List of U.S. Open (golf) champions

The U.S. Open is an annual golf competition established in 1895, with Horace Rawlins winning the inaugural championship.

They also receive membership on the PGA Tour for the following five seasons and invitations to The Players Championship for the five years following their victories.

[5] The youngest winner of the U.S. Open is John McDermott who was 19 years, 10 months and 14 days old when he won in 1911.

[6] The U.S. Open has been won wire-to-wire by seven golfers on eight occasions: 1914 by Walter Hagen, 1921 by Jim Barnes, 1953 by Hogan, 1970 by Tony Jacklin, 2000 and 2002 by Tiger Woods, 2011 by McIlroy, and 2014 by Martin Kaymer.

[7][8] Eight others have led wire-to-wire in nine tournaments if ties after a round are counted: Willie Anderson in 1903, Alex Smith in 1906, Chick Evans in 1916, Tommy Bolt in 1958, Nicklaus in 1972 and 1980, Hubert Green in 1977, Payne Stewart in 1991, and Retief Goosen in 2001.

Bobby Jones was a four-time U.S. Open Champion in 1923, 1926, 1929, and 1930.
Willie Anderson , four-time U.S. Open Champion in 1901, 1903, 1904, and 1905, which he is the only golfer to win three straight U.S. Opens
Ben Hogan , four-time U.S. Open Champion in 1948, 1950, 1951, and 1953. He is one of six champions to win wire-to-wire with his victory in 1953.
Jack Nicklaus , four-time U.S. Open Champion in 1962, 1967, 1972, and 1980.
Hale Irwin , three-time U.S. Open Champion in 1974, 1979 and 1990.
Tiger Woods , three-time U.S. Open Champion in 2000, 2002, and 2008. He is one of six champions to win wire-to-wire with his victory in 2000 and 2002. Woods is the only champion in U.S. Open history to accomplish it twice.