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U.S. OPEN · 2001

2001 U.S. Open prize money

Retief Goosen won the 2001 U.S. Open on 17 June 2001 and took $900,000. Below is every one of the 23 cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $10,368 Peter Lonard collected for finishing T66.

Retief Goosen won it in a playoff, so the card shows the same 72-hole total at the top of the ladder twice.

WINNER Retief Goosen
WHAT IT PAID $900,000
PLAYERS PAID 23
SMALLEST CHEQUE $10,368

Every cheque at the 2001 U.S. Open

17 June 2001

23 paid of 41 held
Every player paid at the 2001 U.S. Open, in finishing order, with the country played for, the score and the cheque.
PLACE PLAYER COUNTRY TO PAR TOTAL PRIZE MONEY
1 Retief Goosen RSA -4 276 $900,000
3 Stewart Cink USA -3 277 $325,310
T7 Ángel Cabrera ARG 2 282 $125,172
T7 Davis Love III USA 2 282 $125,172
T7 Phil Mickelson USA 2 282 $125,172
T7 Vijay Singh FIJ 2 282 $125,172
T12 Sergio Garcia ESP 3 283 $91,734
T12 Tiger Woods USA 3 283 $91,734
T19 Mike Weir CAN 5 285 $63,426
T24 Olin Browne USA 7 287 $42,523
T24 Tom Lehman USA 7 287 $42,523
T30 Bob Estes USA 8 288 $30,055
T30 Padraig Harrington IRL 8 288 $30,055
T40 Bernhard Langer GER 9 289 $23,933
T40 Shaun Micheel USA 9 289 $23,933
T40 Tim Herron USA 9 289 $23,933
T44 Fred Funk USA 10 290 $18,780
T52 Jimmy Walker USA 12 292 $13,164
T62 Jim Furyk USA 13 293 $11,443
T62 Tim Petrovic USA 13 293 $11,443
T66 David Toms USA 14 294 $10,368
T66 Ernie Els RSA 14 294 $10,368
T66 Peter Lonard AUS 14 294 $10,368

The top of the ladder

Retief Goosen $900k Stewart Cink $325k Ángel Cabrera $125k Davis Love III $125k Phil Mickelson $125k Vijay Singh $125k Sergio Garcia $92k Tiger Woods $92k Mike Weir $63k Olin Browne $43k Tom Lehman $43k Bob Estes $30k Padraig Harrington $30k Bernhard Langer $24k Shaun Micheel $24k

The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $2,165,914 between them, against $109,867 shared by the other eight players paid.

The 23 cheques above come to $2,275,781 between them. We hold 41 players for the week in all, so eighteen of them took no money: a missed cut, a withdrawal or an amateur place. A place written as T4 is a tie, and everyone tied for it was paid the same.

The other U.S. Open years

31 editions, 1996 to 2026

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The 2000 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Tiger Woods. The 2002 ladder is the one after, won by Tiger Woods. The U.S. Open roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.

The rest of the 2001 golf year

39 other tournaments we hold a 2001 prize list for, in the order they were played.

Chrysler Classic of TucsonSony Open in HawaiiWM Phoenix OpenAT&T Pebble Beach Pro-AmFarmers Insurance OpenAmerican ExpressGenesis InvitationalDoral-Ryder OpenCognizant Classic in The Palm BeachesArnold Palmer InvitationalPLAYERS ChampionshipBellSouth ClassicMasters TournamentRBC HeritageTexas Children's Houston OpenWyndham ChampionshipZurich Classic of New OrleansCJ CUP Byron NelsonCharles Schwab ChallengeKemper OpenMemorial TournamentFedEx St. Jude ChampionshipNORTHERN TRUSTTravelers ChampionshipBMW ChampionshipGreater Milwaukee OpenOpen ChampionshipInternationalBuick OpenPGA ChampionshipBarracuda ChampionshipRBC Canadian Open84 LUMBER ClassicValero Texas OpenMichelob Championship at KingsmillShriners Children's OpenChildren's Miracle Network Hospitals ClassicBuick ChallengeSanderson Farms Championship

The biggest cheque of 2001 was the $1,080,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Tiger Woods.

Frequently asked questions

Who won the 2001 U.S. Open?

Retief Goosen, on 17 June 2001, in a playoff. The win paid $900,000.

How much did the 2001 U.S. Open pay out?

The 23 cheques on this page come to $2,275,781 between them, from $900,000 at the top down to $10,368.

What was the smallest cheque at the 2001 U.S. Open?

$10,368, which Peter Lonard collected for finishing T66.

How many players were paid at the 2001 U.S. Open?

23. We hold 41 players for that week in all, so eighteen of them took no money: a missed cut, a withdrawal or an amateur place.

Where to next

The rest of the golf money

Golf tournament prize money carries the roll of honour for every event we hold, and golf earnings ranks the players by what they have won across their careers. Where a field is paid for every round it survives rather than once at the end, see Champions League prize money, and for a single event that pays a whole field on one night, World Championship darts prize money.