The United States Open Championship, also referred to as the U.S. Open, is the country's yearly open golf championship. It is officially scheduled on the PGA Tour and the European Tour schedules, and it is the third of the four major golf tournaments for men.
The winner is the player with the fewest strokes overall. The competition has been 72 holes of stroke play (4 rounds on an 18-hole course) since 1898. However, it was played in the match-play format for the initial three years, that is, from 1895.
The majority of winners of the title since 1911 have been American golfers. From 2004 to 2007, there was a run of four straight non-American winners—a first since 1910. In the eleven tournaments from 2004 to 2014, only three American players emerged victorious, with Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland becoming the first European winner since Tony Jacklin of England in 1970.
Who won the U.S. Open Championship in 2024?
The winner of the U.S. Open 2024 will be updated with the conclusion of the event on June 16, 2024.
Who won the U.S. Open Championship in 2023?
The 2023 US Open was won by Wyndham Clark, who, after missing the cut in his previous two U.S. Opens and having never finished higher than 75th in a major championship, shot a final-round 70 to finish at 10-under-par for the tournament and defeat four-time major champion Rory McIlroy by one shot to win his first-ever U.S. Open and major championship.
In the opening round, Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele shot 62 (−8), breaking the U.S. Open score record. At the beginning of the last round, Fowler and Clark were tied for the lead; Schauffele finished in 10th place. Fowler ultimately tied for fifth place.
The PGA U.S. Open Championship Winners List Year-by-Year
| Year | Champion | Country | Score |
| 2023 | Wyndham Clark | USA | 270 (−10) |
| 2022 | Matt Fitzpatrick | England | 274 (−6) |
| 2021 | Jon Rahm | Spain | 278 (−6) |
| 2020 | Bryson DeChambeau | USA | 274 (-6) |
| 2019 | Gary Woodland | USA | 271 (−13) |
| 2018 | Brooks Koepka | USA | 281 (+1) |
| 2017 | Brooks Koepka | USA | 272 (−16) |
| 2016 | Dustin Johnson | USA | 276 (−4) |
| 2015 | Jordan Spieth | USA | 275 (-5) |
| 2014 | Martin Kaymer | Germany | 271 (–9) |
| 2013 | Justin Rose | England | 281 (+1) |
| 2012 | Webb Simpson | USA | 281 (+1) |
| 2011 | Rory McIlroy | Northern Ireland | 268 (-16) |
| 2010 | Graeme McDowell | Northern Ireland | 284 (E) |
| 2009 | Lucas Glover | USA | 276 (-4) |
| 2008 | Tiger Woods | USA | 283 (-1) |
| 2007 | Ángel Cabrera | Argintina | 285 (+5) |
| 2006 | Geoff Ogilvy | Australia | 285 (+5) |
| 2005 | Michael Campbell | New Zealand | 280 (E) |
| 2004 | Retief Goosen | South Africa | 276 (-4) |
| 2003 | Jim Furyk | USA | 272 (-8) |
| 2002 | Tiger Woods | USA | 277 (-3) |
| 2001 | Retief Goosen | South Africa | 276 (-4) PO |
| 2000 | Tiger Woods | USA | 272(-12) |
| 1999 | Payne Stewart | USA | 279 (-1) |
| 1998 | Lee Janzen | USA | 280 (E) |
| 1997 | Ernie Els | South Africa | 276 (-4) |
| 1996 | Steve Jones | USA | 278 (-2) |
| 1995 | Corey Pavin | USA | 280 (E) |
| 1994 | Ernie Els | South Africa | 279 (-5) PO |
| 1993 | Lee Janzen | USA | 272 (-8) |
| 1992 | Tom Kite | USA | 285 (-3) |
| 1991 | Payne Stewart | USA | 282 (-6) PO |
| 1990 | Hale Irwin | USA | 280 (-8) PO |
| 1989 | Curtis Strange | USA | 278 (-2) |
| 1988 | Curtis Strange | USA | 278 (-6) PO |
| 1987 | Scott Simpson | USA | 277 (-3) |
| 1986 | Ray Floyd | USA | 279 (-1) |
| 1985 | Andy North | USA | 279 (-1) |
| 1984 | Fuzzy Zoeller | USA | 276 (-4) PO |
| 1983 | Larry Nelson | USA | 280 (-4) |
| 1982 | Tom Watson | USA | 282 (-6) |
| 1981 | David Graham | Australia | 273 (-7) |
| 1980 | Jack Nicklaus | USA | 272 (-8) |
| 1979 | Hale Irwin | USA | 284 (E) |
| 1978 | Andy North | USA | 285 (+1) |
| 1977 | Hubert Green | USA | 278 (-2) |
| 1976 | Jerry Pate | USA | 277 (-3) |
| 1975 | Lou Graham | USA | 287 (+3) PO |
| 1974 | Hale Irwin | USA | 287 (+7) |
| 1973 | Johnny Miller | USA | 279 (-5) |
| 1972 | Jack Nicklaus | USA | 290 (+2) |
| 1971 | Lee Trevino | USA | 280 (E) PO |
| 1970 | Tony Jacklin | England | 281 (-7) |
| 1969 | Orville Moody | USA | 281 (+1) |
| 1968 | Lee Trevino | USA | 275 (-5) |
| 1967 | Jack Nicklaus | USA | 275 (-5) |
| 1966 | Billy Casper | USA | 278 (-2) PO |
| 1965 | Gary Player | South Africa | 282 (+2) PO |
| 1964 | Ken Venturi | USA | 278 (-2) |
| 1963 | Julius Boros | USA | 293 (+9) PO |
| 1962 | Jack Nicklaus | USA | 283 (-1) PO |
| 1961 | Gene Littler | USA | 281 (+1) |
| 1960 | Arnold Palmer | USA | 280 (-4) |
| 1959 | Billy Casper | USA | 282 (+2) |
| 1958 | Tommy Bolt | USA | 283 (+3) |
| 1957 | Dick Mayer | USA | 282 (+2) PO |
| 1956 | Cary Middlecoff | USA | 281 (+1) |
| 1955 | Jack Fleck | USA | 287 (+7) PO |
| 1954 | Ed Furgol | USA | 284 (+4) |
| 1953 | Ben Hogan | USA | 283 (-5) |
| 1952 | Julius Boros | USA | 281 (+1) |
| 1951 | Ben Hogan | USA | 287 (+7) |
| 1950 | Ben Hogan | USA | 287 (+7) PO |
| 1949 | Cary Middlecoff | USA | 286 (+2) |
| 1948 | Ben Hogan | USA | 276 (-8) |
| 1947 | Lew Worsham | USA | 282 (-2) PO |
| 1946 | Lloyd Mangrum | USA | 284 (-4) PO |
| 1942-45 | Canceled due to World War II | ||
| 1941 | Craig Wood | USA | 284 |
| 1940 | Lawson Little | USA | 287 |
| 1939 | Byron Nelson | USA | 284 |
| 1938 | Ralph Guldahl | USA | 284 |
| 1937 | Ralph Guldahl | USA | 281 |
| 1936 | Tony Manero | USA | 282 |
| 1935 | Sam Parks, Jr | USA | 299 |
| 1934 | Olin Dutra | USA | 293 |
| 1933 | Johnny Goodman (Amateur) | USA | 287 |
| 1932 | Gene Sarazen | USA | 286 |
| 1931 | Billy Burke | USA | 292 |
| 1930 | Bobby Jones (Amateur) | USA | 287 |
| 1929 | Bobby Jones (Amateur) | USA | 294 |
| 1928 | Johnny Farrell | USA | 294 |
| 1927 | Tommy Armour | USA | 301 |
| 1926 | Bobby Jones (Amateur) | USA | 293 |
| 1925 | Willie Macfarlan | Scotland | 291 |
| 1924 | Cyril Walker | England | 297 |
| 1923 | Bobby Jones (Amateur) | USA | 296 |
| 1922 | Gene Sarazen | USA | 288 |
| 1921 | Jim Barnes | USA | 289 |
| 1920 | Ted Ray | England | 295 |
| 1919 | Walter Hagen | USA | 301 |
| 1917-18 | Canceled due to World War I | ||
| 1916 | Chick Evans (Amateur) | USA | 286 |
| 1915 | Jerome Travers (Amateur) | USA | 297 |
| 1914 | Walter Hagen | USA | 290 |
| 1913 | Francis Ouimet (Amateur) | USA | 304 |
| 1912 | John McDermott | USA | 294 |
| 1911 | John McDermott | USA | 307 |
| 1910 | Alex Smith | Scotland | 298 |
| 1909 | George Sargent | England | 290 |
| 1908 | Fred McLeod | Scotland | 322 |
| 1907 | Alec Ross | Scotland | 302 |
| 1906 | Alex Smith | Scotland | 295 |
| 1905 | Willie Anderson | Scotland | 314 |
| 1904 | Willie Anderson | Scotland | 303 |
| 1903 | Willie Anderson | Scotland | 307 |
| 1902 | Laurie Auchterlonie | Scotland | 307 |
| 1901 | Willie Anderson | Scotland | 331 |
| 1900 | Harry Vardon | England | 313 |
| 1899 | Willie Smith | Scotland | 315 |
| 1898 | Fred Herd | Scotland | 328 |
| 1897 | Joe Lloyd | England | 162 |
| 1896 | James Foulis | Scotland | 152 |
| 1895 | Horace Rawlins | England | 173 |
Multiple U.S. Open Championship Champions
| No. of Wins | Name | Country | Years |
| 4 | Willie Anderson | Scotland | 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905 |
| 4 | Bobby Jones | United States | 1923, 1926, 1929, 1930 |
| 4 | Ben Hogan | United States | 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953 |
| 4 | Jack Nicklaus | United States | 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980 |
| 3 | Hale Irwin | United States | 1974, 1979, 1990 |
| 3 | Tiger Woods | United States | 2000, 2002, 2008 |
| 2 | Alex Smith | Scotland | 1906, 1910 |
| 2 | John McDermott | United States | 1911, 1912 |
| 2 | Walter Hagen | United States | 1914, 1919 |
| 2 | Gene Sarazen | United States | 1922, 1932 |
| 2 | Ralph Guldahl | United States | 1937, 1938 |
| 2 | Cary Middlecoff | United States | 1949, 1956 |
| 2 | Julius Boros | United States | 1952, 1963 |
| 2 | Billy Casper | United States | 1959, 1966 |
| 2 | Lee Trevino | United States | 1968, 1971 |
| 2 | Andy North | United States | 1978, 1985 |
| 2 | Curtis Strange | United States | 1988, 1989 |
| 2 | Ernie Els | South Africa | 1994, 1997 |
| 2 | Lee Janzen | United States | 1993, 1998 |
| 2 | Payne Stewart | United States | 1991, 1999 |
| 2 | Retief Goosen | South Africa | 2001, 2004 |
| 2 | Brooks Koepka | United States | 2017, 2018 |
U.S. Open Championship by Nationality
| Nationality | Wins | Winners |
| United States | 87 | 61 |
| Scotland | 13 | 9 |
| England | 8 | 8 |
| South Africa | 5 | 3 |
| Jersey | 2 | 2 |
| Australia | 2 | 2 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 2 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1 |
| Germany | 1 | 1 |
| Spain | 1 | 1 |
US Open Winners' FAQs
A. The U.S. Open is the annual open golf championship in the United States and one of the four major tournaments.
A. The U.S. Open is held in mid-June annually and concludes on the third Sunday, depending on the weather.
A. The United States Golf Association (USGA) has organized the U.S. Open since 1895.
A. U.S. Open winners gain automatic invites to major tournaments for the next five years, enhancing their careers.
A. Wyndham Clark won the 2023 U.S. Open, defeating Rory McIlroy by one shot in his first major championship victory.
