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U.S. Open Playoff History

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Posted: Monday June 15, 1998 06:48 PM

1994 --  Ernie Els (74) def. Loren Roberts (74) and Colin
Montgomerie (78) at Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania
(Els defeats Roberts on second sudden-death hole) 

1991 -- Payne Stewart (75) def. Scott Simpson (77) at Hazeltine National, Chaska, Minnesota

1990 -- Hale Irwin (77) def. Mike Donald (78) at the Medinah Golf Club, Medinah, Illinois. (19 holes)

1988 -- Curtis Strange (71) def. Nick Faldo (75) at The Country Club, Brookline, Massachusetts.

1984 -- Fuzzy Zoeller (67) def. Greg Norman (75) at the Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, New York.

1975 -- Lou Graham (71) def. John Mahaffey (73) at the Medinah Golf Club, Medinah, Illinois.

1971 -- Lee Trevino (68) def. Jack Nicklaus (71) at the Merion Golf Club, Ardmore, Pennsylvania.

1966 -- Billy Casper (69) def. Arnold Palmer (73) at the Olympic Club, San Francisco

1965 -- Gary Player (71) def. Kel Nagle (74) at the Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis

1963 -- Julius Boros (70) def. Jacky Cupit (73) and Arnold Palmer (76) at The Country Club, Brookline, Massachusetts.

1962 -- Jack Nicklaus (71) def. Arnold Palmer (74) at the Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania.

1957 -- Dick Mayer (72) def. Cary Middlecoff (79) at the Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio.

1955 -- Jack Fleck (69) def. Ben Hogan (72) at the Olympic Club, San Francisco.

1950 -- Ben Hogan (69) def. Lloyd Mangrum (73) and George Fazio (75) at the Merion Golf Club, Ardmore, Pennsylvania.

1947 -- Lew Worsham (69) def. Sam Snead (70) at the St. Louis Golf Club, Clayton, Missouri..

1946 -- Lloyd Mangrum (72-72) def. Vic Ghezzi (72-73) and Byron Nelson (72-73) at the Canterbury Golf Club, Cleveland

1940 -- Lawson Little (70) def. Gene Sarazen (73) at the Canterbury Golf Club, Cleveland

1939 -- Byron Nelson (68-70) def. Craig Wood (68-73) and Denny Shute (76) at the Philadelphia Country Club, Philadelphia

1931 -- Billy Burke (149-148) def. George Von Elm (149-149) at the Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio.

1929 -- Bobby Jones (141) def. Al Espinosa (164) at the Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, New York.

1928 -- Johnny Farrell (143) def. Bobby Jones (144) at the Olympia Fields Country Club, Matteson, Illinois.

1927 -- Tommy Armour (76) def. Harry Cooper (79) at the Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania.

1925 -- W. MacFarlane (147) def. Bobby Jones (148) at the Worcester Country Club, Worcester, Massachusetts.

1923 -- Bobby Jones (76) def. Bobby Cruickshank (78) at the Inwood Country Club, Inwood, New York.

1919 -- Walter Hagen (77) def. Mike Brady (78) at the Brae Burn Country Club, West Newton, Massachusetts.

1913 -- Francis Ouimet (72) def. Harry Vardon (77) and Edward Ray (78) at The Country Club, Brookline, Massachusetts.

1911 -- John McDermott (80) def. Mike Brady (82) and George Simpson (85) at the Chicago Golf Club, Wheaton, Illinois.

1910 -- Alex Smith (71) def. John McDermott (75) and MacDonald Smith (77) at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania.

1908 -- Fred McLeod (77) def. Willie Smith (83) at the Myopia Hunt Club, Hamilton, Massachusetts.

1903 -- Willie Anderson (82) def. David Brown (84) at the Baltusrol Golf Club, Springfield, New Jersey.

1901 -- Willie Anderson (85) def. Alex Smith (86) at the Myopia Hunt Club, Hamilton, Massachusetts.

 

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