A tee time on Thursday at the 2025 U.S. Open was the dream of every one of the 10,202 golfers whose entries the USGA approved back in April. For 156 lucky players, that dream is about to come true.
Each of them set to compete at Oakmont Country Club—from defending champion Bryson DeChambeau to 17-year-old high schooler Mason Howell—followed their own unique road to get to the historic venue hosting the USGA’s marquee championship for a record 10th time. Eighty-five players were fully exempt into the field, while 31 earned their place via 36 holes of Final Qualifying. Another 16 first advanced through 18 holes of Local Qualifying before successfully navigating Golf’s Longest Day.
The last time a final qualifier won the U.S. Open? Lucas Glover in 2009. Last time a winner made it through local and final? Orville Moody in 1969. (In other words, maybe we’re due?!?)
Fifteen amateurs found their way into the field, and 15 LIV golfers will be teeing it up. Meanwhile, golfers from 26 different countries are competing.
They’ll be facing arguably the toughest course on the USGA’s de facto U.S. Open rota.
According to the @USGA the green speeds for the @usopengolf at Oakmont will be between 14’ 5” and 14’ 9” on the Stimpmeter. The primary rough is dense and uniformed at five inches.
— Todd Lewis (@ToddLewisGC) June 5, 2025
They’re all looking to join this list of past U.S. Open winners at Oakmont:
1927: Tommy Armour (+13/301)* 1935: Sam Parks Jr. (+11/299) 1953: Ben Hogan (-5/283) 1962: Jack Nicklaus (-1/283)* 1973: Johnny Miller (-5/279) 1983: Larry Nelson (-4/280) 1994: Ernie Els (-5/279)* 2007: Angel Cabrera (+5/285) 2016: Dustin Johnson (-4/276) *Won in playoff
So what’s in store for this year at Oakmont? Tee times for the first and second rounds have yet to be announced, so we’re waiting to find out. Mind you the USGA has a history of playful pairings for Thursday and Friday’s action. Below is the field as of Sunday, with six spots still open for 11th-hour qualifiers to emerge.
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Ludvig Åberg, 11, 21
Byeong Hun An, 11, 21
Zach Bachou, FQ
Sam Bairstow, FQ
Jose Luis Ballester, 4
Philip Barbaree Jr., FQ
Evan Beck (a), 5
Daniel Berger, 21
Christian Bezuidenhout, 11
Akshay Bhatia, 11, 21
Zac Blair, FQ
Richard Bland, 3
Chandler Blachet, FQ
Keegan Bradley, 2, 11, 21
Jacob Bridgeman, 13
Jackson Buchanan, FQ
Sam Burns, 2, 11, 21
Brady Calkins, FQ
Brian Campbell, 13
Laurie Canter, 16
Patrick Cantlay, 2, 11, 21
Bud Cauley, FQ
Will Chandler, FQ
Wyndham Clark, 1, 11, 21
Trevor Cone, FQ
Corey Conners, 2, 21
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Cam Davis, 13
Jason Day, 21
Bryson DeChambeau, 1, 2, 21
Thomas Detry, 21
Roberto Diaz, FQ
Alistair Docherty, FQ
George Duangmanee, FQ
Nick Dunlap, 21
Nicolas Echavarria, 21
Harris English, 21
Tony Finau, 2, 11, 21
Matt Fitzpatrick, 1, 11
Tommy Fleetwood, 11, 21
Ryan Gerard, 13
Lucas Glover, 21
Emilo Gonzalez, FQ
Chris Gotterup, FQ
Max Greyserman, 21
Lanto Griffin, FQ
Emiliano Grillo, FQ
Ben Griffin, 21
Trevor Gutschewski (a), 5
Grant Haefner, FQ
James Hahn, FQ
Brian Harman, 8, 21
Frankie Harris (a), FQ
Justin Hastings (a), 20
Tyrrell Hatton, 21
Russell Henley, 2, 11, 21
Joey Herrera, FQ
Justin Hicks, FQ
Joe Highsmith, 21
Tom Hoge, 11, 21
Rasmus Hojgaard, 15
Viktor Hovland, 11, 21
Mason Howell (a), FQ
Mark Hubbard, FQ
Mackenzie Hughes, 21
Sungjae Im, 11, 21
Stephan Jaeger, 21
Ben James (a), FQ
Dustin Johnson, 1, 6
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Johnny Keefer, FQ
Noah Kent (a), 5
Michael Kim, 21
Si Woo Kim, 21
Tom Kim, 21
Chris Kirk, 11
George Kneiser, FQ
Brooks Koepka, 1, 7
Jackson Koivun (a), FQ
Jinichiro Kozuma, FQ
Jacques Kruyswijk, FQ
Michael La Sasso (a), 19
Frederic Lacroix, FQ
Joakim Lagergren, FQ
Thriston Lawrence, 15
Bryan Lee (a), FQ
Min Woo Lee, 21
Marc Leishman, FQ
Riley Lewis, FQ
Justin Lower, FQ
Shane Lowry, 8, 11, 21
Robert MacIntyre, 11, 21
Hideki Matsuyama, 2, 6, 11, 12, 21
Denny McCarthy, 21
Matt McCarty, 14, 21
Ryan McCormick, FQ
Rory McIlroy 2, 9, 11, 12, 21
Maverick McNealy, 21
Phil Mickelson, 7
Guido Migliozzi, FQ
Maxwell Moldovan, FQ
Edoardo Molinari, FQ
Collin Morikawa, 7, 8, 11, 21
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, FQ
James Nicholas, FQ
Joaquin Niemann, 24
Niklas Norgaard, FQ
Andrew Novak, 21
Thorbjorn Olesen, FQ
Alvaro Ortiz, FQ
Carlos Ortiz, FQ
Harrison Ott, FQ
Andrea Pavan, FQ
Matthieu Pavon, 2, 11
Taylor Pendrith, 11, 21
Victor Perez, FQ
Trent Philips, FQ
Zachery Polio (a), FQ
J.T. Poston, 21
Jon Rahm, 1, 6
Aaron Rai, 11, 21
Patrick Reed, 21
Davis Riley, 21
Justin Rose, 21
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Xander Schauffele, 2, 7, 8, 11, 21
Scottie Scheffler, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 21, 23
Adam Schenk, FQ
Adam Scott, 11, 21
Lance Simpson (a), FQ
Cameron Smith, 8
Jordan Smith, FQ
J.J. Spaun, 21
Jordan Spieth, 1, 21
Sam Stevens, 13
Sepp Straka, 11, 12, 21
Yuta Sugiura, FQ
Preston Summerhays, FQ
Cameron Tankersley (a), FQ
Nick Taylor, 21
Sahith Theegala, 11, 21
Justin Thomas, 7, 11, 21
Davis Thompson, 2, 21
Austin Truslow, FQ
Erik van Rooyen, FQ
Jhonattan Vegas, 21
Kevin Velo, FQ
Scott Vincent, FQ
Matt Vogt (a), FQ
Matt Wallace, FQ
Tyler Weaver (a), FQ
Gary Woodland, 1
Cameron Young, FQ
Exemption Categories
1: Winners of the U.S. Open the last 10 years
2: From the 2024 U.S. Open, the 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place
3: Winner of the 2024 U.S. Senior Open
4: Winner of the 2024 U.S. Amateur
5: Winners of the 2024 U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur, and the 2024 U.S. Amateur runner-up (must be an amateur)
6: Winners of the Masters Tournament (2020-2025)
7: Winners of the PGA Championship (2021-2025)
8: Winners of The Open (2021-2024)
9: Winners of The Players Championship (2023-2025)
10: Winner of the 2024 BMW PGA Championship (DP World Tour)
11: Those players who qualified and were eligible for the season-ending 2024 Tour Championship
12: Multiple winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the FedExCup, from the conclusion of the 2024 U.S. Open to the initiation of the 2025 U.S. Open
13: The top 5 players in the 2025 FedExCup standings as of May 19 not otherwise exempt
14: The points leader from the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour season
15: The top two players from the final 2024 Race to Dubai Rankings as of May 19 not otherwise exempt
16: The top player on the 2025 Race to Dubai Rankings as of May 19 not otherwise exempt
17: Winner of the 2024 British Amateur (must be an amateur)
18: Winner of the 2024 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Men’s World Amateur Golf Ranking) (must be an amateur)
19: Winner of the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Individual Golf Championship (must be an amateur)
20: Winner of the 2025 Latin America Amateur Championship (must be an amateur)
21: From the current Official World Golf Rankings, the top 60 points leaders and ties as of May 19.
22: From the current Official World Golf Rankings, the top 60 points leaders and ties as of June 9
23: Winner of the 2024 Olympic Gold Medal
24: The top player who is not otherwise exempt and in the top 3 of the 2025 LIV Golf Individual Standings as of May 19
25: Special exemptions selected by the USGA. Deadline for submission of request: May 15
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