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1991 U.S. Open: Payne Stewart wins at Hazeltine National G.C.

Payne Stewart won the 1991 U.S. Open at Hazeltine National G.C. in Chaska, Minnesota with 282 (−6), beating Scott Simpson in a playoff.

Updated October 23, 2026

See 1991 in the U.S. Open room, or every year on the U.S. Open winners list.

Dates
June 13, 1991 to June 17, 1991
Course
Hazeltine National G.C., Chaska, Minnesota
Edition
91st U.S. Open
Champion
Payne Stewart · USA · born Springfield, Missouri, USA
Champion's title
1st U.S. Open title
Winning score
282 (−6)
Runner-up
Scott Simpson
Playoff
18 holes, 75–77

Winner and runner-up

Pos.PlayerTotalTo par
1Payne Stewart282−6
2Scott Simpson

What happened at the 1991 U.S. Open

Stewart beat the 1987 champion in the playoff.

How this was built

Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's U.S. Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.

Data: us-open-years.json (the U.S. Open room's data); dates from GNN's U.S. Open final-day dates table (Wikipedia infoboxes).

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: 1991 U.S. Open (golf)