Year 
Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up (Site) 1998 - Lee Janzen (280) -- Payne Stewart The 
Olympic Club, San Francisco, California 1997 - Ernie Els (276) -- Colin Montgomerie 
Congressional Country Club, (Blue Course), Bethesda, Maryland 1996 - Steve Jones 
(278) -- Tom Lehman, Davis Love III Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), 
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 1995 - Corey Pavin (280) -- Greg Norman Shinnecock 
Golf Club, Southampton, New York 1994 - *Ernie Els (279) -- Loren Roberts, Colon 
Montgomerie Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania 1993 - Lee Janzen (272) 
-- Payne Stewart Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course), Springfield, New Jersey 1992 
- Tom Kite (285) -- Jeff Sluman Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California 
1991 - *Payne Stewart (282) -- Scott Simpson Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, 
Minnesota 1990 - *Hale Irwin (280) -- Mike Donald Medinah Country Club (Number 
3), Medinah, Illinois 1989 - Curtis Strange (278) -- Chip Beck, Mark McCumber 
Oak Hill Country Club (East Course), Rochester, New York 1988 - *Curtis Strange 
(278) -- Nick Faldo The Country Club, Brookline, Massachusetts 1987 - Scott Simpson 
(277) -- Tom Watson Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco, California 1986 
- Raymond Floyd (279) -- Lanny Wadkins, Chip Beck Shinnecock Golf Club, Southampton, 
New York 1985 - Andy North (279) -- Dave Barr, T.C. Chen Oakland Hills Country 
Club (South Course), Birmingham, Michigan 1984 - *Fuzzy Zoeller (276) -- Greg 
Norman Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course), Marmaroneck, New York 1983 - Larry 
Nelson (280) -- Tom Watson Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania 1982 - 
Tom Watson (282) -- Jack Nicklaus Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California 
1981 - David Graham (273) -- George Burns, Bill Rogers Merion Golf Club (East 
Course), Ardmore, Pennsylvania 1980 - Jack Nicklaus (272) -- Isao Aoki Baltusrol 
Golf Club (Lower Course), Springfield, New Jersey 1979 - Hale Irwin (284) -- Gary 
Player, Jerry Pate Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio 1978 - Andy North (285) -- Dave 
Stockton, J.C. Snead Cherry Hills Country Club, Denver, Colorado 1977 - Hubert 
Green (278) -- Lou Graham Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma 1976 - 
Jerry Pate (277) -- Tom Weiskopf, Al Geiberger Atlanta Athletic Club (Highlands 
Course), Duluth, Georgia 1975 - *Lou Graham (287) -- John Mahaffey Medinah Country 
Club (Number 3), Medinah, Illinois 1974 - Hale Irwin (287) -- Forrest Felzer Winged 
Foot Golf Club (West Course), Marmaroneck, New York 1973 - Johnny Miller (279) 
-- John Schlee Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania 1972 - Jack Nicklaus 
(290) -- Bruce Crampton Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California 1971 
- *Lee Trevino (275) -- Jack Nicklaus Merion Golf Club (East Course), Ardmore, 
Pennsylvania 1970 - Tony Jacklin (281) -- Dave Hill Hazeltine Golf Club, Chaska, 
Minnesota 1969 - Orville Moody (281) -- Deane Beman, Al Geiberger, Bob Rosburg 
Champions Golf Club (Cypress Creek Course), Houston, Texas 1968 - Lee Trevino 
(275) -- Jack Nicklaus Oak Hill Country Club (East Course), Birmingham, Michigan 
1967 - Jack Nicklaus (275) -- Arnold Palmer Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course), 
Springfield, New Jersey 1966 - *Billy Casper (278) -- Arnold Palmer Olympic Club 
(Lake Course), San Francisco, California 1965 - *Gary Player (278) -- Arnold Palmer 
Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis, Missouri 1964 - Ken Venturi (278) -- Tommy 
Jacobs Congressional Country Club (Blue Course), Washington, D.C. 1963 - *Julius 
Boros (293) -- Jacky Cupit, Arnold Palmer The Country Club, Brookline, Massachusetts 
1962 - *Jack Nicklaus (283) -- Arnold Palmer Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania 
1961 - Gene Littler (281) -- Bob Goalby, Doug Sanders Oakland Hills Country Club 
(South Course), Birmingham, Michigan 1960 - Arnold Palmer (280) -- Jack Nicklaus 
Cherry Hills Country Club, Denver, Colorado 1959 - Billy Caper (282) -- Bob Rosburg 
Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course), Marmaroneck, New York 1958 - Tommy Bolt (283) 
-- Gary Player Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma 1957 - *Dick Mayer 
(282) -- Cary Middlecoff Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio 1956 - Cary Middlecoff (281) 
-- Ben Hogan, Julius Boros Oak Hill Country Club (East Course), Rochester, New 
York 1955 - *Jack Fleck (287) -- Ben Hogan Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco, 
California 1954 - Ed Furgol (284) -- Gene Littler Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course), 
Springfield, New Jersey 1953 - Ben Hogan (283) -- Sam Snead Oakmont Country Club, 
Oakmont, Pennsylvania 1952 - Julius Boros (281) -- Ed Oliver Northwood Country 
Club, Dallas, Texas 1951 - Ben Hogan (287) -- Clayton Heafner Oakland Hills Country 
Club (South Course), Birmingham, Michigan 1950 - *Ben Hogan (287) -- Lloyd Mangrum, 
George Fazio Merion Golf Club (East Course), Ardmore, Pennsylvania 1949 - Cary 
Middlecoff (286) -- Sam Snead, Clayton Heafner Medinah Country Club (Number 3), 
Medinah, Illinois 1948 - Ben Hogan (276) -- Jimmy Demaret Riviera Country Club, 
Los Angeles, California 1947 - *Lew Worsham (282) -- Sam Snead St. Louis Country 
Club, Clayton, Missouri 1946 - *Lloyd Mangrum (284) -- Vic Ghezzi, Byron Nelson 
Canterbury Golf Club, Cleveland, Ohio 1945 - No championship (World War II) 1944 
- No championship (World War II) 1943 - No championship (World War II) 1942 - 
No championship (World War II) 1941 - Craig Wood (284) -- Denny Shute Colonial 
Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas 1940 - *Lawson Little (287) -- Gene Sarazen Canterbury 
Golf Club, Cleveland, Ohio 1939 - *Byron Nelson (284) -- Craig Wood, Denny Shute 
Philadelphia Country Club (Spring Mill Course), Philadelphia, 1938 - Ralph Guldahl 
(284) -- Dick Metz Cherry Hills Country Club, Denver, Colorado 1937 - Ralph Guldahl 
(281) -- Sam Snead Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Birmingham, Michigan 
1936 - Tony Manero (282) -- Harry Cooper Baltusrol Golf Club (Upper Course), Springfield, 
New Jersey 1935 - Sam Parks Jr. (299) -- Jimmy Thomson Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, 
Pennsylvania 1934 - Olin Dutra (293) -- Gene Sarazen Merion Cricket Club (East 
Course), Ardmore, Pennsylvania 1933 - Johnny Goodman (287) -- Ralph Guldahl North 
Shore Country Club, Glenview, Illinois 1932 - Gene Sarazen (286) -- Phil Perkins, 
Bobby Cruickshank Fresh Meadows Country Club, Flushing, New York 1931 - *Billy 
Burke (292) -- George Von Elm Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio 1930 - Robert T. Jones 
Jr. (287) -- Macdonald Smith Interlachen Country Club, Hopkins, Minnesota 1929 
- Robert T. Jones Jr. (294) -- Al Espinosa Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course), 
Marmaroneck, New York 1928 - *Johnny Farrell (294) -- Robert T. Jones Jr. Olympia 
Fields Country Club (Number 4), Matteson, Illinois 1927 - *Tommy Armour (301) 
-- Harry Cooper Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania 1926 - Robert T. Jones 
Jr. (293) -- Joe Turnesa Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio 1925 - *Willie Macfarlane 
(291) -- Robert T. Jones Jr. Worcester Country Club, Worcester, Massachusetts 
1924 - Cyril Walker (297) -- Robert T. Jones Jr. Oakland Hills Country Club (South 
Course), Birmingham, Michigan 1923 - *Robert T. Jones Jr. (296) -- Bobby Cruickshank 
Inwood Country Club, Inwood, Long Island, New York 1922 - Gene Sarazen (288) -- 
John L. Black, Robert T. Jones Jr. Skokie Country Club, Glencoe, Illinois 1921 
- James M. Barnes (289) -- Walter Hagen, Fred McLeod Columbia Country Club, Chevy 
Chase, Maryland 1920 - Edward Ray (295) -- Harry Vardon, Jack Burke, Leo Diegel, 
Jock Hutchison Inverness Country Club, Toledo, Ohio 1919 - *Walter Hagen (301) 
-- Mike Brady Brae Burn Country Club, West Newtown, Massachusetts 1918 - No championships 
(World War I) 1917 - No championships (World War I) 1916 - Charles Evans Jr. (286) 
-- Jock Hutchison Minikahda Club, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1915 - Jerome Travers 
(297) -- Tom McNamara Baltusrol Golf Club (Revised Course), Short Hills, New Jersey 
1914 - Walter Hagen (290) -- Charles Evans Jr. Midlothian Country Club, Blue Island, 
Illinois 1913 - *Francis Quimet (304) -- Harry Vardom, Edward Ray The Country 
Club (Original Course), Brookline, Massachusetts 1912 - John McDermott (307) -- 
Tom McNamara Country Club of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 1911 - *John McDermott 
(307) -- Mike Brady, George Simpson Chicago Golf Club, Wheaton, Illinois 1910 
- *Alex Smith (289) -- John McDermott, Macdonald Smith Philadelphia Cricket Club 
(St. Martin's Course), Chestnut Hill, 1909 - George Sargent (290) -- Tom McNamara 
Englewood Golf Club, Englewood, New Jersey 1908 - *Fred McLeod (322) -- Willie 
Smith Myopia Hunt Club, Hamilton, Massachusetts 1907 - Alex Ross (302) -- Gil 
Nicholls Philadelphia Cricket Club (St. Martin's Course), Chestnut Hill, 1906 
- Alex Smith (295) -- Willie Smith Onwentsia Club, Lake Forest, Illinois 1905 
- Willie Anderson (314) -- Alex Smith Myopia Hunt Club, Hamilton, Massachusetts 
1904 - Willie Anderson (303) -- Gil Nicholls Glen View Club, Golf, Illinois 1903 
- *Willie Anderson (307) -- David Brown Baltusrol Golf Club (Original Course), 
Short Hills, New Jersey 1902 - Laurie Auchterlonie (307) -- Stewart Gardner Garden 
City Golf Club, Garden City, Long Island, New York 1901 - *Willie Anderson (331) 
-- Alex Smith Myopia Hunt Club, Hamilton, Massachusetts 1900 - Harry Vardon (313) 
-- JH Taylor Chicago Golf Club, Wheaton, Illinois 1899 - Willie Smith (315) -- 
George Low, Val Fitzjohn, WH Way Baltimore Country Club (Roland Park Course), 
Baltimore, Maryland 1898 - Fred Herd (328) -- Alex Smith Myopia Hunt Club, Hamilton, 
Massachusetts 1897 - Joe Lloyd (162) -- Willie Anderson Chicago Golf Club, Wheaton, 
Illinois 1896 - James Foulis (152) -- Horace Rawlins Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, 
Southampton, New York 1895 - Horace Rawlins (173) -- Willie Dunn Newport Golf 
Club, Newport, Rhode Island  * - Won in playoff.