US Open Golf Winner's Facts
The US Open is open to golfers of any age who meet the minimum qualification requirements. The youngest winner of the US Open to date was John McDermott who was a month and a half younger than 20 when he won the 1911 US Open. Hale Irwin was a few days older than 45 when he took victory at the 1990 US Open.
Although the US Open is a tough tournament to win even once, a few talented players have claimed the US Open golf tournament record of winning the tournament more than once:
US Open golf winner's facts: winners who have each won four times
- Willie Anderson (1901, 1903, 1904, 1905)
- Bobby Jones (1923, 1926, 1929, 1930)
- Ben Hogan (1948, 1950, 1951, 1953)
- Jack Nicklaus (1962, 1967, 1972, 1980)
Winning the US Open multiple times is an extraordinary feat on its own, so it is especially significant when a player wins it in consecutive years. Understandably, only a very few US Open players have managed this feat.
US Open golf winner's facts: most consecutive US wins
- 3: Willie Anderson (1903, 1904, 1905)
- 2: John J. McDermott (1911, 1912)
- 2: Robert T. Jones Jr. (1929, 1930)
- 2: Ralph Guldahl (1937, 1938)
- 2: Ben Hogan (1950, 1951)
- 2: Curtis Strange (1988, 1989)
US Open golf winner's facts: most wins per country
- United States: 78
- Scotland: 13
- England: 7
- South Africa: 5
- Australia: 2
- Argentina: 1
- New Zealand: 1
The highest winning score ever posted by a US Open championship winner was a sizeable 331 by Willie Anderson at the Myopia Hunt Club in South Hamilton, Massachusetts in 1901.
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