🏆 2026 U.S. Open Field & Qualifying Hub
2026 U.S. Open Field Overview
The 2026 U.S. Open Championship will be played June 18-21 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York. The field is built from a mix of fully exempt players and qualifiers who survive the USGA’s two-stage qualifying process.
The men’s U.S. Open qualifying process includes 18-hole local qualifying followed by 36-hole final qualifying. Final qualifying began on May 18, continued with the Japan final qualifier on May 25, and now builds toward the June 8 final qualifying wave known across golf as Golf’s Longest Day.
Field status: The 2026 U.S. Open field is still taking shape. Through the May 25 Japan qualifier, 19 players have earned spots through completed 36-hole final qualifying sites. The remaining Canada and U.S. final qualifying sites are still ahead on June 8, followed by alternates, withdrawals, OWGR additions, special exemptions, and final USGA field adjustments.
📌 How Players Qualify for the 2026 U.S. Open
- Past U.S. Open champions under the championship’s exemption structure
- Recent major champions from the Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, and The Open Championship
- The Players Championship winner and other select elite-event winners
- Top finishers from the previous U.S. Open
- Top players in the Official World Golf Ranking at USGA cutoff dates
- Winners of select PGA TOUR and global events that meet USGA exemption criteria
- Elite amateur exemptions, including key USGA and amateur championship winners
- Local Qualifying — 18-hole qualifiers held across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico
- Final Qualifying — 36-hole qualifiers at 13 sites, including England, Japan, Canada, and U.S. locations
- Special exemptions selected by the USGA
- Late field movement through withdrawals, alternates, OWGR additions, and final USGA updates
👥 2026 U.S. Open Field & Qualifying Tracker
The current CaddyBytes U.S. Open field tracker now includes completed 36-hole final qualifying results from Walton Heath Golf Club, Dallas Athletic Club, and Hino Golf Club in Japan.
Through those first three final qualifying sites, 19 players have earned U.S. Open spots: 7 from Walton Heath, 9 from Dallas, and 3 from Japan. The field is still not final. Scroll down to open the completed final qualifying dropdown, then watch for the June 8 Golf’s Longest Day results.
- Championship: 2026 U.S. Open Championship
- Course: Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, New York
- Championship dates: June 18-21, 2026
- Qualifying format: 18-hole local qualifying followed by 36-hole final qualifying
- Final qualifying window: May 18-June 8
- Completed final qualifying sites: Walton Heath Golf Club, Dallas Athletic Club, and Hino Golf Club in Japan
- Final qualifying spots filled so far: 19 players
- Newest completed site: Hino Golf Club, Japan — completed May 25 with 3 qualifying spots
- Next major checkpoint: June 8 Golf’s Longest Day, with Canada and the remaining U.S. final qualifying sites
- Next page update: add Golf’s Longest Day qualifiers, then alternates, withdrawals, OWGR additions, special exemptions, and final USGA field updates
The following players have earned U.S. Open spots through completed 36-hole final qualifying sites. An asterisk marks a player who advanced through a playoff.
Walton Heath Golf Club — Surrey, England
Date: May 18, 2026 | Spots: 7
- Nathan Kimsey — 68-62=130
- Rocco Repetto Taylor — 66-66=132
- Filippo Celli — 67-66=133
- Matthew Jordan — 69-64=133
- Angel Hidalgo — 62-71=133
- Niklas Nørgaard — 65-68=133
- Ugo Coussaud* — 66-68=134
Dallas Athletic Club — Dallas, Texas
Date: May 18, 2026 | Spots: 9
- Peter Uihlein — 67-66=133
- Tom Kim — 66-68=134
- Cooper Dossey — 65-70=135
- Manav Shah — 66-71=137
- Jimmy Stanger — 70-68=138
- Graeme McDowell — 69-69=138
- Adrien Dumont de Chassart — 68-70=138
- TK Kim — 67-71=138
- Caleb Surratt* — 70-69=139
Hino Golf Club — Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Date: May 25, 2026 | Spots: 3
- Ryuichi Oiwa — 67-61=128
- Kaito Onishi — 64-65=129
- Taihei Sato — 66-64=130
The May 25 Japan qualifier is now complete. The next major U.S. Open field-builder is June 8, 2026, when Canada and the remaining U.S. final qualifying sites are scheduled. This is the day CaddyBytes should treat as the big field-expansion update.
- June 8, 2026: Del Paso Country Club, Sacramento, California
- June 8, 2026: Springfield Country Club, Springfield, Ohio
- June 8, 2026: Emerald Valley Golf Club, Creswell, Oregon
- June 8, 2026: Woodmont Country Club, Rockville, Maryland — North Course
- June 8, 2026: BallenIsles Country Club, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida — East Course
- June 8, 2026: Century Country Club & Golf Club of Purchase, Purchase, New York
- June 8, 2026: Gaston Country Club, Gastonia, North Carolina
- June 8, 2026: The Lakes Golf & Country Club, Westerville, Ohio
- June 8, 2026: Hawks Ridge Golf Club, Ball Ground, Georgia
- June 8, 2026: Lambton Golf and Country Club, Ontario, Canada
Local qualifying is the first stage of the men’s U.S. Open process. Players who advance out of 18-hole local qualifying join locally exempt players in 36-hole final qualifying.
- Local qualifying format: 18 holes
- Local qualifying window: April-May, before the final qualifying stage
- Path forward: local qualifiers do not move directly into the U.S. Open field; they advance into final qualifying
- Current page focus: completed final qualifying results, June 8 Golf’s Longest Day, and late field movement
- Important distinction: the men’s U.S. Open uses local qualifying followed by final qualifying; this differs from the women’s field page structure
This section is reserved for the official exempt-player list and late additions as the USGA field becomes clearer. Use these categories to organize the next larger page update once the official players page is ready to compare.
- Past U.S. Open champions
- Recent Masters champions
- Recent PGA Championship winners
- Recent Open Championship winners
- Top finishers from the previous U.S. Open
- Official World Golf Ranking qualifiers
- PGA TOUR and global event winners meeting exemption criteria
- Amateur champions and elite amateur exemptions
- Special exemptions
- Final qualifying additions
- Alternates and withdrawal replacements
The final U.S. Open field can keep changing until championship week. CaddyBytes should use this section for late field notes after the June 8 final qualifying wave and once the official field page is closer to complete.
- OWGR cutoffs: add ranking-window qualifiers when confirmed by the USGA
- Amateur exemptions: add confirmed amateur champions and eligible amateur qualifiers
- Special exemptions: add any USGA special exemptions if announced
- Withdrawals: note any exempt players who withdraw before Shinnecock
- Alternates: add alternates who move into the field after final qualifying
- Final field check: compare this page against the official USGA players page before championship week
- The men’s U.S. Open qualifying route uses two stages: local qualifying and final qualifying.
- Final qualifying is 36 holes and is the stage that sends players directly into the U.S. Open field.
- Walton Heath and Dallas Athletic Club were the first two completed 2026 final qualifying sites.
- Hino Golf Club in Japan completed final qualifying on May 25 and added three more players to the Shinnecock field.
- The June 8 final qualifying wave is the biggest remaining checkpoint before the full field becomes clearer.
- The final 156-player field may differ from this page snapshot because of OWGR additions, special exemptions, alternates, withdrawals, and official USGA field changes.
🟢 CaddyBytes Field Update Note
This page has been updated on May 26 which now adds the May 25 Japan final qualifier update. The next and final update will come after the June 8 final qualifying is complete. Check back then to see and for any final field changes.