2005 United States Open Championship was the 105th U.S. Open , held June 16 – 19 at Pinehurst Resort Course No. 2 in Pinehurst , North Carolina . Michael Campbell won his only major title , two strokes ahead of runner-up Tiger Woods ; third-round leader and two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen collapsed on the It was the second of three U.S. Opens at the course , which first hosted in 1999 , when Payne Stewart won his second U.S. Open four months before his death in an aviation accident . Six years was the shortest gap between U.S. Opens at the same site since 1946 . The total purse was with a winner 's share of $ 1.17 million
aviation accident
1999 South Dakota Learjet crash
2005 U.S. Open (golf)