On June 27 in golf history — 1926: Bobby Jones wins Open and U.S. Open same year era, plus 5 more moments from 1926–2021.
In 1926 Bobby Jones became the first to win both the U.S. Open and Open Championship in the same year, four years before his historic 1930 Grand Slam.
Bobby JonesEd Furgol, who played with a permanently bent left arm from a boyhood injury, had won the 1954 U.S. Open at Baltusrol days earlier for the lone major of his career.
Ed FurgolGary Player's 1965 U.S. Open win at Bellerive made the South African the third golfer, after Sarazen and Hogan, to win all four professional majors.
Gary PlayerPayne Stewart's iconic 1999 Pinehurst victory, captured in the famous fist-pump image, came just months before he died in an aviation accident in October that year.
Payne StewartGraeme McDowell had held off Gregory Havret to win the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach a week earlier, becoming the first European champion since Tony Jacklin in 1970.
Graeme McdowellJon Rahm birdied the final two holes to win the 2021 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines days earlier, his first major title and a victory that returned him to World No. 1.
Jon Rahm