U.S. Open Golf Courses: Where They've Played

The U.S. Open is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf. Hosting a U.S. Open is a big deal — a feather in the cap — for any golf course chosen to do so.

The U.S. Open moves to a different golf course each year. There is no official "rota" of U.S. Open courses, but, as you'll see on the list below, the United States Golf Association definitely has favorites to which it regularly returns.

Which courses are those favorites? We'll start here:

Most Times as U.S. Open Host Site

• 9 times — Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, has been the site of nine U.S. Opens: 1927, 1935, 1953, 1962, 1973, 1983, 1994, 2007, 2016
• 7 times — Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey, has hosted seven times: 1903, 1915, 1936, 1954, 1967, 1980, 1993

Those are the two leaders. Three other courses so far have been the U.S. Open site six times: Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.; Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links; and Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course) in Mamaroneck, N.Y.

Related: Future U.S. Open sites and dates

Past U.S. Open Golf Courses

And these are the golf courses that have hosted in the past, listed from most-recent going back to the very first U.S. Open in 1895:

2023 — Los Angeles Country Club (North Course), Los Angeles, Calif.
2022 — The Country Club (Composite Course), Brookline, Mass.
2021 — Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course), La Jolla, Calif.
2020 — Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course), Mamaroneck, N.Y.
2019 — Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, Calif.
2018 — Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, N.Y.
2017 — Erin Hills Golf Course, Erin, Wisc.
2016 — Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pa.
2015 — Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash.
2014 — Pinehurst Resort (No. 2 course), Pinehurst, N.C.
2013 — Merion Golf Club (East Course), Ardmore, Pa.
2012 — Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco, Calif.
2011 — Congressional Country Club (Blue Course), Bethesda, Md.
2010 — Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, Calif.
2009 — Bethpage State Park (Black Course), Farmingdale, N.Y.
2008 — Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course), La Jolla, Calif.
2007 — Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pa.
2006 — Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course), Mamoroneck, N.Y.
2005 — Pinehurst Resort (No. 2 course), Village of Pinehurst, N.C.
2004 — Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, N.Y.
2003 — Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country Club (North Course)
2002 — Bethpage State Park (Black Course), Farmingdale, N.Y.
2001 — Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Okla.
2000 — Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links
1999 — Pinehurst Resort (No. 2 course), Village of Pinehurst, N.C.
1998 — The Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco, Calif.
1997 — Congressional Country Club (Blue Course), Bethesda, Md.
1996 — Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
1995 — Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, N.Y.
1994 — Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pa.
1993 — Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course), Springfield, N.J.
1992 — Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links
1991 — Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minn.
1990 — Medinah (Ill.) Country Club (No. 3 Course)
1989 — Oak Hill Country Club (East Course), Rochester, N.Y.
1988 — The Country Club (Composite Course), Brookline, Mass.
1987 — The Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco, Calif.
1986 — Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, N.Y.
1985 — Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
1984 — Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course), Mamaroneck, N.Y.
1983 — Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pa.
1982 — Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links
1981 — Merion Golf Club (East Course), Ardmore, Pa.
1980 — Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course), Springfield, N.J.
1979 — Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio
1978 — Cherry Hills Country Club, Englewood, Colo.
1977 — Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Okla.
1976 — Atlanta Athletic Club (Highlands Course), Duluth, Ga.
1975 — Medinah (Ill.) Country Club (No. 3 Course)
1974 — Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course), Mamaroneck, N.Y.
1973 — Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pa.
1972 — Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links
1971 — Merion Golf Club (East Course), Armore, Pa.
1970 — Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minn.
1969 — Champions Golf Club (Cypress Creek Course), Houston, Texas
1968 — Oak Hill Country Club (East Course), Rochester, N.Y.
1967 — Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course), Springfield, N.J.
1966 — Olympic Country Club (Lake Course), San Francisco
1965 — Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis, Mo.
1964 — Congressional Country Club (Blue Course), Bethesda, Md.
1963 — The Country Club (Composite Course), Brookline, Mass.
1962 — Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pa.
1961 — Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
1960 — Cherry Hills Country Club, Englewood, Colo.
1959 — Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course), Mamaroneck, N.Y.
1958 — Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Okla.
1957 — Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio
1956 — Oak Hill Country Club (East Course), Rochester, N.Y.
1955 — Olympic Country Club (Lake Course), San Francisco, Calif.
1954 — Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course), Springfield, N.J.
1953 — Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pa.
1952 — Northwood Club, Dallas, Texas
1951 — Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
1950 — Merion Golf Club (East Course), Ardmore, Pa.
1949 — Medinah (Ill.) Country Club (No. 3 Course)
1948 — Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, Calif.
1947 — St. Louis (Mo.) Country Club
1946 — Canterbury Golf Club, Cleveland, Ohio
1942-45 — Not played due to World War II
1941 — Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas
1940 — Canterbury Golf Club, Cleveland, Ohio
1939 — Philadelphia (Pa.) Country Club (Spring Mill Course)
1938 — Cherry Hills Country Club, Englewood, Colo.
1937 — Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
1936 — Baltusrol Golf Club (Upper Course), Springfield, N.J.
1935 — Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pa.
1934 — Merion Golf Club (East Course), Ardmore, Pa.
1933 — North Shore Golf Club, Glen View, Ill.
1932 — Fresh Meadow Country Club, Flushing, N.Y.
1931 — Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio
1930 — Interlachen Country Club, Minneapolis, Minn.
1929 — Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course), Mamaroneck, N.Y.
1928 — Olympia Fields Country Club (North Course), Matteson, Ill.
1927 — Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pa.
1926 — Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio
1925 — Worcester (Mass.) Country Club
1924 — Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
1923 — Inwood (N.Y.) Country Club
1922 — Skokie Country Club, Glencoe, Ill.
1921 — Columbia Country Club, Chevy Chase, Md.
1920 — Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio
1919 — Brae Burn Country Club (Main Course), West Newton, Mass.
1917-18 — Not played due to World War I
1916 — Minikahda Club, Minneapolis, Minn.
1915 — Baltusrol Golf Club (Revised Course), Springfield, N.J.
1914 — Midlothian (Ill.) Country Club
1913 — The Country Club, Brookline, Mass.
1912 — The Country Club of Buffalo, N.Y.
1911 — Chicago (Ill.) Golf Club
1910 — Philadelphia (Pa.) Cricket Club (St. Martin's Course)
1909 — Englewood (N.J.) Golf Club
1908 — Myopia Hunt Club, South Hamilton, Mass.
1907 — Philadelphia (Pa/) Cricket Club (St. Martin's Course)
1906 — Onwentsia Club, Lake Forest, Ill.
1905 — Myopia Hunt Club, South Hamilton, Mass.
1904 — Glen View Club, Golf, Ill.
1903 — Baltusrol Golf Club (Original Course), Springfield, N.J.
1902 — Garden City (N.Y.) Golf Club
1901 — Myopia Hunt Club, South Hamilton, Mass.
1900 — Chicago (Ill.) Golf Club
1899 — Baltimore (Md.) Country Club (Roland Park Course)
1898 — Myopia Hunt Club, South Hamilton, Mass.
1897 — Chicago (Ill.) Golf Club
1896 — Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, N.Y.
1895 — Newport (R.I.) Golf and Country Club

See also: Future U.S. Open sites and dates

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