| 2012 |
Ernie Els (South Africa) |
| 2011 |
Darren Clarke (N Ire) |
| 2010 |
Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa) |
| 2009 |
Stewart Cink |
| 2008 |
Padraig Harrington |
| 2007 |
Padraig Harrington |
| 2006 |
Tiger Woods |
| 2005 |
Tiger Woods |
| 2004 |
Todd Hamilton |
| 2003 |
Ben Curtis |
| 2002 |
Ernie Els (South Africa) |
| 2001 |
David Duval |
| 2000 |
Tiger Woods |
| 1999 |
Paul Lawrie (Britain) |
| 1998 |
Mark O'Meara |
| 1997 |
Justin Leonard |
| 1996 |
Tom Lehman |
| 1995 |
John Daly |
| 1994 |
Nick Price (Zimbabwe) |
| 1993 |
Greg Norman (Australia) |
| 1992 |
Nick Faldo (Britain) |
| 1991 |
Ian Baker-Finch (Australia) |
| 1990 |
Faldo |
| 1989 |
Mark Calcavecchia |
| 1988 |
Seve Ballesteros (Spain) |
| 1987 |
Faldo |
| 1986 |
Norman |
| 1985 |
Sandy Lyle (Britain) |
| 1984 |
Ballesteros |
| 1983 |
Tom Watson |
| 1982 |
Watson |
| 1981 |
Bill Rogers |
| 1980 |
Watson |
| 1979 |
Ballesteros |
| 1978 |
Jack Nicklaus |
| 1977 |
Watson |
| 1976 |
Johnny Miller |
| 1975 |
Watson |
| 1974 |
Gary Player (South Africa) |
| 1973 |
Tom Weiskopf |
| 1972 |
Lee Trevino |
| 1971 |
Trevino |
| 1970 |
Nicklaus |
| 1969 |
Tony Jacklin (Britain) |
| 1968 |
Player |
| 1967 |
Roberto de Vicenzo (Argentina) |
| 1966 |
Nicklaus |
| 1965 |
Peter Thomson (Australia) |
| 1964 |
Tony Lema |
| 1963 |
Bob Charles (New Zealand) |
| 1962 |
Arnold Palmer |
| 1961 |
Palmer |
| 1960 |
Kel Nagle (Australia) |
| 1959 |
Player |
| 1958 |
Thomson |
| 1957 |
Bobby Locke (South Africa) |
| 1956 |
Thomson |
| 1955 |
Thomson |
| 1954 |
Thomson |
| 1953 |
Ben Hogan |
| 1952 |
Locke |
| 1951 |
Max Faulkner (Britain) |
| 1950 |
Locke |
| 1949 |
Locke |
| 1948 |
Henry Cotton (Britain) |
| 1947 |
Fred Daly (Northern Ireland) |
| 1946 |
Sam Snead |
| 1945 |
No tournament |
| 1944 |
No tournament |
| 1943 |
No tournament |
| 1942 |
No tournament |
| 1941 |
No tournament |
| 1940 |
No tournament |
| 1939 |
Dick Burton (Britain) |
| 1938 |
Reg Whitcombe (Britain) |
| 1937 |
Cotton |
| 1936 |
Alf Padgham (Britain) |
| 1935 |
Alf Perry (Britain) |
| 1934 |
Cotton |
| 1933 |
Densmore Shute |
| 1932 |
Gene Sarazen |
| 1931 |
Tommy Armour |
| 1930 |
Bobby Jones |
| 1929 |
Walter Hagen |
| 1928 |
Hagen |
| 1927 |
Jones |
| 1926 |
Jones |
| 1925 |
Jim Barnes |
| 1924 |
Hagen |
| 1923 |
Arthur Havers (Britain) |
| 1922 |
Hagen |
| 1921 |
Jock Hutchison |
| 1920 |
George Duncan (Britain) |
| 1919 |
No tournament |
| 1918 |
No tournament |
| 1917 |
No tournament |
| 1916 |
No tournament |
| 1915 |
No tournament |
| 1914 |
Harry Vardon (Britain) |
| 1913 |
John H Taylor (Britain) |
| 1912 |
Ted Ray (Britain) |
| 1911 |
Vardon |
| 1910 |
James Braid (Britain) |
| 1909 |
Taylor |
| 1908 |
Braid |
| 1907 |
Arnaud Massy (France) |
| 1906 |
Braid |
| 1905 |
Braid |
| 1904 |
Jack White (Britain) |
| 1903 |
Vardon |
| 1902 |
Sandy Herd (Britain) |
| 1901 |
Braid |
| 1900 |
Taylor |
| 1899 |
Vardon |
| 1898 |
Vardon |
| 1897 |
Harold H Hilton (Britain) |
| 1896 |
Vardon |
| 1895 |
Taylor |
| 1894 |
Taylor |
| 1893 |
Willie Auchterlonie (Britain) |
| 1892 |
Hilton |
| 1891 |
Hugh Kirkaldy (Britain) |
| 1890 |
John Ball Jnr (Britain) |
| 1889 |
Willie Park Jnr (Britain) |
| 1888 |
Jack Burns (Britain) |
| 1887 |
Willie Park Jnr |
| 1886 |
David Brown (Britain) |
| 1885 |
Bob Martin (Britain) |
| 1884 |
Jack Simpson (Britain) |
| 1883 |
Willie Fernie (Britain) |
| 1882 |
Bob Ferguson (Britain) |
| 1881 |
Ferguson |
| 1880 |
Ferguson |
| 1879 |
Jamie Anderson (Britain) |
| 1878 |
Anderson |
| 1877 |
Anderson |
| 1876 |
Martin |
| 1875 |
Willie Park Snr (Britain) |
| 1874 |
Mungo Park (Britain) |
| 1873 |
Tom Kidd (Britain) |
| 1872 |
Tom Morris Jnr (Britain) |
| 1871 |
No tournament |
| 1870 |
Morris Jnr |
| 1869 |
Morris Jnr |
| 1868 |
Morris Jnr |
| 1867 |
Tom Morris Snr (Britain) |
| 1866 |
Willie Park Snr |
| 1865 |
Andrew Strath (Britain) |
| 1864 |
Morris Snr |
| 1863 |
Willie Park Snr |
| 1862 |
Morris Snr |
| 1861 |
Morris Snr |
| 1860 |
Willie Park Snr |
