Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Top 10 Golfers To Win Most Of The US Open Tournament Titles

US open is the annual open golf tournament of the United States and is the second among the four major championships in golf. It is orchestrated by the United States Golf Association (USGA) in the mid-June and its final is played on the third Sunday, which is the Father’s Day.
Let us go through a list of those golfers who have won the most US open titles. Before I get you through the list, let me make it clear that the golfers who won equal number of US open tournament will be sequentially numbered and priority will be given to the person winning overall total number of the four major championships.

10. Cary Middlecoff

Cary Middlecoff Top 10 Golfers To Win Most Of The US Open Tournament Titles
Born (January 6, 1921 – September 1, 1998) Cary was a professional dentist and gave up this career to become a professional golfer. He won 2 US open tournaments and was a USA national.

9. Lee Trevino

Lee Trevino Top 10 Golfers To Win Most Of The US Open Tournament Titles
He was born on December 1, 1939 and is an American professional golfer. He won 2 US open tournaments and is also nicknamed “Supermax”. His mother and grandfather took care of him as his father left the family when he was small.

8. Gene Sarzen

Gene Sarzen Top 10 Golfers To Win Most Of The US Open Tournament Titles
He (February 27, 1902 – May 13, 1999) was an American professional golfer and is nicknamed “The Squire”. At the age of ten, he began caddying at the local golf clubs and didn’t learn golf from anybody rather took up this challenge by himself. He won 2 US open tournaments in his career.

7. Walter Hagen

Walter Hagen Top 10 Golfers To Win Most Of The US Open Tournament Titles
He (December 21, 1892 – October 6, 1969) was born in Rochester, New York and belonged to a working class background. He developed his golf game at the Country Club of Rochester and began as a caddy. He won 2 US open tournaments.

6. Hale Irwin

Hale Irwin Top 10 Golfers To Win Most Of The US Open Tournament Titles
He was born on June 3, 1945 in Joplin, Missouri and graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1967. He is one of the few golfers in history to win 3 US open tournaments.

5. Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods1 Top 10 Golfers To Win Most Of The US Open Tournament Titles
He was born on December 30, 1975 in Cypress, California and was raised as a Buddhist. Woods has won 14 majors in total and 3 US open tournaments.

4. Willie Anderson

Willie Anderson Top 10 Golfers To Win Most Of The US Open Tournament Titles
William Law Anderson (21 October 1879 – 25 October 1910) has won 4 US open tournaments and is a Scottish immigrant to the United States. He is the member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.

3. Bobby Jones

Bobby Jones Top 10 Golfers To Win Most Of The US Open Tournament Titles
Bobby Jones (March 17, 1902 – December 18, 1971) was a lawyer by profession and an American amateur golfer. He won 4 US open tournaments and retired at the age of 28.

2. Ben Hogan

Ben Hogan Top 10 Golfers To Win Most Of The US Open Tournament Titles
He (August 13, 1912 – July 25, 1997) was born in Stephenville, Texas. He was an American golfer and won 4 US open tournaments during his career. He was nicknamed “The Hawk”.

1. Jack Nicklaus

Jack Nicklaus Top 10 Golfers To Win Most Of The US Open Tournament Titles
He was born on January 21, 940 in Columbus, Ohio. He is an American professional golfer and won 4 US open tournaments. He is also known as “The Golden Bear” and has won 18 major championships overall.

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