Times in the last 50 years the U.S. Open runner-up1 has gone on to win the following year.
ELLEN J. HORROW AND JANET LOEHRKE, USA TODAY
1– Jack Nicklaus (runner-up 1971, won 1972), Payne Stewart (1998, ’99), Tiger Woods (2007, ’08), Dustin Johnson (2015, ’16) SOURCE PGA Tour