2009 U.S. Open (golf) - Field

Field

About half the field each year consists of players who are fully exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open. Below is the list of the 74 players who were fully exempt for the 2009 U.S. Open. Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses. Also listed are the 81 players who have qualified through sectional qualifying.

1. Last 10 U.S. Open Champions

• Ángel Cabrera (3, 14, 17); Michael Campbell; Jim Furyk (9, 10, 17); Retief Goosen (8, 11, 17); Geoff Ogilvy (8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 17); Tiger Woods (3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 17)

2. Top two finishers in the 2008 U.S. Amateur

• Drew Kittleson
  • U.S. Amateur winner Danny Lee turned professional in April 2009 and forfeited his automatic exemption.

3. Last five Masters Champions

• Zach Johnson (12, 13, 17), Phil Mickelson (5, 9, 10, 12, 13, 17)
  • Trevor Immelman (9, 10, 17) withdrew prior to the tournament due to tendinitis in his left wrist and elbow.

4. Last five British Open Champions

• Todd Hamilton; Pádraig Harrington (5, 9, 11, 13, 17)

5. Last five PGA Champions

• Vijay Singh (9, 10, 13, 17)

6. The Players Champion

• Henrik Stenson (11, 17)

7. The U.S. Senior Open Champion

• Eduardo Romero

8. Top 15 finishers and ties in the 2008 U.S. Open

• Eric Axley; Stewart Cink (9, 10, 17); Ernie Els (9, 10, 17); Miguel Ángel Jiménez (11, 17); Rocco Mediate; John Merrick; Rod Pampling (16); Carl Pettersson (9, 10); Heath Slocum; Brandt Snedeker; D. J. Trahan (9, 10); Camilo Villegas (9, 10, 13, 17); Lee Westwood (11, 17)
  • Note: Robert Karlsson (11, 17) withdrew prior to the tournament due to an eye infection.

9. Top 30 leaders on the 2008 PGA Tour official money list

• Robert Allenby (10, 17); Stephen Ames (17); Stuart Appleby (10); Chad Campbell (10, 17); K. J. Choi (10, 17); Ben Curtis (10, 17); Ken Duke (10); Sergio García (10, 11, 17); Ryuji Imada (10); Anthony Kim (10, 17); Justin Leonard (10, 17); Hunter Mahan (10, 17); Kenny Perry (10, 12, 13, 17); Steve Stricker (10, 17); Kevin Sutherland (10); Boo Weekley; Mike Weir (10, 17)
  • Note: Dudley Hart (10) withdrew prior to the tournament due to a back injury.

10. All players qualifying for the 2008 edition of The Tour Championship

• Briny Baird; Tim Clark (17); Billy Mayfair; Andrés Romero; Bubba Watson

11. Top 15 on the 2008 European Tour Order of Merit

• Darren Clarke; Ross Fisher (14, 17); Søren Hansen; Martin Kaymer (17); Graeme McDowell (17); Jeev Milkha Singh (17); Oliver Wilson (17)
  • Note: Søren Kjeldsen (17) withdrew prior to the tournament due to an ear infection.

12. Top 10 on the PGA Tour official money list, as of May 24

• Paul Casey (14, 17); Dustin Johnson (13, 17); Sean O'Hair (17); Rory Sabbatini (17); Nick Watney (17)

13. Winners of multiple PGA Tour events from June 2, 2008, through June 14, 2009

• Brian Gay

14. Top 5 from the 2009 European Tour Race to Dubai, as of May 24

• Rory McIlroy (17)

15. Top 2 on the 2008 Japan Golf Tour official money list, provided they are within the top 75 point leaders of the Official World Golf Rankings at that time

• Azuma Yano
  • Note: Shingo Katayama (17) withdrew prior to the tournament due to a back injury.

16. Top 2 on the 2008 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

• (Mark Brown was ranked at 107 and did not qualify)

17. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings list, as of May 24

• Luke Donald; Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño; Ian Poulter; Álvaro Quirós; Justin Rose; Adam Scott; David Toms

18. Special exemptions selected by the USGA

• None

Sectional qualifiers

• Europe: Richard Bland; Simon Dyson; Johan Edfors; Peter Hanson; David Horsey; Raphaël Jacquelin; Simon Khan; José Manuel Lara; Thomas Levet; Jean-François Lucquin; Andrew McLardy; Francesco Molinari
• Japan: Bae Sang-moon; Shintaro Kai; Angelo Que; David Smail; Kaname Yokoo
• U.S.: Tyson Alexander (a,L); Stephen Allan; Ricky Barnes; Doug Batty (L); Cameron Beckman; Colby Beckstrom (L); Charlie Beljan; Matt Bettencourt; Ryan Blaum (L); Craig Bowden (L); Jeff Brehaut; Josh Brock (a,L); Bronson Burgoon (a,L); Ben Crane; David Duval; Sean Farren (L); Rickie Fowler (a); Fred Funk; Lucas Glover; Scott Gutschewski; J. P. Hayes (L); J. J. Henry; J. B. Holmes; Matt Jones; James Kamte; Chris Kirk; Clark Klaasen (a,L); Greg Kraft; Matt Kuchar; Martin Laird; Tom Lehman; Cortland Lowe (L); John Mallinger; Ben Martin (a,L); Josh McCumber (L); George McNeill; Mike Miles (L); Ryan Moore; Trevor Murphy (L); Matt Nagy (a,L); James Nitties; Andrew Parr; Kyle Peterman (a,L); Charl Schwartzel (L); Kevin Silva (L); Michael Sim; Vaughn Snyder (a,L); Ryan Spears (L); Kyle Stanley (a); Shawn Stefani (L); Darron Stiles,; Chris Stroud; Nick Taylor (a); Peter Tomasulo; Cameron Tringale (L); Nathan Tyler (L); Bo Van Pelt; Drew Weaver; Michael Welch (L); Charlie Wi; Casey Wittenberg; Gary Woodland (L); Cameron Yancey (L)

Alternates

• Note: alternates are drawn from the sectional qualifiers.

1. Andrew Svoboda - replaced Robert Karlsson
2. Scott Lewis (a,L) - replaced Dudley Hart
3. Clint Jensen (L) - replaced Trevor Immelman
4. David Erdy (a,L) - replaced Shingo Katayama
5. Steve Conway (L) - replaced Søren Kjeldsen

• (a) denotes amateur
• (L) denotes player advanced through local qualifying