RECORDS

AGE

OLDEST CHAMPIONS (YEARS-MONTHS-DAYS)

* 45-0-15: Hale Irwin: 1990

* 43-9-11: Raymond Floyd: 1986

* 43-4-16: Ted Ray: 1920

OLDEST TO MAKE CUT

* 63: Sam Snead: 1969

* 61: Sam Snead: 1973

* 58: Jack Nicklaus: 1998

YOUNGEST CHAMPION (YEARS-MONTHS-DAYS)

* 19-10-14: John J. McDermott: 1911

MOST CHAMPIONSHIPS

* 4: Willie Anderson: 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905

* 4: Robert T. Jones Jr.: 1923, 1926, 1929, 1930

* 4: Ben Hogan: 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953

* 4: Jack Nicklaus: 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980

* 3: Hale Irwin: 1974, 1979, 1990

CONSECUTIVE VICTORIES

* 3: Willie Anderson: 1903, 1904, 1905

* 2: John J. McDermott: 1911, 1912

* 2: Robert T. Jones Jr.: 1929, 1930

* 2: Ralph Guldahl: 1937, 1938

* 2: Ben Hogan: 1950, 1951

* 2: Curtis Strange: 1988, 1989

TOP FINISHES

AS RUNNER-UP

* 4: Robert T. Jones Jr.: 1922, 1924, 1925, 1928

* 4: Sam Snead: 1937, 1947, 1949, 1953

* 4: Arnold Palmer: 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967

* 4: Jack Nicklaus: 1960, 1968, 1971, 1982

* 3: Alex Smith: 1898, 1901, 1905

* 3: Tom McNamara: 1909, 1912, 1915

CONSECUTIVE IN TOP FIVE

* 6: Robert T. Jones Jr.: 1921-26

* 4: Tom Lehman: 1995-98

CONSECUTIVE IN TOP 10

* 7: Stewart Gardner (1900-06), Robert T. Jones Jr. (1920-26), Ben Hogan (1950-56)

CONSECUTIVE IN TOP 25

* 19: Walter Hagen: 1913-16, 1919-33

IN TOP FIVE

* 11: Willie Anderson

* 11: Jack Nicklaus

* 10: Alex Smith

* 10: Walter Hagen

* 10: Ben Hogan

* 10: Arnold Palmer

* 9: Robert T. Jones Jr.

* 9: Gene Sarazen

* 9: Julius Boros

TOP 10

* 18: Jack Nicklaus

* 16: Walter Hagen

* 15: Ben Hogan

* 14: Gene Sarazen

* 13: Arnold Palmer

* 12: Sam Snead

* 11: Willie Anderson

* 11: Alex Smith

* 11: Julius Boros

IN TOP 25

* 22: Jack Nicklaus

* 21: Sam Snead

* 20: Walter Hagen

* 19: Gary Player

* 18: Arnold Palmer

* 17: Alex Smith

* 17: Gene Sarazen

* 17: Ben Hogan

* 16: Macdonald Smith

* 15: Julius Boros

COURSES

* Longest: 7,213 yards, Congressional Country Club (Blue Course), 1997

* Shortest: 4,423 yards, Shinnecock Hills G. C., Southampton, N.Y., 1896

* Shortest Since World War II: 6,528 yards, Merion G. C. (East Course), Ardmore, Pa. (1971, 1981)

* Most Times Open Host: 7, Baltusrol G. C., Springfield, N.J. (1903, 1915, 1936, 1954, 1967, 1980, 1993), and Oakmont (Pa.), C. C. (1927, 1935, 1953, 1962, 1973, 1983, 1994)