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.[1]

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.[2][3][lower-alpha 1]

1. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2013–2022)

2. The leading ten players, and those tying for tenth place, in the 2022 U.S. Open

3. The winner of the 2022 U.S. Senior Open

4. The winner of the 2022 U.S. Amateur

5. Winners of the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur, and the runner-up in the 2022 U.S. Amateur[lower-alpha 2]

  • Ben Carr (a)
  • Ding Wenyi (a)
  • Matthew McClean (a)

6. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2019–2023)

7. Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2018–2023)

8. Recent winners of The Open Championship (2018–2022)

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

12. Winners of multiple PGA Tour events[lower-alpha 3] from the 2022 U.S. Open to the start of the 2023 tournament

13. The top 5 players in the FedEx Cup standings as of May 22 who are not yet exempt

14. The top player on the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour full-season points list

15. The top 2 players on the 2022 DP World Tour Rankings who are not yet exempt as of May 22

16. The top player on the 2023 Race to Dubai as of May 22 who is not yet exempt

17. The top 2 point earners from the European Tour "U.S. Open Qualifying Series"[lower-alpha 4] who are not otherwise exempt

18. The winner of the 2022 Amateur Championship[lower-alpha 2]

19. The winner of the Mark H. McCormack Medal in 2022[lower-alpha 2]

20. The individual winner of the 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship[lower-alpha 2]

  • Fred Biondi forfeited his exemption by turning professional.[5]

21. The winner of the 2023 Latin America Amateur Championship[lower-alpha 2]

  • Mateo Fernández de Oliveira (a)

22. The leading 60 players on the Official World Golf Ranking as of May 22

23. The leading 60 players on the Official World Golf Ranking if not otherwise exempt as of June 12

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,[6] nine of which were held in the United States on June 5.[7]

DateLocationVenueFieldSpotsQualifiers[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 5]
May 16Surrey, EnglandWalton Heath Golf Club777Jens Dantorp, Alejandro del Rey, Ross Fisher, Deon Germishuys, David Horsey, Wilco Nienaber, Matthieu Pavon
May 22Tsukubamirai, JapanIbaraki Golf Club293Gunn Charoenkul, Ryo Ishikawa, Ryutaro Nagano
May 22Dallas, TexasNorthwood Club and
Bent Tree Country Club		1208Austin Eckroat, Sergio García, Brent Grant, Paul Haley II, Hank Lebioda, Roger Sloan, Jacob Solomon (L), Carson Young
Jun 5Toronto, Ontario, CanadaLambton Golf and Country Club273Ryan Armour, Ryan Gerard, Vincent Norrman
Jun 5Los Angeles, CaliforniaHillcrest Country Club895Barclay Brown (a), Charley Hoffman, Omar Morales (a,L), David Puig (L), Preston Summerhays (a)
Jun 5Boynton Beach, FloridaPine Tree Golf Club513Carlos Ortiz, Austen Truslow (L), Brendan Valdes (a,L)
Jun 5Ball Ground, GeorgiaHawks Ridge Golf Club433J. J. Grey (L), Kyle Mueller (L), Gordon Sargent (a)
Jun 5Rockville, MarylandWoodmont Country Club604Michael Brennan (a), Sebastián Muñoz, Isaac Simmons (a,L), Karl Vilips (a)
Jun 5Summit, New JerseyCanoe Brook Country Club
(North and South courses)		674Christian Cavaliere (a,L), Berry Henson, Andrew Svoboda (L), Michael Thorbjornsen (a)
Jun 5Durham, North CarolinaOld Chatham Golf Club765Paul Barjon, Frankie Capan III (L), Patrick Cover (L), Yuto Katsuragawa, Mac Meissner
Jun 5Columbus, OhioLakes Golf and Country Club and
Brookside Golf and Country Club		10311Olin 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
Jun 5Springfield, OhioSpringfield Country Club755Nick Hardy, Taylor Pendrith, Alex Schaake (L), Sam Stevens, Dylan Wu
Jun 5Tacoma, WashingtonTacoma Country and Golf Club542Jesse 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:

Notes

  1. 1 2 (a) – denotes amateur.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Players qualifying in this categories 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 U.S. Open Qualifying Series consists of four tournaments: DS Automobiles Italian Open, Soudal Open, KLM Open and Porsche European Open.
  5. ↑ (L) – denotes a player who progressed through local qualifying.
  6. ↑ Added to field the week prior to the tournament, possibly to replace Fred Biondi.
  7. 1 2 3 Claimed spot held for category 23.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "123rd U.S. Open Championship Qualifying Sites Sneak Peek". USGA. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  2. ↑ "USGA Adds New Exemptions for U.S. Open, U.S. Women's Open". USGA. February 9, 2023.
  3. ↑ "See Who's Exempt for the 2023 U.S. Open at LACC". USGA. February 9, 2023. Archived from the original on February 9, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  4. ↑ "33 Additional Players Become Exempt for 2023 U.S. Open". USGA. May 22, 2023.
  5. ↑ Romine, Brentley (June 5, 2023). "Florida's Fred Biondi makes tough decision to turn pro, bypass major exemptions". Golf Channel. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  6. ↑ Zak, Sean (April 13, 2023). "This year's U.S. Open has received a record number of entries". Golf Magazine. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  7. ↑ "123rd U.S. Open: Final Qualifying". USGA. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  8. ↑ DePasquale, Brian (June 12, 2023). "123rd U.S. Open Field Now Complete With 156 Players". USGA.
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