Players who are exempt or have qualified for the U.S. Open golf championship on June 12-15 at Oakmont. Players listed only in first category that applies (a-amateur):
U.S. Open champions (10 years)
Bryson DeChambeau, Wyndham Clark, Matt Fitzpatrick, Jon Rahm, Gary Woodland, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth.
Top 10 and ties from the 2024 U.S. Open
Rory McIlroy, Patrick Cantlay, Tony Finau, Matthieu Pavon, Hideki Matsuyama, Russell Henley, Xander Schauffele, Sam Burns, Corey Conners, Davis Thompson.
2024 U.S. Senior Open champion
Richard Bland.
2024 U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up
a-Jose Luis Ballester, a-Noah Kent.
2024 U.S. Junior Amateur champion
a-Trevor Gutschewski.
2024 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion
a-Evan Beck.
Masters champions (5 years)
Scottie Scheffler.
PGA champions (5 years)
Justin Thomas, Phil Mickelson.
British Open champions (5 years)
Brian Harman, Cameron Smith, Collin Morikawa.
2024 Tour Championship field
Sahith Theegala, Adam Scott, Sungjae Im, Shane Lowry, Viktor Hovland, Taylor Pendrith, Ludvig Aberg, Robert MacIntyre, Tommy Fleetwood, Keegan Bradley, Byeong Hun An, Aaron Rai, Akshay Bhatia, Chris Kirk, Sepp Straka, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Tom Hoge.
Points leader from the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour
Matt McCarty.
The top 60 players from the May 19 world golf ranking
Maverick McNealy, Harris English, Justin Rose, Tyrrell Hatton, Daniel Berger, J.J. Spaun, Min Woo Lee, Thomas Detry, Jason Day, J.T. Poston, Andrew Novak, Lucas Glover, Denny McCarthy, Nick Taylor, Stephan Jaeger, Tom Kim, Max Greyserman, Mackenzie Hughes, Jhonattan Vegas, Nico Echavarria, Ben Griffin, Davis Riley, Michael Kim, Patrick Reed, Nick Dunlap, Si Woo Kim, Joe Highsmith.
Top 5 in the FedEx Cup on May 19 not already exempt
Jacob Bridgeman, Ryan Gerard, Sam Stevens, Brian Campbell, Cam Davis.
Top 2 players from 2024 Race to Dubai not already exempt
Rasmus Hojgaard, Thriston Lawrence.
Top player in the 2025 Race to Dubai not exempt on May 19
Laurie Canter.
Leading player of top 3 from LIV Golf on May 19
Joaquin Niemann.
2024 Mark H. McCormack Medal
a-Luke Clanton.
2025 NCAA champion
TBD on May 26.
2025 Latin American Amateur champion
a-Justin Hastings.
The top 60 players from the June 9 world golf ranking
TBD.
Sectional qualifying-Japan
Yuta Sugiura, Scott Vincent, Jinichiro Kozuma.
Sectional qualifying-England
Jordan Smith, Joakim Lagergren, Guido Migliozzi, Frederic LaCroix, Sam Bairstow, Edoardo Molinari, James Kruyswijk, Andrea Pavan.
Sectional qualifying in the U.S. and Canada
TBD on June 2.
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