This page lists the criteria used to determine the field for the 2023 U.S. Open and the players who qualified.
The field for the U.S. Open is made up of players who gain entry through qualifying events and those who are exempt from qualifying. The exemption criteria include provisions for recent major champions, winners of major amateur events, and leading players in the world rankings. Qualifying is in two stages, local and final, with some players being exempted through to final qualifying.
Exemptions This list details the exemption criteria for the 2023 U.S. Open and the players who qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players were exempt is indicated in parentheses.
1. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2013–2022)
Bryson DeChambeau Matt Fitzpatrick (2,11,22) Dustin Johnson (6) Martin Kaymer Brooks Koepka (7,22) Jon Rahm (6,11,12,22) Justin Rose (22) Jordan Spieth (11,22) Gary Woodland (2)
2. The leading ten players, and those tying for tenth place, in the 2022 U.S. Open
Keegan Bradley (22) Joel Dahmen Adam Hadwin Hideki Matsuyama (6,11,22) Denny McCarthy (22) Rory McIlroy (11,12,22) Collin Morikawa (7,8,11,22) Scottie Scheffler (6,9,11,22)
Will Zalatoris (11,22) did not play.
3. The winner of the 2022 U.S. Senior Open Pádraig Harrington
4. The winner of the 2022 U.S. Amateur Sam Bennett
5. Winners of the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur, and the runner-up in the 2022 U.S. Amateur
Ben Carr (a) Ding Wenyi (a) Matthew McClean (a)
6. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2019–2023) Tiger Woods did not play.
7. Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2018–2023)
Phil Mickelson Justin Thomas (9,11,22)
8. Recent winners of The Open Championship (2018–2022)
Shane Lowry (10,22) Francesco Molinari Cameron Smith (9,11,22)
9. Recent winners of The Players Championship (2021–2023)
10. The winner of the 2022 BMW PGA Championship
11. All players who qualified and were eligible for the 2022 Tour Championship
Sam Burns (22) Patrick Cantlay (22) Corey Conners (22) Tony Finau (12,22) Brian Harman (22) Tom Hoge (22) Max Homa (12,22) Billy Horschel (22) Viktor Hovland (22) Im Sung-jae (22) Lee Kyoung-hoon (22) Joaquín Niemann (22) J. T. Poston (22) Xander Schauffele (12,22) Adam Scott (22) Scott Stallings Sepp Straka (22) Sahith Theegala (22) Aaron Wise (22) Cameron Young (22)
12. Winners of multiple PGA Tour events from the 2022 U.S. Open to the start of the 2023 tournament Tom Kim (22)
13. The top 5 players in the FedEx Cup standings as of May 22 who are not yet exempt
Hayden Buckley Mackenzie Hughes Taylor Montgomery Andrew Putnam Nick Taylor
14. The top player on the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour full-season points list Justin Suh
15. The top 2 players on the 2022 DP World Tour Rankings who are not yet exempt as of May 22
Thriston Lawrence Jordan Smith
16. The top player on the 2023 Race to Dubai as of May 22 who is not yet exempt Min Woo Lee
17. The top 2 point earners from the European Tour "U.S. Open Qualifying Series" who are not otherwise exempt
Simon Forsström Romain Langasque
18. The winner of the 2022 Amateur Championship Aldrich Potgieter (a)
19. The winner of the Mark H. McCormack Medal in 2022 Keita Nakajima forfeited his exemption by turning professional.
20. The individual winner of the 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship Fred Biondi forfeited his exemption by turning professional.
21. The winner of the 2023 Latin America Amateur Championship Mateo Fernández de Oliveira (a)
22. The leading 60 players on the Official World Golf Ranking as of May 22
Abraham Ancer Wyndham Clark Cameron Davis Jason Day Harris English Tommy Fleetwood Rickie Fowler Ryan Fox Tyrrell Hatton Russell Henley Lucas Herbert Kim Si-woo Chris Kirk Kurt Kitayama Matt Kuchar Adrian Meronk Keith Mitchell Taylor Moore Alex Norén Mito Pereira Victor Perez Thomas Pieters Séamus Power Patrick Reed Adam Svensson
23. The leading 60 players on the Official World Golf Ranking if not otherwise exempt as of June 12
Emiliano Grillo Pablo Larrazábal Adam Schenk
24. Special exemptions None
Qualifiers There were a record 10,187 entries received. There were 109 local qualifying events from which the leading players progressed to the 13 final qualifying events, nine of which were held in the United States on June 5.
Date Location Venue Field Spots Qualifiers May16 Surrey, England Walton Heath Golf Club 77 7 Jens Dantorp, Alejandro del Rey, Ross Fisher, Deon Germishuys, David Horsey, Wilco Nienaber, Matthieu Pavon May22 Tsukubamirai, Japan Ibaraki Golf Club 29 3 Gunn Charoenkul, Ryo Ishikawa, Ryutaro Nagano May22 Dallas, Texas Northwood Club andBent Tree Country Club 120 8 Austin Eckroat, Sergio García, Brent Grant, Paul Haley II, Hank Lebioda, Roger Sloan, Jacob Solomon (L), Carson Young Jun5 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Lambton Golf and Country Club 27 3 Ryan Armour, Ryan Gerard, Vincent Norrman Jun5 Los Angeles, California Hillcrest Country Club 89 5 Barclay Brown (a), Charley Hoffman, Omar Morales (a,L), David Puig (L), Preston Summerhays (a) Jun5 Boynton Beach, Florida Pine Tree Golf Club 51 3 Carlos Ortiz, Austen Truslow (L), Brendan Valdes (a,L) Jun5 Ball Ground, Georgia Hawks Ridge Golf Club 43 3 J. J. Grey (L), Kyle Mueller (L), Gordon Sargent (a) Jun5 Rockville, Maryland Woodmont Country Club 60 4 Michael Brennan (a), Sebastián Muñoz, Isaac Simmons (a,L), Karl Vilips (a) Jun5 Summit, New Jersey Canoe Brook Country Club(North and South courses) 67 4 Christian Cavaliere (a,L), Berry Henson, Andrew Svoboda (L), Michael Thorbjornsen (a) Jun5 Durham, North Carolina Old Chatham Golf Club 76 5 Paul Barjon, Frankie Capan III (L), Patrick Cover (L), Yuto Katsuragawa, Mac Meissner Jun5 Columbus, Ohio Lakes Golf and Country Club andBrookside Golf and Country Club 103 11 Olin Browne Jr. (L), Stewart Cink, Eric Cole, Nick Dunlap (a), Nico Echavarría, Luke List, David Nyfjäll (L), Corey Pereira (L), Patrick Rodgers, Kevin Streelman, Davis Thompson Jun5 Springfield, Ohio Springfield Country Club 75 5 Nick Hardy, Taylor Pendrith, Alex Schaake (L), Sam Stevens, Dylan Wu Jun5 Tacoma, Washington Tacoma Country and Golf Club 54 2 Jesse Schutte (L), Alex Yang (a,L)
Alternates who gained entry The following players gained a place in the field having finished as the leading alternates in the specified final qualifying events: Jordan Gumberg (L, England) Bastien Amat (a, L, Washington) Michael Kim (Texas) Maxwell Moldovan (a, Springfield)
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