Who has the most wins in the U.S. Open? Four golfers are tied with four wins each

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Who has the most wins in the U.S. Open? Four golfers are tied with four wins each
This year marks the 125th U.S. Open and in all that time, no one has won the event more than four times.
So who has the most wins in the national championship? We'll keep you waiting just a tad longer here but you should know that four golfers have each won the U.S. Open trophy four times and two golfers have won it three times.
There are another 12 who have won the title twice but this list is about the most wins all time so let's get to it.
Willie Anderson, 4
Willie Anderson won the U.S. Open four times − 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905 − with his last three coming in succession. He is the only golfer to win the title three years in a row. His 1901 win featured a third-round 83 and the highest four-day total (331).
Bobby Jones, 4
Bobby Jones is one of seven golfers to have won the U.S. Open two years in a row. Overall his wins came in 1923, 1926, 1929 and 1930. He is one of five amateurs to win the Open and the only am to win it more than once.
Ben Hogan, 4
Ben Hogan won his four U.S. Opens over a span of six years: 1948, 1950, 1951 and 1953. He famously missed the 1949 Open due to bad car crash but he recovered in time to return in 1950 to win the second of his four. His 1951 win started with a first-round 76, tied for highest first-round score by a winner since World War II. He holds the mark for most top-10s with 10.
Jack Nicklaus, 4
Jack Nicklaus has four wins − 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980 − spanned over three decades. In his 1972 and his 1980 wins, he held the lead or a share of the lead all four days, the only golfer to do that twice. He holds the record for longest span − 18 years − in between his first and last U.S. Open titles. Nicklaus also has the most U.S. Open appearances with 44, 10 more than Hale Irwin at 34.
Hale Irwin, 3
Hale Irwin won three times − 1974, 1979, 1990 − and is tied for longest stretch − 11 years − between U.S. Open victories. In 1984, he led after the first three rounds but failed to win, one of 12 golfers to do that. His 1990 victory came at the age of 45, making his the oldest to win the U.S. Open. He got in the field that year as a special exemption.
Tiger Woods, 3
Tiger Woods has three titles, 2000, 2002 and 2008. His 2000 and 2002 wins were wire-to-wire, the only golfer to accomplish that twice. His 2000 win at Pebble Beach featured the largest 36-hole lead (6), largest 54-hole lead (10) and the largest margin of victory (15). The previous record was set 101 years before that.
Golfers with 2 U.S. Open victories
There are two names on the list below of active golfers who could get their third U.S. Open title in 2025.
Alex Smith: 1906, 1910
John J. McDermott: 1911, 1912
Walter Hagen: 1914, 1919
Gene Sarazen: 1922, 1932
Ralph Guldahl: 1937, 1938
Cary Middlecoff: 1949, 1956
Julius Boros: 1952, 1963
Billy Casper: 1959, 1966
Lee Trevino: 1968, 1971
Andy North: 1978, 1985
Curtis Strange: 1988, 1989
Payne Stewart: 1991, 1999
Ernie Els: 1994, 1997
Lee Janzen: 1993, 1998
Retief Goosen: 2001, 2004
Brooks Koepka: 2017, 2018
Bryson DeChambeau: 2020, 2024