{"id":11380,"date":"2012-06-12T11:11:02","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T09:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/golf-former-winners-of-the-u-s-open\/"},"modified":"2012-06-12T11:11:02","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T09:11:02","slug":"golf-former-winners-of-the-u-s-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/golf-former-winners-of-the-u-s-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf-Former winners of the U.S. Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">June 11<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; A list of past U.S. Open champions ahead<br \/>\nof this year&#8217;s June 14-17 edition being played at Olympic Club<br \/>\nin San Francisco, California (U.S. unless stated):<br \/>\n 2011 Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland)<br \/>\n 2010 Graeme McDowell (Northern Ireland)<br \/>\n 2009 Lucas Glover<br \/>\n 2008 Tiger Woods<br \/>\n 2007 Angel Cabrera (Argentina)<br \/>\n 2006 Geoff Ogilvy (Australia)<br \/>\n 2005 Michael Campbell (New Zealand)<br \/>\n 2004 Retief Goosen (South Africa)<br \/>\n 2003 Jim Furyk<br \/>\n 2002 Woods<br \/>\n 2001 Goosen<br \/>\n 2000 Woods<br \/>\n 1999 Payne Stewart<br \/>\n 1998 Lee Janzen<br \/>\n 1997 Ernie Els (South Africa)<br \/>\n 1996 Steve Jones<br \/>\n 1995 Corey Pavin<br \/>\n 1994 Els<br \/>\n 1993 Janzen<br \/>\n 1992 Tom Kite<br \/>\n 1991 Stewart<br \/>\n 1990 Hale Irwin<br \/>\n 1989 Curtis Strange<br \/>\n 1988 Strange<br \/>\n 1987 Scott Simpson<br \/>\n 1986 Ray Floyd<br \/>\n 1985 Andy North<br \/>\n 1984 Fuzzy Zoeller<br \/>\n 1983 Larry Nelson<br \/>\n 1982 Tom Watson<br \/>\n 1981 David Graham (Australia)<br \/>\n 1980 Jack Nicklaus<br \/>\n 1979 Irwin<br \/>\n 1978 North<br \/>\n 1977 Hubert Green<br \/>\n 1976 Jerry Pate<br \/>\n 1975 Lou Graham<br \/>\n 1974 Irwin<br \/>\n 1973 Johnny Miller<br \/>\n 1972 Nicklaus<br \/>\n 1971 Lee Trevino<br \/>\n 1970 Tony Jacklin (Britain)<br \/>\n 1969 Orville Moody<br \/>\n 1968 Trevino<br \/>\n 1967 Nicklaus<br \/>\n 1966 Billy Casper<br \/>\n 1965 Gary Player (South Africa)<br \/>\n 1964 Ken Venturi<br \/>\n 1963 Julius Boros<br \/>\n 1962 Nicklaus<br \/>\n 1961 Gene Littler<br \/>\n 1960 Arnold Palmer<br \/>\n 1959 Casper<br \/>\n 1958 Tommy Bolt<br \/>\n 1957 Dick Mayer<br \/>\n 1956 Cary Middlecoff<br \/>\n 1955 Jack Fleck<br \/>\n 1954 Ed Furgol<br \/>\n 1953 Ben Hogan<br \/>\n 1952 Boros<br \/>\n 1951 Hogan<br \/>\n 1950 Hogan<br \/>\n 1949 Middlecoff<br \/>\n 1948 Hogan<br \/>\n 1947 Lew Worsham<br \/>\n 1946 Lloyd Mangrum<br \/>\n 1945 No tournament<br \/>\n 1944 No tournament<br \/>\n 1943 No tournament<br \/>\n 1942 No tournament<br \/>\n 1941 Craig Wood<br \/>\n 1940 Lawson Little<br \/>\n 1939 Byron Nelson<br \/>\n 1938 Ralph Guldahl<br \/>\n 1937 Guldahl<br \/>\n 1936 Tony Manero<br \/>\n 1935 Sam Parks, jnr<br \/>\n 1934 Olin Dutra<br \/>\n 1933 Johnny Goodman<br \/>\n 1932 Gene Sarazen<br \/>\n 1931 Billy Burke<br \/>\n 1930 Bobby Jones<br \/>\n 1929 Jones<br \/>\n 1928 Johnny Farrell<br \/>\n 1927 Tommy Armour<br \/>\n 1926 Jones<br \/>\n 1925 Willie MacFarlane<br \/>\n 1924 Cyril Walker<br \/>\n 1923 Jones<br \/>\n 1922 Sarazen<br \/>\n 1921 Jim Barnes<br \/>\n 1920 Ted Ray (Britain)<br \/>\n 1919 Walter Hagen<br \/>\n 1918 No tournament<br \/>\n 1917 No tournament<br \/>\n 1916 Chick Evans<br \/>\n 1915 Jerome Travers<br \/>\n 1914 Hagen<br \/>\n 1913 Francis Ouimet<br \/>\n 1912 John McDermott<br \/>\n 1911 McDermott<br \/>\n 1910 Alex Smith<br \/>\n 1909 George Sargent<br \/>\n 1908 Fred McLeod<br \/>\n 1907 Alex Ross<br \/>\n 1906 Alex Smith<br \/>\n 1905 Willie Anderson (Britain)<br \/>\n 1904 Anderson<br \/>\n 1903 Anderson<br \/>\n 1902 Laurie Auchterlonie (Britain)<br \/>\n 1901 Anderson<br \/>\n 1900 Harry Vardon (Britain)<br \/>\n 1899 Willie Smith<br \/>\n 1898 Fred Herd<br \/>\n 1897 Joe Lloyd<br \/>\n 1896 James Foulis<br \/>\n 1895 Horace Rawlins\t<\/p>\n<p> (Compiled by Mark Lamport-Stokes in San Francisco; 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