2023 U.S. Open (golf)

The 2023 United States Open Championship is the 123rd U.S. Open, the national open golf championship of the United States. It is a 72-hole stroke play tournament scheduled for June 15–18 on the North Course of Los Angeles Country Club in Los Angeles, California.

2023 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 15–18, 2023
LocationLos Angeles, California
34°4′8″N 118°25′23″W
Course(s)Los Angeles Country Club
North Course
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Field156 players
Location Map
Los Angeles CC is located in the United States
Los Angeles CC
Los Angeles CC
Location in the United States
Los Angeles CC is located in California
Los Angeles CC
Los Angeles CC
Location in California

Course
Main article: Los Angeles Country Club

Field

The field for the U.S. Open is made up of players who gain entry through qualifying events and those who are exempt from qualifying. The exemption criteria include provisions for recent major champions, winners of major amateur events, and leading players in the world rankings. Qualifying is in two stages, local and final, with some players being exempted through to final qualifying.[1]

Exemptions

This list details the exemption criteria for the 2023 U.S. Open and the players who qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players were exempt is indicated in parentheses.[2][3][lower-alpha 1]

1. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2013–2022)

2. The leading ten players, and those tying for tenth place, in the 2022 U.S. Open

3. The winner of the 2022 U.S. Senior Open

4. The winner of the 2022 U.S. Amateur

5. Winners of the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur, and the runner-up in the 2022 U.S. Amateur[lower-alpha 2]

  • Ben Carr (a)
  • Ding Wenyi (a)
  • Matthew McClean (a)

6. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2019–2023)

7. Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2018–2023)

8. Recent winners of The Open Championship (2018–2022)

9. Recent winners of The Players Championship (2021–2023)

10. The winner of the 2022 BMW PGA Championship

11. All players who qualified and were eligible for the 2022 Tour Championship

12. Winners of multiple PGA Tour events[lower-alpha 3] from the 2022 U.S. Open to the start of the 2023 tournament

13. The top 5 players in the FedEx Cup standings as of May 22 who are not yet exempt

  • May 22

14. The top player on the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour full-season points list

15. The top 2 players on the 2022 European Tour rankings who are not yet exempt as of May 22

  • May 22

16. The top player on the 2023 European Tour rankings as of May 22 who is not yet exempt

  • May 22

17. The top 2 point earners from the European Tour "U.S. Open Qualifying Series"[lower-alpha 4] who are not otherwise exempt

  • June 5

18. The winner of the 2022 Amateur Championship[lower-alpha 2]

  • Aldrich Potgieter (a)

19. The winner of the Mark H. McCormack Medal in 2022[lower-alpha 2]

20. The individual winner of the 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship[lower-alpha 2]

  • May 29

21. The winner of the 2023 Latin America Amateur Championship[lower-alpha 2]

  • Mateo Fernández de Oliveira (a)

22. The leading 60 players on the Official World Golf Ranking as of May 22

  • May 22

23. The leading 60 players on the Official World Golf Ranking if not otherwise exempt as of June 12

  • June 12

24. Special exemptions

Qualifiers

There were a record 10,187 entries received. There will be 109 local qualifying events from which the leading players will progress to the 12 final qualifying events,[4] nine of which will be held in the United States on June 5.[5]

DateLocationVenueFieldSpotsQualifiers[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 5]
May 16Surrey, EnglandWalton Heath Golf Club777Jens Dantorp, Alejandro del Rey, Ross Fisher, Deon Germishuys, David Horsey, Wilco Nienaber, Matthieu Pavon
May 22Ibaraki Prefecture, JapanIbaraki Golf Club
May 22Dallas, TexasNorthwood Club and
Bent Tree Country Club
Jun 5Toronto, Ontario, CanadaLambton Golf and Country Club
Jun 5Los Angeles, CaliforniaHillcrest Country Club
Jun 5Boynton Beach, FloridaPine Tree Golf Club
Jun 5Ball Ground, GeorgiaHawks Ridge Golf Club
Jun 5Rockville, MarylandWoodmont Country Club
Jun 5Summit, New JerseyCanoe Brook Country Club
(North and South courses)
Jun 5Durham, North CarolinaOld Chatham Golf Club
Jun 5Columbus, OhioLakes Golf and Country Club and
Brookside Golf and Country Club
Jun 5Springfield, OhioSpringfield Country Club
Jun 5Tacoma, WashingtonTacoma Country and Golf Club

Notes
  1. (a) – denotes amateur.
  2. Players qualifying in this categories must remain an amateur through the conclusion of the U.S. Open.
  3. Events must carry full-point allocation towards the FedEx Cup.
  4. The U.S. Open Qualifying Series consists of four tournaments: Italian Open, Soudal Open, KLM Open and Porsche European Open.
  5. (L) – denotes a player who progressed through local qualifying.

References
  1. "123rd U.S. Open Championship Qualifying Sites Sneak Peek". USGA. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  2. "USGA Adds New Exemptions for U.S. Open, U.S. Women's Open". USGA. February 9, 2023.
  3. "See Who's Exempt for the 2023 U.S. Open at LACC". USGA. February 9, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  4. Zak, Sean (April 13, 2023). "This year's U.S. Open has received a record number of entries". Golf Magazine. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  5. "123rd U.S. Open: Final Qualifying". USGA. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
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