Field
1. Last 10 U.S. Open Champions
Michael Campbell (8, 10), Ernie Els (4,8), Jim Furyk (9), Retief Goosen (8,9,10), Lee Janzen, Steve Jones, Tiger Woods (3,4,8,9,12)
2. Top two finishers in the 2005 U.S. Amateur
Dillon Dougherty (a), Edoardo Molinari (a)
3. Last five Masters Champions
Phil Mickelson (5,9,12), Mike Weir
4. Last five British Open Champions
Ben Curtis, David Duval, Todd Hamilton
5. Last five PGA Champions
Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel, Vijay Singh (8,9), David Toms (8,9)
6. The Players Champion
Stephen Ames (9,11,12,17)
7. The U.S. Senior Open Champion
Allen Doyle
8. Top 15 finishers and ties in the 2005 U.S. Open
K. J. Choi, Stewart Cink, Tim Clark (9), John Cook, Fred Couples, Bob Estes, Sergio García (9,10), Peter Hedblom, Mark Hensby, Ryuji Imada, Peter Jacobsen, Davis Love III (9), Rocco Mediate, Aaron Oberholser, Corey Pavin, Nick Price
9. Top 30 leaders on the 2005 PGA Tour official money list
Stuart Appleby, Olin Browne, Bart Bryant, Mark Calcavecchia, Chad Campbell, Ben Crane, Chris DiMarco, Luke Donald (10), Fred Funk, Lucas Glover, Pádraig Harrington, Tim Herron, Charles Howell III, Brandt Jobe, Justin Leonard, Sean O'Hair, Kenny Perry, Ted Purdy, Adam Scott (15), Scott Verplank
10. Top 15 on the 2005 European Tour Order of Merit
Thomas Bjørn, Ángel Cabrera, Nick Dougherty, Niclas Fasth, Kenneth Ferrie, David Howell, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Paul McGinley, Colin Montgomerie, José María Olazábal, Henrik Stenson
11. Top 10 on the PGA Tour official money list, as of May 29
Geoff Ogilvy, Rory Sabbatini
12. Winners of multiple PGA Tour events from April 23 2005 through the 2006 Memorial Tournament
Carl Pettersson
13. Top 2 from the 2006 European Tour Order of Merit, as of May 26
Paul Casey
14. Top 2 on the 2005 Japan Golf Tour official money list, provided they are within the top 75 point leaders of the Official World Golf Rankings at that time
Shingo Katayama
15. Top 2 on the 2005 PGA Tour of Australasia official money list, provided they are within the top 75 point leaders of the Official World Golf Rankings at that time
Nick O'Hern
16. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings list, as of May 30
Robert Allenby, Darren Clarke, Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson, Tom Lehman, Rod Pampling
17. Special exemptions selected by the USGA
None
Sectional qualifiers
Japan: Keiichiro Fukabori, Tadahiro Takayama, Toru Taniguchi; Europe: Phillip Archer, Richard Green, Maarten Lafeber, Graeme McDowell, Jyoti Randhawa, Jeev Milkha Singh, Graeme Storm, Oliver Wilson; USA: Tommy Armour III, Woody Austin, Craig Barlow, David Berganio, Jr., Mark Brooks, Chad Collins, Jay Delsing, Stephen Gangluff, Mathew Goggin, Nathan Green, Jay Haas, Scott Hend, J. J. Henry, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Kent Jones, Skip Kendall, Greg Kraft, Matt Kuchar, Steve Lowery, John Mallinger, Jonathan Moore (a), Chris Nallen, Tom Pernice, Jr., Ian Poulter, Brett Quigley, Tag Ridings, John Rollins, Charl Schwartzel, Joey Sindelar, Jeff Sluman, Kevin Stadler, Steve Stricker, Phil Tataurangi, D. J. Trahan, Bo Van Pelt, Camilo Villegas, Duffy Waldorf, Dean Wilson
Local and sectional qualifiers
USA: Jason Allred, Ryan Baca (a), Andy Bare, Alex Coe (a), Michael Derminio, Jason Dufner, Brad Fritsch, Tadd Fujikawa (a), Michael Harris, Travis Hurst, Benjamin Hayes, Billy Horschel (a), Rob Johnson, John Koskinen, George McNeill, Andrew Morse, Madalitso Muthiya, Patrick Nagle (a), David Oh, Ryan Posey (a), Andrew Svoboda, Nicholas Thompson, Dustin White, Lee Williams, Taylor Wood, Stephen Woodard
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