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Margin Player (Country) Year Course
15 Tiger Woods (USA) 2000 Pebble Beach
11 Willie Smith (Scotland) 1899 Baltimore
9 Jim Barnes (England) 1921 Columbia
8 Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) 2011 Congressional
8 Martin Kaymer (Germany) 2014 Pinehurst
7 Fred Herd (Scotland) 1898 Myopia Hunt
7 Alex Smith (Scotland) 1906 Onwentsia
7 Tony Jacklin (England) 1970 Hazeltine
6 Laurie Auchterlonie (Scotland) 1902 Garden City
6 Ralph Guldahl (USA) 1938 Cherry Hills
6 Ben Hogan (USA) 1953 Oakmont
6 Bryson DeChambeau (USA) 2020 Winged Foot

Up to and including 2025

Progressive Record
2 strokes: Horace Rawlins (England), 1895
3 strokes: James Foulis (Scotland), 1896
11 strokes: Willie Smith (as above)
15 strokes: Tiger Woods (as above)


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