125th U.S. Open Championship - Final Qualifying Storylines

U.S. Open Final Qualifying begins on Monday, June 2, at 10 sites (nine in the U.S., one in Canada).

Final qualifying is conducted over 36 holes. Here are the locations and players to keep your eye on.

The 2025 U.S. Open Championship will be contested from June 12-15 at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club. 

►Lambton Golf & Country Club, York, Ontario, Canada

►Valencia (Calif.) Country Club
►Emerald Dunes Club, West Palm Beach, Fla.
►Piedmont Driving Club, Atlanta, Ga.
►Woodmont Country Club (North Course), Rockville, Md.
►Canoe Brook Country Club (North & South Courses), Summit, N.J.

►Duke University Golf Club, Durham, N.C.
►Kinsale Golf & Fitness Club, Columbus, Ohio
►Springfield (Ohio) Country Club
►Wine Valley Golf Club, Walla Walla, Wash.

 

Note: The final size of the field for each qualifier, along with the final number of available spots, will be announced on Monday, June 2. Scoring from all 10 qualifiers will be available at usopen.com.
 

Broadcast coverage: Golf Channel will provide 10 hours of coverage of “Golf’s Longest Day.” The broadcast times are: noon-2 p.m. and 4 p.m.-midnight EDT.

Lambton Golf & Country Club
York, Ontario, Canada; 70 players for TBD spots

►Frankie Capan III, 24, of North Oaks, Minn., was the medalist (68-66) in last year’s Durham, N.C., final qualifier and went on to tie for 41st at Pinehurst No. 2, where he and partner Shuai Ming Wong won the 2017 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship. He advanced through both stages of qualifying to his first U.S. Open the previous year. He and partner Jake Knapp finished third in the PGA Tour’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans on May 4. In 2020-21, Capan helped Florida Gulf Coast University reach the NCAA Championship.

►Ricky Castillo, 24, of Yorba Linda, Calif., played in his lone U.S. Open in 2020 as an amateur when he earned an exemption via his World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR®. The PGA Tour member tied for fifth in The CJ Cup Byron Nelson on May 4. Castillo recorded four top-10 finishes on the Korn Ferry Tour during the 2024 season. He helped the University of Florida win the 2023 Southeastern Conference title and was a four-time All-SEC selection. He posted a 4-0 record as a member of the winning 2021 USA Walker Cup Team at Seminole Golf Club.

►Luke Clanton, 21, of Hialeah, Fla., earned the 2024 Mark H. McCormack Medal as the world’s leading male in the World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR® and earned a full exemption into this year’s U.S. Open. However, he will forfeit the exemption when he turns professional prior to the Canadian Open. Clanton won four tournaments, including the NCAA Tallahassee (Fla.) Regional, as a junior at Florida State University in 2024-25 after tying for second in the NCAAs as a sophomore. Clanton tied for second in two PGA Tour events – the John Deere Classic and The RSM Classic – and tied for 41st in the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 last year.

►David Ford, 22, of Peachtree Corners, Ga., a three-time All-America selection at the University of North Carolina, posted four victories as a senior in 2024-25. Ford was a member of the winning 2023 USA Walker Cup Team at the Old Course in St. Andrews, and also helped the USA win that same year’s World Amateur Team Championship in the United Arab Emirates. Ford’s twin brother, Maxwell, is also a college teammate.

►Ryan Fox, 38, of New Zealand, has played in six U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for 41st in 2018 at Shinnecock Hills. He won for the first time on the PGA Tour on May 11 when he claimed the Oneflight Myrtle Beach Classic in a playoff. Fox captured the 2023 BMW PGA Championship, one of his four DP World Tour victories. He has also won three PGA Tour of Australasia events.

►Takumi Kanaya, 27, of Japan, has played in two U.S. Opens. In 2020, he was exempt after receiving the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the world’s leading male in the World Amateur Golf Ranking®/ WAGR®. Last year, he advanced from the Dallas, Texas, final qualifier. Kanaya owns two top-20 finishes on the PGA Tour this season. He has claimed seven Japan Golf Tour events, including the 2023 BMW Tour Championship Mori Building Cup.

►Luke List, 40, of Augusta, Ga., has competed in seven U.S. Opens, including 2007 at Oakmont Country Club. List has won twice on the PGA Tour – 2022 Farmers Insurance Open and 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship – and each in a playoff. List, who owns two Korn Ferry Tour wins, was the runner-up to Ryan Moore in the 2004 U.S. Amateur at Winged Foot.

►Tyler Mawhinney, 17, of Fleming Island, Fla., won the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball title on May 21 at Plainfield Country Club, in Edison, N.J., with partner and fellow U.S. National Junior Team member Will Hartman. His biggest individual victory came last August when he captured the Canadian Amateur, which earned him a spot in the following week’s U.S. Amateur, where he advanced to the Round of 16. Mawhinney will tee it up in this week’s RBC Canadian Open as a result of his Canadian Amateur win.

►Keith Mitchell, 33, of Chattanooga, Tenn., has played in two U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for 20th in 2023. His lone PGA Tour victory came in the 2019 Honda Classic. His owns four top-20 finishes on the Tour this season, including a tie for second in the Corales Puntacana Championship. Mitchell previously played on the Korn Ferry Tour and PGA Tour Latinoamerica.

►Gordon Sargent, 22, of Birmingham, Ala., has competed in two U.S. Opens, including 2023 when he was the low amateur (T-39) at The Los Angeles Country Club. He was the medalist in the Ball Ground, Ga., final qualifier that year. A three-time All-American at Vanderbilt University, Sargent won the 2022 NCAA individual title in a playoff as a freshman. He posted a 4-0 record for the victorious 2023 USA Walker Cup Team at St. Andrews and helped the USA medal twice in the World Amateur Team Championship (2022 – bronze, 2023 – gold).

Valencia Country Club
Valencia, Calif.; 84 players for TBD spots

►Kihei Akina, 19, of Alpine, Utah, advanced through local qualifying for the second consecutive year. He was the medalist with a 68 at Alpine Country Club, in Highland, Utah, on May 5. He is a member of the U.S. Junior National Team, a developmental program which is run by the USGA. A three-time Class 6A state champion, he was chosen USA Today’s National Boys Golfer of the Year in 2023. Akina, who will play at Brigham Young University this fall, advanced to the Round of 32 in last year’s U.S. Junior Amateur.

►Brandon Harkins, 38, of Scottsdale, Ariz., was the medalist in the Hayward, Calif., local qualifier on May 12. He carded a 66, including an eagle on the par-4 17th, at TPC Stonebrae. Harkins was a two-stage qualifier in 2016 when he tied for 59th at Oakmont Country Club, his lone U.S. Open start. He has won on the Korn Ferry and Gateway tours and has competed on the PGA Tour. Harkins played as a collegian at Chico State and was an NCAA Division II Championship qualifier as a senior.

►William Mouw, 24, of Chino Hills, Calif., played in his lone U.S. Open in 2022 after he was the medalist in the San Francisco, Calif., final qualifier. He carded rounds of 67 and 63 at The Olympic Club’s Ocean Course. His best finish on the PGA Tour this season is a tie for sixth in the Puerto Rico Open. Mouw was a member of the victorious 2021 USA Walker Cup Team and helped Pepperdine capture that year’s NCAA Championship. His father is a chicken egg farmer.

►Preston Summerhays, 21, of Scottsdale, Ariz., has played in two U.S. Opens. A senior at Arizona State University in 2024-25, he has twice earned All-America honors and tied for ninth in this year’s NCAA Championship. Summerhays won the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur, which earned him an exemption into the 2020 U.S. Open at Winged Foot. He is the son of former PGA Tour player Boyd, the nephew of PGA Tour player Daniel and the great nephew of Bruce, who won three PGA Tour Champions events. His younger sister, Grace, qualified for the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach. He was a member of the winning 2023 USA Walker Cup Team.

►Matthew Sutherland, 24, of Sacramento, Calif., was the medalist in the Hanford, Calif., local qualifier on May 8. He carded a 64 with two eagles at Kings Country Club. Sutherland is the nephew of Kevin, who played in 10 U.S. Opens, and the son of David, who is the head women’s golf coach at Sacramento State University. A two-time All-Mountain West Conference selection, Sutherland reached the Round of 16 in the 2023 U.S. Amateur.

►Hill Wang, 16, of Hacienda Heights, Calif., advanced through local qualifying for the second consecutive year. He was co-medalist with a 4-under-par 68 at Brentwood Country Club, in Los Angeles, on May 12. Wang helped La Serna High School win the CIF-Southern Section District I title on week later. The sophomore’s 3-under-par 69 included birdies on the last two holes at El Dorado Park Golf Course.

Emerald Dunes Club
West Palm Beach, Fla.; 84 players for TBD spots

►Blades Brown, 18, of Nashville, Tenn., advanced from U.S. Open local qualifying for the second consecutive year. Brown eschewed multiple college offers to turn professional in January, making his debut at the PGA Tour’s The American Express. A member of the inaugural U.S. Junior National Team in 2024, he became the youngest stroke play medalist (age 16) in U.S. Amateur history in 2023, and joined Tiger Woods as the second player ever to earn stroke play medalist honors at both the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Junior Amateur in 2024. His mother, Rhonda Blades Brown, is a former WNBA player and All-America guard at Vanderbilt University.

►Santiago de la Fuente, 23, of Mexico, was the co-medalist in a local qualifier that was contested at the Club de Golf La Hacienda. It was the first time Mexico hosted a local site. De la Fuente won the 2024 Latin America Amateur Championship. He fired a final-round 64 to win at Santa Maria Golf Club, in Panama City, Panama, earning a full exemption into last year’s U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2.
 

►Brice Garnett, 41, of Gallatin, Mo., has played in two U.S. Opens (2012, 2017) and qualified through both stages to play in his first at The Olympic Club. He has won on four professional tours (PGA, Korn Ferry, eGolf, Adams). In 2024, he won the PGA Tour’s Puerto Rico Open in a playoff. A former All-American at Missouri Western State University, Garnett is a member of the school’s athletic hall of fame.

►Gunnar Green, 19, of Kissimmee, Fla., was the co-medalist in the Glencoe, Ala., local qualifier on May 8. He shot 67 at RTJ Golf Trail at Silver Lakes as he offset a double bogey in the round with 10 birdies. He is the son of Damon Green, a veteran PGA Tour caddie who has competed in three U.S. Senior Opens. Damon notably worked for two-time major champion Zach Johnson. Gunner will attend the University of South Florida in the fall of 2025 after transferring from Central Alabama Community College.

►Justin Hicks, 50, of Wellington, Fla., has played in six U.S. Opens. He twice advanced through the two-stage qualifying process (2004, 2008) and finished 67th in 2016 at Oakmont Country Club. In 2008, he shared the first-round lead with Kevin Streelman after carding a 68 at Torrey Pines’ South Course. He has combined for 25 victories on five professional tours, but is now a teaching pro in South Florida.

►Jessy Huebner, 16, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., was co-medalist in the Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., local qualifier on May 13. He carded a bogey-free, 5-under-par 67 at Panther National. He is a member of the U.S. National Junior Team. Huebner won last year’s Florida Junior Amateur and advanced to the Round of 32 in the U.S. Junior Amateur.

►Matthew Marigliano, 14, of West Palm Beach, Fla., was one of five players to advance from the Wellington, Fla., local qualifier on May 5. He fired a 67 with six birdies and one bogey at Wellington National. Marigliano won the U.S. Kids World Golf Championship in 2023 as a 12-year-old. He carded rounds of 71, 63 and 68 at Pinehurst No. 8. He has twice fired a career-low 62 in competition.

►Graeme McDowell, 45, of Northern Ireland, won the 2010 U.S. Open by one stroke over Gregory Havret at Pebble Beach Golf Links, becoming the first European to capture the championship in 40 years. McDowell, a veteran of 15 U.S. Opens, also tied for second with Michael Thompson, one stroke behind champion Webb Simpson at The Olympic Club in 2012. Now a member of LIV Golf League, the former University of Alabama-Birmingham All-American and Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cupper owns four PGA Tour and 11 DP World Tour victories.

►Luke Poulter, 21, of Orlando, Fla., was one of five players to move forward from the first stage of qualifying in Gainesville, Fla. on May 8. He is the son of 16-time U.S. Open competitor and European Ryder Cup stalwart Ian Poulter. Luke tied for fourth in the NCAA Bremerton (Wash.) Regional and posted five top-10s as a sophomore at the University of Florida this season. He overcame a back injury that sidelined him for seven months. In high school, Luke was chosen the 2021 Orlando Sentinel Player of the Year.

►Neal Shipley, 24, of Pittsburgh, Pa., earned low-amateur honors at last year’s U.S. Open when he tied for 26th at Pinehurst No. 2 as well as last year’s The Masters Tournament (T-53). The former Oakmont Country Club caddie was the runner-up in the 2023 U.S. Amateur to Nick Dunlap at Cherry Hills Country Club. He won the Korn Ferry Tour’s LECOM Suncoast Classic in a playoff on April 19. Shipley, who played at both James Madison and Ohio State, won the 2022 Pennsylvania Amateur. He helped Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School capture two state championships.

►Brendan Valdes, 22, of Orlando, Fla., has played in two U.S. Opens. He competed in his first in 2023 after advancing through both stages of qualifying and is attempting to accomplish the same feat this year. He missed the cut at Pinehurst last year. A first-team All-American as a junior, Valdes has posted seven top-10 finishes in 2024-25 at Auburn University. He tied for fifth in the NCAA Auburn Regional. In 2024, he advanced to the U.S. Amateur quarterfinals at Hazeltine National. Valdes won the Drive, Chip & Putt title (age 14-15 division) at Augusta National in 2018.

Piedmont Driving Club
Atlanta, Ga.; 84 players for TBD spots

►Ben Carr, 24, Columbus, Ga., played in his lone U.S. Open in 2023 and finished 62nd at The Los Angeles Country Club. He was exempt into the field as the 2022 U.S. Amateur runner-up. Carr was one of five players to advance from the Palm Harbor, Fla., local qualifier on April 16 and was involved in a 3-for-1 playoff. He primarily plays on PGA Tour Americas and has one top-10 finish this season. He was voted the 2023 Sun Belt Conference Golfer of the Year while playing at Georgia Southern University.

►Jason Dufner, 48, of Auburn, Ala., has played in 13 U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for fourth in both 2012 and 2013 at The Olympic Club and Merion Golf Club, respectively. He also tied for eighth in 2016 at Oakmont. His last appearance was the 2019 championship at Pebble Beach Golf Links when he tied for 35th after advancing through the Columbus, Ohio, final qualifier. Dufner has won five PGA Tour events, including the 2013 PGA Championship. The former Auburn University standout was the runner-up in the 1998 U.S. Amateur Public Links to Trevor Immelman at Torrey Pines.

►J.B. Holmes, 43, of Campbellsville, Ky., has competed in nine U.S. Opens, with his best finish (12th) in 2017. A member of the victorious 2005 USA Walker Cup Team at Chicago Golf Club, Holmes owns five PGA Tour victories. He’s also been a member of three victorious USA Teams as a professional – two Ryder Cups and one Presidents Cup. He has played in a U.S. Open (2016) and U.S. Amateur (2003) at Oakmont.

►Zach Johnson, 49, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has won two major championships: the 2007 Masters and the 2015 Open Championship. He also has played in 18 U.S. Opens, with his best finishes being a pair of T-8s in 2016 at Oakmont and 2020 at Winged Foot. The 12-time PGA Tour winner was a member of five USA Ryder Cup Teams and served as the U.S. captain in 2023.

►Jake Peacock, 21, of Milton, Ga., won the American Athletic Conference Championship for the second consecutive year with a 54-hole score of 202 (14-under) as a senior at the University of South Florida in 2024-25. He has twice been chosen AAC Player of the Year and has won back-to-back Georgia State Amateurs. Peacock, an all-state selection at Cambridge High School in Georgia, won the 2015 Drive, Chip & Putt national title in the age 10-11 division.

►Luke Schniederjans, 26, of Alpharetta, Ga., emerged from a 4-for-1 playoff in the Gainesville, Fla., local qualifier on May 8. His 4-under-par 67 included an eagle on the par-5 ninth at Hawkstone Country Club. Schniederjans, who won the 2020 Georgia State Amateur in a playoff, earned All-America and All-Atlantic Coast Conference recognition at Georgia Tech. His older brother, Ollie, is in this same qualifier.

►Ollie Schniederjans, 31, of Alpharetta, Ga., has played in three U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for 42nd in 2015 at Chambers Bay. Schniederjans, who is competing on the Asian Tour and LIV Golf League, was a three-time All-American and two-time Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year at Georgia Tech. In 2014, he won the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the world’s top male amateur.

►Tyler Watts, 17, of Huntsville, Ala., was the runner-up in the 2024 U.S. Junior Amateur, losing to Trevor Gutschewski, 4 and 3, in the championship match. Watts, who is a member of the U.S. Junior National Team, played in last year’s U.S. Amateur and finished second in the Terra Cotta Invitational. In 2023, he won the Alabama State Amateur and the Jones Cup Invitational.

Woodmont Country Club (North Course)
Rockville, Md.; 84 players for TBD spots

►Joseph Bramlett, 37, of San Jose, Calif., has played in three U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for 37th in 2022 at The Country Club. Bramlett was the youngest player at the time to qualify for the U.S. Amateur when he competed at age 14 in 2002. He was later sidelined for two years due to lateral spine dysfunction and returned to golf in 2018. He played at Stanford University and earned his PGA Tour card through qualifying school. He won the 2021 Korn Ferry Tour Championship.

►Stewart Cink, 52, of Atlanta, Ga., has played in 23 U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for third in 2001 at Southern Hills when he missed the playoff by a stroke. In 2023, Cink advanced through the Columbus, Ohio, final qualifier. He set the U.S. Open final qualifying 36-hole scoring mark in 2003 with rounds of 62 and 61 in Columbus. Cink captured the 2009 Open Championship at Turnberry in a playoff with Tom Watson. He has won eight PGA Tour titles, including the 2019 RBC Heritage, and posted his second PGA Tour Champions victory on May 4.

►Matt Jones, 45, of Australia, has played in six U.S. Opens. The LIV Golf League member has won twice on the PGA Tour, including the 2021 Honda Classic. He is one of 14 players since World War II to be a two-time winner of the Australian Open. He won by one stroke on each occasion and shot a final-round 69 in 2019. He was a first-team All-American at Arizona State University.

►Marc Leishman, 41, of Australia, has played in 11 U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for 14th in 2022 at The Country Club. He has won six PGA Tour events, including the 2017 Arnold Palmer Invitational, and posted his first LIV Golf League victory in Miami on April 6. Leishman, who has won on six professional tours, was co-runner-up in the 2015 Open Championship at St. Andrews.

►Jason Li, 26, of Sewickley, Pa., was co-medalist (69) in the York, Pa., local qualifier on May 1. Li, who grew up 25 miles from Oakmont in the borough of Sewickley, played in the 2021 U.S. Amateur at Oakmont. He became the first Carnegie Mellon University golfer to earn Division III first-team All-America recognition. At Sewickley Academy, he won the 2014 PIAA state championship and 2015 WPIAL title.

►Isaiah Salinda, 28, of San Francisco, Calif., was co-medalist in last year’s Maryland final qualifier and went on to tie for 32nd at Pinehurst No. 2. He advanced to his first U.S. Open in 2022 through both stages. Salinda owns two top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour in 2025 and won on the Korn Ferry Tour last year. He was a member of the winning 2019 USA Walker Cup Team at Royal Liverpool and reached the semifinals of the 2018 U.S. Amateur. He helped Stanford University win the 2019 NCAA Championship.

►Brendan Steele, 42, of Idyllwild, Calif., has competed in five U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for 13th in 2017 at Erin Hills. He also tied for 15th in 2016 at Oakmont. Steele, the owner of three PGA Tour victories, has played on five professional tours. He started on the Golden State Tour in California, moved to PGA Tour Canada, Korn Ferry, PGA Tour and now LIV Golf League. He recorded his lone victory as an LIV member last year in Australia.

►Peter Uihlein, 35, of Jupiter, Fla., has competed in three U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for 48th in 2018 at Shinnecock Hills. He has won on four professional tours, including a pair of Korn Ferry and Asian Tour tournaments, and now plays on the LIV Golf League. Uihlein won the 2010 U.S. Amateur Championship at Chambers Bay and was a member of two USA Walker Cup Teams (2009, 2011).

Canoe Brook Country Club (North & South Courses)
Summit, N.J.; 78 players for TBD spots

►Noah Goodwin, 24, of Dallas, Texas, played in the 2018 U.S. Open as a result of winning the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur. He became the first U.S. Junior champion to earn an exemption into the following year’s U.S. Open. Goodwin is competing on the PGA Tour in 2025 after he recorded six top-10 finishes on the Korn Ferry Tour last year. At Southern Methodist University, he earned first-team All-America honors and won the American Athletic Conference Championship. He also was the runner-up to PGA Tour winner Min Woo Lee in the 2016 U.S. Junior Amateur.

►Chris Gotterup, 25, of Little Silver, N.J., qualified for the 2022 U.S. Open through both stages and then tied for 43rd in the championship. He recorded his lone PGA Tour victory in last year’s Myrtle Beach Classic. He was a consensus first-team All-America at the University of Oklahoma in 2021-22 after transferring from Rutgers University. His father, Morten, won two New Jersey Senior Amateurs and his sister, Anna, is a midfielder on the U.S. Naval Academy lacrosse team.

►Jim Herman, 47, of Cincinnati, Ohio, has competed in six U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for 47th in 2010. He was one of four players to advance from the New Jersey final qualifier in Summit last year. He qualified for the 2020 Open at Winged Foot after winning the Wyndham Championship, his third PGA Tour victory. Herman, who has won on three professional tours, is a former assistant professional at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, 27 miles west of Canoe Brook Country Club.
 

►Scott Kalamar, 34, of Bethlehem, Pa., was one of four players to advance from the Hampden, Mass., local qualifier on May 7, surviving a 5-for-3 playoff. Kalamar, who played college baseball at Seton Hall and was a minor league outfielder in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization until 2017, has competed in World Long Drive competitions, with his longest drive measured at 456 yards. Kalamar, a reinstated amateur, is employed by a Lehigh Valley bank and works with mortgage loans.

►Jake Sollon, 27, of Venetia, Pa., earned medalist honors with a 3-under-par 69 in the Urbana, Md., local qualifier on May 13. He birdied three of the last four holes at Worthington Manor Golf Club. Sollon, who was born in Pittsburgh and grew up 30 miles from Oakmont Country Club, won the 2022 Pennsylvania State Open and the 2014 West Penn Junior. He played as a collegian at Rider and Oregon.

►Andrew Svoboda, 45, of Oak Brook, Ill., has successfully qualified through both stages in three of his six U.S. Open starts, including last year at Pinehurst No. 2. Svoboda, who is the head professional at Butler National Golf Club, was one of four players to advance from the Schererville, Ind., local qualifier on May 5. In 2024, he tied for second in the PGA Professional Championship. Svoboda has won three Korn Ferry Tour events, three Met Opens and two New York State Opens.

►Michael Thorbjornsen, 23, of Wellesley, Mass., played in his third U.S. Open in 2023 after earning medalist (66-68) honors in the Summit, N.J. qualifier. He has posted two top-5 finishes on the PGA Tour this season and tied for second in the John Deere Classic last year. He was a first-team All-American and the Pac-12 Conference’s top golfer while playing at Stanford University. In 2019, Thorbjornsen became the second-youngest player (age 17) since World War II to make the 36-hole cut in the U.S. Open. He won the 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur at Baltusrol Golf Club.

Duke University Golf Club
Durham, N.C.; 84 players for TBD spots

►Ryan Armour, 49, of Silver Lake, Ohio, played in his first U.S. Open in 2023 after advancing from the Canadian final qualifier. He was the runner-up to Tiger Woods in the 1993 U.S. Junior Amateur at Waverley Country Club, in Portland, Ore. He held a 2-up lead before Woods birdied holes 17 and 18 and won it with a par on the 19th hole. Armour recorded his lone PGA Tour victory when he won the Sanderson Farms Championship by five strokes in 2017. His grandfather, Frank, was once president of Pittsburgh’s H.J. Heinz Company.

►Bill Haas, 43, of Greenville, S.C., has played in 10 U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for fifth in 2017 at Erin Hills. Haas has earned six PGA Tour victories, including the 2011 Tour Championship. He is the son of Jay Haas, who competed in 27 U.S. Opens, and the great nephew of Bob Goalby, who tied for second in the 1961 U.S. Open. Like his father, Bill played his college golf at Wake Forest. He was on the USA Walker Cup Team in 2003, the same year he was a U.S. Amateur quarterfinalist at Oakmont.

►Doc Redman, 27, of Raleigh, N.C., seeks to qualify for his first U.S. Open. He turned professional in 2018 and forfeited his exemption into the U.S. Open after rallying to win the U.S. Amateur in 37 holes the previous year at The Riviera Country Club in California. Redman, who was a member of the winning 2017 USA Walker Cup Team at The Los Angeles Country Club, tied for second in the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Championship.

►Webb Simpson, 39, of Charlotte, N.C., won the 2012 U.S. Open at The Olympic Club when he carded a final-round 68 to edge Graeme McDowell and Michael Thompson by one stroke. He has played in 13 U.S. Opens and has two other top-10 finishes. He shots rounds of 67 and 69 in the Durham, N.C., final qualifier last year to earn a place in the field at Pinehurst No. 2. Simpson, an All-American at Wake Forest University, has recorded seven PGA Tour victories, including the 2018 Players Championship.

►Harold Varner III, 34, of Gastonia, N.C., has competed in three U.S. Opens. He won the 2017 Australian PGA Championship and the 2022 PIF Saudi International. Varner has played on six professional tours – PGA, DP World, Korn Ferry, Asian, eGolf and LIV Golf League, earning his first victory on that tour in the 2023 Washington, D.C., event. He was chosen Conference USA Player of the Year while playing at East Carolina University.

►Norman Xiong, 26, of San Diego, Calif., is attempting to qualify for his first U.S. Open. Xiong, a member of the winning 2017 USA Walker Cup Team at The Los Angeles Country Club, is competing on both the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour. He has won twice on the Korn Ferry circuit – 2022 Wichita Open and 2023 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship. In 2018, he won the Jack Nicklaus Award as the NCAA golfer of the year while playing at the University of Oregon.

Kinsale Golf & Fitness Club
Columbus, Ohio; 68 players for TBD spots

►Liam Curtis, 18, of Kent, Ohio, was one of six players to advance from the Medina, Ohio, local qualifier on April 29. He is the son of Ben Curtis, who claimed the 2003 Open Championship at Royal St. George’s in his first-ever major-championship start, won four PGA Tour events and played in seven U.S. Opens. Liam, who will play at his father’s alma mater Kent State University in the fall of 2025, was the runner-up in the 2024 Ohio Division I state high school championship.

►Rickie Fowler, 36, of Jupiter, Fla., has played in 14 U.S. Opens and has four top-10 finishes. He tied for second in 2014 at Pinehurst No. 2 and tied for fifth two years ago at The Los Angeles Country Club after a first-round 62 and share of the 54-hole lead with eventual champion Wyndham Clark. He has won six PGA Tour events, including the 2015 Players Championship, and twice on the DP World Tour. Fowler owns a top-3 finish in all four major championships.

►Mark Goetz, 26, of Greensburg, Pa., was the co-medalist in the Midway, Pa., local qualifier on May 13. Goetz, who grew up 30 miles from Oakmont Country Club, posted a 69 at Quicksilver Golf Club. The first All-American in West Virginia University history and now a Korn Ferry Tour member, Goetz was the medalist in the 2021 U.S. Amateur at Oakmont. His 36-hole total of 132 was one stroke off the championship record. In high school, Goetz won the 2016 PISAA state championship.

►Padraig Harrington, 53, of the Republic of Ireland, has played in 17 U.S. Opens and posted five top-10 finishes. He tied for 27th in 2023 at The Los Angeles Country Club after earning an exemption as the reigning U.S. Senior Open champion. Harrington, whose best result is a tie for fourth in 2012 at The Olympic Club, has won three majors. He claimed the 2007 and 2008 Open Championships and the 2008 PGA Championship. He has recorded nine PGA Tour Champions victories. He also represented Great Britain & Ireland in three Walker Cups, including a win in 1995 at Royal Porthcawl in Wales.

►Christian Heavens, 35, of East St. Louis, Ill., was the medalist in the Las Cruces, N.M., local qualifier on May 12. He shot a 68 at the New Mexico State University Golf Course. Heavens, a former college assistant coach, has won on the Advocates Professional Golf Association (APGA) Tour and is a product of the First Tee of Greater St. Louis. His uncle, Jerome, was a standout Notre Dame fullback.

►Max Homa, 34, of Scottsdale, Ariz., has competed in seven U.S. Opens. His best finish was a tie for 47th in 2022 at The Country Club, in Brookline, Mass. He has captured six PGA Tour titles, including his win in the 2023 Farmers Insurance Open. In 2013, he won the NCAA Championship and was a member of the victorious USA Walker Cup Team at National Golf Links of America. He then turned pro and won twice on the Korn Ferry Tour.

►Jim Knous, 36, of Basalt, Colo., has played on the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour and spent 197 days on the road in 2022. He left the pro golf life to become a fitting and education engineer for a golf manufacturer. Knous, who earned a degree in civil engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, advanced from the Scottsdale, Ariz., local qualifier on May 12. Knous was the runner-up to 2023 U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark in the 2010 Colorado State Amateur, losing in a playoff.

►Matt Kuchar, 46, of Jupiter, Fla., advanced to his 21st U.S. Open last year when he carded rounds of 70 and 67 to earn medalist in the Florida final qualifier. His best finish in the Open is a tie for sixth in 2010 at Pebble Beach. He was also low amateur in 1998 when he tied for 14th at The Olympic Club. Kuchar, the 1997 U.S. Amateur champion, has won on six professional tours and owns nine PGA Tour victories. He claimed the 2012 Players Championship and the 2013 Memorial Tournament. Kuchar played on two USA Walker Cup Teams.

►Thomas Lehman, 29, of Scottsdale, Ariz., is the son of Tom Lehman, who won the 1996 Open Championship and tied for second in the same year’s U.S. Open at Oakland Hills. Thomas advanced from the Palm Desert, Calif., local qualifier on May 12. He birdied the second extra hole in a 3-for-1 playoff for the fifth and final spot. Lehman has played on mini-tours since turning pro in 2020.

►Corey Pereira, 30, of Cameron Park, Calif., will attempt to advance through both stages of qualifying for the second time in the last three years. In 2023, he reached the U.S. Open through the Columbus, Ohio, final qualifier. Pereira was the medalist (67) in this year’s Granite Bay, Calif., local qualifier on May 13. An All-Pac 12 Conference selection at the University of Washington, he played on PGA Tour Canada and the Korn Ferry Tour after turning pro in 2017. He stepped away from the game in the months leading up to the 2023 U.S. Open to focus on his girlfriend who was diagnosed with cancer.

►James Piot, 26, of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., was one of five players to advance from the Tarpon Springs, Fla., local qualifier on April 21. Piot rallied from 3 down following 27 holes in the 2021 U.S. Amateur championship match to defeat Austin Greaser, 2 and 1, to hoist the Havemeyer Trophy at Oakmont Country Club. He joined the LIV Golf League not long after turning professional. The Canton, Mich., native also played in the 2022 U.S. Open.

►Patrick Rodgers, 32, of Jupiter, Fla., has qualified for all five of his U.S. Opens, including advancing from Columbus, Ohio in 2023. He tied for 31st in 2022 at The Country Club and had the same result in 2021 at Torrey Pines’ South Course. Rodgers tied for third in the PGA Tour’s The Genesis Invitational on Feb. 26and has recorded six top-25 finishes this season. He was a member of two USA Walker Cup Teams (2011, 2013).
 

Springfield Country Club
Springfield, Ohio; 82 players for TBD spots

►George Duangmanee, 23, of Fairfax, Va., moved forward from the first stage for the third consecutive year and was one of seven players to advance from the Urbana, Md., site on May 13. He played in his first PGA Tour event this year, tying for 67th in the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic. Duangmanee, who won the 2015 Drive, Chip & Putt national title (age 12-13 division), tied for 15th in the 2024 NCAA Championship as a senior on the University of Virginia team.

►Austin Greaser, 24, of Vandalia, Ohio, has made one U.S. Open start and tied for 61st in 2022 at The Country Club, in Brookline, Mass. He was a member of the victorious 2023 USA Walker Cup Team and was the runner-up to James Piot in the 2021 U.S. Amateur at Oakmont Country Club. The former University of North Carolina All-American competes on the Korn Ferry Tour.

►Cole Hammer, 25, of Houston, Texas, was the medalist with a 68 in local qualifying at Lakeside Country Club in his hometown on May 5. He has competed in three U.S. Opens, including his first at age 15 in 2015 at Chambers Bay. He has been a member of two winning USA Walker Cup Teams (2019, 2021). In 2018, he advanced to the semifinals in both the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Junior Amateur and won the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball with partner Garrett Barber. Hammer, who is competing on the Korn Ferry Tour, helped the University of Texas win the 2022 NCAA Championship.

►Beau Hossler, 30, of Mission Viejo, Calif., has played in five U.S. Opens. He advanced through the Springfield, Ohio, qualifier last year and in 2022 when he tied for 53rd at The Country Club. Hossler, a former All-American at the University of Texas, played in the 2011 U.S. Open at age 16 and tied for 29th in 2012 when he briefly held the first-round lead at The Olympic Club’s Lake Course.

►Brandt Snedeker, 44, of Nashville, Tenn., has won nine PGA Tour events, including the 2012 Tour Championship and 2013 RBC Canadian Open. Snedeker has competed in 14 U.S. Opens and his best performances are eighth in 2015 and a tie for eighth in 2010. Snedeker, who won the 2003 U.S. Amateur Public Links, has played in three USGA championships at Oakmont Country Club – 2003 U.S. Amateur, 2007 U.S. Open and 2016 U.S. Open.
 

Wine Valley Golf Club
Walla Walla, Wash.; 41 players for TBD spots

►Brady Calkins, 30, of Chehalis, Wash., fired a 67 to move forward from the Pullman, Wash., local qualifier on May 13. He played in the 2022 U.S. Open after advancing through both qualifying stages and was co-medalist with a pair of 68s in the Bend, Ore., final qualifier. Calkins, who played on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2023, has won nine Dakotas Tour events, from 2018-24. He has held jobs in construction and hydroseeding.

►Andrew Putnam, 36, of University Place, Wash., has competed in five U.S. Opens and his best finish was a tie for 31st in 2022 at The Country Club. Putnam, who has won on the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour, tied for 43rd in 2023 at The Los Angeles Country Club. He has recorded three top-25 finishes on the PGA Tour this season. His brother, Michael, has played in six U.S. Opens, and was a member of the victorious 2005 USA Walker Cup Team.

►Nolan Thoroughgood, 24, of Canada, is in his second year as Oregon State University’s assistant coach. He played for the Beavers from 2018-23 and competed in 40 tournaments. He was a three-time All-Pac-12 Conference All-Academic selection. Thoroughgood was one of six players to advance from the Junction City, Ore., local qualifier on April 28, carding a 3-under 69.

►Matt Vogt, 34, of Indianapolis, Ind., was one of four players to advance from the Columbus, Ind., local qualifier on April 25. He shot a 67 at Otter Creek Golf Course. Vogt, a practicing dentist and oral surgeon, is originally from Cranberry Township, Pa., and attended Seneca Valley High School. A former caddie at Oakmont Country Club for six years, he played golf at Butler University and later earned his DDS in dental surgery from Indiana University.