The field for the U.S. Open was 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 was in two stages, local and final, with some players being exempted through to final qualifying.
Exemptions This list details the exemption criteria for the 2024 U.S. Open and the players who qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players were exempt is indicated in parentheses. 1. Recent winners of the
U.S. Open (2014–2023) •
Wyndham Clark (2,11,21) •
Bryson DeChambeau (21) •
Matt Fitzpatrick (11,21) •
Dustin Johnson (2,6) •
Martin Kaymer •
Brooks Koepka (7,21) •
Jordan Spieth (11,21) •
Gary Woodland •
Jon Rahm (2,6,11,21) did not play due to an injury. 2. The leading 10 players, and those tying for 10th place, in the
2023 U.S. Open •
Austin Eckroat (21) •
Harris English (21) •
Tommy Fleetwood (11,21) •
Rickie Fowler (11,21) •
Tom Kim (11,21) •
Min Woo Lee (21) •
Rory McIlroy (11,12,21) •
Xander Schauffele (7,11,21) •
Scottie Scheffler (6,9,11,12,21) •
Cameron Smith (8,9) 3. The winner of the 2023
U.S. Senior Open •
Bernhard Langer did not play. 4. The winner of the 2023
U.S. Amateur •
Nick Dunlap 5. Winners of the 2023
U.S. Junior Amateur and
U.S. Mid-Amateur, and the runner-up in the 2023 U.S. Amateur •
Stewart Hagestad (a) •
Bryan Kim (a) •
Neal Shipley (a) 6. Recent winners of the
Masters Tournament (2020–2024) •
Hideki Matsuyama (21) 7. Recent winners of the
PGA Championship (2019–2024) •
Phil Mickelson •
Collin Morikawa (8,11,21) •
Justin Thomas (21) 8. Recent winners of
The Open Championship (2019–2023) •
Brian Harman (11,21) •
Shane Lowry (21) 9. Recent winners of
The Players Championship (2022–2024) 10. The winner of the 2023
BMW PGA Championship •
Ryan Fox 11. All players who qualified and were eligible for the 2023
Tour Championship •
Keegan Bradley (21) •
Sam Burns (21) •
Patrick Cantlay (21) •
Corey Conners (21) •
Jason Day (21) •
Tony Finau (21) •
Lucas Glover (12,21) •
Emiliano Grillo (21) •
Tyrrell Hatton (21) •
Russell Henley (21) •
Max Homa (21) •
Viktor Hovland (12,21) •
Im Sung-jae (21) •
Kim Si-woo (21) •
Taylor Moore (21) •
Adam Schenk (21) •
Sepp Straka (21) •
Nick Taylor (21) 12. Winners of multiple
PGA Tour events from the 2023 U.S. Open to the start of the 2024 tournament 13. The top 5 players in the FedEx Cup standings as of May 20 who are not yet exempt •
Billy Horschel •
Mackenzie Hughes •
Peter Malnati •
Taylor Pendrith •
Erik van Rooyen 14. The top player on the
2023 Korn Ferry Tour points list •
Ben Kohles 15. The top 2 players on the
2023 Race to Dubai who are not yet exempt as of May 20 •
Adrian Meronk •
Victor Perez 16. The top player on the
2024 Race to Dubai as of May 20 who is not yet exempt •
Rikuya Hoshino 17. The winner of the 2023
Amateur Championship •
Christo Lamprecht forfeited his exemption by turning professional. 18. The winner of the
Mark H. McCormack Medal in 2023 •
Gordon Sargent (a) 19. The individual winner of the 2024
NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship •
Hiroshi Tai (a) 20. The winner of the 2024
Latin America Amateur Championship •
Santiago de la Fuente (a) 21. The leading 60 players on the
Official World Golf Ranking as of May 20 •
Ludvig Åberg •
An Byeong-hun •
Christiaan Bezuidenhout •
Akshay Bhatia •
Eric Cole •
Thomas Detry •
Adam Hadwin •
Tom Hoge •
Nicolai Højgaard •
Stephan Jäger •
Chris Kirk •
Kurt Kitayama •
Jake Knapp •
Denny McCarthy •
Alex Norén •
Matthieu Pavon •
J. T. Poston •
Justin Rose •
Sahith Theegala •
Cameron Young •
Will Zalatoris 22. The leading 60 players on the
Official World Golf Ranking if not otherwise exempt as of June 10 •
Robert MacIntyre •
Adam Scott 23. Special exemptions •
Tiger Woods Qualifiers Alternates who gained entry The following players gained a place in the field having finished as the leading alternates in the specified final qualifying events: •
Casey Jarvis (England) •
Sergio García (Texas) •
Brendan Valdes (a) (Florida) •
Otto Black (L) (Columbus, Ohio) •
Maxwell Moldovan (Springfield, Ohio) •
Jackson Suber (Maryland) ==Round summaries==