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Scottie Scheffler is the new caretaker of the Wanamaker Trophy and it’s time to focus on the next men’s major on the calendar, the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club outside Pittsburgh. There were only three weeks between the two majors.
Eighty-seven golfers earned exemptions into the full field for the USGA’s marquee championship. That group includes several golfers who earned exemptions in categories with a cutoff of May 19 (top 60 in World Rankings, top spots on FedEx Cup and Race to Dubai points lists, along with a first-ever exemption for one player from the LIV Golf League who ranks among the top three in league’s individual standings and isn’t already in the field.
In April, the USGA announced that it received a record 10,202 entries for this year’s event, breaking the previous mark of 10,187 set in 2023 for the U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club. This is the fourth time the USGA has gotten more than 10,000 entries. All those not fully exempt had to compete in Local and/or Final Qualifying to earn a place into the 156-player field at Oakmont.
Local Qualifying was conducted over 18 holes at 110 sites in 43 U.S. states, Canada and Mexico, taking place from April 16-May 19. Those players who advanced joined a group of locally exempt players in Final Qualifying, which was conducted over 36 holes at 10 U.S. and three international sites. The final stage was held in England, Japan and Texas on May 19, with 10 more qualifying sites on Monday, June 2: two in Ohio and one each in California, Florida (which was recently moved to Emerald Dunes Club, in West Palm Beach), Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Washington and Canada.
Among the entries, the nine most recent U.S. Open winners are all fully exempt for this year, as is 2009 winner Lucas Glover and 2013 winner Justin Rose (top 60 in the OWGR). Two other past U.S. Open winners—Graeme McDowell (2010) and Webb Simpson (2012)—filed entries and played in Final Qualifying.
During the nine previous U.S. Opens held at Oakmont, some of the game’s greatest players have claimed the title, including Tommy Armour (1927), Ben Hogan (1953), Jack Nicklaus (1962) and Johnny Miller (1973). Most recently, Dustin Johnson won at Oakmont in 2016 by three shots despite being hit with a penalty at the end of his final round after his ball was found to move on a green earlier in the day. As an anchor site for the U.S. Open, Oakmont has already been named site for the 2033, 2042 and 2049 U.S. Open along with several other USGA championships.
Below is the final 156-player list, everybody who was either fully exempt into the Oakmont field or who qualified via Final Qualifying.
Players
Ludvig Åberg, 11, 21
Byeong Hun An, 11, 21
Sam Bairstow, FQ
Jose Luis Ballester, 4
Philip Barbaree Jr., FQ
Zach Bauchou, FQ
Evan Beck (a), 5
Daniel Berger, 21
Christian Bezuidenhout, 11
Akshay Bhatia, 11, 21
Zac Blair, FQ
Chandler Blachet, FQ
Richard Bland, 3
Keegan Bradley, 2, 11, 21
Jacob Bridgeman, 13
Jackson Buchanan, FQ
Sam Burns, 2, 11, 21
Brady Calkins, FQ
Brian Campbell, 13
Laurie Canter, 16
Patrick Cantlay, 2, 11, 21
Bud Cauley, 22
Will Chandler, FQ
Wyndham Clark, 1, 11, 21
Eric Cole, FQ
Trevor Cone, FQ
Corey Conners, 2, 21
Cam Davis, 13
Jason Day, 21
Bryson DeChambeau, 1, 2, 21
Thomas Detry, 21
Roberto Diaz, FQ
Alistair Docherty, FQ
George Duangmanee, FQ
Nick Dunlap, 21
Nicolas Echavarria, 21
Harris English, 21
Tony Finau, 2, 11, 21
Matt Fitzpatrick, 1, 11
Tommy Fleetwood, 11, 21
Ryan Fox, 22
Ryan Gerard, 13
Doug Ghim, FQ
Lucas Glover, 21
Emilo Gonzalez, FQ
Chris Gotterup, FQ
Max Greyserman, 21
Ben Griffin, 21
Lanto Griffin, FQ
Emiliano Grillo, FQ
Trevor Gutschewski (a), 5
Grant Haefner, FQ
James Hahn, FQ
Brian Harman, 8, 21
Frankie Harris (a), FQ
Justin Hastings (a), 20
Tyrrell Hatton, 21
Russell Henley, 2, 11, 21
Joey Herrera, FQ
Justin Hicks, FQ
Joe Highsmith, 21
Tom Hoge, 11, 21
Rasmus Hojgaard, 15
Viktor Hovland, 11, 21
Mason Howell (a), FQ
Mark Hubbard, FQ
Mackenzie Hughes, 21
Sungjae Im, 11, 21
Stephan Jaeger, 21
Ben James (a), FQ
Chase Johnson, FQ
Dustin Johnson, 1, 6
Matthew Jordan, FQ
Takumi Kanaya, FQ
Riki Kawamoto, FQ
Johnny Keefer, FQ
Noah Kent (a), 5
Michael Kim, 21
Si Woo Kim, 21
Tom Kim, 21
Chris Kirk, 11
George Kneiser, FQ
Brooks Koepka, 1, 7
Jackson Koivun (a), FQ
Jinichiro Kozuma, FQ
Jacques Kruyswijk, FQ
Michael La Sasso (a), 19
Frederic Lacroix, FQ
Joakim Lagergren, FQ
Thriston Lawrence, 15
Bryan Lee (a), FQ
Min Woo Lee, 21
Marc Leishman, FQ
Riley Lewis, FQ
Justin Lower, FQ
Shane Lowry, 8, 11, 21
Robert MacIntyre, 11, 21
Hideki Matsuyama, 2, 6, 11, 12, 21
Denny McCarthy, 21
Matt McCarty, 14, 21
Ryan McCormick, FQ
Rory McIlroy 2, 9, 11, 12, 21
Maverick McNealy, 21
Phil Mickelson, 7
Guido Migliozzi, FQ
Maxwell Moldovan, FQ
Edoardo Molinari, FQ
Collin Morikawa, 7, 8, 11, 21
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, FQ
James Nicholas, FQ
Joaquin Niemann, 24
Niklas Norgaard, FQ
Andrew Novak, 21
Thorbjorn Olesen, FQ
Alvaro Ortiz, FQ
Carlos Ortiz, FQ
Harrison Ott, FQ
Andrea Pavan, FQ
Matthieu Pavon, 2, 11
Taylor Pendrith, 11, 21
Victor Perez, FQ
Trent Philips, FQ
Zachery Polio (a), FQ
J.T. Poston, 21
Jon Rahm, 1, 6
Aaron Rai, 11, 21
Patrick Reed, 21
Davis Riley, 21
Justin Rose, 21
Xander Schauffele, 2, 7, 8, 11, 21
Scottie Scheffler, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 21, 23
Adam Schenk, FQ
Adam Scott, 11, 21
Lance Simpson (a), FQ
Cameron Smith, 8
Jordan Smith, FQ
J.J. Spaun, 21
Jordan Spieth, 1, 21
Sam Stevens, 13
Sepp Straka, 11, 12, 21
Yuta Sugiura, FQ
Preston Summerhays, FQ
Cameron Tankersley (a), FQ
Nick Taylor, 21
Justin Thomas, 7, 11, 21
Davis Thompson, 2, 21
Austin Truslow, FQ
Erik van Rooyen, FQ
Jhonattan Vegas, 21
Kevin Velo, FQ
Scott Vincent, FQ
Matt Vogt (a), FQ
Matt Wallace, FQ
Tyler Weaver (a), FQ
Gary Woodland, 1
Cameron Young, 22
Exemption Categories
1: Winners of the U.S. Open the last 10 years
2: From the 2024 U.S. Open, the 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place
3: Winner of the 2024 U.S. Senior Open
4: Winner of the 2024 U.S. Amateur
5: Winners of the 2024 U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur, and the 2024 U.S. Amateur runner-up (must be an amateur)
6: Winners of the Masters Tournament (2020-2025)
7: Winners of the PGA Championship (2021-2025)
8: Winners of The Open (2021-2024)
9: Winners of The Players Championship (2023-2025)
10: Winner of the 2024 BMW PGA Championship (DP World Tour)
11: Those players who qualified and were eligible for the season-ending 2024 Tour Championship
12: Multiple winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the FedExCup, from the conclusion of the 2024 U.S. Open to the initiation of the 2025 U.S. Open
13: The top 5 players in the 2025 FedExCup standings as of May 19 not otherwise exempt
14: The points leader from the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour season
15: The top two players from the final 2024 Race to Dubai Rankings as of May 19 not otherwise exempt
16: The top player on the 2025 Race to Dubai Rankings as of May 19 not otherwise exempt
17: Winner of the 2024 British Amateur (must be an amateur)
18: Winner of the 2024 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Men’s World Amateur Golf Ranking) (must be an amateur)
19: Winner of the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Individual Golf Championship (must be an amateur)
20: Winner of the 2025 Latin America Amateur Championship (must be an amateur)
21: From the current Official World Golf Rankings, the top 60 points leaders and ties as of May 19.
22: From the current Official World Golf Rankings, the top 60 points leaders and ties as of June 9
23: Winner of the 2024 Olympic Gold Medal
24: The top player who is not otherwise exempt and in the top 3 of the 2025 LIV Golf Individual Standings as of May 19
25: Special exemptions selected by the USGA. Deadline for submission of request: May 15
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