The next major men’s championship is rapidly approaching. While the PGA Championship may still be visible in your rearview, it is not far behind.
The USGA announced Monday morning that 33 players have been granted exemptions to the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club from June 15-18. This brings the total number of exempted players up to 84.
Jason Day, Patrick Reed of LIV Golf and other players who ranked in the top 60 of the Official World Golf Ranking were all granted exemptions. Tyrrell Hatton was ranked No. The highest-ranked non-exempt player was 18th in the world. Cameron Davis jumped up 19 places to No. 1 after a T-4 finish at the PGA Championship. The 49-year-old will play in his first U.S. Open.
Eight more players were granted exemptions through three other categories. These included the top five players who are not exempted from the PGA Tour FedEx Cup Standings for the current season (Hayden Buckley), the top two players (Thriston Laurence and Jordan Smith) that are not exempted from the DP World Tour 2022 Final Points list. Min Woo Lee, the top-ranked player in the Race to Dubai Rankings but not exempt from the tournament, joins the group.
Tiger Woods, three-time U.S. Open winner, withdrew from the tournament as an exempted player while recovering after a recent operation.
Ten former U.S. Open champs will be in the field. These include defending champion Jon Rahm and 2023 PGA champion Brooke Koepka. Rory McIlroy is ranked No. 3 in the world. Eleven other LIV golfers, including past champions Bryson deChambeau and Dustin Johnson, as well Phil Mickelson and Cameron Smith as well as Abraham Ancer and Thomas Pieters as Mito Pereira, Reed, and Cameron Smith have also qualified.
Here is the complete list of 84 golfers that are exempt from the 2023 U.S. Open as of Monday, May 22, 2018:
- Abraham Ancer
- K.H. Lee
- Sam Bennett (a)
- Min Woo Lee
- Keegan Bradley
- Shane Lowry
- Hayden Buckley
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Sam Burns
- Denny McCarthy
- Patrick Cantlay
- Matthew McClean
- Ben Carr (a)
- Rory McIlroy
- Wyndham Clark
- Adrian Meronk
- Corey Conners
- Phil Mickelson
- Joel Dahmen
- Keith Mitchell
- Cameron Davis
- Francesco Molinari
- Jason Day
- Taylor Montgomery
- Bryson deChambeau
- Taylor Moore
- Weny Ding
- Collin Morikawa
- Harris English
- Joaquin Niemann
- Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira
- Alex Noren
- Tony Finau
- Mito Pereira
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Victor Perez
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Thomas Pieters
- Ryan Fox
- J.T. Poston
- Rickie Fowler
- Aldrich Potgieter (a)
- Adam Hadwin
- Seamus Power
- Brian Harman
- Andrew Putnam
- Padraig Harrington
- Jon Rahm
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Patrick Reed
- Russell Henley
- Lucas Herbert
- Xander Schauffele
- Tom Hoge
- Scottie Scheffler
- Max Homa
- Adam Scott
- Billy Horschel
- Cameron Smith
- Viktor Hovland
- Jordan Smith
- Mackenzie Hughes
- Jordan Spieth
- Sungjae Im
- Scott Stallings
- Dustin Johnson
- Sepp Straka
- Martin Kaymer
- Justin Suh
- Si Woo Kim
- Adam Svensson
- Tom Kim
- Nick Taylor
- Chris Kirk
- Sahith Theegala
- Kurt Kitayama
- Justin Thomas
- Brooks Koepka
- Aaron Wise
- Matt Kuchar
- Gary Woodland
- Thriston Lawrence
- Cameron Young
There are still a few ways for players to get into the U.S. Open.
NCAA Div. I Men’s Golf Championship (May 26-31) and any multiple winners of full-point PGA Tour events will also earn spots. I Men’s Golf Championship, May 26-31. Any multiple winners of full point PGA Tour events. Golfers can also qualify by open qualifying or by placing in the top 60 on the OWGR.
On May 22, the first of 10 final U.S. qualifying matches begins in Dallas. Japan completed its qualifier earlier that day. England finished its 36-hole international qualifying May 16. The U.S. final 36-hole qualifiers will begin on June 5 at 10 additional locations.
