The field is taking shape for the third Major Championship of the year at the U.S. Open.
Here is a list of all players currently qualified in the first category in which they are exempt.
Winners of the U.S. Open the last ten years (2016-25)
J.J. Spaun
Bryson DeChambeau
Wyndham Clark
Matt Fitzpatrick
Jon Rahm
Gary Woodland
Brooks Koepka
Dustin Johnson
From the 2025 U.S. Open, the ten lowest scorers and anyone tying for tenth place
Robert MacIntyre
Viktor Hovland
Cameron Young
Tyrrell Hatton
Carlos Ortiz
Scottie Scheffler
Sam Burns
Ben Griffin
Russell Henley
Winner of the 2025 U.S. Senior Open Championship
Pádraig Harrington
Winner of the 2025 U.S. Amateur Championship
Mason Howell (a)
Winners of the 2025 U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur Championships, and the 2025 U.S. Amateur runner-up (must be an amateur)
Hamilton Coleman (a) (U.S. Junior Amateur champion)
Brandon Holtz (a) (U.S. Mid-Amateur champion)
Jackson Herrington (a) (U.S. Amateur runner-up)
Winners of the Masters Tournament from 2022-2026
Rory McIlroy
Winners of the US PGA Championship from 2022-2026
Aaron Rai
Xander Schauffele
Justin Thomas
Winners of The Open Championship from 2021-2025
Brian Harman
Cameron Smith
Collin Morikawa
Winners of THE PLAYERS Championship from 2024-2026
All exempt in previous categories
Winner of the 2025 BMW PGA Championship
Alex Noren
Those players who qualified and were eligible for the season-ending 2025 Tour Championship
Ludvig Åberg
Akshay Bhatia
Keegan Bradley
Jacob Bridgeman
Patrick Cantlay
Corey Conners
Harris English
Tommy Fleetwood
Chris Gotterup
Harry Hall
Sungjae Im
Shane Lowry
Hideki Matsuyama
Maverick McNealy
Andrew Novak
Justin Rose
Sepp Straka
Nick Taylor
Multiple winners of PGA TOUR events that award full-point allocation for the FedEx Cup, from the conclusion of the 2025 U.S. Open to the initiation of the 2026 U.S. Open
All currently exempt in previous categories
The top five players in the 2026 FedExCup standings as of May 18, 2026 who are not otherwise exempt
Alex Fitzpatrick
Sahith Theegala
Sudarshan Yellamaraju
Patrick Rodgers
Matti Schmid
The points leader from the 2025 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
Johnny Keefer
The top two players from the final 2025 Race to Dubai Rankings who are not otherwise exempt as of May 18, 2026
Laurie Canter
Adrien Saddier
The top player on the 2026 Race to Dubai Rankings as of May 18, 2026 who is not otherwise exempt
Jayden Schaper
Winner of 2025 The Amateur Championship conducted by The R&A (must be an amateur)
Ethan Fang (a)
Winner of the 2025 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Men's World Amateur Golf Ranking; must be an amateur)
Jackson Koivun (a)
Winner of the 2026 NCAA Division I Men's Individual Golf Championship (must be an amateur)
TBD
Winner of the 2026 Latin America Amateur Championship (must be an amateur)
Mateo Pulcini (a)
From the current Official World Golf Ranking, the top 60 points leaders and ties as of May 18, 2026
Patrick Reed
Si Woo Kim
Kristoffer Reitan
Nicolai Højgaard
Kurt Kitayama
Min Woo Lee
Ryan Gerard
Rickie Fowler
Jake Knapp
Jason Day
Alex Smalley
Marco Penge
Daniel Berger
Michael Kim
Matt McCarty
Jordan Spieth
Adam Scott
Nicolas Echavarria
Sam Stevens
Ryan Fox
Michael Brennan
Pierceson Coody
David Puig
Ryo Hisatsune
From the current Official World Golf Ranking, the top 60 points leaders and ties as of June 15, 2026
TBD
The top player who is not otherwise exempt and in the top 3 of the final 2025 LIV Golf Individual Standings as of May 18, 2026
Joaquin Niemann
The top player who is not otherwise exempt and in the top 3 of the 2026 LIV Golf Individual Standings as of May 18, 2026
Lucas Herbert
Special exemptions as selected by the USGA
TBD
Final Qualifying
Filippo Celli
Ugo Coussand
Cooper Dossey
Adrian Dumont de Chassart
Angel Hidalgo
Matthew Jordan
T.K. Kim
Tom Kim
Nathan Kimsey
Graeme McDowell
Niklas Nørgaard
Peter Uihlein
Rocco Repetto Taylor
Manav Shah
Jimmy Stanger
*Players can qualify via more than one category
*Primary qualification methods subject to change
*DP World Tour members in bold
