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U.S. Open: Special Exemptions

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| Jan 1, 2024
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1966: Ben Hogan: 12, 72-73-76-70—291

1977: Sam Snead, MC, 74-78; Tommy Bolt, MC, 75-78; Julius Boros, MC, 77-76

1978: Arnold Palmer, MC, 76-75; Bill Casper, T30, 71-76-73-77—297; Seve Ballesteros, T16, 75-69-71-77—292

1980: Arnold Palmer, 63, 73-73-77-78—301; Gene Littler, T38, 72-68-75-75—290; a-Jay Sigel, MC, 76-71

1981: Arnold Palmer, MC, 77-78; Gary Player, T26, 72-72-71-71—286; Lou Graham, MC, 76-74

1983: Arnold Palmer, T60, 74-75-78-76—303; Gary Player, T20, 73-74-76-71—294; Lee Trevino, WD

1984: Isao Aoki, T16, 72-70-72-74—288; Lee Trevino, T9, 71-72-69-74—286

1986: Scott Verplank, T15, 75-72-67-74—288

1988: David Ishii, T36, 73-73-75-68—289

1990: Hale Irwin, 1, 69-70-74-67—280

1991: Jack Nicklaus, T46, 70-76-77-74—297

1993: Jack Nicklaus, T72, 70-72-76-71—289; Tom Watson, T5, 70-66-73-69—278

1994: Arnold Palmer, MC, 77-81; Johnny Miller, MC, 81-76; Larry Nelson, MC, 75-73; Ben Crenshaw, T33, 71-74-70-78—293; Seve Ballesteros, T18, 72-72-70-73-287

1995: Jack Nicklaus, MC, 71-81

1996: Jack Nicklaus, T27, 72-74-69-72—287; Tom Watson, T13, 70-71-71-72—284

1997: Jack Nicklaus, T52, 73-71-75-74—293

1998: Jack Nicklaus, T43, 73-74-73-75—279; Scott Simpson, 58, 72-71-78-79—300

1999: Jack Nicklaus, MC, 78-75

2000: a-Aaron Baddeley, MC, 79-75; Michael Campbell, T12, 71-77-71-73—292; Jack Nicklaus, MC, 73-82; Greg Norman, MC, 77-82; Curtis Strange, MC, 81-81; Tom Watson, T27, 71-74-78-73—296

2002: Hale Irwin, MC, 82-81; Nick Faldo, T5, 70-76-66-73—285

2003: Hale Irwin, WD; Tom Kite, MC, 72-76; Tom Watson, T28, 65-72-75-72—284

2004: Raymond Floyd, MC, 75-75

2005: Nick Price, T9, 72-71-72-72—287

2010: Tom Watson, T29, 78-71-70-73—295; Vijay Singh, T40, 74-72-75-76—297

2016: Retief Goosen, MC, 73-77

2018: Ernie Els, MC, 78-79; Jim Furyk, T48, 73-71-72-80—296

2019: Ernie Els, MC, 75-73

2021: Phil Mickelson, T62, 75-69-76-75