ChAmpionShipS mediA GUide - USGA

Open
18 U.S. Open
Age
Oldest Champion (years/months/days)
45/0/15 Hale Irwin, 1990
43/9/11 Raymond Floyd, 1986
43/4/16 Ted Ray, 1920
Youngest Champion
19/10/14 John J. McDermott, 1911
Oldest to Make Cut
61 Sam Snead, 1973, T29
60 Tom Watson, 2010, T29
58 Jack Nicklaus, 1998, T43
Youngest Competitor
15/5/7 Tadd Fujikawa, 2006
15/11/27 Tyrell Garth Jr., 1941
Amateurs
Amateur Champions (5 players, 8 times)
Francis Ouimet, The Country Club, Brookline, Mass., 1913
Jerome D. Travers, Baltusrol G.C., Springfield, N.J., 1915
Charles Evans Jr., Minikahda Club, Minneapolis, Minn., 1916
Robert T. Jones Jr., Inwood (N.Y.) C.C., 1923; Scioto C.C.,
Columbus, Ohio, 1926; Winged Foot G.C., Mamaroneck, N.Y.,
1929; Interlachen C.C., Edina, Minn., 1930
John Goodman, North Shore C.C., Glenview, Ill., 1933
Most Top-10 Finishes
10 Robert T. Jones Jr.
Most Times Low Amateur
9 Robert T. Jones Jr.
Lowest 18-Hole Score by an Amateur
65 (6 under) James McHale, third round, St. Louis C.C.,
Clayton, Mo., 1947
65 (5 under) James Simons, third round, Merion G.C.
(East Course), Ardmore, Pa., 1971
65 (5 under) Nick Taylor, second round, Bethpage State
Park (Black Course), Farmingdale, N.Y., 2009
66 (6 under) John Goodman, second round, North
Shore G.C., Glenview, Ill., 1933
Records
Lowest 72-Hole Score by an Amateur
282 Jack Nicklaus (finished 2), Cherry Hills C.C.,
Englewood, Colo., 1960
283 James Simons (finished T5), Merion G.C. (East Course),
Ardmore, Pa., 1971
Most Victories
Champions
4 Willie Anderson (1901, 1903, 1904, 1905)
4 a-Robert T. Jones Jr. (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)
Consecutive Victories
3 Willie Anderson (1903, 1904, 1905)
2 John J. McDermott (1911, 1912)
2 a-Robert T. Jones Jr. (1929, 1930)
2 Ralph Guldahl (1937, 1938)
2 Ben Hogan (1950, 1951)
2 Curtis Strange (1988, 1989)
Other Multiple Champions
2 Alex Smith (1906, 1910)
2 Walter Hagen (1914, 1919)
2 Gene Sarazen (1922, 1932)
2 Cary Middlecoff (1949, 1956)
2 Julius Boros (1952, 1963)
2 Billy Casper (1959, 1966)
2 Lee Trevino (1968, 1971)
2 Andy North (1978, 1985)
2 Payne Stewart (1991, 1999)
2 Ernie Els (1994, 1997)
2 Lee Janzen (1993, 1998)
2 Retief Goosen (2001, 2004)
Start-to-Finish Winners (No Ties) (7)
Walter Hagen (1914)
James Barnes (1921)
Ben Hogan (1953)
Tony Jacklin (1970)
Tiger Woods (2000, 2002)
Rory McIlroy (2011)