USGA Announces Complete Field For 120th U.S. Open

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Category: Inside Golf

Published: 2020-09-10

The United States Golf Association (USGA) 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 September 8):

Italic – U.S. Open champion      a-amateur

The Key to Player Exemptions:

1. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship the last 10 years (2010-19)
2. From the 2019 U.S. Open Championship, the 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place
3. Winner of the 2019 U.S. Senior Open Championship
4. Winner of the 2019 U.S. Amateur Championship
5. Winners of the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur Championships, and the 2019 U.S. Amateur runner-up (must be an amateur)
6. Winners of the Masters Tournament from 2016-2019
7. Winners of the PGA Championship from 2015-2020
8. Winners of The Open Championship the last five years (2015-19)
9. Winners of The Players Championship from 2018-19
10. Winner of the 2019 European Tour BMW Championship
11. Those players qualifying for the season-ending 2019 Tour Championship
12. Multiple winners of PGA Tour events that award full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, from the conclusion of the 2019 U.S. Open to the originally scheduled 2020 U.S. Open
13. Winner of The 2019 Amateur Championship, conducted by The R&A (must be an amateur)
14. Winner of the 2019 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Men's World Amateur Golf Ranking®; must be an amateur)
15. From Week 11 (March 15, 2020) of the Official World Golf Ranking, the top 70 points leaders and ties
16. The top two players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 10 and ties of the 2020 Memorial Tournament, 3M Open, WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, Barracuda Championship and Wyndham Championship, and the top three players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 10 and ties of the 2020 PGA Championship
17. From the 2019-20 FedExCup Final Points List, the top five players, not otherwise exempt
18. From the first five events on the 2020 European Tour's UK Swing (Betfred British Masters through the Wales Open), the top 10 aggregate points earners who are otherwise not exempt
19. From the 2020 Korn Ferry Tour Regular Season Points List, the top five point leaders who are otherwise not exempt through the WinCo Foods Portland Open
20. From the three-event 2020 Korn Ferry Tour Series, beginning with the Albertsons Boise Open and ending with the Korn Ferry Tour Championship, the top five point leaders who are otherwise not exempt
21. From the 2019 Japan Golf Tour Organization Final Order of Merit, the top two finishers who are not otherwise exempt as of July 15
22. From the 2019 Sunshine Tour Final Order of Merit, the top finisher who is not otherwise exempt as of July 15
23. From the 2019 Asian Tour Final Order of Merit, the top finisher who is not otherwise exempt as of July 15
24. From the 2019 Australasia Tour Final Order of Merit, the top finisher who is not otherwise exempt as of July 15
25. From the 2019 PGA Professional Player of the Year Standings, the top three finishers
26. From the Aug. 19, 2020 World Amateur Golf Ranking® / WAGR®, the top seven players not otherwise exempt
27. Remaining spots in the championship field filled in order using the Official World Golf Ranking as of Aug. 23, 2020.
28. Special exemptions as selected by the USGA

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