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| Year | Champion | Age |
Winning Score (Margin)
|
| 2026 | Rory McIlroy | 36 years, 11 months, 8 days | 276 (1) |
| 2025 | Rory McIlroy | 35 years, 11 months, 9 days | 277 (PO) |
| 2024 | Scottie Scheffler | 27 years, 298 days | 277 (4) |
| 2023 | Jon Rahm | 28 years, 150 days | 276 (4) |
| 2022 | Scottie Scheffler | 25 years, 293 days | 278 (3) |
| 2021 | Hideki Matsuyama | 29 years, 45 days | 278 (1) |
| 2020 | Dustin Johnson | 36 years, 146 days | 268 (5) |
| 2019 | Tiger Woods | 43 years, 105 days | 275 (1) |
| 2018 | Patrick Reed | 27 years, 246 days | 273 (1) |
| 2017 | Sergio Garcia | 37 years, 90 days | 279 (PO) |
| 2016 | Danny Willett | 28 years, 190 days | 283 (3) |
| 2015 | Jordan Spieth | 21 years, 259 days | 270 (4) |
| 2014 | Bubba Watson | 35 years, 159 days | 280 (3) |
| 2013 | Adam Scott | 32 years, 272 days | 279 (PO) |
| 2012 | Bubba Watson | 33 years, 155 days | 278 (PO) |
| 2011 | Charl Schwartzel | 26 years, 222 days | 274 (2) |
| 2010 | Phil Mickelson | 39 years, 299 days | 272 (3) |
| 2009 | Angel Cabrera | 39 years, 212 days | 276 (PO) |
| 2008 | Trevor Immelman | 28 years, 119 days | 280 (3) |
| 2007 | Zach Johnson | 31 years, 43 days | 289 (2) |
| 2006 | Phil Mickelson | 35 yeras, 297 days | 281 (2) |
| 2005 | Tiger Woods | 29 years, 101 days | 276 (PO) |
| 2004 | Phil Mickelson | 33 years, 300 days | 279 (1) |
| 2003 | Mike Weir | 32 years, 336 days | 281 (PO) |
| 2002 | Tiger Woods | 26 years, 105 days | 276 (3) |
| 2001 | Tiger Woods | 25 years, 99 days | 272 (2) |
| 2000 | Vijay Singh | 37 years, 47 days | 278 (3) |
| 1999 | Jose Maria Olazabal | 33 years, 65 days | 280 (2) |
| 1998 | Mark O’Meara | 41 years, 89 days | 279 (1) |
| 1997 | Tiger Woods | 21 years, 104 days | 270 (12) |
| 1996 | Nick Faldo | 38 years, 271 days | 276 (5) |
| 1995 | Ben Crenshaw | 43 years, 88 days | 274 (1) |
| 1994 | Jose Maria Olazabal | 28 years, 64 days | 279 (2) |
| 1993 | Bernhard Langer | 35 years, 227 days | 277 (4) |
| 1992 | Fred Couples | 32 years, 192 days | 275 (2) |
| 1991 | Ian Woosnam | 33 years, 43 days | 277 (1) |
| 1990 | Nick Faldo | 32 years, 264 days | 278 (PO) |
| 1989 | Nick Faldo | 31 years, 265 days | 283 (PO) |
| 1988 | Sandy Lyle | 30 years, 61 days | 281 (1) |
| 1987 | Larry Mize | 28 years, 201 days | 285 (PO) |
| 1986 | Jack Nicklaus | 46 years, 82 days | 279 (1) |
| 1985 | Bernhard Langer | 27 years, 230 days | 282 (2) |
| 1984 | Ben Crenshaw | 32 years, 95 days | 277 (2) |
| 1983 | Seve Ballesteros | 26 years, 2 days | 280 (4) |
| 1982 | Craig Stadler | 28 years, 313 days | 284 (PO) |
| 1981 | Tom Watson | 31 years, 220 days | 280 (2) |
| 1980 | Seve Ballesteros | 23 years, 4 days | 275 (4) |
| 1979 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 27 years, 155 days | 280 (PO) |
| 1978 | Gary Player | 42 years, 159 days | 277 (1) |
| 1977 | Tom Watson | 27 years, 218 days | 276 (2) |
| 1976 | Raymond Floyd | 33 years, 220 days | 271 (8) |
| 1975 | Jack Nicklaus | 35 years, 82 days | 276 (1) |
| 1974 | Gary Player | 38 years, 164 days | 278 (2) |
| 1973 | Tommy Aaron | 36 years, 46 days | 283 (1) |
| 1972 | Jack Nicklaus | 32 years, 79 days | 286 (3) |
| 1971 | Charles Coody | 33 years, 272 days | 279 (2) |
| 1970 | Billy Casper | 38 years, 293 days | 279 (PO) |
| 1969 | George Archer | 29 years, 149 days | 281 (1) |
| 1968 | Bob Goalby | 39 years, 31 days | 277 (1) |
| 1967 | Gay Brewer | 35 years, 21 days | 280 (1) |
| 1966 | Jack Nicklaus | 26 years, 80 days | 288 (PO) |
| 1965 | Jack Nicklaus | 25 years, 80 days | 271 (9) |
| 1964 | Arnold Palmer | 34 years, 215 days | 276 (6) |
| 1963 | Jack Nicklaus | 23 years, 76 days | 286 (1) |
| 1962 | Arnold Palmer | 32 years, 211 days | 280 (PO) |
| 1961 | Gary Player | 25 years, 160 days | 280 (1) |
| 1960 | Arnold Palmer | 30 years, 213 days | 282 (1) |
| 1959 | Art Wall | 35 years, 131 days | 284 (1) |
| 1958 | Arnold Palmer | 28 years, 208 days | 284 (1) |
| 1957 | Doug Ford | 34 years, 303 days | 283 (3) |
| 1956 | Jack Burke | 33 years, 70 days | 289 (1) |
| 1955 | Cary Middlecoff | 34 years, 94 days | 279 (7) |
| 1954 | Sam Snead | 41 years, 320 days | 289 (PO) |
| 1953 | Ben Hogan | 40 years, 242 days | 274 (5) |
| 1952 | Sam Snead | 39 years, 315 days | 286 (4) |
| 1951 | Ben Hogan | 38 years, 238 days | 280 (2) |
| 1950 | Jimmy Demaret | 39 years, 320 days | 283 (2) |
| 1949 | Sam Snead | 36 years, 318 days | 282 (3) |
| 1948 | Claude Harmon | 31 years, 272 days | 279 (5) |
| 1947 | Jimmy Demaret | 36 years 317 days | 281 (2) |
| 1946 | Herman Keiser | 31 years, 182 days | 282 (1) |
| 1942 | Byron Nelson | 30 years, 68 days | 280 (PO) |
| 1941 | Craig Wood | 39 years, 139 days | 280 (3) |
| 1940 | Jimmy Demaret | 29 years, 319 days | 280 (4) |
| 1939 | Ralph Guldahl | 27 years, 131 days | 279 (1) |
| 1938 | Henry Picard | 31 years, 127 days | 285 (2) |
| 1937 | Byron Nelson | 25 years, 59 days | 283 (2) |
| 1936 | Horton Smith | 27 years, 320 days | 285 (1) |
| 1935 | Gene Sarazen | 33 years, 40 days | 282 (PO) |
| 1934 | Horton Smith | 25 years, 307 days | 284 (1) |
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Updated: April 13, 2026