Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| player | country | year (s) won | total | to par | finish |
| hale irwin | united states | 1974 | 288 | + 4 | t4 |
| jack nicklaus | united states | 1962 , 1967 , 1972 | 289 | + 5 | t6 |
| gary player | south africa | 1965 | 289 | + 5 | t6 |
| johnny miller | united states | 1973 | 289 | + 5 | t6 |
| lee trevino | united states | 1968 , 1971 | 291 | + 7 | t12 |
| jerry pate | united states | 1976 | 292 | + 8 | t16 |
| billy casper | united states | 1959 , 1966 | 297 | + 13 | t30 |
| lou graham | united states | 1975 | 298 | + 14 | t35 |
Title:
1978 u.s. open (golf)
Statement:
hale irwin was the winner in the year before johnny miller
Answer:
refuted