The United States Golf Association (USGA) has announced that 30 additional golfers, including major champions Adam Scott and Keegan Bradley, have earned full exemptions into the 2022 U.S. Open Championship, to be played June 16-19 at The Country Club, in Brookline, Mass. These exemptions bring the number of fully exempt players to 79.
Exemptions were awarded to 27 players who earned a place in the top 60 of the Official World Golf Ranking® (OWGR) as of May 23, who were not otherwise exempt. Scott, who will compete in his 21st U.S. Open, won the 2013 Masters Tournament. He is ranked No. 42. Bradley, who won the 2011 PGA Championship, is ranked No. 46. It will be Bradley’s 10th U.S. Open.
At No. 14, Will Zalatoris is the highest-ranked player in the current OWGR who was not previously exempt into the U.S. Open. Zalatoris, who will play in his fourth U.S. Open, finished second in the PGA Championship on Sunday, losing to Justin Thomas in a playoff. Mito Pereira moved up 51 spots from his previous world ranking to No. 49 by tying for third in the PGA and will compete in his second U.S. Open.
The other players who earned full exemptions through the current Official World Golf Ranking are: Adri Arnaus, Richard Bland, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Talor Gooch, Brian Harman, Tyrrell Hatton, Russell Henley, Lucas Herbert, Tom Hoge, Kevin Kisner, Si Woo Kim, K.H. Lee, Min Woo Lee, Marc Leishman, Sebastian Munoz, Alex Noren, Thomas Pieters, Seamus Power, Sepp Straka, Cameron Tringale, Harold Varner III and Cameron Young.
Fitzpatrick, who will compete in the U.S. Open for the eighth time, won the U.S. Amateur in 2013 at The Country Club. Harman (No. 53) and Fleetwood (No. 41), who were U.S. Open runners-up in 2017 and 2018, respectively, also earned entry through the OWGR.
Three other players earned exemptions based on their performances on other professional tours. Joohyung Kim was the top finisher on the 2020-21 Asian Tour Final Order of Merit. Jed Morgan earned his spot as the top finisher on the 2021-22 ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia Final Order of Merit. Shaun Norris is currently the leading player on the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit.
Max Homa gained a full exemption when he captured the Wells Fargo Championship on May 8, his second PGA Tour victory this season that awarded a full-point allocation. He is also currently No. 29 in the OWGR.
In addition, the top 10 aggregate point earners, who are otherwise not exempt, in the four-event U.S. Open 2022 European Qualifying Series (Betfred British Masters, Soudal Open, Dutch Open and Porsche European Open) will earn places in the U.S. Open. Any multiple winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship will also earn an exemption. The number of fully exempt golfers may increase with the addition of the top 60 players from the OWGR as of Monday, June 6.
The first of nine U.S. final qualifiers for the 2022 U.S. Open was held May 23, in Dallas. Japan completed their 36-hole international qualifier earlier.
Other 36-hole final qualifiers will take place at nine additional sites on June 6: RattleSnake Point Golf Club (CopperHead Course), Milton, Ontario, Canada; The Olympic Club (Ocean Course), San Francisco; The Club at Admiral’s Cove (North and West Courses), Jupiter, Fla.; Ansley Golf Club (Settindown Creek Course), Roswell, Ga.; Woodmont Country Club (North Course), Rockville, Md.; Century Country Club & Old Oaks Country Club, Purchase, N.Y.; Kinsale Golf and Fitness Club & Wedgewood Golf and Country Club, Columbus, Ohio; Springfield (Ohio) Country Club; and Pronghorn Resort (Nicklaus Course), Bend, Ore.
The U.S. Open has previously been contested at The Country Club in 1913, 1963 and 1988 and each championship was decided in a playoff. One of the five founding member clubs of the USGA, the club will host its 17th USGA championship overall and first since the 2013 U.S. Amateur.
A list of the 79 golfers fully exempt into the 2022 U.S. Open as of May 23 (not including the final qualifiers from Texas and Japan) is below. It can also be found at this link.
More information about the 2022 U.S. Open at The Country Club, including local and final qualifying, is available at usopen.com.
The list of the 79 golfers who are fully exempt into the 2022 U.S. Open (as of today):
Abraham Ancer 11, 20 Marc Leishman 20
Ardi Arnaus 20 Shane Lowry 8, 20
Daniel Berger 2, 20 Hideki Matsuyama 6, 11, 12, 20
Richard Bland 20 Rory McIlroy 2, 11, 20
Keegan Bradley 20 Phil Mickelson 7, 20
Sam Burns 11, 20 Guido Migliozzi 2
Patrick Cantlay 11, 12, 20 Francesco Molinari 7
Paul Casey 2, 20 Jed Morgan 18
Stewart Cink 11 Collin Morikawa 2, 7, 8, 11, 20
Corey Conners 11, 20 Sebastian Munoz 20
Bryson DeChambeau 1, 11, 20 Kevin Na 11, 20
a-Nicholas Dunlap 5 a-Keita Nakajima 14
Harris English 2, 11, 20 Joaquin Niemann 11, 20
Tony Finau 11, 20 Alex Noren 20
Jim Furyk 3 Shaun Norris 19
Matthew Fitzpatrick 20 Louis Oosthuizen 2, 11, 20
Tommy Fleetwood 20 Mito Pereira 20
Sergio Garcia 11, 20 Thomas Pieters 20
Talor Gooch 20 a-James Piot 4
Branden Grace 2 Seamus Power 20
a-Austin Greaser 5 Jon Rahm 1, 2, 11, 20
a-Stewart Hagestad 5 Patrick Reed 6, 11, 20
Brian Harman 20 Justin Rose 1
Tyrrell Hatton 20 Xander Schauffele 2, 11, 15, 20
Russell Henley 20 Scottie Scheffler 2, 6, 11, 12, 20
Lucas Herbert 20 a-Laird Shepherd 13
Tom Hoge 20 Adam Scott 20
Max Homa 12, 20 Webb Simpson 1, 20
Billy Horschel 10, 11, 20 Cameron Smith 9, 11, 12, 20
Viktor Hovland 11, 20 Jordan Spieth 1, 8, 11, 20
Sungjae Im 11, 20 Sepp Straka 20
Dustin Johnson 1, 6, 11, 20 Justin Thomas 7, 9, 11, 20
Martin Kaymer 1 Cameron Tringale 20
Joohyung Kim 17 Erik van Rooyen 11
Si Woo Kim 20 Harold Varner III 20
Kevin Kisner 20 Gary Woodland 1
Brooks Koepka 1, 2, 7, 11, 20 Tiger Woods 6
Jason Kokrak 11, 20 Cameron Young 20
K.H. Lee 20 Will Zalatoris 20
Min Woo Lee 20
Bold – U.S. Open champion a – amateur
Key to Player Exemptions
1. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship the last 10 years (2012-21)
2. From the 2021 U.S. Open Championship, the 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place
3. Winner of the 2021 U.S. Senior Open Championship
4. Winner of the 2021 U.S. Amateur Championship
5. Winners of the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur & U.S. Mid-Amateur Championships and the 2021 U.S. Amateur Championship runner-up (must be an amateur)
6. Winners of the Masters Tournament the last five years (2018-22)
7. Winners of the PGA Championship (2017-22)
8. Winners of The Open Championship, conducted by The R&A, the last five years (2017-21)
9. Winners of the 2021 and 2022 Players Championship
10. Winner of the 2021 European Tour BMW PGA Championship
11. Those players who qualified for the season-ending 2021 Tour Championship
12. Multiple winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation (June 2021-June 2022)
13. Winner of the 2021 Amateur Championship, conducted by The R&A (must be an amateur)
14. Winner of the 2021 Mark H. McCormack Medal (top-ranked in WAGR & must be an amateur)
15. Winner of the 2020 Olympic Gold Medal (contested in 2021)
16. From the four-event U.S. Open 2022 European Qualifying Series (Betfred British Masters, Soudal Open, Dutch Open and Porsche European Open), the top 10 aggregate point earners that are not otherwise exempt
17. From the 2020-21 Asian Tour Final Order of Merit, the top finisher who is not otherwise exempt as of May 23
18. From the 2021-22 ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia Final Order of Merit, the top finisher who is not otherwise exempt as of May 23
19. From the 2021-22 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit, the leading player who is not otherwise exempt as of May 23
20. Top 60 point leaders and ties from the current Official World Golf Ranking as of May 23, 2022
21. Top 60 point leaders and ties from the current Official World Golf Ranking as of June 6, 2022
22. Special exemptions selected by the USGA
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