35 Additional Players Now Exempt For 126th US Open

The USGA introduced that 35 extra golfers, together with 2015 US Open champion Jordan Spieth, have earned full exemptions into the 126th US Open, to be contested June 18-21 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, in Southampton, NY These exemptions deliver the entire variety of exempt gamers to 86.

Aaron Rai, winner of the 2026 PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club, obtained a five-year exemption into the US Open, together with a return to Philadelphia for the 2030 US Open at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa.

Exemptions had been awarded to 24 gamers who earned a spot within the prime 60 of the Official World Golf Ranking® (OWGR) as of May 18, 2026.

Adam Scott, No. 49 within the OWGR, will make his a hundredth straight look in a serious on the 2026 US Open, becoming a member of World Golf Hall of Famer and four-time US Open champion Jack Nicklaus as the one two gamers to compete in 100–or–extra consecutive majors. Scott started his streak on the 2001 Open Championship, and the 2013 Masters champion has performed in each US Open since 2002.

Spieth, a three-time main champion, ended 2025 ranked No. 80 within the OWGR however has made 12 out of 13 cuts on the PGA Tour this season, together with three top-20s in signature occasions and a tie for eleventh at The Masters, which propelled him 33 spots to No. 47. He joins 10 different US Open champions who’re at present exempt for 2026.

At No. 21, Patrick Reed is the highest-ranked participant within the present OWGR who was not beforehand exempt. Reed will make his twelfth straight US Open begin. The 2018 Masters champion has missed the reduce simply eleven in his US Open profession, taking pictures 74-74 at Oakmont in 2016. He completed fourth in 2018 at Shinnecock, his solely top-10 end within the championship. Si Woo Kim is the following highest-ranked participant at No. 24 who was not beforehand exempt. Kim will make her tenth consecutive begin on the US Open and has 5 made cuts, together with a tie for thirteenth in her first begin in 2017 at Erin Hills.

Kristoffer Reitan will make his US Open debut as knowledgeable after leaping 48 spots within the OWGR following his signature occasion win on the Truist Championship, his first PGA Tour victory in simply 15 begins. Reitan, as an beginner, turned the primary Norwegian to qualify for the US Open in 2018 at Shinnecock Hills, his solely different US Open begin (fellow Norwegian Viktor Hovland received the US Amateur at Pebble Beach later that 12 months).

Alex Smalley moved up 36 spots after his T-2 end on the PGA Championship and can make his second US Open begin, and first since 2017 at Erin Hills.

The different gamers who earned full exemptions by the present OWGR are: Nicolai Hojgaard, Kurt Kitayama, Min Woo Lee, Ryan Gerard, Rickie Fowler, Jake Knapp, Jason Day, Marco Penge, Daniel Berger, Michael Kim, Matt McCarty, Nicolas Echavarria, Samuel Stevens, Ryan Fox, Michael Brennan, Pierceson Coody, David Puig and Ryo Hisatsune.

Ten different gamers earned exemptions based mostly on their performances in 4 extra classes. The prime 5 gamers within the PGA Tour FedEx Cup standings are Alex Fitzpatrick, Sahith (*35*), Sudarshan Yellamaraju, Patrick Rodgers and Matthias Schmid. The prime two gamers from the ultimate 2025 DP World Tour Race to Dubai Rankings, who weren’t in any other case exempt, are Laurie Canter and Adrien Saddier. Jayden Schaper is the best ranked participant on the present Race to Dubai Rankings who was not in any other case exempt.

Joaquin Niemann is the highest participant who will not be in any other case exempt and completed the highest three of the 2025 LIV Golf League particular person standings. Lucas Herbert is the highest participant who will not be in any other case exempt and within the prime three of the present LIV Golf League particular person standings.

Looking forward, the person winner of the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship (May 29 – June 3) and any a number of winners of PGA Tour occasions since final 12 months’s US Open that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship previous to the US Open may also earn an exemption. The variety of absolutely exempt golfers could enhance with the addition of the highest 60 gamers from the OWGR as of Monday, June 15.

Two of the ultimate qualifiers for the 2026 US Open had been held in Dallas and England on Monday, May 18. Japan’s remaining qualifier is May 25.

The remaining 36-hole qualifiers will happen at 10 websites on June 8: Del Paso Country Club (Sacramento, Calif.), Springfield (Ohio) Country Club, Emerald Valley Golf Club (Creswell, Ore.), Woodmont Country Club (Rockville, Md.), BallenIsles Country Club (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), Century Country Club and Golf Club of Purchase (NY), Gaston Country Club (Gastonia, NC), Lakes Golf & Country Club (Westerville, Ohio), Hawks Ridge Golf Club (Ball Ground, Ga.) and Lambton Golf & Country Club (Canada).

The US Open was beforehand contested at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in 1896 (James Foulis), 1986 (Raymond Floyd), 1995 (Corey Pavin), 2004 (Retief Goosen) and 2018 (Brooks Koepka).

Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, one of many USGA’s 5 founding member golf equipment, is the one venue to host the nationwide championship in three totally different centuries.

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