The field for the U.S. Open is perhaps the “easiest” to get into as anyone who registers as a professional, or an amateur with a low enough handicap index can enter one of the 110 local qualifiers around the world, to then advance through one of 13 final qualifiers before reaching the championship propper. Easier said than done of course.
You could also attempt to earn one of the 25 exemption categories reserved for the world’s best players. But as you’ll see below, those are perhaps even harder to come by.
This year’s U.S. Open field started with 10,202 entries, the fourth time the number has exceeded 10,000. Here are the lucky 156 who will compete for our national championship.
EXEMPT PLAYERS
Players are listed only by the first exemption category they qualify for.
F-1. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship the last 10 years (2015-24)
Bryson DeChambeau Wyndham Clark Matt Fitzpatrick Jon Rahm Gary Woodland Brooks Koepka Dustin Johnson Jordan Spieth
F-2. From the 2024 U.S. Open Championship, the 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place
Rory McIlroy Patrick Cantlay Tony Finau Matthieu Pavon Hideki Matsuyama Russell Henley Xander Schauffele Sam Burns Corey Conners Davis Thompson
F-3. Winner of the 2024 U.S. Senior Open Championship
Richard Bland
F-4. Winner of the 2024 U.S. Amateur Championship
Jose Luis Ballester
F-5. Winners of the 2024 U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur Championships, and the 2024 U.S. Amateur runner-up (must be an amateur)
Trevor Gutschewski (a) Evan Beck (a) Noah Kent (a)
F-6. Winners of the Masters Tournament from 2020-2025
Scottie Scheffler
F-7. Winners of the PGA of America Championship from 2021-2025
Justin Thomas Phil Mickelson
F-8. Winners of the Open Championship from 2021-2024
Brian Harman Cameron Smith Collin Morikawa
F-9. Winners of the Players Championship from 2023-2025
N/A
F-10. Winner of the 2024 DP World Tour BMW PGA Championship
N/A
F-11. Those players who qualified and were eligible for the season-ending 2024 Tour Championship
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
F-12. Multiple winners of PGA Tour events that award full-point allocation for the FedEx Cup, from the conclusion of the 2024 U.S. Open to the initiation of the 2025 U.S. Open
N/A
F-13. The Top 5 players in the 2025 FedExCup standings as of May 19, 2025 who are not otherwise exempt
Jacob Bridgeman Ryan Gerard Sam Stevens Brian Campbell Cam Davis
F-14. The points leader from the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour season
Matt McCarty
F-15. The top two players from the final 2024 Race to Dubai Rankings who are not otherwise exempt as of May 19, 2025
Rasmus Hojgaard Thriston Lawrence
F-16. The top player on the 2025 Race to Dubai Rankings as of May 19, 2025 who is not otherwise exempt
Laurie Canter
F-17. Winner of the 2024 Amateur Championship conducted by the R&A (must be an amateur)
N/A
F-18. Winner of the 2024 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Men’s World Amateur Golf Ranking; must be an amateur)
Luke Clanton (a)
F-19. Winner of the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Individual Golf Championship (must be an amateur)
Michael La Sasso (a)
F-20. Winner of the 2025 Latin America Amateur Championship (must be an amateur)
Justin Hastings (a)
F-21. From the current Official World Golf Ranking, the top 60 points leaders and ties as of May 19, 2025.
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
F-22. From the current Official World Golf Ranking, the top 60 points leaders and ties as of June 9, 2025 (if not previously exempt).
Ryan Fox Cameron Young Bud Cauley
F-23. Winner of the 2024 Olympic Gold Medal, contested Aug. 1-4
N/A
F-24. The top player who is otherwise not exempt and in the top 3 of the 2025 LIV Golf Individual Standings as of May 19, 2025
Joaquin Niemann
F-25. Special exemptions as selected by the USGA
N/A
QUALIFIERS
*Advanced as alternates
Final qualifying (Japan, May 19)
Yuta Sugiura Scott Vincent Jinichiro Kozuma Riki Kawamoto*
Final qualifying (England, May 19)
Jordan Smith Joakim Lagergren Guido Migliozzi Frederic LaCroix Sam Bairstow Edoardo Molinari James Kruyswijk Andrea Pavan
Final qualifying (Texas, May 19)
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen James Hahn Adam Schenk Lance Simpson (a) Cameron Tankersley (a) Carlos Ortiz Johnny Keefer Doug Ghim*
Final qualifying (U.S., Canada, June 2)
James Nicholas Chris Gotterup Roberto Diaz Ben James Zach Bauchou Alistair Docherty Alvaro Ortiz Emilio Gonzalez Trent Phillips George Kneiser Chandler Blanchet Justin Hicks Philip Barbaree, Jr. Frankie Harris (a) Mason Howell (a) Jackson Buchanan Tyler Weaver (a) Jackson Koivun (a) Will Chandler Ryan McCormick Trevor Cone Marc Leishman Bryan Lee Erik van Rooyen Lanto Griffin Justin Lower Harrison Ott Grant Haefner George Duangmanee Zac Blair Kevin Velo Nicklas Norgaard Matt Wallace Thorbjorn Olesen Mark Hubbard Victor Perez Emiliano Grillo Matt Vogt (a) Brady Calkins Preston Summerhays (a) Riley Lewis Zachery Pollo (a) Joey Herrera Austen Truslow Takumi Kanaya* Chase Johnson* Eric Cole*
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