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How players are qualifying for the 2025 U.S. Open
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How players are qualifying for the 2025 U.S. Open

The field for the penultimate Major Championship of the season - the U.S. Open - is complete.

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Held this year at Oakmont Country Club from June 12-15, 156 players are set to tee it up in the tournament.

Bryson DeChambeau is the defending champion, having won his second U.S. Open title at Pinehurst No. 2 12 months ago.

The following is a list of the exemptions as established by the USGA and which players fall into those categories:

Bold denotes DP World Tour member or affiliate member.

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

From the 2024 U.S. Open Championship, the 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place

Rory McIlroy

• Tony Finau

• Patrick Cantlay

Matthieu Pavon

• Hideki Matsuyama

• Russell Henley

• Xander Schauffele

• Sam Burns

• Davis Thompson

Corey Conners

Winner of the 2024 U.S. Senior Open Championship

• Richard Bland

Winner of the 2024 U.S. Amateur Championship

• Jose Luis Ballester (a)

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) (U.S. Junior Amateur champion)

• Evan Beck (a) (U.S. Mid-Amateur champion)

• Noah Kent (a) (U.S. Amateur runner-up)

Winners of the Masters Tournament from 2020-2025

• Scottie Scheffler (2024)

Winners of the PGA of America Championship from 2021-2025

Phil Mickelson (2021)

Winners of The Open Championship from 2021-2024

Brian Harman (2023)

Cameron Smith (2022)

Collin Morikawa (2021)

Those players who qualified and were eligible for the season-ending 2024 Tour Championship

Sahith Theegala

• Shane Lowry

Taylor Pendrith

• Robert MacIntyre

• Tommy Fleetwood

Byeong Hun An

Keegan Bradley

Akshay Bhatia

Chris Kirk

• Sepp Straka

• Christiaan Bezuidenhout

Tom Hoge

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

The points leader from the 2024 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

Matt McCarty

The top two players from the final 2024 Race to Dubai Rankings who are not otherwise exempt as of May 19, 2025

• Rasmus Højgaard

• Thriston Lawrence

The top player on the 2025 Race to Dubai Rankings as of May 19, 2025 who is not otherwise exempt

• Laurie Canter

Winner of the 2025 NCAA Division I Men's Individual Golf Championship (must be an amateur)

• Michael La Sasso (a)

Winner of the 2025 Latin America Amateur Championship (must be an amateur)

• Justin Hastings (a)

From the current Official World Golf Ranking, the top 60 points leaders and ties as of June 9, 2025 (if not previously exempt)

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

• Nicolas Echavarria

• Ben Griffin

• Davis Riley

• Michael Kim

Patrick Reed

• Nick Dunlap

• Si Woo Kim

• Joe Highsmith

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

Winner of the 2024 Olympic Gold Medal, mcontested August 1-4 2024

• Scottie Scheffler

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

Exempt through Final Qualifying

Yuta Sugiura

Scott Vincent

Jinichiro Kozuma

Jordan Smith

Frederic Lacroix

Joakim Lagergren

Guido Migliozzi

Sam Bairstow

Jacques Kruyswijk

Edoardo Molinari

Andrea Pavan

Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen

James Hahn

Adam Schenk

Lance Simpson (a)

Cameron Tankersley (a)

Carlos Ortiz

Johnny Keefer

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

Bud Cauley

Lanto Griffin

Justin Lower

Harrison Ott

Cameron Young

Grant Haefner

George Duangmanee

Zac Blair

Kevin Velo

• Niklas Nørgaard

• Matt Wallace

• Thorbjørn Olesen

Mark Hubbard

• Victor Perez

Emiliano Grillo

Matt Vogt (a)

Brady Calkins

Preston Summerhays (a)

Riley Lewis

Zachery Pollo (a)

Joey Herrera

Austen Truslow

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