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U.S. Open 2024: Here’s everyone who is in the field at Pinehurst (so far) – Australian Golf Digest

U.S. Open 2024: Here’s everyone who is in the field at Pinehurst (so far) – Australian Golf Digest

Two men’s majors down. Two more to go. After a thrilling finish at the PGA Championship, with Xander Schauffele claiming the Wanamaker Trophy with a 72nd-hole birdie to beat Bryson DeChambeau by a shot, next on the tee is the 2024 U.S. Open.

The USGA brings its marquee event back to Pinehurst No. 2 in June, the fourth time the famed Donald Ross course is hosting the national championship. The first came 25 years ago in 1999, when Payne Stewart won the U.S. Open for the second time in his career. In 2005, Michael Campbell pulled out the victory, and in 2014, Martin Kaymer dominated the field, winning by eight shots. Pinehurst has already been named site for the 2029, 2035, 2041 and 2047 U.S. Open along with several other USGA championships.

USGA officials proudly boast that the U.S. Open is the most democratic championship in golf. Any professional or amateur with a 0.4 handicap index can enter, with 10,052 doing so this year. And around half the spots in the 156-player field are earned via qualifying. The USGA just wrapped up the last of its 109 18-hole Local Qualifiers. All players advancing will then compete in 36-hole Final Qualifiers being held at 13 sites, 10 in the U.S., one in England, one in Canada and one in Japan.

The remainder of the field earned their places through 23 fully exempt categories. To date, 83 golfers are officially in the field, led by defending champion Wyndham Clark and Tiger Woods, who accepted a special exemption into the event earlier this month. In the next few weeks, more exempt spots will be filled. Any player in the top 60 of the Official World Golf Ranking as of June 11 who isn’t already qualified gets in. On May 27, the NCAA men’s D-I individual champion plays his way in.

Here’s the list of everybody who has qualified to compete in Pinehurst so far. We’ll continue to update this list as more of the fully exempt categories are filled.

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Ludvig Aberg, 21

Byeong Hun An, 21

Christiaan Bezuidenhout, 21

Akshay Bhatia, 21

Keegan Bradley, 11, 21

Sam Burns, 11, 21

Patrick Cantlay, 11, 21

Wyndham Clark, 1, 2, 11, 21

Eric Cole, 21

Corey Conners, 11, 21

Jason Day, 11, 21

Santiago De la Fuente (a), 20

Bryson DeChambeau, 1, 21

Thomas Detry, 21

Nick Dunlap, 4

Austin Eckroat, 2, 21

Harris English, 2, 21

Tony Finau, 11, 21

Matt Fitzpatrick, 1, 11, 21

Tommy Fleetwood, 2, 11, 21

Rickie Fowler, 2, 11, 21

Ryan Fox, 10

Lucas Glover, 11, 12, 21

Emiliano Grillo, 11, 21

Adam Hadwin, 21

Stewart Hagestad (a), 5

Brian Harman, 8, 11, 21

Tyrrell Hatton, 11, 21

Russell Henley, 11, 21

Tom Hoge, 21

Billy Horschel, 13

Rikuya Hoshino, 16

Max Homa, 11, 21

Nicolai Hojgaard, 21

Viktor Hovland, 11, 12, 21

Mackenzie Hughes, 13

Sungjae Im, 11, 21

Stephan Jaeger, 21

Dustin Johnson, 1, 2, 6

Martin Kaymer, 1

Bryan Kim (a), 5

Si Woo Kim, 11, 21

Tom Kim, 2, 21

Chris Kirk, 21

Kurt Kitayama, 21

Jake Knapp, 21

Brooks Koepka, 1, 7, 21

Ben Kohles, 14

Christo Lamprecht (a), 17

Bernhard Langer, 3

Min Woo Lee, 2, 21

Shane Lowry, 8, 21

Peter Malnati, 13

Hideki Matsuyama, 6, 21

Denny McCarthy, 21

Rory McIlroy, 2, 11, 12, 21

Adrian Meronk, 15

Phil Mickelson, 7

Taylor Moore, 11, 21

Collin Morikawa, 7, 8, 11, 21

Grayson Murray, 21

Alex Noren, 21

Matthieu Pavon, 21

Taylor Pendrith, 13

Victor Perez, 15

J.T. Poston, 21

Jon Rahm, 1, 2, 6, 11, 21

Justin Rose, 21

Gordon Sargent (a), 18

Xander Schauffele, 2, 7, 11, 21

Scottie Scheffler, 2, 6, 9, 11, 12, 21

Adam Schenk, 11, 21

Neal Shipley (a), 5

Cameron Smith, 2, 8, 9

Jordan Spieth, 1, 11, 21

Sepp Straka, 11, 21

Nick Taylor, 11, 21

Sahith Theegala, 21

Justin Thomas, 7, 21

Gary Woodland, 1

Tiger Woods, 23

Cameron Young, 21

Will Zalatoris, 21

QUALIFYING CATEGORIES

F-1. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship the last 10 years (2014-23)

F-2. From the 2023 U.S. Open Championship, the 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place

F-3. Winner of the 2023 U.S. Senior Open Championship

F-4. Winner of the 2023 U.S. Amateur Championship

F-5. Winners of the 2023 U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur Championships, and the 2023 U.S. Amateur runner-up (must be an amateur)

F-6. Winners of the Masters Tournament from 2020-2024

F-7. Winners of the PGA of America Championship from 2019-2024

F-8. Winners of The Open Championship from 2019-23

F-9. Winners of The Players Championship from 2022-2024

F-10. Winner of the 2023 European BMW PGA Championship

F-11. Those players who qualified and were eligible for the season-ending 2023 Tour Championship

F-12. Multiple winners of PGA Tour events that award full-point allocation for the FedEx Cup, from the conclusion of the 2023 U.S. Open to the initiation of the 2024 U.S. Open:

F-13. The Top 5 players in the 2024 FedExCup standings as of May 20, 2024 who are not otherwise exempt

F-14. The points leader from the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour season using combined points earned on the Official Korn Ferry Tour Regular Season Points Standings and points earned in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals

F-15. The top two players from the final 2023 Race to Dubai Rankings who are not otherwise exempt as of May 20, 2024

F-16. The top player on the 2024 Race to Dubai Rankings as of May 20, 2024 who is not otherwise exempt

F-17. Winner of 2023 The Amateur Championship conducted by The R&A (must be an amateur)

F-18. Winner of the 2023 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Men’s World Amateur Golf Ranking; must be an amateur)

F-19. Winner of the 2024 NCAA Division I Men’s Individual Golf Championship (must be an amateur)

F-20. Winner of the 2024 Latin America Amateur Championship (must be an amateur)

F-21. From the current Official World Golf Ranking, the top 60 points leaders and ties as of May 20, 2024. Players must select a qualifying site at the time of entry.

F-22. From the current Official World Golf Ranking, the top 60 points leaders and ties as of June 10, 2024 (if not previously exempt).

F-23. Special exemptions as selected by the USGA.

This article was originally published on golfdigest.com