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Most Top-25 Finishes
22 Jack Nicklaus
21 Sam Snead
20 Walter Hagen
Consecutive Top-5 Finishes
6 Willie Anderson (1901-06)
6 a-Robert T. Jones (1921-26)
5 Alex Smith (1905-10)
5 Willie Smith (1898-02)
4 Three with four, lastly Tom Lehman (1995-98)
Consecutive Top-10 Finishes
7 Stewart Gardner (1900-06)
7 a-Robert T. Jones Jr. (1920-26)
7 Ben Hogan (1950-56)
Consecutive Top-25 Finishes
19 Walter Hagen (1913-16, 1919-33)
(no championships 1917-18)
Most Sub-Par Rounds, Career
37 Jack Nicklaus
Consecutive Sub-Par Rounds
6 Sam Snead (1947-48, includes 18-hole playoff)
5 Brian Claar (1989-90)
5 Curtis Strange (1993-94)
Rounds in the 60s
29 Jack Nicklaus
Consecutive Rounds in the 60s
4 Lee Trevino (1968)
4 Ben Crenshaw (1986-87)
4 Lee Janzen (1993)
4 Tiger Woods (2001-02)
4 Rory McIlroy (2011)
Sub-Par 72-Hole Totals
7 Jack Nicklaus
Consecutive Sub-Par 72-Hole Totals
3 Curtis Strange (1988-90)
Most Times Led After 54 Holes
6 a-Robert T. Jones Jr.
4 Tom Watson
Most Times Led After 18, 36, and/or 54 Holes
11 Payne Stewart
10 Alex Smith
9 a-Robert T. Jones Jr.
9 Ben Hogan
9 Arnold Palmer
9 Tom Watson
Players Who Led First Three Rounds But Did Not Win (8)
Willie Smith (1908)
Mike Brady (1912)
Mike Souchak (1960)
Bert Yancey (1968)
Hale Irwin (1984)
Tze-Chung Chen (1985)
Gil Morgan (1992)
Payne Stewart (1998)
Number of Times a Leader Went on to Win
After 18 Holes 19 times
After 36 Holes 37 times
After 54 Holes 48 times
Number of Playoffs
33 in 111 championships
Won First Time Played in U.S. Open (5)
Horace Rawlins (1895)
Fred Herd (1898)
Harry Vardon (1900)
George Sargent (1909)
a-Francis Ouimet (1913)
Par-3 Finishes at U.S. Open Championships
1896, Shinnecock Hills, Southampton, N.Y.
1902, Garden City (N.Y.) G.C.
1909, Englewood (N.J.) G.C.
1997, Congressional C.C., Bethesda, Md.
Father and Son(s) in Same U.S. Open (Six Known)
U.S. Open 27
Tom Sr., Tom Jr. and Willie Anderson (Winner), 1903, Baltusrol
G.C. (Original Course), Springfield, N.J.
Willie and Mac Hunter, 1947, St. Louis C.C., Clayton, Mo.
*Joe and Joe Jr. Kirkwood, 1948, Riviera C.C., Los Angeles, Calif.
Gary and Wayne Player, 1982, Pebble Beach (Calif.) G.L.
Jack and Gary Nicklaus, 1997, Congressional C.C. (Blue Course),
Bethesda, Md.
Jay and Bill Haas, 2003, Olympia Fields (Ill.) C.C. (North
Course); *2004, Shinnecock Hills G.C., Southampton, N.Y.
* = both made cut
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