away. Brooks with a long iron, knocks his tee shot to the back-left portion of the green, pin high. Goosen leaves his first putt, five feet short of the hole. Brooks' attempt for birdie from 35 feet misses to the right and he taps in for par. Goosen curls his putt in. SCORES: Goosen - Par; Brooks - Par.

Hole 13 - Par 5 - Goosen hits a 2-iron into the right rough. Brooks' driver takes him into the right-center of the fairway. Goosen hits his shot into the first cut of rough on the right. Brooks from 230 yards away, hits his second shot into the right, greenside bunker. From 95 yards out, Goosen places his shot 20 feet past the hole. Brooks leaves his third shot in the bunker. Brooks plays his fourth shot from the bunker to within 7 feet of the cup. Goosen lags his putt to within one foot of the hole and taps in for par. Brooks makes his putt. SCORES: Goosen - Par; Brooks - Par.

Hole 12 - Par 4 - Goosen with a wood, pushes his tee shot into the right trees. Brooks with a driver, hits his tee shot right, into a tree and bounces back, remaining in the rough. Goosen punches out into the fairway. Brooks, in the heavy rough, punches out 45 yards short of the green. Goosen from 89 yards away, hits his third shot 18 feet past the hole. Brooks hits his shot heavy and short of the green. Brooks' pitch-shot comes to rest one- foot from the hole. Goosen misses his putt left and taps in for par. Brooks makes his putt. SCORES: Goosen - Bogey; Brooks - Bogey.

Hole 11 - Par 3 - Goosen places his tee-shot on the front-right portion of the green. Brooks hits his shot on the front edge of the green. Brooks putts to the left of the hole, 3 1/2 feet away. Goosen 30 feet away, rolls his putt just past the left edge of the cup and taps in for par. Brooks makes his putt. SCORES: Goosen - Par; Brooks - Par.

Hole 10 - Par 4 - Goosen hits his tee-shot with an iron into the left rough while Brooks' iron travels into the right rough. Brooks from 132-yards away, hits a lay-up shot into the left side of the fairway. Goosen with a wedge, hits his shot to within 10 feet of the hole. Brooks places his third shot from 82 yards out, on the putting surface, 22 feet away. Brooks leaves his par putt on the left edge and taps in for bogey. Goosen makes the left-to-right putt for birdie. SCORES: Goosen - Birdie; Brooks - Bogey.

Hole 9 - Par 4 - Goosen tees off again with an iron and places his shot into the left portion of the fairway. Brooks with a 3-wood, drives into the left rough and trees. Goosen from 149 yards out, hits his shot left of the hole, 18 feet from the hole. Brooks, from the base of a tree, attempts to punch out and hits his shot heavy as it remains in the rough, 124 yards away. Brooks places his third shot on the green, 35 feet away on the front, right-edge of the green. Brooks putts to within 18 inches of the hole. Goosen makes the curling left-to-right putt for birdie. SCORES: Goosen - Birdie; Brooks - Bogey.

Hole 8 - Par 3 - Goosen with a 3-iron from 228 yards, hits his shot into the front left bunker. Brooks, who parred the hole all four previous rounds, hits a 4-wood into the gallery, left of the green. Brooks chips to within 5 feet of the cup. Goosen blasts to 1 1/2 feet of the hole. Brooks makes his putt. Goosen makes his putt. SCORES: Goosen - Par; Brooks - Par.

Hole 7 - Par 4 - Goosen hits his tee-shot with an iron to the middle of the fairway. Brooks, also with an iron, drives into the right rough. Brooks from 189-yards out, hits his second shot from deep rough, short and left of the green. Goosen, from a sand-filled divot, hits a 9-iron 20 feet below the hole. Brooks, 50 yards short of the green, hits his third shot 10 feet past the pin. Goosen leaves his putt short and right of the cup and taps in for par. Brooks misses his putt to the right and taps in for bogey. SCORES: Goosen - Par; Brooks - Bogey.

Hole 6 - Par 3 - Brooks with a 7-iron, hits his shot to the right-center of the green, 35 feet away. Goosen with a 8-iron, places his shot just five-feet to the right of the hole. Brooks' putt slides by the right edge of the cup and he taps in for par. Goosen makes the putt. SCORES: Goosen - Birdie; Brooks - Par.

Hole 5 - Par 5 - Brooks with a 3-wood, drives into the right rough. Goosen with an iron, drives into the center of the fairway. Brooks with an iron, hits his second shot in to the left rough. Goosen, also with an iron, hits his second shot into the center of the fairway. Brooks, from 162 yards out, knocks his shot into the right greenside bunker. Goosen with a wedge, places his third shot short, in front of the green. Brooks blasts to within five-feet of the cup. Goosen from off the green, putts to within three-feet. Brooks makes the putt. Goosen makes the putt. SCORES: Goosen - Par; Brooks - Par.

Hole 4 - Par 4 - Brooks with a 3-wood, drives to the left side of the fairway. Goosen with an iron, drives into the first cut of rough on the right side of the fairway. Brooks from 137 yards, hits his shot to the back-center of the green. Goosen from 133-yards, hits his shot to the center of the green, inside of Brooks. Brooks 35 feet away, putts to within two feet. Goosen 25 feet away, putts one-foot past the hole and makes the putt. Brooks makes the putt. SCORES: Goosen - Par; Brooks - Par.

Hole 3 - Par 4 - Goosen with an iron, drives to the left side of the fairway. Brooks drives down the left center of the fairway. Goosen with a 6-iron, hits his approach shot into the front right bunker. Brooks, from 140 yards with a 9-iron, hits his second shot to within five-feet. Goosen blasts from the bunker to seven-feet of the cup. Goosen makes the putt. Brooks makes the putt. SCORES: Goosen - Par; Brooks - Birdie.

Hole 2 - Par 4 - Goosen drives into the trees right of the fairway. Brooks drives down the center of the fairway. Goosen punches out from the seventh hole rough to the middle of the fairway. Brooks hits his shot, short and right of the green. Goosen with an 8-iron, hits his shot within eight-feet of the pin. Brooks chips to within 6-inches of the hole and taps in for par. Goosen makes the putt. SCORES: Goosen - Par; Brooks - Par.

Hole 1 - Par 4 - Goosen drives down the center of the fairway. Brooks drives down the center of the fairway. Goosen with an 8-iron, leaves his shot short and in the front bunker. Brooks with a 9-iron, hits his shot to the back right fringe. Goosen explodes from the bunker to within one foot, after lipping out on the left side. Brooks, with the putter from 30 feet, putts three feet past the hole, after lipping out on the left side. Brooks makes his putt. Goosen makes his putt. SCORES: Goosen - Par; Brooks - Par.


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