What Is the U.S. Open Playoff Format?

This is an overall photo of Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pa., Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, the course for the 2025 U.S. Open golf tournament.
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The U.S. Open playoff format is a two-hole aggregate.

This is unlike most PGA Tour events, where it’s a sudden-death single-hole. This means players would play two pre-determined holes, and the lowest total score would be the winner.

If players are still tied after the two-hole aggregate, a sudden-death playoff would be played.

The U.S. Open has yet to see a two-hole aggregate playoff, as it was implemented in 2018. Prior to that, it was an 18-hole playoff on Monday.

Last U.S. Open Playoff

The last playoff in the U.S. Open was in 2008 when Tiger Woods defeated Rocco Mediate at Torrey Pines.

It was an 18-hole playoff held on Monday.

U.S. Open Golf Playoff History

YearWinnerRunner-up
2008Tiger WoodsRocco Mediate
2001Retief GoosenMark Brooks
1994Ernie ElsColin Montgomerie, Loren Roberts
1991Payne StewartScott Simpson
1990Hale IrwinMike Donald
1988Curtis StrangeNick Faldo
1984Fuzzy ZoellerGreg Norman
1975Lou GrahamJohn Mahaffey
1971Lee TrevinoJack Nicklaus
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Ryan Hannable is a Content Managing Editor on the Web Content Team for BetMGM. Previously, he was a New England Patriots beat writer for WEEI in Boston. He also has published a golf book, “The Ultimate Book of Golf Trivia: 600 Questions and Answers.”