| Sept. 17-20, 2020, Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course), Mamaroneck, N.Y. mediacenter.usga.org | Virtual Media Hub | usopen.com |@usga_pr | @usopengolf | USOPEN | #USOpen iOS and Android mobile app: U.S. Open Golf Championship WHO’S HERE: Among the 144 golfers in the 2020 U.S. Open Championship, there are:U.S. Open champions (10): Lucas Glover (2009), Dustin Johnson (2016), Martin Kaymer (2014), Graeme McDowell (2010), Rory McIlroy (2011), Justin Rose (2013), Webb Simpson (2012), Jordan Spieth (2015), Gary Woodland (2019) and Tiger Woods (2000, ’02, ’08).U.S. Open runners-up (12): Jason Day (2011, ’13), Tommy Fleetwood (2018), Rickie Fowler (2014), Brian Harman (2017), Dustin Johnson (2015), Shane Lowry (2016), Hideki Matsuyama (2017), Graeme McDowell (2012), Phil Mickelson (1999, 2002, ’04, ’06, ’09, ’13), Louis Oosthuizen (2015), Michael Thompson (2012) and Tiger Woods (2005, ’07). U.S. Amateur champions (10): Byeong Hun An (2009), Bryson DeChambeau (2015), Matthew Fitzpatrick (2013), Viktor Hovland (2018), Matt Kuchar (1997), Danny Lee (2008), Curtis Luck (2016), Phil Mickelson (1990), Andy Ogletree (2019) and Tiger Woods (1994, ’95, ’96). U.S. Amateur runners-up (4): John Augenstein (2019), Patrick Cantlay (2011), Corey Conners (2014) and Michael Thompson (2007). U.S. Junior Amateur champions (5): Brian Harman (2003), Jordan Spieth (2009, ’11), Preston Summerhays (2019), Tiger Woods (1991, ’92, ’93) and Will Zalatoris (2014). U.S. Junior Amateur runners-up (4): Charles Howell III (1996), Davis Riley (2013, ’14), Justin Thomas (2010) and Matthew Wolff (2017). U.S. Senior Open champions (1): Steve Stricker (2019). U.S. Senior Open runners-up: none. U.S. Mid-Amateur champions (1): Lukas Michel (2019). U.S. Mid-Amateur runners-up: none. U.S. Amateur Public Links champions (2): Chez Reavie (2001) and Brandt Snedeker (2003). U.S. Amateur Public Links runners-up: none. U.S. Amateur Four-Ball champions (1): Cole Hammer (2018). U.S. Amateur Four-Ball runners-up: none. USGA champions (26): Byeong Hun An (2009 U.S. Amateur), Bryson DeChambeau (2015 U.S. Amateur), Matthew Fitzpatrick (2013 U.S. Amateur), Lucas Glover (2009 U.S. Open), Cole Hammer (2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Brian Harman (2003 U.S. Junior Amateur), Viktor Hovland (2018 U.S. Amateur), Dustin Johnson (2016 U.S. Open), Martin Kaymer (2014 U.S. Open), Matt Kuchar (1997 U.S. Amateur), Danny Lee (2008 U.S. Amateur), Graeme McDowell (2010 U.S. Open), Rory McIlroy (2011 U.S. Open), Lukas Michel (2019 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Phil Mickelson (1990 U.S. Amateur), Andy Ogletree (2019 U.S. Amateur), Chez Reavie (2001 U.S. Amateur Public Links), Justin Rose (2013 U.S. Open), Webb Simpson (2012 U.S. Open), Brandt Snedeker (2003 U.S. Amateur Public Links), Jordan Spieth (2009, ’11 U.S. Junior Amateurs, 2015 U.S. Open), Steve Stricker (2019 U.S. Senior Open), Preston Summerhays (2019 U.S. Junior Amateur), Gary Woodland (2019 U.S. Open), Tiger Woods (1991, ’92, ’93 U.S. Junior Amateurs, 1994, ’95, ’96 U.S. Amateurs, 2000, ’02, ’08 U.S. Opens) and Will Zalatoris (2014 U.S. Junior Amateur). Walker Cup Team Members:United States (23): John Augenstein (2019), Patrick Cantlay (2011), Cameron Champ (2017), Bryson DeChambeau (2015), Harris English (2011), Rickie Fowler (2007, ’09), Lucas Glover (2001), Cole Hammer (2019), Brian Harman (2005, ’09), Max Homa (2013), Billy Horschel (2007), Dustin Johnson (2007), Matt Kuchar (1999), Phil Mickelson (1989, ’91), Collin Morikawa (2017), Andy Ogletree (2019), John Pak (2019), Webb Simpson (2007), Jordan Spieth (2011), Justin Thomas (2013), Tiger Woods (1995), Brandon Wu (2019) and Will Zalatoris (2017). Great Britain & Ireland (13): Paul Casey (1999), Matthew Fitzpatrick (2013), Tommy Fleetwood (2009), Tom Lewis (2011), Robert MacIntyre (2017), Graeme McDowell (2001), Rory McIlroy (2007), Justin Rose (1997), Sandy Scott (2019), James Sugrue (2019), Andy Sullivan (2011), Connor Syme (2017) and Danny Willett (2007). NCAA Division I champions (7): Bryson DeChambeau (2015), Max Homa (2013), Charles Howell III (2000), Phil Mickelson (1989, ’90, ’92), Thomas Pieters (2012), Matthew Wolff (2019) and Tiger Woods (1996). World Amateur Team Championship Competitors (50): Paul Barjon (2012, France), Rafael Cabrera Bello (2000, Spain), Paul Casey (2000, Great Britain & Ireland), Corey Conners (2012, 2014, Canada), Bryson DeChambeau (2014, USA), Thomas Detry (2010, 2012, 2014, Belgium), Rickie Fowler (2008, USA), Ryan Fox (2010, New Zealand), Sergio Garcia (1996, 1998, Spain), Cole Hammer (2018, USA), Lucas Herbert (2014, Australia), Rasmus Hojgaard (2018, Denmark), Billy Horschel (2008, USA), Viktor Hovland (2016, 2018, Norway), Mackenzie Hughes (2012, Canada), a-Takumi Kanaya (2016, 2018, Japan), Sunghoon Kang (2006, Republic of Korea), Martin Kaymer (2014, Germany), Si Woo Kim (2012, Republic of Korea), Matt Kuchar (1998, USA), Danny Lee (2008, Republic of Korea), Tom Lewis (2010, England), Shane Lowry (2006, Ireland), Curtis Luck (2016, Australia), Robert MacIntyre (2016, Scotland), Hideki Matsuyama (2008, 2012 Japan), Rory McIlroy (2006, Ireland), Phil Mickelson (1990, USA), Collin Morikawa (2018, USA), Joaquin Niemann (2016, Chile), Alex Noren (2004, Sweden), Shaun Norris (2002, South Africa), Louis Oosthuizen (2002, South Africa), Adrian Otaegui (2010, Spain), Renato Paratore (2012, 2014, Italy), Taylor Pendrith (2014, Canada), Eddie Pepperell (2010, England), Victor Perez (2014, France), Thomas Pieters (2010, 2012, Belgium), Jon Rahm (2014, Spain), Matthias Schwab (2016, Austria), a-Sandy Scott (2018, Scotland), Cameron Smith (2012, Australia), Henrik Stenson (1998, Sweden), Connor Syme (2016, Scotland), Justin Thomas (2012, USA), Sami Valimaki (2018, Finland), Bernd Wiesberger (2004, 2006, Austria), Tiger Woods (1994, USA) and a-Chun An Yu (2014, 2016, Chinese Taipei). TOTAL U.S. OPENS WON BY 2020 CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD (12): Lucas Glover (1), Dustin Johnson (1), Martin Kaymer (1), Graeme McDowell (1), Rory McIlroy (1), Justin Rose (1), Webb Simpson (1), Jordan Spieth (1), Gary Woodland (1) and Tiger Woods (3). PLAYERS IN FIELD WITH MOST U.S. OPEN APPEARANCES (through 2019): Phil Mickelson (28), Steve Stricker (21), Tiger Woods (21), Sergio Garcia (20), Adam Scott (18), Lee Westwood (18), Matt Kuchar (17), Paul Casey (16), Zach Johnson (16), Lucas Glover (14), Graeme McDowell (14), Ian Poulter (14) and Justin Rose (14). ACTIVE CONSECUTIVE U.S. OPEN APPEARANCES (through 2019): Sergio Garcia (20), Adam Scott (18), Zach Johnson (16), Dustin Johnson (12), Martin Kaymer (12), Matt Kuchar (12), Lucas Glover (11), Graeme McDowell (11) and Rory McIlroy (11). CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD – The 144-player field for the 2020 U.S. Open Championship is comprised of exempt players due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Two-stage qualifying (local and final), which had been conducted since 1959, was canceled. With no qualifying this year, the USGA used 28 exemption categories to fill the U.S. Open field, which includes 10 past champions and 13 amateurs. AMATEURS – Thirteen amateurs have made the 144-player field, the eighth consecutive year that 10 or more amateurs are competing. Andy Ogletree, the 2019 U.S. Amateur champion, and James Sugrue, who won the 2019 Amateur Championship, conducted by The R&A, are in this group. Ogletree, of Little Rock, Miss., defeated John Augenstein, of Owensboro, Ky., 2 and 1, in the 2019 U.S. Amateur final at Pinehurst No. 2. Ogletree and Augenstein were members of the winning 2019 USA Walker Cup Team, which defeated Great Britain and Ireland at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. As a senior, Ogletree earned second-team All-America honors for the second time at Georgia Tech. Augenstein was chosen first-team All-America and was the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Player of the Year as a senior at Vanderbilt University in 2019-20. Sugrue, of the Republic of Ireland, won The Amateur Championship in 2019, a 2-up victory over Euan Walker at Portmarnock Golf Club. He was a member of the 2019 Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup Team. Cole Hammer, of Houston, Texas, and a junior at the University of Texas, was the 2019 Mark H. McCormack Medal recipient as the world’s top-ranked amateur and a member of last year’s USA Walker Cup Team. Hammer, who won the 2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball with partner Garrett Barber, was the third-youngest player to compete in a U.S. Open when he played at Chambers Bay at age 15 in 2015. Lukas Michel, of Australia, became the first international player to win the U.S. Mid-Amateur last year when he defeated Joseph Deraney in the final at Colorado Golf Club. He grew up playing with Curtis Luck (2016 U.S. Amateur champion) and Oliver Goss (2013 U.S. Amateur runner-up). Preston Summerhays, of Scottsdale, Ariz., won the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur at Inverness Club. Summerhays, 18, who attends Chaparral High School, won the Sunnehanna Amateur on July 24 and became the youngest champion in tournament history. Seven amateurs earned exemptions based on the World Amateur Golf Ranking® / WAGR® as of Aug. 19. Those exempt are in the top seven of the WAGR: No. 1 Takumi Kanaya, of Japan; No. 2 Ricky Castillo, of Yorba Linda, Calif.; No. 3 Chun An Yu, of Chinese Taipei; No. 4 Davis Thompson, of Auburn, Ala.; No. 5 Eduard Rousaud, of Spain; No. 6 Sandy Scott, of Scotland, and No. 7 John Pak, of Scotch Plains, N.J. Kanaya, who was the recipient of the 2020 Mark H. McCormack Medal as the world’s leading male amateur player, will compete in his first U.S. Open. He won the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in 2018 and was the runner-up last year. Kanaya also tied for third and was low amateur in last December’s Australian Open. Castillo earned first-team All-America recognition as a freshman at the University of Florida in 2019-20. Yu, who is a fifth-year senior at Arizona State University, will play in his third consecutive U.S. Open. He was a quarterfinalist in the 2017 U.S. Amateur. Thompson was chosen first-team All-America as a junior at the University of Georgia and advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2020 Western Amateur. Rousaud won two tournaments this year in Spain and reached the Round of 32 in the 2019 U.S. Amateur. Scott and Pak both competed in the 2019 Walker Cup Match at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in England. Scott, a member of the Great Britain and Ireland Team, earned second-team All-America recognition as a senior at Texas Tech University in 2019-20. Pak, who is a senior at Florida State University, won all three of his matches as a member of the victorious USA Team. He is a three-time All-American and All-South Region selection. Note: There have been at least 10 amateurs in 13 of the past 14 U.S. Opens. Fifteen amateurs played in last year’s U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. Viktor Hovland, who tied for 12th, was the low amateur. John Goodman was the last amateur to win the championship, in 1933. Year Number Made Cut Top Finisher 2020 13 TBD 2019 15 4 Viktor Hovland, 12th (tie) 2018 20 3 Luis Gagne, Matt Parziale, 48th (tie) 2017 14 2 Scottie Scheffler, 27th (tie) 2016 11 1 Jon Rahm, 23rd (tie) 2015 16 6 Brian Campbell, 27th (tie) 2014 12 1 Matthew Fitzpatrick, 48th (tie) 2013 10 4 Michael Kim, 17th (tie) 2012 8 3 Jordan Spieth, 21st (tie) 2011 12 3 Patrick Cantlay, 21st (tie) 2010 10 2 Russell Henley, Scott Langley, 16th (tie) 2009 15 3 Nick Taylor, 36th (tie) 2008 11 3 Michael Thompson, 29th(tie) 2007 12 0 none 2006 9 0 none 2005 9 2 Matt Every, 28th (tie) 2004 8 4 Spencer Levin, 13th (tie) 2003 10 2 Trip Kuehne, 57th (tie) 2002 4 1 Kevin Warrick, 72nd 2001 3 1 Bryce Molder, 30th (tie) 2000 7 1 Jeff Wilson, 59th 1999 6 1 Hank Kuehne, 65th 1998 5 1 Matt Kuchar, 14th (tie) 1997 6 0 none 1996 |
