Every Golfer to Win Back-to-Back U.S. Opens

Just seven golfers have won the U.S. Open in back-to-back years.

Brooks Koepka tees off on the ninth hole during a practice round for the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club. / Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images

As the 2025 U.S. Open golf begins on Wednesday at the Oakmont Country Club, Bryson DeChambeau will look to defend his title and join an exclusive group of golfers as back-to-back winners of the event.

The red-hot Scottie Scheffler is the favorite to win at Oakmont and take his first U.S. Open victory, but DeChambeau is another contender. He'll be looking to win his third U.S. Open championship after previously winning the tournament in 2020 and '24. If DeChambeau pulls it off, he would become the eighth golfer in the history of the tournament to win back-to-back U.S. Opens.

Here's a look at the seven golfers that have previously accomplished the feat:

Golfer	Back-to-Back Victories	Total U.S. Open Victories
Willie Anderson	1903, 1904, 1905	Four
John McDermott	1911, 1912	Two
Bobby Jones	1929, 1930	Four
Ralph Guldahl	1937, 1938	Two
Ben Hogan	1950, 1951	Four
Curtis Strange	1988, 1989	Two
Brooks Koepka	2017, 2018	Two

The U.S. Open championship began in 1895, and within a decade, Willie Anderson became the first golfer to win the tournament in consecutive years, earning three straight victories from 1903 to '05. He won a total of four U.S. Opens in five years, winning it for the first time in 1901.

Anderson, Bobby Jones and Ben Hogan each won back-to-back U.S. Opens and also won a total of four U.S. Open championships throughout their careers. Jones, who co-founded The Masters, notably won his championships as an amateur golfer.

Jack Nicklaus is the one other golfer that has won four U.S. Opens, though he's the only one of the seven that hasn't won any of his titles in consecutive years. Similarly, Nicklaus won a total of five PGA Championships over his career, but never did so in back-to-back years.

Brooks Koepka is the most recent golfer to win the U.S. Open in consecutive years, doing so in 2017 and '18. He's the only one to do so in the 21st century.

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