Currently Exempt Players for 125th U.S. Open

The field for the 125th U.S. Open Championship, to be played June 12-15 at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club is starting to take shape. Several competitors, including defending champion Bryson DeChambeau, are already exempt from qualifying. Others will earn their spot in the 156-player field via Final Qualifying. 

The following is a list of the exemptions as established by the USGA and which players fall into those categories:

Bold: First time a player is listed; (a)-amateur

F-1. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship the last 10 years (2015-24)

Bryson DeChambeau (2024)
Wyndham Clark (2023)
Matt Fitzpatrick (2022)
Jon Rahm (2021)
Bryson DeChambeau (2020)
Gary Woodland (2019)
Brooks Koepka (2018)
Brooks Koepka (2017)
Dustin Johnson (2016)
Jordan Spieth (2015)

F-2. From the 2024 U.S. Open Championship, the 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place

Bryson DeChambeau
Rory McIlroy
Tony Finau
Patrick Cantlay
Matthieu Pavon
Hideki Matsuyama
Russell Henley
Xander Schauffele
Sam Burns
Davis Thompson
Corey Conners

F-3. Winner of the 2024 U.S. Senior Open Championship

Richard Bland

F-4. Winner of the 2024 U.S. Amateur Championship

Jose Luis Ballester

F-5. Winners of the 2024 U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur Championships, and the 2024 U.S. Amateur runner-up (must be an amateur)

Trevor Gutschewski (a)  (U.S. Junior Amateur champion)
Evan Beck (a) (U.S. Mid-Amateur champion)
Noah Kent (a) (U.S. Amateur runner-up)

F-6. Winners of the Masters Tournament from 2020-2025

Rory McIlroy (2025)
Scottie Scheffler (2024)
Jon Rahm (2023)
Scottie Scheffler (2022)
Hideki Matsuyama (2021)
Dustin Johnson (2020)

F-7. Winners of the PGA of America Championship from 2021-2025

Scottie Scheffler (2025)
Xander Schauffele (2024)
Brooks Koepka (2023)
Justin Thomas (2022)
Phil Mickelson (2021)

F-8. Winners of The Open Championship from 2021-2024

Xander Schauffele (2024)
Brian Harman (2023)
Cameron Smith (2022)
Collin Morikawa (2021)

F-9. Winners of The Players Championship from 2023-2025

Rory McIlroy (2025)
Scottie Scheffler (2024)
Scottie Scheffler (2023)

F-10. Winner of the 2024 DP World Tour BMW PGA Championship

N/A

F-11. Those players who qualified and were eligible for the season-ending 2024 Tour Championship

Scottie Scheffler
Collin Morikawa
Russell Henley
Xander Schauffele
Adam Scott
Sungjae Im
Wyndham Clark
Shane Lowry
Hideki Matsuyama
Rory McIlroy
Sam Burns
Viktor Hovland
Taylor Pendrith
Justin Thomas
Ludvig Aberg
Patrick Cantlay
Robert MacIntyre
Matthieu Pavon
Tommy Fleetwood
Byeong Hun An
Keegan Bradley
Tony Finau
Aaron Rai
Akshay Bhatia
Chris Kirk
Sepp Straka
Christian Bezuidenhout
Tom Hoge

F-12. Multiple winners of PGA Tour events that award full-point allocation for the FedEx Cup, from the conclusion of the 2024 U.S. Open to the initiation of the 2025 U.S. Open:

Scottie Scheffler
Hideki Matsuyama
Rory McIlroy
Sepp Straka

F-13. The Top 5 players in the 2025 FedExCup standings as of May 19, 2025 who are not otherwise exempt

Jacob Bridgeman
Ryan Gerard
Sam Stevens
Brian Campbell
Cam Davis

F-14. The points leader from the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour season using combined points earned on the Official Korn Ferry Tour Regular Season Points Standings and points earned in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals

Matt McCarty

F-15. The top two players from the final 2024 Race to Dubai Rankings who are not otherwise exempt as of May 19, 2025

Rasmus Hojgaard
Thriston Lawrence

F-16. The top player on the 2025 Race to Dubai Rankings as of May 19, 2025 who is not otherwise exempt

Laurie Canter

F-17. Winner of 2024 The Amateur Championship conducted by The R&A (must be an amateur)

N/A

F-18. Winner of the 2024 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Men's World Amateur Golf Ranking; must be an amateur)

Luke Clanton (a)

F-19. Winner of the 2025 NCAA Division I Men's Individual Golf Championship (must be an amateur)

Michael La Sasso (a)

F-20. Winner of the 2025 Latin America Amateur Championship (must be an amateur)

Justin Hastings (a)

F-21. From the current Official World Golf Ranking, the top 60 points leaders and ties as of May 19, 2025. Players must select a qualifying site at the time of entry. (NOTE: Blank entries will be filed by the USGA for players who become exempt after the close of entries.)

Scottie Scheffler (1)
Rory McIlroy (2)
Xander Schauffele (3)
Collin Morikawa (4)
Justin Thomas (5)
Ludvig Aberg (6)
Hideki Matsuyama (7)
Russell Henley (8)
Sepp Straka (9)
Bryson DeChambeau (10)
Maverick McNealy (11)
Viktor Hovland (12)
Shane Lowry (13)
Tommy Fleetwood (14)
Patrick Cantlay (15)
Keegan Bradley (16)
Harris English (17)
Justin Rose (18)
Corey Conners (19)
Wyndham Clark (20)
Sungjae Im (21)
Tyrrell Hatton (22)
Robert MacIntyre (23)
Brian Harman (24)
Daniel Berger (25)
J.J. Spaun (27)
Aaron Rai (28)
Min Woo Lee (29)
Akshay Bhatia (30)
Thomas Detry (31)
Sam Burns (33)
Jason Day (34)
J.T. Poston (35)
Tony Finau (36)
Andrew Novak (37)
Taylor Pendrith (38)
Adam Scott (39)
Lucas Glover (40)
Denny McCarthy (41)
Nick Taylor (42)
Byeong Hun An (43)
Stephan Jaeger (44)
Tom Kim (45)
Max Greyserman (46)
Tom Hoge (47)
Mackenzie Hughes (48)
Jhonattan Vegas (49)
Nicolas Echavarria (50)
Jordan Spieth (51)
Ben Griffin (52)
Davis Riley (53)
Davis Thompson (54)
Michael Kim (55)
Patrick Reed (56)
Nick Dunlap (57)
Matt McCarty (58)
Si Woo Kim (59)
Joe Highsmith (60) 

F-22. From the current Official World Golf Ranking, the top 60 points leaders and ties as of June 9, 2025 (if not previously exempt). Players must select a qualifying site at the time of entry. (NOTE: Blank entries will be filed by the USGA for players who become exempt after the close of entries.)

Ryan Fox
Cameron Young
Bud Cauley

F-23. Winner of the 2024 Olympic Gold Medal, contested Aug. 1-4

Scottie Scheffler

F-24. The top player who is otherwise not exempt and in the top 3 of the 2025 LIV Golf Individual Standings as of May 19, 2025

Joaquin Niemann

F-25. Special exemptions as selected by the USGA

N/A