U.S. Open images: 1982-2012

Watson won his lone U.S. Open title by two strokes over Jack Nicklaus at Pebble Beach. His birdie chip-in on the par-3 17th Sunday is one of the most famous shots in golf history. (Associated Press Images)

Nelson won his second of three-career majors bettering defending champion Tom Watson by a stroke at Oakmont C.C. (Associated Press Images)

Zoeller defeated Greg Norman in a playoff at Winged Foot to secure his second major title. Zoeller won the 18-hole playoff, 67-75, with Norman waving a white towel on the final hole. (Associated Press Images)

North won three PGA Tour events. Two of them were U.S. Opens, including ones in 1978 and again in '85 at Oakland Hills C.C.

Chen made the '85 U.S. Open infamous when he double-hit a chip shot on the fifth hole in the final round. He led by four going into that hole, but took a quadruple-bogey 8. He finished one back of Andy North. (Associated Press Images)

Floyd became the oldest U.S. Open winner - until surpassed in 1990 by Hale Irwin - at 43 years, 9 months, when he won at Shinnecock Hills. It was his fourth major title. (Getty Images)

Simpson denied Tom Watson a ninth major title by winning his first at The Olympic Club, site of this year's U.S. Open. (Associated Press Images)

Strange won his first of back-to-back U.S. Open titles at The Country Club at Brookline, defeating Nick Faldo in an 18-hole playoff. (Getty Images)

Strange became the first - and only - player since Ben Hogan, in 1951, to successfully defend his U.S. Open title. He defeated three others by one stroke at Oak Hill C.C. (Getty Images)

Irwin won his third U.S. Open at Medinah C.C. to become the oldest U.S. Open champion at age 45. His victory included a 45-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole, complete with a celebratory lap, and a sudden-death victory over Mike Donald. (Getty Images)

Stewart defeated 1987 U.S. Open champion Scott Simpson in an 18-hole playoff at Hazeltine National GC for his first of two U.S. Open titles. (Getty Images)

Hall-of-Fame member Tom Kite won his lone major title at Pebble Beach, surviving a difficult Sunday for a two-stroke win over Jeff Sluman. (Getty Images)

Janzen chipped in for birdie on the 16th hole Sunday at Baltusrol and birdied the par-5 finishing hole for a two-shot triumph over Payne Stewart. (Getty Images)

Els won his first of two U.S. Open titles at Oakmont C.C., defeating Loren Roberts and Colin Montgomerie in a playoff. (Getty Images)

Pavin's lone major victory came at Shinnecock Hills, thanks to an indelible 4-wood on the 72nd hole to seal a two-shot win over Greg Norman. (Getty Images)

Jones denied good friend Tom Lehman and Davis Love III in winning his lone major title at Oakland Hills C.C. (Getty Images)

Els won his second U.S. Open in four years, defeating Colin Montgomerie by a stroke at Congressional C.C. (Getty Images)

Just as he did in 1993, Janzen defeated Payne Stewart (left) to win the U.S. Open. Janzen prevailed at The Olympic Club, site of this year's event. (Getty Images)

Stewart avenged his 1998 U.S. Open loss, by birdieing the 72nd hole to defeat Phil Mickelson by one stroke at Pinehurst No. 2. (Getty Images)

In the most dominant major championship performance of all-time, Tiger Woods became the first player to finish a U.S. Open double digits under par (12 under) and won by 15 strokes at Pebble Beach. (Getty Images)

Goosen won his first major title in a playoff over Mark Brooks at Southern Hills, but the event will also be remembered for the short putt Goosen missed to win in regulation and the putt Stewart Cink (right) missed that would have earned him a playoff spot. (Getty Images)

Tiger Woods won his second U.S. Open in three years at Bethpage Black. The event will also be remembered for fans taunting Sergio Garcia for his re-gripping of his clubs. (Getty Images)

Furyk claimed his first and only major in a three-stroke triumph over Stephen Leaney at Olympia Fields. At the time, his 272 aggregate total tied the U.S. Open record. (Getty Images)

Goosen survived a treacherous course at Shinnecock Hills and Phil Mickelson's bid for a second consecutive major title, to win his second U.S. Open crown. (Getty Images)

The 2004 U.S. Open will be remembered most for its farcical conditions, most notably on the seventh green, which had to be watered mid-round Sunday. (Getty Images)

Campbell became the second player to go through both stages of qualifying and win the U.S. Open, defeating Tiger Woods by two strokes at Pinehurst No. 2. (Getty Images)

Ogilvy holed a chip shot for par on the 71st hole and got up and down for par on 18 at Winged Foot. He then waited as Colin Montgomerie and Phil Mickelson collapsed to hand him his first major. (Getty Images)

While Geoff Ogilvy won in 2006 at Winged Foot, the event will forever be remembered for Mickelson's double bogey on the 72nd hole to lose by a stroke. (Getty Images)

Cabrera claimed his first major by defeating Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk by one shot at Oakmont C.C. (Getty Images)

With a torn ACL and stress fractures in his left leg, Woods birdied the 72nd hole and then defeated Rocco Mediate in sudden death (hole No. 91) to win his 14th major at Torrey Pines. (Getty Images)

Glover held off Phil Mickelson, David Duval and Ricky Barnes to win at Bethpage Black. (Getty Images)

McDowell ended Europe's 39-year drought at the U.S. Open by defeating Gregory Havret by one shot at Pebble Beach. (Getty Images)

McIlroy became the second consecutive U.S. Open winner from Northern Ireland, dominating the field at Congressional CC by eight shot. (Getty Images)

Webb Simpson, pictured with wife Dowd, shot 68-68 over the weekend at The Olympic Club to win his first major. (Getty Images)