U.S. Open Championship - USGA

20 U.S. Open
Open
Winners of U.S. Open, British Open, Masters and PGA
Championship (5)
Gene Sarazen (1922, 1932 Open; 1932 British; 1935 Masters; 1922,
1923, 1933 PGA)
Ben Hogan (1948, 1950, 1951, 1953 Open; 1953 British; 1951,
1953 Masters; 1946, 1948 PGA)
Gary Player (1965 Open; 1959, 1968, 1974 British; 1961,1974,
1978 Masters; 1962, 1972 PGA)
Jack Nicklaus (1962, 1967, 1972, 1980 Open; 1966, 1970, 1978
British; 1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986 Masters; 1963, 1971,
1973, 1975, 1980 PGA)
Tiger Woods (2000, 2002, 2008 Open; 2000, 2005, 2006 British;
1997, 2001, 2002, 2005 Masters; 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007 PGA)
Winners of U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur (11)
Francis Ouimet (1913 Open; 1914, 1931 Amateur)
Jerome D. Travers (1915 Open; 1907, 1908, 1912, 1913 Amateur)
*Charles Evans Jr. (1916 Open; 1916, 1920 Amateur)
*a-Robert T. Jones Jr. (1923, 1926, 1929, 1930 Open; 1924, 1925,
1927, 1928, 1930 Amateur)
John Goodman (1933 Open; 1937 Amateur)
Lawson Little (1940 Open; 1934, 1935 Amateur)
Arnold Palmer (1960 Open; 1954 Amateur)
Gene Littler (1961 Open; 1953 Amateur)
Jack Nicklaus (1962, 1967, 1972, 1980 Open; 1959, 1961 Amateur)
Jerry Pate (1976 Open, 1974 Amateur)
Tiger Woods (2000, 2002, 2008 Open; 1994, 1995, 1996 Amateur)
*won both in same year
Winners of U.S. Open and U.S. Junior Amateur (2)
Johnny Miller (1973 Open; 1964 Junior)
Tiger Woods (2000, 2002, 2008 Open; 1991, 1992, 1993 Junior)
Winner of U.S. Junior Amateur, U.S. Amateur and
U.S. Open (1)
Tiger Woods (1991, 1992, 1993 Junior; 1994, 1993, 1996 Amateur;
2000, 2002, 2008 Open)
Champions Not Returning to Defend (7)
Harry Vardon (1901 after winning in 1900)
Alex Smith (1907)
Jerome Travers (1916)
Ted Ray (1921)
a-Robert T. Jones Jr. (1931)
Ben Hogan (1949)
Payne Stewart (2000)
Longest Span, First to Last Victory
18 years — Jack Nicklaus (1962-80)
Longest Span Between Victories
11 years — Julius Boros (1952-63)
11 years — Hale Irwin (1979-90)
Longest Courses
Course
7,643 yards — Torrey Pines G.C. (South Course), San Diego, Calif.,
2008
7,426 yards — Bethpage State Park (Black Course), Farmingdale, N.Y.,
2009
7,264 yards — Winged Foot G.C. (West Course), Mamaroneck, N.Y,
2006
Shortest Course
4,423 yards — Shinnecock Hills G.C., Southampton, N.Y., 1896
Since World War II
6,528 yards — Merion G.C. (East Course), Ardmore, Pa. (1971, 1981)
Most Often Host Club
8 — Oakmont (Pa.) C.C. (1927, 1935, 1953, 1962, 1973, 1983,
1994, 2007)
7 — Baltusrol G.C., Springfield, N.J. (1903, 1915, 1936, 1954, 1967,
1980, 1993)
Tiger Woods came to Bethpage as the defending U.S.
Open champion but was unable to duplicate his Torrey
Pines results, despite a strong fourth-round charge.