Year   Champion, Open Site
1997 - Ernie Els, Bethesda, Maryland
1996 - Steve Jones, Birmingham, Michigan
1995 - Corey Pavin, Southampton, New York
1994 - Ernie Els, Oakmont, Pennsylvania
1993 - Lee Janzen, Springfield, New Jersey
1992 - Tom Kite, Pebble Beach, California
1991 - Payne Stewart, Chaska, Minnesota
1990 - Hale Irwin, Medinah, Illinois 
1989 - Curtis Strange, Rochester, New York
1988 - Curtis Strange, Brookline, Massachusetts
1987 - Scott Simpson, San Francisco
1986 - Ray Floyd, Southampton, New York
1985 - Andy North, Birmingham, Michigan
1984 - Fuzzy Zoeller, Mamaroneck, New York 
1983 - Larry Nelson, Oakmont, Pennsylvania
1982 - Tom Watson, Pebble Beach, California
1981 - David Graham, Ardmore, Pennsylvania
1980 - Jack Nicklaus, Springfield, New Jersey 
1979 - Hale Irwin, Toledo, Ohio
1978 - Andy North, Denver
1977 - Hubert Green, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1976 - Jerry Pate, Duluth, Georgia
1975 - Lou Graham, Medinah, Illinois 
1974 - Hale Irwin, Mamaroneck, New York 
1973 - Johnny Miller, Oakmont, Pennsylvania
1972 - Jack Nicklaus, Pebble Beach, California
1971 - Lee Trevino, Ardmore, Pennsylvania
1970 - Tony Jacklin, Chaska, Minnesota
1969 - Orville Moody, Houston
1968 - Lee Trevino, Rochester, New York 
1967 - Jack Nicklaus, Springfield, New Jersey
1966 - Billy Casper, San Francisco
1965 - Gary Player, St Louis
1964 - Ken Venturi, Bethesda, Maryland
1963 - Julius Boros, Brookline, Massachusetts
1962 - Jack Nicklaus, Oakmont, Pennsylvania
1961 - Gene Littler, Birmingham, Michigan
1960 - Arnold Palmer, Denver
1959 - Billy Casper, Mamaroneck, New York 
1958 - Tommy Bolt, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1957 - Dick Mayer, Toledo, Ohio 
1956 - Cary Middlecoff, Rochester, New York 
1955 - Jack Fleck, San Francisco
1954 - Ed Furgol, Springfield, New Jersey 
1953 - Ben Hogan, Oakmont, Pennsylvania
1952 - Julius Boros, Dallas
1951 - Ben Hogan, Birmingham, Michigan
1950 - Ben Hogan, Ardmore, Pennsylvania
1949 - Cary Middlecoff, Medinah, Illinois
1948 - Ben Hogan, Los Angeles
1947 - Lew Worsham, Clayton, Missouri 
1946 - Lloyd Mangrum, Cleveland
1942 - 1945 - No championship played
1941 - Craig Wood, Fort Worth, Texas
1940 - Lawson Little, Cleveland
1939 - Byron Nelson, Philadelphia
1938 - Ralph Guldahl, Denver
1937 - Ralph Guldahl, Birmingham, Michigan 
1936 - Tony Manero, Springfield, New Jersey 
1935 - Sam Parks Jr, Oakmont, Pennsylvania
1934 - Olin Dutra, Ardmore, Pennsylvania 
1933 - Johnny Goodman, Glenview, Illinois 
1932 - Gene Sarazen, New York 
1931 - Billy Burke, Toledo, Ohio 
1930 - Bobby Jones, Hopkins, Minnesota 
1929 - Bobby Jones, Mamaroneck, New York 
1928 - Johnny Farrell, Matteson, Illinois 
1927 - Tommy Armour, Oakmont, Pennsylvania
1926 - Bobby Jones, Columbus, Ohio 
1925 - Willie MacFarlane, Worcester, Massachusetts
1924 - Cyril Walker, Birmingham, Michigan
1923 - Bobby Jones, New York
1922 - Gene Sarazen, Glencoe, Illinois 
1921 - James Barnes, Chevy Chase, Maryland
1920 - Edward Ray, Toledo, Ohio 
1919 - Walter Hagen, West Newton, Massachusetts
1917 - 1918 - No championship played
1916 - Charles Evans Jr, Minneapolis
1915 - Jerome Travers, Short Hills, New Jersey
1914 - Walter Hagen, Blue Island, Illinois
1913 - Francis Ouimet, Brookline, Massachusetts
1912 - John McDermott, Buffalo, New York 
1911 - John McDermott, Wheaton, Illinois 
1910 - Alex Smith, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania 
1909 - George Sargent, Englewood, New Jersey 
1908 - Fred McLeod, Hamilton, Massachusetts
1907 - Alex Ross, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania 
1906 - Alex Smith, Lake Forest, Illinois 
1905 - Willie Anderson, Hamilton, Massachusetts
1904 - Willie Anderson, Golf, Illinois 
1903 - Willie Anderson, Short Hills, New Jersey 
1902 - Laurie Auchterlonie, Garden City, New York 
1901 - Willie Anderson, Hamilton, Massachusetts
1900 - Harry Vardon, Wheaton, Illinois 
1899 - Willie Smith, Baltimore
1898 - Fred Herd, Hamilton, Massachusetts
1897 - Joe Lloyd, Wheaton, Illinois 
1896 - James Foulis, Shinnecock Hills, New York 
1895 - Horace Rawlins, Newport, Rhode Island