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US Open Most Wins

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Wins Golfer (Country) Years
4 Willie Anderson (Scotland) 1901, 1903-05
4 Bobby Jones * 1923, 1926, 1929-30
4 Ben Hogan 1948, 1950-51, 1953
4 Jack Nicklaus 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980
3 Hale Irwin 1974, 1979, 1990
3 Tiger Woods 2000, 2002, 2008
2 Alex Smith (Scotland) 1906, 1910
2 John McDermott 1911-12
2 Walter Hagen 1914, 1919
2 Gene Sarazen 1922, 1932
2 Ralph Guldahl 1937-38
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 Curtis Strange 1988-89
2 Ernie Els (South Africa) 1994, 1997
2 Lee Janzen 1993, 1998
2 Payne Stewart 1991, 1999
2 Retief Goosen (South Africa) 2001, 2004
2 Brooks Koepka 2017-18
2 Bryson DeChaeau 2020, 2024

* Denotes amateur | Up to and including 2025
All winners from the USA unless otherwise states

The last man to win back-to-back US Open Championships was Brooks Koepka (as above) while the first was Scotland´s Willie Anderson in 1903 and 1904.

The first US Open was at Newport Golf Club, Rhode Island in 1895 and won by Englishman Horace Rawlins who enjoyed the benefit of local knowledge. He was an assistant professional at the host club at the time.
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