2017 U.S. Open (golf)

2017 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 15–18, 2017
Location Erin, Wisconsin
Course(s) Erin Hills
Organized by USGA
Tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par 70
Length 7,823 yards (7,153 m)
Field 156 players
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Erin Hills 
Location in the United States
Erin Hills 
Location in Wisconsin

The 2017 United States Open Championship will be the 117th U.S. Open, scheduled to be played June 15–18 at Erin Hills in Erin, Wisconsin, northwest of Milwaukee.

Venue

Opened in 2006, this will be the first U.S. Open at Erin Hills; it hosted the U.S. Amateur in 2011.

Field

About half the field will consist of players who are exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open. Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, and other categories are shown in parentheses. Dates when a qualifying category will be completely determined are indicated in italics.

1. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship during the last ten years

Ángel Cabrera, Lucas Glover, Dustin Johnson (11,12), Martin Kaymer (8), Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy (6,7,12), Justin Rose (15), Webb Simpson, Jordan Spieth (5,12), Tiger Woods

2. Winner and runner-up of the 2016 U.S. Amateur Championship

Brad Dalke (a), Curtis Luck (a)

3. Winner of the 2016 Amateur Championship

Scott Gregory (a)

4. Winner of the 2016 Mark H. McCormack Medal (men's World Amateur Golf Ranking)

Maverick McNealy (a)

5. Winners of the Masters Tournament during the last five years

Adam Scott (12), Bubba Watson (12), Danny Willett, April 9, 2017

6. Winners of The Open Championship during the last five years

Ernie Els, Zach Johnson (11), Phil Mickelson (12), Henrik Stenson

7. Winners of the PGA Championship during the last five years

Jason Day (8,11,12), Jason Dufner (11,12), Jimmy Walker (12)

8. Winners of The Players Championship during the last three years

Rickie Fowler, May 14, 2017

9. Winner of the 2017 European Tour BMW PGA Championship

May 2017

10. Winner of the 2016 U.S. Senior Open Championship

Gene Sauers

11. The 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place at the 2016 U.S. Open Championship

Jim Furyk, Sergio García, Branden Grace, Shane Lowry, Kevin Na (12), Scott Piercy, Daniel Summerhays

12. Players who qualified for the season-ending 2016 Tour Championship

Daniel Berger, Paul Casey, Roberto Castro, Kevin Chappell, Emiliano Grillo, J. B. Holmes, Kim Si-woo, Kevin Kisner, Russell Knox, Matt Kuchar, Hideki Matsuyama, William McGirt, Ryan Moore, Sean O'Hair, Patrick Reed, Charl Schwartzel, Brandt Snedeker, Justin Thomas, Jhonattan Vegas, Gary Woodland

13. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of May 22, 2017 in the Official World Golf Ranking

May 22, 2017

14. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 12, 2017 in the Official World Golf Ranking

June 12, 2017

15. Winner of the 2016 Olympic Golf Tournament
16. Special exemptions given by the USGA

The remaining contestants earned their places through sectional qualifiers.

(a) denotes amateur

Past champions expected in the field

Player Country Year(s) won
Dustin Johnson  United States 2016
Jordan Spieth  United States 2015
Martin Kaymer  Germany 2014
Justin Rose  England 2013
Webb Simpson  United States 2012
Rory McIlroy  Northern Ireland 2011
Graeme McDowell  Northern Ireland 2010
Lucas Glover  United States 2009
Tiger Woods  United States 2000, 2002, 2008
Ángel Cabrera  Argentina 2007
Jim Furyk  United States 2003
Ernie Els  South Africa 1994, 1997

References

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    Preceded by
    2017 Masters
    Major Championships Succeeded by
    2017 Open Championship

    Coordinates: 43°14′42″N 88°23′42″W / 43.245°N 88.395°W / 43.245; -88.395

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