US Open Winners and Playoff Results

Jack Nicklaus finishing a swing
Jack Nicklaus (pictured in 1990) was a four-time U.S. Open winner. Stephen Munday/Getty Images Sport/Getty Images

Below is the full list of winners of the U.S. Open, dating back to the tournament's beginning in 1895. The U.S. Open is the USGA's national championship and the second-oldest of golf's four professional major championships.

Winners of Multiple US Opens

Before we see the full list, here are all the golfers who've won the tournament two or more times:

  • 4 - Willie Anderson, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905
  • 4 - Bobby Jones, 1923, 1926, 1929, 1930
  • 4 - Ben Hogan, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953
  • 4 - Jack Nicklaus, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980
  • 3 - Hale Irwin, 1974, 1979, 1990
  • 3 - Tiger Woods, 2000, 2002, 2008
  • 2- Alex Smith, John McDermott, Walter Hagen, Gene Sarazen, Ralph Guldahl, Cary Middlecoff, Julius Boros, Billy Casper, Lee Trevino, Andy North, Curtis Strange, Ernie Els, Lee Janzen, Payne Stewart, Retief Goosen, Brooks Koepka

The Full List of US Open Winners

Here is the roster of champions, year by year (a-amateur; p-won in a playoff, playoff scores appear below the list of winners):

Year Winner Score
2019 Gary Woodland 271
2018 Brooks Koepka 281
2017 Brooks Koepka 272
2016 Dustin Johnson 276
2015 Jordan Spieth 275
2014 Martin Kaymer 271
2013 Justin Rose 281
2012 Webb Simpson 281
2011 Rory McIlroy 268
2010 Graeme McDowell 284
2009 Lucas Glover 276
2008 Tiger Woods-p 283
2007 Angel Cabrera 285
2006 Geoff Ogilvy 285
2005 Michael Campbell 280
2004 Retief Goosen 276
2003 Jim Furyk 272
2002 Tiger Woods 277
2001 Retief Goosen-p 276
2000 Tiger Woods 272
1999 Payne Stewart 279
1998 Lee Janzen 280
1997 Ernie Els 276
1996 Steve Jones 278
1995 Corey Pavin 280
1994 Ernie Els 279
1993 Lee Janzen 272
1992 Tom Kite 285
1991 Payne Stewart-p 282
1990 Hale Irwin-p 280
1989 Curtis Strange 278
1988 Curtis Strange-p 278
1987 Scott Simpson 277
1986 Ray Floyd 279
1985 Andy North 279
1984 Fuzzy Zoeller-p 276
1983 Larry Nelson 280
1982 Tom Watson 282
1981 David Graham 273
1980 Jack Nicklaus 272
1979 Hale Irwin 284
1978 Andy North 285
1977 Hubert Green 278
1976 Jerry Pate 277
1975 Lou Graham-p 287
1974 Hale Irwin 287
1973 Johnny Miller 279
1972 Jack Nicklaus 290
1971 Lee Trevino-p 280
1970 Tony Jacklin 281
1969 Orville Moody 281
1968 Lee Trevino 275
1967 Jack Nicklaus 275
1966 Billy Casper-p 278
1965 Gary Player-p 282
1964 Ken Venturi 278
1963 Julius Boros-p 293
1962 Jack Nicklaus-p 283
1961 Gene Littler 281
1960 Arnold Palmer 280
1959 Billy Casper 282
1958 Tommy Bolt 283
1957 Dick Mayer-p 282
1956 Cary Middlecoff 281
1955 Jack Fleck-p 287
1954 Ed Furgol 284
1953 Ben Hogan 283
1952 Julius Boros 281
1951 Ben Hogan 287
1950 Ben Hogan-p 287
1949 Cary Middlecoff 286
1948 Ben Hogan 276
1947 Lew Worsham-p 282
1946 Lloyd Mangrum-p 284
1945 No tournament
1944 No tournament
1943 No tournament
1942 No tournament
1941 Craig Wood 284
1940 Lawson Little-p 287
1939 Byron Nelson-p 284
1938 Ralph Guldahl 284
1937 Ralph Guldahl 281
1936 Tony Manero 282
1935 Sam Parks Jr. 299
1934 Olin Dutra 293
1933 a-Johnny Goodman 287
1932 Gene Sarazen 286
1931 Billy Burke-p 292
1930 a-Bobby Jones 287
1929 a-Bobby Jones-p 294
1928 Johnny Farrell-p 294
1927 Tommy Armour-p 301
1926 a-Bobby Jones 294
1925 Willie MacFarlane-p 291
1924 Cyril Walker 297
1923 a-Bobby Jones-p 296
1922 Gene Sarazen 288
1921 Jim Barnes 289
1920 Ted Ray 295
1919 Walter Hagen-p 301
1918 No tournament
1918 No tournament
1916 a-Chick Evans 286
1915 a-Jerome Travers 297
1914 Walter Hagen 290
1913 a-Francis Ouimet-p 304
1912 John McDermott 294
1911 John McDermott-p 307
1910 Alex Smith-p 298
1909 George Sargent 290
1908 Fred McLeod-p 322
1907 Alec Ross 302
1906 Alex Smith 295
1905 Willie Anderson 314
1904 Willie Anderson 303
1903 Willie Anderson-p 307
1902 Laurie Auchterlonie 307
1901 Willie Anderson-p 331
1900 Harry Vardon 313
1899 Willie Smith 315
1898 Fred Herd 328
1897 Joe Lloyd 162
1896 James Foulis 152
1895 Horace Rawlins 173

(Note: To view all the places where the tournament was played, see a list of US Open Golf Courses.)

US Open Playoff Scores

  • 2008: Tiger Woods 71, Rocco Mediate 71, Woods won on a first sudden-death hole.
  • 2001: Retief Goosen 70, Mark Brooks 72
  • 1994: Ernie Els 74, Loren Roberts 74, Colin Montgomerie 78; Els won on the second sudden-death hole.
  • 1991: Payne Stewart 75, Scott Simpson 77
  • 1990: Hale Irwin 74, Mike Donald 74; Irwin won on the first sudden-death hole.
  • 1988: Curtis Strange 71, Nick Faldo 75
  • 1984: Fuzzy Zoeller 67, Greg Norman 75
  • 1975: Lou Graham 71, John Mahaffey 73
  • 1971: Lee Trevino 68, Jack Nicklaus 71
  • 1966: Billy Casper 69, Arnold Palmer 73
  • 1965: Gary Player 71, Kel Nagle 74
  • 1963: Julius Boros 70, Jacky Cupit 73, Arnold Palmer 76
  • 1962: Jack Nicklaus 71, Arnold Palmer 74
  • 1957: Dick Mayer 72, Cary Middlecoff 79
  • 1955: Jack Fleck 69, Ben Hogan 72
  • 1950: Ben Hogan 69, Lloyd Mangrum 73, George Fazio 75
  • 1947: Lew Worsham 69, Sam Snead 72
  • 1946: Lloyd Mangrum 144, Vic Ghezzi 145, Byron Nelson 145
  • 1940: Lawson Little 70, Gene Sarazen 73
  • 1939: Byron Nelson 138, Craig Wood 141, Denny Shute 76 (Nelson and Wood played another 18 after tying with 68s).
  • 1931: Billy Burke 297, George Von Elm 298 (tied after the scheduled 36 holes, so they played another 36).
  • 1929: Bobby Jones 141, Al Espinosa 164
  • 1928: Johnny Farrell 143, Bobby Jones 144
  • 1927: Tommy Armour 76, Harry Cooper 79
  • 1925: Willie Macfarlane 147, Bobby Jones 148
  • 1923: Bobby Jones 76, Bobby Cruickshank 78
  • 1919: Walter Hagen 77, Mike Brady 78
  • 1913: Francis Ouimet 72, Harry Vardon 77, Ted Ray 78
  • 1911: Johnny McDermott 80, Mike Brady 82, George Simpson 85
  • 1910: Alex Smith 71, Johnny McDermott 75, Macdonald Smith 77
  • 1908: Fred McLeod 77, Willie Smith 83
  • 1903: Willie Anderson 82, David Brown 84
  • 1901: Willie Anderson 85, Alex Smith 86