1989 U.S. Open: Two In a Row
The 1989 U.S. Open was the 89th time the tournament was played, and the winner made it back-to-back championships.
Winner: Curtis Strange, 278
Where it was played: Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York
Tournament dates: June 15-18, 1989
Leader after first round: Payne Stewart, Bernhard Langer and Jay Don Blake, 66
Leader after second round: Curtis Strange, 135
Leader after third round: Tom Kite, 205
Notable Notes: Curtis Strange made it two in a row, successfully defending his 1988 win with another U.S. Open title. Strange entered Round 4 trailing by three, but after shooting 70 emerged with a 1-stroke victory. Third-round leader Tom Kite struggled to a 78.
Final Scores
| Curtis Strange | 71-64-73-70—278 |
| Chip Beck | 71-69-71-68—279 |
| Mark McCumber | 70-68-72-69—279 |
| Ian Woosnam | 70-68-73-68—279 |
| Brian Claar | 71-72-68-69—280 |
| Jumbo Ozaki | 70-71-68-72—281 |
| Scott Simpson | 67-70-69-75—281 |
| Peter Jacobsen | 71-70-71-70—282 |
| Jose Maria Olazabal | 69-72-70-72—283 |
| Paul Azinger | 71-72-70-70—283 |
| Hubert Green | 69-72-74-68—283 |
| Tom Kite | 67-69-69-78—283 |
| Scott Hoch | 70-72-70-72—284 |
| Mark Lye | 71-69-72-72—284 |
| Payne Stewart | 66-75-72-71—284 |
| Tom Pernice Jr. | 67-75-68-74—284 |
| Larry Nelson | 68-73-68-75—284 |
| Nick Faldo | 68-72-73-72—285 |
| David Frost | 73-72-70-70—285 |
| Jay Don Blake | 66-71-72-76—285 |
| Bill Glasson | 73-70-70-73—286 |
| D.A. Weibring | 70-74-73-69—286 |
| Fred Couples | 74-71-67-74—286 |
| Nolan Henke | 75-69-72-70—286 |
| Steve Elkington | 70-70-78-68—286 |
| Raymond Floyd | 68-74-74-71—287 |
| Don Pooley | 74-69-71-73—287 |
| Robert Wrenn | 74-71-73-69—287 |
| Emlyn Aubrey | 69-73-73-73—288 |
| Dan Pohl | 71-71-73-73—288 |
| Hal Sutton | 69-75-72-72—288 |
| Scott Taylor | 69-71-76-72—288 |
| Davis Love III | 71-74-73-71—289 |
| Larry Mize | 72-72-71-74—289 |
| Isao Aoki | 70-70-75-74—289 |
| Brad Faxon | 73-70-75-71—289 |
| Eddie Kirby | 70-70-73-76—289 |
| Dan Forsman | 70-70-76-73—289 |
| Greg Norman | 72-68-73-76—289 |
| Billy Mayfair | 72-69-76-72—289 |
| Joey Sindelar | 67-77-74-71—289 |
| Mark Wiebe | 69-71-72-77—289 |
| Clark Dennis | 72-72-72-74—290 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 67-74-74-75—290 |
| Seve Ballesteros | 75-70-76-69—290 |
| Ken Green | 73-72-71-75—291 |
| Richard Zokol | 71-69-76-75—291 |
| Tom Watson | 76-69-73-73—291 |
| Steve Jones | 69-75-77-70—291 |
| John Mahaffey | 77-68-74-72—291 |
| Jodie Mudd | 73-71-74-74—292 |
| Tom Sieckmann | 73-71-74-74—292 |
| Steve Pate | 74-69-73-76—292 |
| David Ogrin | 73-72-73-75—293 |
| Ronnie Black | 71-74-76-72—293 |
| Webb Heintzelman | 72-70-75-76—293 |
| Chris Perry | 76-67-72-78—293 |
| Hale Irwin | 74-70-79-70—293 |
| Clarence Rose | 70-75-73-76—294 |
| Bernhard Langer | 66-78-77-73—294 |
| David Graham | 73-72-77-73—295 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 74-70-74-77—295 |
| a-Greg Lesher | 70-72-76-78—296 |
| Dan Halldorson | 72-70-76-78—296 |
| Tony Sills | 72-72-71-81—296 |
| Bobby Wadkins | 73-72-75-77—297 |
| Ed Humenik | 73-72-76-77—298 |
| Dillard Pruitt | 68-74-81-75—298 |
| Doug Weaver | 72-73-80-75—300 |
| John Daly | 74-67-80-79—300 |
| Kurt Beck | 68-73-83-77—301 |
