In a 2011 piece for the ESPN outlet Grantland.com, writer Bill Barnwell argued that Woods' performance at the 2000 U.S. Open was statistically the most dominant by any major championship winner since 1960. When compared to the performance of all golfers who completed four rounds in that event, Woods' score of 272 was 4.12 standard deviations better than the mean of the field he competed against—more than half a standard deviation better than the winner of any other major in that period. Quotes "Before we went out, I knew I had no chance." – Ernie Els, commenting on Tiger Woods's 10-stroke advantage at the beginning of the final round. "If you were building the complete golfer, you'd build Tiger Woods." – Mark O'Meara, "We've been talking about him for two years, I guess we'll be talking about him for the next 20. When he's on, we don't have much of a chance." – Ernie Els, on Tiger Woods "Records are great, but you don't really pay attention to that. The only thing I know is I got the trophy sitting right next to me." – Tiger Woods, on his dominating performance. References External links from the United States Golf Association (produced by NBC) U.S. Open (golf) Golf in California U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) U.S. Open (golf) U.S. Open (golf)