2026 U.S. Open (golf)
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The 2026 United States Open Championship will be the 126th edition of the U.S. Open, the national open golf championship of the United States. It will be held from June 18–21, 2026 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York. It will be the sixth Open hosted at the club.[1][2]
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | June 18–21, 2026 |
| Location | Southampton, New York 40.894°N 72.440°W |
| Course | Shinnecock Hills Golf Club |
| Organized by | USGA |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Field | 156 players |
| Location map | |
  Shinnecock Hills GC Location in the United States  Shinnecock Hills GC Location in New York | |
Field
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 2026 U.S. Open and the players who have qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players are exempt are indicated in parentheses.[3][a]
1. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2016–2025)
- Wyndham Clark
- Bryson DeChambeau (21)
- Matt Fitzpatrick (12,21)
- Dustin Johnson
- Brooks Koepka (7)
- Jon Rahm (2,6,21)
- J. J. Spaun (2,11,21)
- Gary Woodland (21)
2. The leading ten players, and those tying for tenth place, in the 2025 U.S. Open
- Sam Burns (11,21)
- Ben Griffin (11,21)
- Tyrrell Hatton (21)
- Russell Henley (11,21)
- Viktor Hovland (11,21)
- Robert MacIntyre (11,21)
- Carlos Ortiz
- Scottie Scheffler (6,7,8,9,11,12,21)
- Cameron Young (9,11,12,21)
3. The winner of the 2025 U.S. Senior Open
4. The winner of the 2025 U.S. Amateur
- Mason Howell (a)
5. Winners of the 2025 U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur, and the runner-up in the 2025 U.S. Amateur[b]
- Hamilton Coleman (a)
- Jackson Herrington (a)
- Brandon Holtz (a)
6. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2022–2026)
- Rory McIlroy (9,11,21)
7. Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2022–2026)
- Aaron Rai (21)
- Xander Schauffele (8,21)
- Justin Thomas (11,21)
8. Recent winners of The Open Championship (2021–2025)
- Brian Harman (11,21)
- Collin Morikawa (11,21)
- Cameron Smith
9. Recent winners of The Players Championship (2024–2026)
10. The winner of the 2025 BMW PGA Championship
- Alex Norén (21)
11. All players who qualified and were eligible for the 2025 Tour Championship
- Ludvig Åberg (21)
- Akshay Bhatia (21)
- Keegan Bradley (21)
- Jacob Bridgeman (21)
- Patrick Cantlay (21)
- Corey Conners (21)
- Harris English (21)
- Tommy Fleetwood (21)
- Chris Gotterup (12,21)
- Harry Hall
- Im Sung-jae
- Shane Lowry (21)
- Hideki Matsuyama (21)
- Maverick McNealy (21)
- Andrew Novak (21)
- Justin Rose (12,21)
- Sepp Straka (21)
- Nick Taylor (21)
12. Winners of multiple PGA Tour events[c] from the 2025 U.S. Open to the start of the 2026 tournament
13. The top 5 players in the FedEx Cup standings as of May 18 who are not yet exempt
14. The top player on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour points list
15. The top 2 players on the 2025 Race to Dubai who are not yet exempt as of May 18
16. The top player on the 2026 Race to Dubai as of May 18 who is not yet exempt
17. The winner of the 2025 Amateur Championship[b]
- Ethan Fang (a)
18. The winner of the Mark H. McCormack Medal in 2025[b]
- Jackson Koivun (a)
19. The individual winner of the 2026 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship[b]
- June 1
20. The winner of the 2026 Latin America Amateur Championship[b]
- Mateo Pulcini (a)
21. The leading 60 players on the Official World Golf Ranking as of May 18
- Daniel Berger
- Michael Brennan
- Pierceson Coody
- Jason Day
- Nico Echavarría
- Rickie Fowler
- Ryan Fox
- Ryan Gerard
- Ryo Hisatsune
- Nicolai Højgaard
- Michael Kim
- Kim Si-woo
- Kurt Kitayama
- Jake Knapp
- Min Woo Lee
- Matt McCarty
- Marco Penge
- David Puig
- Patrick Reed
- Kristoffer Reitan
- Adam Scott
- Alex Smalley
- Jordan Spieth
- Sam Stevens
22. The leading 60 players on the Official World Golf Ranking if not otherwise exempt as of June 9
- June 9
23. The top player from within the top 3 of the 2025 LIV Golf League individual standings who is not yet exempt as of May 18
24. The top player from within the top 3 of the 2026 LIV Golf League individual standings as of May 18 who is not yet exempt
25. Special exemptions
Qualifiers
| Date | Location | Venue | Field | Spots | Qualifiers[a][d] |
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| May 18 | Surrey, England | Walton Heath Golf Club (New and Old courses) | 80 | 7 | Filippo Celli, Ugo Coussaud, Ángel Hidalgo, Matthew Jordan, Nathan Kimsey, Niklas Nørgaard, Rocco Repetto |
| Dallas, Texas | Dallas Athletic Club (Blue and Gold courses) | 123 | 9 | Cooper Dossey, Adrien Dumont de Chassart, T. K. Kim (L), Tom Kim, Graeme McDowell, Manav Shah (L), Jimmy Stanger, Caleb Surratt, Peter Uihlein | |
| May 25 | Hino, Japan | Hino Golf Club | 38 | 3 | Ryuichi Oiwa, Kaito Onishi, Taihi Sato |
| Jun 8 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Lambton Golf and Country Club | |||
| Sacramento, California | Del Paso Country Club | ||||
| Palm Beach Gardens, Florida | BallenIsles Country Club | ||||
| Ball Ground, Georgia | Hawks Ridge Golf Club | ||||
| Rockville, Maryland | Woodmont Country Club | ||||
| Purchase, New York | Century Country Club Golf Club of Purchase | ||||
| Gastonia, North Carolina | Gaston Country Club | ||||
| Springfield, Ohio | Springfield Country Club | ||||
| Westerville, Ohio | Lakes Golf and Country Club | ||||
| Creswell, Oregon | Emerald Valley Golf Club |