Ben Bokun | NCAA.com | July 9, 2019 Where U.S. Open winners played golf in college Share From Lawson Little in 1940 to Tiger Woods' latest title in 2008, Stanford has collected a combined five championships in the U.S. Open, the most from a college's former golfers. But some schools don't have to cover much distance to catch up. Here is a full list of the NCAA-affiliated programs each U.S. Open victor attended before etching their names in the PGA history books. Year(s) won — golfer, school 2019 — Gary Woodland, Kansas 2017, 2018 — Brooks Koepka, Florida State 2016 — Dustin Johnson, Coastal Carolina Dustin Johnson the greatest Chanticleer? 2015 — Jordan Spieth, Texas A look back at Jordan Spieth's Texas success 2012 — Webb Simpson, Wake Forest 2010 — Graeme McDowell, University of Alabama at Birmingham 2009 — Lucas Glover, Clemson 2000, 2002, 2008 — Tiger Woods, Stanford Take a look back at Tiger Woods' success at Stanford 2003 — Jim Furyk, Arizona 1991, 1999 — Payne Stewart, Southern Methodist 1993, 1998 — Lee Janzen, Florida Southern College 1996 — Steve Jones, Colorado 1995 — Corey Pavin, UCLA 1992 — Tom Kite, Texas 1974, 1979, 1990 — Hale Irwin, Colorado 1988, 1989 — Curtis Strange, Wake Forest 1987 — Scott Simpson, University of Southern California 1986 — Raymond Floyd, North Carolina 1978, 1985 — Andy North, Florida 1984 — Fuzzy Zoeller, Houston 1983 — Larry Nelson, Kennesaw State (Kennesaw Junior College) 1982 — Tom Watson, Stanford 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980 — Jack Nicklaus, Ohio State 1977 — Hubert Green, Florida State 1976 — Jerry Pate, Alabama 1975 — Lou Graham, Memphis 1973 — Johnny Miller, BYU 1969 — Orville Moody, Oklahoma 1959, 1966 — Billy Casper, Notre Dame 1964 — Ken Venturi, San Jose State 1961 — Gene Littler, San Diego State 1960 — Arnold Palmer, Wake Forest Arnold Palmer (left) squares up to putt with his coach Johnny Johnston (middle) and friend Buddy Worsham (right) by his side. 1949, 1956, — Cary Middlecoff, Mississippi 1940 — Lawson Little, Stanford 1935 — Sam Parks Jr., Pittsburgh 1923, 1926, 1929, 1930 — Bobby Jones, Georgia Tech