"And right now I'm sitting here as a U.S. Open champion, and the last thing I think people need to worry about is a banana."

I'm a U.S. Open champion, and I always will be.

Still at the beginning of his career, it was the first Top 10 finish in a major for the future U.S. Open champion.

Smith's brother Alex, a future two-time U.S. Open champion, finished in 7th place.

We looked at players who were U.S. Open champions from 1980 through the present and selected eight champions from that time span.

Dutra was the first U.S. Open champion born in California.

Smith's brother Willie, the 1899 U.S. Open champion, finished in 3rd place, two-shots out of the playoff.

Players are going to be gunning for him and then say, 'I beat last year's U.S. Open champion.'

He is the oldest living U.S. Open champion.

"I still think there'll probably be a new U.S. Open champion," he said.