The 2026 US Open is the third men's major of the year and yet another PGA Tour event of the calendar year to offer an open qualifying.
US Open qualifying is a two-stage process, with local qualifying sites around the country and then a second stage known as final qualifying (formerly sectional qualifying). Final qualifying determines the players who earn US Open spots, with 43 spots on the line in total.
The USGA allocates approximately 50 spots in the field for qualifiers, with 156 total players in the field. The tournament is played this year at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York.
Qualifiers are open to any professionals or players with a USGA handicap index of 1.4 or lower, and they must enter by the April deadline. There are 13 total final qualifying sites, with 11 in the United States and Canada. There are two overseas qualifiers which are played ahead of the final qualifying day in North America.
Two alternates are decided at each site, and they are added to the US Open alternate list, which the USGA uses to fill the field based on unfilled exemptions and withdrawals. The ordering of the players on the list is unclear, but it is based on strength of field in each final qualifier.
For the 2026 US Open, each hosting association runs the tournament on behalf of the USGA.
The last open qualifier to win on the PGA Tour is Corey Conners, who won the 2019 Valero Texas Open after Monday qualifying.Orville Moody was the last player to win the US Open after advancing through local qualifying, winning the US Open in 1969.
2026 US Open final qualifying sites, who got through
Century Country Club and Golf Club of Purchase, Purchase, N.Y.
78 players, 4 spots
- Kevin Roy: 67-67 (134)
- Max Greyserman: 68-68 (136)
- Benjamin James: 68-72 (140)
- James Nicholas: 68-72 (140)
- Matt Jones - Alt 1: 69-72 (141)
- Andrew Svoboda - Alt 2: 72-70 (142)
Gaston Country Club, Gastonia, N.C.
63 players, 5 spots
- Carl Yuan: 65-63 (128)
- Jackson Ormond (a): 65-63 (128)
- Brandon Wu: 64-65 (129)
- Cole Hammer: 62-67 (129)
- Jackson Van Paris: 65-64 (129)
- Harry Higgs - Alt 1: 64-66 (130)
- Cristobal Del Solar - Alt 2: 65-65 (130)
Springfield (Ohio) Country Club
74 players, 5 spots
- Neal Shipley: 67-65 (132)
- Zac Blair: 64-68 (132)
- Billy Horschel: 68-65 (133)
- Dylan Wu: 67-66 (133)
- Nick Hardy: 65-68 (133)
- Brandt Snedeker - Alt 1: 66-68 (134)
- Maxwell Moldovan - Alt 2: 64-70 (134)
Lakes Golf and Country Club, Westerville, Ohio
51 players, 4 spots
- Davis Thompson: 66-67 (133)
- Arni Sveinsson (a): 67-68 (135)
- J.B. Holmes: 70-65 (135)
- Vaughn Harber (a): 67-68 (135)
- Sam Udovich (a) - Alt 1: 68-67 (135)
- Braxton Kuntz - Alt 2: 69-67 (136)
Lambton Golf and Country Club, York, Ontario, Canada
59 players, 6 spots
- Emiliano Grillo: 65-66 (131)
- Alejandro Tosti: 69-63 (132)
- Marcelo Rozo: 66-67 (133)
- John Parry: 69-65 (134)
- Max McGreevy: 64-70 (134)
- William Mouw: 68-66 (134)
- Matt Wallace - Alt 1: 65-69 (134)
- Adam Svensson - Alt 2: 67-67 (134)
Woodmont Country Club (North Course), Rockville, Md.
77 players, 4 spots
- Jackson Suber: 65-67 (132)
- Ben Kohles: 65-70 (135)
- Logan Reilly (a): 68-67 (135)
- Jake Sollon: 68-69 (137)
- Bryan Lee (a) - Alt 1: 68-69 (137)
- Blades Brown - Alt 2: 69-69 (138)
Ballenisles Country Club, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
71 players, 4 spots
- Ben Silverman: 67-70 (137)
- Giuseppe Puebla (a): 69-68 (137)
- Miles Russell (a): 71-67 (138)
- Ryder Cowan (a): 71-67 (138)
- Tyler Collet - Alt 1: 71-67 (138)
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout - Alt 2: 70-69 (139)
Hawks Ridge Golf Club, Ball Ground, Ga.
75 players, 5 spots
- Chris Kirk: 65-64 (129)
- Jake Peacock: 66-65 (131)
- Keith Mitchell: 69-63 (132)
- Chase Kyes (a): 67-66 (133)
- Robbie Higgins: 67-66 (133)
- Jack Schoenberger (a) - Alt 1: 69-65 (134)
- Alexander Herrmann - Alt 2: 66-68 (134)
Emerald Valley Golf Club, Creswell, Ore.
54 players, 2 spots
- Greyson Leach: 70-70 (140)
- Andrew Putnam: 70-71 (141)
- Spencer Tibbits - Alt 1: 66-75 (141)
- TingWei Chang (a) - Alt 2: 71-71 (142)
Del Paso Country Club, Sacramento, Calif.
77 players, 4 spots
- Taylor Montgomery: 69-66 (135)
- Eric Lee (a): 69-67 (136)
- Matthew Robles (a): 70-66 (136)
- Marek Fleming (a): 69-69 (138)
- Kihei Akina (a) - Alt 1: 69-70 (139)
- Gabriel Salvanera - Alt 2: 71-68 (139)
Hino Golf Club, Japan (May 25)
35 players, 3 spots
- Ryuichi Oiwa: 67-61 (128)
- Kaito Onishi: 64-65 (129)
- Taihei Sato: 66-64 (130)
- Riki Kawamoto - Alt 1: 66-64 (130)
- Taichi Nabetani - Alt 2: 64-67 (131)
Dallas Athletic Club, Dallas, Texas (May 18)
96 players, 9 spots
- Peter Uihlein: 67-66 (133)
- Tom Kim: 66-68 (134)
- Cooper Dossey: 65-70 (135)
- Manav Shah: 66-71 (137)
- Adrien Dumont de Chassart: 68-70 (138)
- Graeme McDowell: 69-69 (138)
- Jimmy Stanger: 70-68 (138)
- TK Kim: 67-71 (138)
- Caleb Surratt: 70-69 (139)
- Chandler Phillips - Alt 1: 72-67 (139)
- Henrik Norlander - Alt 2: 67-72 (139)
Walton Heath Golf Club (New/Old Courses), Surrey, England (May 18)
81 players, 7 spots
- Nathan Kimsey: 68-62 (130)
- Rocco Paolo Repetto Taylor: 66-66 (132)
- Angel Hidalgo: 62-71 (133)
- Filippo Celli: 67-66 (133)
- Matthew Jordan: 69-64 (133)
- Niklas Norgaard: 65-68 (133)
- Ugo Coussaud: 66-68 (133)
- Hennie du Plessis - Alt 1: 70-64 (134)
- Andrew Wilson - Alt 2: 68-66 (134)
