| Five Exemptions Based on FedExCup Final Points List Set 144-Player Field |
| LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Sept. 8, 2020) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced that five additional players have earned exemptions into the 120th U.S. Open Championship, which will be contested at Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course), in Mamaroneck, N.Y., on Sept. 17-20, 2020. The 144-player field for the championship is comprised entirely of exempt players due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The five remaining spots in the U.S. Open field were filled using the 2019-20 FedExCup Final Points List (top five players, not otherwise exempt) following the Tour Championship, which concluded on Monday. The completed field, which was constructed through 28 exemption categories, features 11 past champions and 13 amateurs and includes players representing 25 countries. The average age is 30.96. The five FedExCup Final Points exempt players are: No. 15 Sebastian Munoz, 27, of Colombia; No. 37 Brian Harman, 33, of Sea Island, Ga.; No. 40 Tyler Duncan, 31, of Columbus, Ind.; No. 44 Mark Hubbard, 31, of Denver, Colo.; and No. 45 Danny Lee, 30, of New Zealand. Munoz, who tied for eighth in last weekend’s Tour Championship in Atlanta, Ga., will compete in his second U.S. Open. He won the 2019 Sanderson Farms Championship in a playoff with Sungjae Im last September and recorded five top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour during the 2019-20 season. Harman was a runner-up along with Hideki Matsuyama to Brooks Koepka in the 2017 U.S. Open at Erin Hills. He will make his fifth U.S. Open start. Harman tied for third in A Military Tribute at Greenbrier, one of his eight top-25 efforts on the PGA Tour this season. Harman, who won the 2003 U.S. Junior Amateur, owns two PGA Tour victories. Duncan will play in his third U.S. Open. His best finish is a tie for 56th in 2018 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club. He won The RSM Classic, in St. Simons Island, Ga., last November, defeating 2012 U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson in a playoff. It was one of his four top-25 finishes on the PGA Tour. Hubbard is one of 36 players in the field who will compete in his first U.S. Open. He has three top-10 performances on the PGA Tour this season, including a tie for second in the Houston Open. He made the 36-hole cut in 19 of 24 events played. Lee, who won the 2008 U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, had three top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour this season, including a runner-up finish to Justin Thomas in The CJ Cup at Nine Bridges. Lee is playing in his third U.S. Open and his best finish is a tie for 57th in 2016 at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club. Winged Foot Golf Club will host the U.S. Open Championship for the sixth time. Past Open champions at Winged Foot are: Bob Jones (1929), Billy Casper (1959), Hale Irwin (1974), Fuzzy Zoeller (1984) and Geoff Ogilvy (2006). The 120th edition is the 13th USGA championship to be conducted at the club. Winged Foot is one of four clubs to host the U.S. Open, U.S. Women’s Open, U.S. Amateur and U.S. Senior Open. The list of the 144 golfers who are in the 2020 U.S. Open field (as of Sept. 8): Byeong Hun An 15 Curtis Luck 20 Abraham Ancer 11, 15 Robert MacIntyre 15 a-John Augenstein 5 Hideki Matsuyama 11, 15 Danny Balin 25 Dan McCarthy 20 Paul Barjon 19 Graeme McDowell 1, 15 Daniel Berger 16 Rory McIlroy 1, 2, 9, 11, 12, 15 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 15 Troy Merritt 16 Keegan Bradley 15 a-Lukas Michel 5 Rafa Cabrera Bello 15 Phil Mickelson 15 Patrick Cantlay 11, 15 Collin Morikawa 7, 12, 15 Paul Casey 11, 15 Sebastian Munoz 17 a-Ricky Castillo 26 Kevin Na 15 Cameron Champ 16 Joaquin Niemann 27 Corey Conners 11, 15 Alex Noren 27 Joel Dahmen 15 Shaun Norris 15 Jason Day 7, 15 a-Andy Ogletree 4 Bryson DeChambeau 11, 15 Louis Oosthuizen 2, 11, 15 Thomas Detry 18 Adrian Otaegui 18 Tyler Duncan 17 a-John Pak 26 Harris English 27 Ryan Palmer 16 Tony Finau 11, 15 Renato Paratore 18 Matthew Fitzpatrick 15 Taylor Pendrith 19 Tommy Fleetwood 11, 15 Eddie Pepperell 15 Rickie Fowler 11, 15 Victor Perez 15 Ryan Fox 24 Thomas Pieters 27 Sergio Garcia 6, 15 J.T. Poston 27 Lucas Glover 11 Ian Poulter 15 Lanto Griffin 27 Andrew Putnam 15 Chesson Hadley 2 Jon Rahm 2, 11, 15 Adam Hadwin 15 Chez Reavie 2, 11, 15 a-Cole Hammer 14 Patrick Reed 6, 11, 12, 15 Justin Harding 18 Davis Riley 19 Brian Harman 17 JC Ritchie 22 Tyrrell Hatton 15 Justin Rose 1, 2, 11, 15 Scott Hend 23 a-Eduard Rousaud 26 Lucas Herbert 15 Xander Schauffele 2, 11, 15 Jim Herman 16 Scottie Scheffler 15 Lee Hodges 19 Matthias Schwab 27 Rasmus Hojgaard 18 Adam Scott 2, 11, 15 Max Homa 27 a-Sandy Scott 26 Billy Horschel 15 Greyson Sigg 20 Sam Horsfield 18 Webb Simpson |
