1924 U.S. OPEN

Winner: Cyril Walker; runner-up: Bobby Jones

Score: 297

Summary: Walker opened with three 74s and shared the 54-hole lead with amateur Bobby Jones, then closed with a 75 as Jones faltered and failed to defend his title. Oakland Hills was 6,880 yards, at the time the longest course ever used for a major.

1937 U.S. OPEN

Winner: Ralph Guldahl; runner-up: Sam Snead

Score: 281

Summary: Two months after he squandered a four-shot lead in the Masters by closing with a 76, Guldahl won the first of consecutive U.S. Open titles with a two-shot victory over Snead. He closed with a 69 and set the U.S. Open scoring record at 281. Snead was tied with Guldahl, one shot behind Ed Dudley, but closed with a 71. It would be the first of four runner-ups for Snead in the only major he never won.

1951 U.S. OPEN

Winner: Ben Hogan; runner-up: Clayton Heafner

Score: 287

Summary: Hogan won his second straight U.S. Open since returning from a car crash that nearly claimed his life. He shot 32 on the back nine for a closing 67. It was the first year the U.S. Open began the practice of converting par 5s into par 4s.

1961 U.S. OPEN

Winner: Gene Littler; runners-up: Bob Goalby, Doug Sanders

Score: 281

Summary: A former U.S. Amateur champion from San Diego, Littler picked up his only major by closing with a 68 for a one-shot victory over Sanders, who started the final round with a one-shot lead, and Goalby. Jack Nicklaus, in his final U.S. Open as an amateur, tied for fourth. Returning to the site of his famous victory, Hogan never broke par and tied for 14th, the first time since 1940 that he failed to finish in the top 10 of a U.S. Open.

1972 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

Winner: Gary Player; runners-up Tommy Aaron, Jim Jamieson

Score: 281

Summary: Player had gone 16 majors without a victory, his longest drought since winning the 1959 British Open, and was on the verge of being forgotten beside the brilliance of Nicklaus and the emergence of Lee Trevino. He surged into the lead with a 67 in the third round, then hit a 9-iron over willow trees to make birdie on the 16th to secure a closing 72 and his sixth major championship.

1979 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

Winner: David Graham; runner-up: Ben Crenshaw

Score: 272

Summary: It was the third straight year of a sudden-death playoff at the PGA Championship, and it could have been avoided except that Graham took double bogey on the 18th hole to ruin what could have been a record round. He closed with a 65, then made two tough putts to stay alive in the playoff until winning on the third extra hole with a birdie.

1985 U.S. OPEN

Winner: Andy North; runners-up: Dave Barr, T.C. Chen, Denis Watson

Score: 279

Summary: North won his second U.S. Open title in a week made famous by Chen's double-hit on a chip in the final round. Chen opened with a 65 and was on his way to a wire-to-wire victory until his chip.

1996 U.S. OPEN

Winner: Steve Jones; runners-up: Tom Lehman, Davis Love III

Score: 278

Summary: Jones became the first U.S. Open champion in 20 years to go through qualifying, closing with a 69 for his only major. Love seized control on the back nine, but took bogey on the 17th hole and three-putted for bogey on the 18th, missing a 3-foot par putt to settle for a 69.

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