| GOOSEN | Retief ......, winner of golf's US Open in 2001 and 2004 (6) |
| STRANGE | Curtis ......., two-time winner of golf's US Open (7) |
| NORTH | Andy ....., two-time winner of golf's US Open (5) |
| HALEIRWIN | Oldest winner of golf's US Open |
| HEWITT | Australian tennis player who was world No. 1 and won the US Open in 2001, and won Wimbledon in 2002 (6) |
| RETIEF | ____ Goosen, South African golfer who won the U.S. Open in 2001 and 2004 (6) |
| RETIEFGOOSEN | South African golfer who won the US Open in 2001 and 2004 |
| STUBBS | Rennae ...... , Wimbledon women's doubles winner in 2001 and 2004 (6) |
| CASPER | Golf's US Open winner in 1959 and 1966 (6) |
| MAJORS | Collective term for golf's US Masters, US Open, US PGA, and British Open (6) |
| CLAIRE | First name of former Brookside actress Ms Sweeney who took part in the first-ever Celebrity Big Brother in 2001 and Dancing On Ice in 2023 (6) |
| GARCIA | Sergio ...... , Spanish golfer who won the 2001 and 2004 Buick Classic (6) |
| SIMONI | Gilberto ?, cyclist who won the Giro d"Italia in 2001 and 2003 (6) |
| BROOKS | American golfer who won the US Open in June 2017 (6,6) |
| KOEPKA | American golfer who won the US Open in June 2017 (6,6) |
| SPIETH | Won Masters and US Open in 2015 (6) |
| AGASSI | Male tennis player who won the US Open in 1994 and 1999 (6) |
| JENNIFER | ........ Capriati, women's singles winner at the Australian Open in 2001 and 2002 (8) |
| JABEUR | Tunisian tennis player who was the runner-up at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2022, Ons _ (6) |
| SCOTT | Adam ....., winner of golf's US Masters in 2013 (5) |