2022 U.S. Open (golf)

The 2022 United States Open Championship is the 122nd U.S. Open, the national open golf championship of the United States. It is a 72-hole stroke play tournament that will be played June 16–19 at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.

2022 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 16–19, 2022
LocationBrookline, Massachusetts
42°18′48″N 71°9′3″W
Course(s)The Country Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Field156 players
Location Map
Brookline
Location in the United States
Brookline
Location in Massachusetts

Course
Main article: The Country Club

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 provision 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 though to final qualifying.[1]

Exemptions

This list details the exemption criteria for the 2022 U.S. Open and the players who qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players were exempt is indicated in parentheses.[2][lower-alpha 1]

1. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2012–2021)

2. The leading ten players, and those tying for tenth place, in the 2021 U.S. Open

3. The winner of the 2021 U.S. Senior Open

4. The winner of the 2021 U.S. Amateur

5. Winners of the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur, and the runner-up in the 2021 U.S. Amateur[lower-alpha 2]

6. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2018–2022)

7. Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2017–2022)

8. Recent winners of The Open Championship (2017–2021)

9. Recent winners of The Players Championship (2021–2022)

10. The winner of the 2021 BMW PGA Championship

11. All players who qualified for the 2021 Tour Championship

12. Winners of multiple PGA Tour events[lower-alpha 3] from the 2021 U.S. Open to the start of the 2022 tournament

13. The winner of the 2021 Amateur Championship[lower-alpha 2]

  • Laird Shepherd (a)

14. The winner of the Mark H. McCormack Medal in 2021[lower-alpha 2]

  • Keita Nakajima (a)

15. The winner of the 2020 Olympic Gold Medal

16. The leading 10 points winners from the "European Qualifying Series"[lower-alpha 4] who are not otherwise exempt

  • June 5

17. The leading player from each of the Asian Tour, 2021–22 PGA Tour of Australasia and 2021–22 Sunshine Tour Orders of Merit

18. The leading 60 players on the Official World Golf Ranking as of May 23, 2022

19. The leading 60 players on the Official World Golf Ranking if not otherwise exempt as of June 6, 2022

20. Special exemptions

Qualifiers

Eleven final qualifying events are scheduled, nine of which are in the United States:[1]

DateLocationVenueFieldSpotsQualifiers[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 5]
May 23JapanCaledonian Golf Club
May 23Dallas, TexasLakewood Country Club and
Royal Oaks Country Club
Jun 6Milton, Ontario, CanadaRattleSnake Point Golf Club
Jun 6San Francisco, CaliforniaThe Olympic Club
Jun 6Jupiter, FloridaThe Club at Admiral’s Cove
Jun 6Roswell, GeorgiaAnsley Golf Club
Jun 6Rockville, MarylandWoodmont Country Club
Jun 6Purchase, New YorkCentury Country Club and
Old Oaks Country Club
Jun 6Columbus, OhioKinsale Golf and Fitness Club and
Wedgewood Golf and Country Club
Jun 6Springfield, OhioSpringfield Country Club
Jun 6Bend, OregonPronghorn Resort

Notes
  1. (a) – denotes amateur.
  2. Players qualifying in this category must remain an amateur through the conclusion of the U.S. Open.
  3. Events must carry full-point allocation towards the FedEx Cup.
  4. The European Qualifying Series consisted of four tournaments: Betfred British Masters, Soudal Open, Dutch Open and Porsche European Open.
  5. (L) – denotes a player who progressed through local qualifying.

References
  1. "Local, Final Qualifying Sites Set for 122nd U.S. Open". USGA. February 15, 2023. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  2. "See Who's Exempt for the 2022 U.S. Open at The Country Club". USGA. March 20, 2022. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
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