| YR. | WINNER | SCORE | RUNNER UP | COURSE |
| 1998 | Vijay Singh | 271 (-9) | Steve Stricker | Sahalee CC (Redmond, Wash.) |
| 1997 | Davis Love III | 269 (-11) | Justin Leonard | Winged Foot (Mamaroneck, N.Y.) |
| 1996 | Mark Brooks | 277 (-11)* | Kenny Perry | Valhalla CC (Louisville, Ky.) |
| 1995 | Steve. Elkington | 267 (-17)* | Colin Montgomerie | Riviera CC (Los Angeles) |
| 1994 | Nick Price | 269 (-11) | Corey Pavin | Southern Hills CC (Tulsa, Okla.) |
| 1993 | Paul Azinger | 272 (-12)* | Greg Norman | Inverness (Toledo, Ohio) |
| 1992 | Nick Price | 278 (-6) | Nick Faldo, John Cook, Jim Gallagher, Gene Sauers | Bellerive CC (St. Louis) |
| 1991 | John Daly | 276 (-12) | Bruce Lietzke | Crooked Stick (Carmel, Ind.) |
| 1990 | Wayne Grady | 282 (-6) | Fred Couples | Shoal Creek (Birmingham, Ala.) |
| 1989 | Payne Stewart | 276 (-12) | Andy Bean, Mike Reid, Curtis Strange | Kemper Lakes (Hawthron Woods, Ill.) |
| 1988 | Jeff Sluman | 272 (-12) | Paul Azinger | Oak Tree GC (Edmond, Okla.) |
| 1987 | Larry Nelson | 287 (-1) | Lanny Wadkins | PGA National (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) |
| 1986 | Bob Tway | 276 (-8) | Greg Norman | Inverness Club (Toledo, Ohio) |
| 1985 | Hubert Green | 278 (-10) | Lee Trevino | Cherry Hills CC (Denver) |
| 1984 | Lee Trevino | 273 (-15) | Lanny Wadkins, Gary Player | Shoal Creek (Birmingham, Ala.) |
| 1983 | Hal Sutton | 274 (-10) | Jack Nicklaus | Riviera CC (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) |
| 1982 | Raymond Floyd | 272 (-8) | Lanny Wadkins | Southern Hills CC (Tulsa, Okla.) |
| 1981 | Larry Nelson | 273 (-7) | Fuzzy Zoeller | Atlanta Athletic Club (Duluth, Ga.) |
| 1980 | Jack Nicklaus | 274 (-6) | Andy Bean | Oak Hill CC (Rochester, N.Y.) |
| 1979 | David Graham | 272 (-8) | Ben Crenshaw | Oakland Hills CC (Birmingham, Mich.) |
| 1978 | John Mahaffey | 276 (-8) | Jerry Pate, Tom Watson | Oakmont CC (Oakmont, Pa.) |
| 1977 | Lanny Wadkins | 282 (-6)* | Gene Littler | Pebble Beach GL (Pebble Beach, Calif.) |
| 1976 | Dave Stockton | 281 (+1) | Don January, Raymond Floyd | Congressional CC (Bethesda, Md.) |
| 1975 | Jack Nicklaus | 276 (-4) | Bruce Crampton | Firestone CC (Akron, Ohio) |
| 1974 | Lee Trevino | 276 (-4) | Jack Nicklaus | Tanglewood GC (Winston-Salem, N.C.) |
| 1973 | Jack Nicklaus | 277 (-7) | Bruce Crampton | Canterbury GC (Cleveland) |
| 1972 | Gary Player | 281 (+1) | Jim Jamieson, Tommy Aaron | Oakland Hills GC (Birmingham, Mich.) |
| 1971 | Jack Nicklaus | 281 (-7) | Billy Casper | PGA National (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) |
| 1970 | Dave Stockton | 279 (-1) | Arnold Palmer, Bob Murphy | Southern Hills CC (Tulsa, Okla.) |
| 1969 | Raymond Floyd | 276 (-8) | Gary Player | NCR GC (Dayton, Ohio) |
| 1968 | Julius Boros | 281 (+1) | Arnold Palmer, Bob Charles | Pecan Valley CC (San Antonio, Texas) |
| 1967 | Don January | 281 (-7) | Don Massengale | Columbine CC (Littleton, Colo.) |
| 1966 | Al Geiberger | 280 (Even) | Dudley Wysong | Firestone CC (Akron, Ohio) |
| 1965 | Dave Marr | 280 (-4) | Jack Nicklaus, Billy Casper | Laurel Valley GC (Ligonier, Pa.) |
| 1964 | Bobby Nichols | 271 (-9) | Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer | Columbus CC (Columbus, Ohio) |
| 1963 | Jack Nicklaus | 279 (-5) | Dave Ragan | Dallas AC (Dallas) |
| 1962 | Gary Player | 278 (-2) | Bob Goalby | Aronomink GC (Newtown Square, Pa.) |
| 1961 | Jerry Barber | 277 (-3)* | Don January | Olympia Fields CC (Matteson, Ill.) |
| 1960 | Jay Hebert | 281 (+1) | Jim Ferrier | Firestone CC (Akron, Ohio) |
| 1959 | Bob Rosburg | 277 (-3)* | Jerry Barber, Doug Sanders | Minneapolis GC (St. Louis Park, Minn.) |
| 1958 | Dow Finsterwald | 276 (-14) | Billy Casper | Llanerch CC (Havertown, Pa.) |
| 1957 | Lionel Hebert | 2&1 | Dow Finsterwald | Miami Valley GC (Dayton, Ohio) |
| 1956 | Jack Burke | 3&2 | Ted Kroll | Blue Hill CC (Boston) |
| 1955 | Doug Ford | 4&3 | Cary Middlecoff | Meadowbrook CC (Detroit) |
| 1954 | Chick Harbert | 4&3 | Walter Burkemo | Keller GC (St. Paul, Minn.) |
| 1953 | Walter Burkemo | 2&1 | Felice Torza | Birmingham CC (Birmingham, Mich.) |
| 1952 | Jim Turnesa | 1-up | Chick Harberg | Big Spring CC (Louisville, Ky.) |
| 1951 | Sam Snead | 7&6 | Walter Burkemo | Oakmont CC (Oakmont, Pa.) |
| 1950 | Chandler Harper | 4&3 | Henry Williams Jr. | Scioto CC (Columbus, Ohio) |
| 1949 | Sam Snead | 3&2 | John Palmer | Hermitage CC (Richmond, Va.) |
| 1948 | Ben Hogan | 7&6 | Mike Turnesa | Norwood Hill CC (St. Louis) |
| 1947 | Jim Ferrier | 2&1 | Chick Harbert | Plum Hollow (Detroit) |
| 1946 | Ben Hogan | 6&4 | Porky Oliver | Portland GC (Portland, Ore.) |
| 1945 | Byron Nelson | 4&3 | Sam Byrd | Morraine CC (Dayton, Ohio) |
| 1944 | Bob Hamilton | 1-up | Byron Nelson | Manito G&CC (Spokane, Wash.) |
| 1943 | Not held | |||
| 1942 | Sam Snead | 2&1 | Jim Turnesa | Seaview CC (Atlantic City, N.J.) |
| 1941 | Vic Ghezzi | 1-up* | Byron Nelson | Cherry Hills CC (Denver) |
| 1940 | Byron Nelson | 1-up | Sam Snead | Hershey CC (Hershey, Pa.) |
| 1939 | Henry Picard | 1-up* | Byron Nelson | Pomonok CC (Flushing, N.Y.) |
| 1938 | Paul Runyan | 8&7 | Sam Snead | Shawnee CC (Shawnee-on-Del, Pa.) |
| 1937 | Denny Shute | 1-up* | Harold McSpaden | Pittsburgh CC (Aspinwall, Pa.) |
| 1936 | Denny Shute | 3&2 | Jimmy Thomson | Pinehurst CC (Pinehurst, N.C.) |
| 1935 | Johnny Revolta | 5&4 | Tommy Armour | Twin Hills CC (Oklahoma City, Okla.) |
| 1934 | Paul Runyan | 1-up* | Craig Wood | Park CC (Williamsville, N.Y.) |
| 1933 | Gene Sarazen | 5&4 | Willie Goggin | Blue Mound CC (Milwaukee) |
| 1932 | Olin Dutra | 4&3 | Frank Walsh | Keller GC (St. Paul, Minn.) |
| 1931 | Tom Creavy | 2&1 | Denny Shute | Wannamoisett CC (Rumford, R.I.) |
| 1930 | Tommy Armour | 1-up | Gene Sarazen | Fresh Meadow CC (Flushing, N.Y.) |
| 1929 | Leo Diegel | 6&4 | John Farrell | Hillcrest CC (Los Angeles) |
| 1928 | Leo Diegel | 6&5 | Al Espinosa | Five Farms CC (Baltimore) |
| 1927 | Walter Hagen | 1-up | Joe Turnesa | Cedar Crest CC (Dallas) |
| 1926 | Walter Hagen | 5&3 | Leo Diegel | Salisbury GC (Westbury, N.Y.) |
| 1925 | Walter Hagen | 6&5 | Bill Mehlhorn | Olympia Fields CC (Matteson, Ill.) |
| 1924 | Walter Hagen | 2-up | Jim Barnes | French Lick CC (French Lick, Ind.) |
| 1923 | Gene Sarazen | 1-up* | Walter Hagen | Pelham CC (Pelham, N.Y.) |
| 1922 | Gene Sarazen | 4&3 | Emmet French | Oakmont CC (Oakmont, Pa.) |
| 1921 | Walter Hagen | 3&2 | Jim Barnes | Inwood CC (Far Rockaway, N.Y.) |
| 1920 | Jock Hutchison | 1-up | J. Douglas Edgar | Flossmoor CC (Flossmoor, Ill.) |
| 1919 | J.M. Barnes | 6&5 | Fred McLeod | Engineers CC (Roslyn, N.Y.) |
| 1918 | Not held | |||
| 1917 | Not held | |||
| 1916 | J. M. Barnes | 1-up | Jock Hutchison | Siwanoy CC (Bronxville, N.Y.) |
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