2016 U.S. Open (golf)
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| Dates | June 16–19, 2016 |
| Location | Oakmont, Pennsylvania |
| Course(s) | Oakmont Country Club |
| Organized by | USGA |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,219 yards (6,601 m) |
| Field | 156 players |
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The 2016 United States Open Championship will be the 116th U.S. Open, scheduled to be played June 16–19 at Oakmont Country Club in Plum, Pennsylvania, a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh.
Contents
Venue
This will be the ninth U.S. Open at Oakmont and its twelfth major championship.
Course layout
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| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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| Yards | 482 | 340 | 426 | 609 | 382 | 194 | 479 | 288 | 477 | 3,677 | 462 | 379 | 667 | 183 | 358 | 500 | 231 | 313 | 484 | 3,577 | 7,254 |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 70 |
Lengths of the course for previous major championships:
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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]
- 1. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship during the last ten years
Ángel Cabrera, Lucas Glover, Martin Kaymer (7,8,13), Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy (6,7,11,12,13), Geoff Ogilvy, Justin Rose (12,13), Webb Simpson, Jordan Spieth (5,11,12,13), Tiger Woods
- 2. Winner and runner-up of the 2015 U.S. Amateur Championship
Derek Bard (a)
- Bryson DeChambeau forfeited his exemption by turning professional in April 2016.
- 3. Winner of the 2015 Amateur Championship
- Romain Langasque forfeited his exemption by turning professional in April 2016.
- 4. Winner of the 2015 Mark H. McCormack Medal (men's World Amateur Golf Ranking)
Jon Rahm (a)
- 5. Winners of the Masters Tournament during the last five years
Adam Scott (11,13), Bubba Watson (12,13), Danny Willett (13)
- 6. Winners of The Open Championship during the last five years
Darren Clarke, Ernie Els, Zach Johnson (12,13), Phil Mickelson (13)
- 7. Winners of the PGA Championship during the last five years
Keegan Bradley, Jason Day (8,11,12,13), Jason Dufner
- 8. Winners of The Players Championship during the last three years
Rickie Fowler (12,13)
- 9. Winner of the 2016 European Tour BMW PGA Championship
Chris Wood (13)
- 10. Winner of the 2015 U.S. Senior Open Championship
- 11. The 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place at the 2015 U.S. Open Championship
Branden Grace (13), Dustin Johnson (12,13), Shane Lowry (13), Louis Oosthuizen (12,13), Charl Schwartzel (13), Cameron Smith, Brandt Snedeker (12,13)
- 12. Players who qualified for the season-ending 2015 Tour Championship
Daniel Berger (13), Steven Bowditch, Paul Casey (13), Harris English, Jim Furyk (13), Bill Haas (13), Charley Hoffman (13), J. B. Holmes (13), Kevin Kisner (13), Brooks Koepka (13), Matt Kuchar (13), Danny Lee (13), Hideki Matsuyama (13), Kevin Na (13), Scott Piercy (13), Patrick Reed (13), Henrik Stenson (13), Robert Streb, Jimmy Walker (13)
- Bae Sang-moon was unable to compete due to a military obligation in South Korea.
- 13. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of May 23, 2016 in the Official World Golf Ranking
An Byeong-hun, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Kevin Chappell, Jamie Donaldson, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Sergio García, Emiliano Grillo, James Hahn, Billy Horschel, Thongchai Jaidee, Smylie Kaufman, Kim Kyung-tae, Chris Kirk, Patton Kizzire, Søren Kjeldsen, Russell Knox, Anirban Lahiri, Marc Leishman, David Lingmerth, Ryan Moore, Andy Sullivan, Justin Thomas, Jaco van Zyl, Lee Westwood, Bernd Wiesberger
- 14. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 13, 2016 in the Official World Golf Ranking
June 13
- 15. Special exemptions given by the USGA
The remaining contestants earned their places through sectional qualifiers.
- Japan: Yuta Ikeda, Yūsaku Miyazato, Toru Taniguchi, Hideto Tanihara
- Europe: Matthew Baldwin, Grégory Bourdy, Søren Hansen, Peter Hanson, Andrew Johnston, Maximilian Kieffer, Mikael Lundberg, Matteo Manassero, Alexander Norén, Lee Slattery, Sebastian Söderberg, Gary Stal, Romain Wattel
- United States: June 6
(a) denotes amateur
Past champions expected in the field
References
External links
- Official website
- United States Golf Association
- Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site
- Coverage on the European Tour's official site
- Coverage on the PGA of America's official site
- Oakmont Country Club – official site
| Preceded by | Major Championships | Succeeded by 2016 Open Championship |
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