US Open golf tournament records

• Wednesday, 3 June 2009
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Oldest US Open Champion: Hale Irwin, 45, (1990)

Youngest US Open Champion: John J. McDermott, 19, (1911)

Oldest player to make cut: Sam Snead, 61, (1973)

Longest span between victories: 11 years, by Julius Boros (1952-1963) and Hale Irwin (1979-1990)

Most US Open victories: 4, by Willie Anderson, Robert T. Jones jnr, Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus

Most top-5 finishes: 11, by Willie Anderson and Jack Nicklaus

Most top-10 finishes: 18, by Jack Nicklaus

Lowest score: 272, by Jack Nicklaus and Lee Janzen (Baltrusol, 1980), Tiger Woods (Pebble Beach, 2000) and Jim Furyk (Olympia Fields, 2003)

Most strokes under par: 12, by Tiger Woods (Pebble Beach, 2000)

Largest winning margin: 15, by Tiger Woods (Pebble Beach, 2000)

Holes in one: 39

Highest score on a hole: 19, by Ray Ainsley (Cherry Hills, 1938)

Highest cut score since World War II: 155 (The Olympic Club, 1955)

Foreign-born winners: 31 (25 players)

No of times won by an Englishman: 8

No of times won by a Scotsman: 14

Start-to-finish winners, excluding ties: 6 (Walter Hagen, 1914, James Barnes (1921), Ben Hogan (1953), Tony Jacklin (1970), Tiger Woods, (2000, 2002)

Number of times a leader went on to win:
After 18 holes – 19 times
After 36 holes – 36 times
After 54 holes – 47 times

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