The 2024 and 124th edition of the famous US Open returns to Pinehurst on June 13 for what promises to be another hotly-contested tournament. The US Open has always been the site of high drama, a place where the champion has been crowned by only one stroke on numerous occasions. What is more, all of the last three winners in Wyndham Clarke, Matt Fitzpatrick and Jon Rahm have not been pre-tournament favourites for the crown. No golfer has won the US Open more than four times due to it’s competitive nature and it is widely-regarded as one of the toughest outings on the sport’s calendar.
So, with triumphs so hard to come by, who are the most prolific winners of this great and historic tournament? We’re going to take you through the big names that have managed to get their hands on the top prize multiple times.
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5. Tiger Woods & Hale Irwin, 3 Wins
In joint-second place is probably the biggest name there has ever been in golf. Tiger Woods is also widely considered as one of the best golfers of all time and has won countless titles, the US Open among them with three victories coming in 2000, 2002 and 2008.
Hale Irwin was an iconic figure in golf throughout the 70s and 80s – and he won the tournament in 1974,1979 and lastly 1990. Famously in 1990, the American beat odds-on favourite Nick Faldo to become the tournament’s oldest ever winner.
4. Willie Anderson, 4 Wins
The first joint-record holder and one of only four men in history to achieve four US Open titles. Willie Anderson, a Scottish immigrant to the United States of America, competed in 14 straight US Opens and claimed the top prize four times in 1901, 1903, 1904 and 1905.
3. Jack Nicklaus, 4 Wins
The man aptly nicknamed ‘The Golden Bear’ is another joint leader for the most US Open titles ever. Jack Nicklaus is considered to be one of, if not the, greatest golfer of all time, winning 117 pro tournaments in his career. The American secured the crown at the US Open on four different occasions, a feat that has never been surpassed and matched by only three other men. Nicklaus won in 1962, 1967, 1972 and 1980.
2. Ben Hogan, 4 Wins
Ben Hogan is known as a golf pioneer and one of its greatest practitioners of all time. He was influential in the development of golf swing theory, a trailblazing technique that still bears significant impact on the modern game. The Texan used his ideas to win the US Open in 1948, 1950, 1951 and 1953.
1. Bobby Jones, 4 Wins
Bobby Jones began his career as the most successful amateur golfer in the sport’s history and later went on to dominate the professional game in the 1920s. A lawyer by profession, the American was the founder of the Augusta National Golf Club, as well as being instrumental in the foundation of the Masters Tournament.
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