U.S. Open field 2026: Who is playing at Shinnecock Hills?
U.S. Open field 2026: Take a look at the field for the third men's major of the year at Shinnecock Hills.
The field for the third men's major of the year is almost complete.
The very best players in the world will head to Shinnecock Hills in Southampton, New York, over 18-21 June for the 2026 U.S. Open.
Last time out, America's J.J. Spaun won the gold medal with an electric finish at Oakmont to secure his first major title and deny Scotland's Robert MacIntyre.
The American, then 34, birdied his final two holes to win by two shots.
He only needed a par on the 72nd hole to win by one but capped off the victory in style, holing a 64-foot birdie putt to spark wild scenes.
The U.S. Open is known as the hardest major title to win and for that reason the bookmakers are making runaway world number Scottie Scheffler the pre-tournament favourite, followed by Rory McIlroy.
Scheffler was utterly dominant last season and although he only has one PGA Tour victory to his name in 2026 he has still racked up six top five finishes.
The 29-year-old American is making his first attempt at completing the career grand slam having secured the third leg at last year's Open at Royal Portrush.
McIlroy, 37, won the first major of the season at the 2026 Masters.
The Northern Irishman became only the fourth golfer in history to successfully defend the green jacket.
Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Sir Nick Faldo are the others to have achieved the feat.
England's Aaron Rai won the second major of the year, the PGA Championship, on 17 May at Aronimink Golf Club in Pennsylvania.
Eslewhere, there are plenty of other big names who will believe they are capable of winning the U.S. Open.
There are several LIV Golf recruits in the field and the breakaway tour's charge will be led by Jon Rahm.
Rahm, who won the 2021 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, finished runner up to Rai at last month's PGA Championship.
Bryson DeChambeau is looking to land his third U.S. Open title but has been dreadful in the majors this season, missing cuts at the Masters and PGA Championship.
Elaewhere, the likes of Cameron Young, Ludvig Aberg, Xander Schauffele, Ludvig Aberg, Tommy Fleetwood, Matthew Fitzpatrick and Brooks Koepka will also believe they can win the 2026 U.S. Open.
The 2026 U.S. Open field will also have 62 qualifiers teeing it up.
Golf's longest day took place on 8 June and several notables made it through.
Check out the 2026 U.S. Open field below.
The field will be finalised at the conclusion of this week's RBC Canadian Open.
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Category | Players | |
|---|---|---|
1 | U.S. Open winners (2016–2025) | J.J. Spaun Bryson DeChambeau Wyndham Clark Matt Fitzpatrick Jon Rahm Gary Woodland Brooks Koepka Dustin Johnson |
2 | Low 10 & ties (2025 U.S. Open) | J.J. Spaun Robert MacIntyre Viktor Hovland Cameron Young Tyrrell Hatton Carlos Ortiz Jon Rahm Scottie Scheffle Sam Burns Ben Griffin Russell Henley |
3 | 2025 U.S. Senior Open winner | Padraig Harrington |
4 | 2025 U.S. Amateur winner | Mason Howell (a) |
5 | U.S. Junior, Mid-Am, Amateur runner-up | Hamilton Coleman (a) Brandon Holtz (a) Jackson Herrington (a) |
6 | Masters winners (2022–2026) | Rory McIlroy Scottie Scheffler Jon Rahm |
7 | PGA Championship winners (2022–2026) | Aaron Rai Scottie Scheffle Xander Schauffele Brooks Koepka Justin Thomas |
8 | Open Championship winners (2021–2025) | Scottie Scheffler Xander Schauffele Brian Harman Cameron Smith Collin Morikawa |
9 | Players Championship winners (2024–2026) | Cameron Young Rory McIlroy Scottie Scheffler |
10 | BMW PGA Championship winner | Alex Noren |
11 | 2025 Tour Championship qualifiers | Ludvig Aberg Akshay Bhatia Keegan Bradley Jacob Bridgeman Sam Burns Patrick Cantlay Corey Conners Harris English Tommy Fleetwood Chris Gotterup Ben Griffin Harry Hall Brian Harman Russell Henley Viktor Hovland Sungjae Im Shane Lowry Robert MacIntyre Hideki Matsuyama Rory McIlroy Maverick McNealy Collin Morikawa Andrew Novak Justin Rose Scottie Scheffler J.J. Spaun Sepp Straka Nick Taylor Justin Thomas Cameron Young |
12 | Multiple PGA Tour winners | Matt Fitzpatrick Chris Gotterup Justin Rose Scottie Scheffler Cameron Young |
13 | Top 5 FedEx Cup (not exempt) | Alex Fitzpatrick Patrick Rodgers; Matti Schmid Sahith Theegala Sudarshan Yellamaraju |
14 | Korn Ferry Tour points leader | Johnny Keefer |
15 | Race to Dubai (Top 2) | Adrien Saddier Laurie Canter |
16 | Race to Dubai (Top 2026) | Jayden Schaper |
17 | British Amateur winner | Ethan Fang (a) |
18 | McCormack Medal winner | Jackson Koivun (a) |
19 | NCAA Champion | Preston Stout (a) |
20 | Latin America Amateur | Mateo Pulcini (a) |
21 | OWGR Top 60 (May 18) | Scottie Scheffler Rory McIlroy Cameron Young; Matt Fitzpatrick Justin Rose Collin Morikawa Tommy Fleetwood Xander Schauffele J.J. Spaun Chris Gotterup Russell Henley Jon Rahm Ludvig Aberg Robert MacIntyre Aaron Ra Justin Thomas Ben Griffin Sepp Straka Hideki Matsuyama Alex Noren Patrick Reed Harris English Jacob Bridgeman Si Woo Kim Kristoffer Reitan Akshay Bhatia Tyrrell Hatton Nicolai Hojgaard Kurt Kitayama Viktor Hovland Min Woo Lee Bryson DeChambeau Patrick Cantlay Maverick McNealy Sam Burns Keegan Bradley Ryan Gerard Rickie Fowler Jake Knapp Shane Lowry Jason Day Alex Smalley Marco Penge Daniel Berge Michael Kim Matt McCarty Jordan Spieth Gary Woodland Adam Scott Nicolas Echavarria Samuel Stevens Corey Conners Andrew Novak Ryan Fox Brian Harman Michael Brennan Pierceson Coody David Puig Nick Taylor Ryo Hisatsune |
22 | OWGR Top 60 (June 15) | TBD |
23 | LIV Golf (2025) | Joaquin Niemann |
24 | LIV Golf (2026) | Lucas Herbert |
25 | Special exemptions | TBD |
1 | Zac Blair |
2 | Filippo Celli |
3 | Ugo Coussand |
4 | Ryder Cowan (a) |
5 | Cooper Dossey |
6 | Adrian Dumont de Chassart |
7 | Marek Fleming (a) |
8 | Max Greyserman |
9 | Emiliano Grillo |
10 | Cole Hammer |
11 | Vaughn Harber (a) |
12 | Nick Hardy |
13 | Angel Hidalgo |
14 | Robbie Higgins |
15 | J.B. Holmes |
16 | Billy Horschel |
17 | Ben James |
18 | Matthew Jordan |
19 | T.K. Kim |
20 | Tom Kim |
21 | Nathan Kimsey |
22 | Chris Kirk |
23 | Ben Kohles |
24 | Chase Kyes (a) |
25 | Bryan Lee (a) |
26 | Eric Lee (a) |
27 | Graeme McDowell |
28 | Max McGreevy |
29 | Keith Mitchell |
30 | Taylor Montgomery |
31 | William Mouw |
32 | Niklas Norgaard |
33 | James Nicholas |
34 | Ryuichi Oiwa |
35 | Kaito Onishi |
36 | Jackson Ormond (a) |
37 | John Parry |
38 | Jake Peacock |
39 | Giuseppe Puebla (a) |
40 | Logan Reilly (a) |
41 | Rocco Repetto Taylor |
42 | Matthew Robles (a) |
43 | Kevin Roy |
44 | Marcelo Rozo |
45 | Miles Russell (a) |
46 | Taihei Sato |
47 | Manav Shah |
48 | Neal Shipley |
49 | Ben Silverman |
50 | Jake Sollon |
51 | Jimmy Stanger |
52 | Jackson Suber |
53 | Caleb Surratt |
54 | Arni Sveinsson (a) |
55 | Davis Thompson |
56 | Alejandro Tosti |
57 | Peter Uihlein |
58 | Jackson Van Paris |
59 | Brandon Wu |
60 | Dylan Wu |
61 | Carl Yuan |
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