page_title: List of U.S. Open (golf) champions
section_title: By year
hierarchical_section_title: List of U.S. Open (golf) champions / Champions / By year
caption_attribution_description: American golfer w:Hale Irwin in 1986.
context_page_description: The U.S. Open is an annual golf competition established in 1895, with Horace Rawlins winning the inaugural championship. It is run by the United States Golf Association. The championship was not held from 1917 to 1918 or from 1942 to 1945 due to World War I and World War II respectively.
  The U.S. Open is currently the third of four major championships to be played each year. U.S. Open champions are automatically invited to play in the other three majors for the next five years, and earn a ten-year exemption from qualifying for the U.S. Open. They also receive membership on the PGA Tour for the following five seasons and invitations to The Players Championship for the five years following their victories. The champion receives a gold champion's medal, and the U.S. Open Championship Cup, which the winner is allowed to keep for a year.
  Willie Anderson, Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus hold the record for the most U.S. Open victories, with four victories each. Anderson holds the record for most consecutive wins with three. Hale Irwin is the oldest winner of the U.S. Open: he was 45 years and 15 days old when he won in 1990. The youngest winner of the U.S.
caption: Hale Irwin, three-time U.S. Open Champion in 1974, 1979 and 1990.
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