🏆 2026 U.S. Open Final Field, Qualifying & Pre-Tournament Fantasy Picks
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 expanded heavily on June 8 through the Golf’s Longest Day qualifying wave in Canada and across the United States.
Field status: The CaddyBytes field tracker is now updated with 62 final qualifiers, including 43 players from the June 8 Golf’s Longest Day wave and Andrew Putnam as the final Oregon qualifier after the suspended Emerald Valley playoff resumed Tuesday morning. A final current field snapshot is also added below: 156 players are now in the championship field, with the June 15 OWGR window, RBC Canadian Open winner movement, alternates, withdrawals, and final USGA adjustments now reflected for championship week.
Course-fit picks: Use the new CaddyBytes U.S. Open fantasy picks and Shinnecock course-fit player board to connect the field list to player targets, value lanes, sleeper watch names, risk flags, and more tournament-week updates coming Monday and Wednesday before championship play begins.
📌 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 posted 36-hole final qualifying results from Walton Heath Golf Club, Dallas Athletic Club, Hino Golf Club in Japan, Lambton Golf and Country Club in Canada, and the June 8 U.S. Golf’s Longest Day sites.
Through the completed final qualifying results, 62 players earned U.S. Open spots: 19 from the May 18/May 25 sites and 43 from the June 8 Golf’s Longest Day wave. Andrew Putnam was added as the second Emerald Valley, Oregon qualifier after the suspended playoff resumed, and the final field has now been cleaned up into a full 156-player championship list.
Final field status: the current field tracker is now updated to the 156-player championship field. June 15 OWGR additions, RBC Canadian Open winner movement, alternate movement, withdrawals, and final USGA field adjustments have been rolled into the snapshot below.
- 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
- Known final qualifying additions: 62 players added from posted final qualifying results
- May 18/May 25 completed sites: Walton Heath, Dallas Athletic Club, and Hino Golf Club in Japan — 19 total players
- June 8 known additions: 43 players from Canada/U.S. Golf’s Longest Day results
- Oregon resolved: Emerald Valley, Oregon — Andrew Putnam won the resumed playoff over Spencer Tibbits for the final automatic qualifying spot
- Current field snapshot: final 156-player championship field for Shinnecock Hills
- Course-fit companion: U.S. Open fantasy picks and Shinnecock player board with Monday and Wednesday tournament-week updates planned
The current U.S. Open field snapshot includes the final 156-player championship field for Shinnecock Hills. Players below are grouped by the first qualifying category used for this tracker, with June 15 OWGR additions, the RBC Canadian Open winner path, alternate movement, withdrawals, and final USGA field adjustments now reflected.
U.S. Open champions — last 10 years
- J.J. Spaun
- Bryson DeChambeau
- Wyndham Clark
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Jon Rahm
- Gary Woodland
- Brooks Koepka
- Dustin Johnson
Top 10 and ties from the 2025 U.S. Open
- Robert MacIntyre
- Viktor Hovland
- Cameron Young
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Carlos Ortiz
- Sam Burns
- Scottie Scheffler
- Ben Griffin
- Russell Henley
2025 U.S. Senior Open champion
- Padraig Harrington
2025 U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up
- Mason Howell (a)
- Jackson Herrington (a)
2025 U.S. Junior Amateur champion
- Hamilton Coleman (a)
2025 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion
- Brandon Holtz (a)
Masters champions — five-year window
- Rory McIlroy
PGA Championship winners — five-year window
- Aaron Rai
- Xander Schauffele
- Justin Thomas
The Open Championship winners — five-year window
- Brian Harman
- Cameron Smith
- Collin Morikawa
2025 BMW PGA Championship winner
- Alex Noren
2025 Tour Championship field
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Patrick Cantlay
- Corey Conners
- Keegan Bradley
- Chris Gotterup
- Akshay Bhatia
- Harris English
- Shane Lowry
- Harry Hall
- Nick Taylor
- Ludvig Åberg
- Justin Rose
- Maverick McNealy
- Andrew Novak
- Jacob Bridgeman
- Sungjae Im
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Sepp Straka
Top five FedExCup players not otherwise exempt as of May 18
- Alex Fitzpatrick
- Sahith Theegala
- Sudarshan Yellamaraju
- Patrick Rodgers
- Matti Schmid
2025 Korn Ferry Tour points leader
- Johnny Keefer
Top two from the 2025 Race to Dubai not otherwise exempt
- Laurie Canter
- Adrien Saddier
Top player from the 2026 Race to Dubai not otherwise exempt as of May 18
- Jayden Schaper
British Amateur champion
- Ethan Fang (a)
2025 Mark H. McCormack Medal winner
- Jackson Koivun (a)
2026 NCAA Division I men’s individual champion
- Preston Stout (a)
Latin America Amateur champion
- Mateo Pulcini (a)
Top 60 OWGR additions from the May 18 cutoff
- Patrick Reed
- Si Woo Kim
- Kristoffer Reitan
- Nicolai Højgaard
- Kurt Kitayama
- Min Woo Lee
- Ryan Gerard
- Rickie Fowler
- Jake Knapp
- Jason Day
- Alex Smalley
- Daniel Berger
- Michael Kim
- Matt McCarty
- Jordan Spieth
- Adam Scott
- Nico Echavarria
- Sam Stevens
- Ryan Fox
- Michael Brennan
- Pierceson Coody
- David Puig
- Ryo Hisatsune
LIV Golf exemption — final 2025 standings
- Joaquin Niemann
LIV Golf exemption — 2026 standings as of May 18
- Lucas Herbert
Final qualifying — England
- Nathan Kimsey
- Rocco Repetto Taylor
- Filippo Celli
- Matthew Jordan
- Angel Hidalgo
- Niklas Nørgaard
- Ugo Coussaud
Final qualifying — Japan
- Ryuichi Oiwa
- Kaito Onishi
- Taihei Sato
Final qualifying — America/Canada listed group
- Peter Uihlein
- Tom Kim
- Cooper Dossey
- Jimmy Stanger
- Graeme McDowell
- Adrien Dumont de Chassart
- Caleb Surratt
- Neal Shipley
- Zac Blair
- Dylan Wu
- Billy Horschel
- Nick Hardy
- Ben Silverman
- Ryder Cowan (a)
- Miles Russell (a)
- Emiliano Grillo
- Alejandro Tosti
- Marcelo Rozo
- William Mouw
- John Parry
- Max McGreevy
- Jackson Suber
- Ben Kohles
- Davis Thompson
- J.B. Holmes
- Árni Sveinsson (a)
- Carl Yuan
- Brandon Wu
- Cole Hammer
- Kevin Roy
- Max Greyserman
- Ben James
- James Nicholas
- Chris Kirk
- Keith Mitchell
- Taylor Montgomery
- Eric Lee (a)
- Andrew Putnam
Local and final qualifying listed group
- T.K. Kim
- Manav Shah
- Giuseppe Puebla (a)
- Logan Reilly (a)
- Jake Sollon
- Vaughn Harber (a)
- Jackson Ormond (a)
- Jackson Van Paris
- Jake Peacock
- Robbie Higgins
- Chase Kyes (a)
- Matthew Robles (a)
- Marek Fleming (a)
- Greyson Leach
June 15 / final field additions and alternate movement
- Bud Cauley
- J.T. Poston
- Chandler Phillips
- Hennie du Plessis
- Harry Higgs
- Bryan Lee (a)
- Spencer Tibbits
- Jack Schoenberger (a)
The following players have earned U.S. Open spots through posted 36-hole final qualifying results. An asterisk marks a player who advanced through a playoff. Amateur status is marked with (a) where listed.
June 8 — Hawks Ridge Golf Club — Ball Ground, Georgia
Spots: 5
- Chris Kirk — 65-64=129
- Jake Peacock — 66-65=131
- Keith Mitchell — 69-63=132
- Robbie Higgins — 67-66=133
- Chase Kyes (a) — 67-66=133
June 8 — BallenIsles Country Club — Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Course: East Course | Spots: 4
- Giuseppe Puebla (a) — 69-68=137
- Ben Silverman — 67-70=137
- Ryder Cowan* (a) — 71-67=138
- Miles Russell* (a) — 71-67=138
June 8 — Century Country Club & Golf Club of Purchase — Purchase, New York
Spots: 4
- Kevin Roy — 67-67=134
- Max Greyserman — 68-68=136
- Benjamin James (a) — 68-72=140
- James Nicholas — 68-72=140
June 8 — Gaston Country Club — Gastonia, North Carolina
Spots: 5
- Jackson Ormond (a) — 65-63=128
- Carl Yuan — 65-63=128
- Jackson Van Paris — 65-64=129
- Brandon Wu — 64-65=129
- Cole Hammer — 62-67=129
June 8 — Woodmont Country Club — Rockville, Maryland
Course: North Course | Spots: 4
- Jackson Suber — 65-67=132
- Ben Kohles — 65-70=135
- Logan Reilly (a) — 68-67=135
- Jake Sollon* — 68-69=137
June 8 — Springfield Country Club — Springfield, Ohio
Spots: 5
- Neal Shipley — 67-65=132
- Zac Blair — 64-68=132
- Dylan Wu — 67-66=133
- Billy Horschel — 68-65=133
- Nick Hardy — 65-68=133
June 8 — The Lakes Golf & Country Club — Westerville, Ohio
Spots: 4
- Davis Thompson — 66-67=133
- J.B. Holmes* — 70-65=135
- Vaughn Harber* (a) — 67-68=135
- Árni Sveinsson* (a) — 67-68=135
June 8 — Lambton Golf and Country Club — Ontario, Canada
Spots: 6
- Emiliano Grillo — 65-66=131
- Alejandro Tosti — 69-63=132
- Marcelo Rozo — 66-67=133
- William Mouw* — 68-66=134
- John Parry* — 69-65=134
- Max McGreevy* — 65-69=134
June 8 — Del Paso Country Club — Sacramento, California
Spots: 4
- Taylor Montgomery — 69-66=135
- Eric Lee (a) — 69-67=136
- Matthew Robles (a) — 70-66=136
- Marek Fleming (a) — 69-69=138
June 8 — Emerald Valley Golf Club — Creswell, Oregon
Spots: 2 | Status: complete after resumed playoff
- Greyson Leach — 70-70=140
- Andrew Putnam* — 70-71=141
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
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
The June 8 Golf’s Longest Day wave has now produced 43 qualifiers from Canada and U.S. sites, with Andrew Putnam taking the final automatic qualifying spot at Emerald Valley in Oregon after the suspended playoff resumed Tuesday morning.
- Hawks Ridge, Georgia: 5 spots filled — Kirk, Peacock, Mitchell, Higgins, Kyes
- BallenIsles, Florida: 4 spots filled — Puebla, Silverman, Cowan, Russell
- Purchase, New York: 4 spots filled — Roy, Greyserman, Benjamin James, Nicholas
- Gastonia, North Carolina: 5 spots filled — Ormond, Yuan, Van Paris, Wu, Hammer
- Woodmont, Maryland: 4 spots filled — Suber, Kohles, Reilly, Sollon
- Springfield, Ohio: 5 spots filled — Shipley, Blair, Dylan Wu, Horschel, Hardy
- Westerville, Ohio: 4 spots filled — Davis Thompson, J.B. Holmes, Harber, Sveinsson
- Lambton, Canada: 6 spots filled — Grillo, Tosti, Rozo, Mouw, Parry, McGreevy
- Del Paso, California: 4 spots filled — Montgomery, Eric Lee, Robles, Fleming
- Emerald Valley, Oregon: 2 spots filled — Greyson Leach and Andrew Putnam
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 U.S. Open field is now listed as a final 156-player championship field for Shinnecock Hills. This section keeps the late-movement notes together so the page can still be adjusted quickly if a withdrawal or alternate replacement is announced during championship week.
- Oregon playoff resolved: Andrew Putnam has been added from Emerald Valley after the resumed playoff with Spencer Tibbits
- RBC Canadian Open winner / PGA TOUR path: final event-winner movement has been reflected in the current field list
- OWGR cutoffs: June 15 additions have been reflected in the final field list
- Amateur exemptions: confirm amateur status and amateur exemptions against the official USGA player list
- Special exemptions: note any additional USGA announcement if it changes the posted field
- Withdrawals: note any exempt players who withdraw before Shinnecock
- Alternates: add alternates who move into the field after final qualifying
- Final field check: final 156-player snapshot now matched against the posted championship-week field list
- 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 Golf’s Longest Day wave added all 43 qualifying spots, with Andrew Putnam taking the final Oregon spot after the suspended playoff resumed Tuesday morning.
- The final 156-player field is now reflected here, with June 15 additions and late alternate movement included. Any championship-week withdrawals can still create replacement updates.
🟢 CaddyBytes Field Update Note
This page has been updated on June 15 to move the tracker from the earlier 149-player snapshot to the final 156-player championship field for Shinnecock Hills, with June 15 additions, alternate movement, and final qualifying cleanup reflected.