2010 U.S. Open (golf) - Field

Field

About half the field each year consisted of players who are fully exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open. The players who qualified for the 2010 U.S. Open are listed below. Each player was classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.

1. Last 10 U.S. Open Champions
Ángel Cabrera (3,9,10,17), Michael Campbell, Jim Furyk (9,10,12,13,17), Lucas Glover (8,9,10,17), Retief Goosen (9,10,17), Geoff Ogilvy (9,10,11,17), Tiger Woods (4,5,8,9,10,13,17)

2. Top two finishers in the 2009 U.S. Amateur
An Byeong-hun (a), Ben Martin (a)

3. Last five Masters Champions
Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson (9,10,17), Phil Mickelson (5,8,9,10,12,13,17)

4. Last five British Open Champions
Stewart Cink (9,10,17), Pádraig Harrington (5,9,10,11,17)

5. Last five PGA Champions
Y.E. Yang (9,10,17)

6. Last three Players Champions
Tim Clark (9,12,17), Sergio García (8,11,17), Henrik Stenson (8,17)

7. The U.S. Senior Open Champion
Fred Funk

8. Top 15 finishers and ties in the 2009 U.S. Open
Stephen Ames, Ricky Barnes, Matt Bettencourt, David Duval, Ross Fisher (11,17), Søren Hansen, Rory McIlroy (11,12,17), Hunter Mahan (9,10,17), Ryan Moore, Mike Weir (9,10)

9. Top 30 leaders on the 2009 PGA Tour official money list
Paul Casey (11,14,17), Brian Gay (10), Dustin Johnson (10,12,17), Jerry Kelly (10), Matt Kuchar (12,17), Justin Leonard, Kevin Na (10,17), Sean O'Hair (10,17), Kenny Perry (10,17), Ian Poulter (11,14,17), John Rollins, Rory Sabbatini, John Senden (10), Steve Stricker (10,12,13,17), David Toms (10), Nick Watney (10,17)

10. All players qualifying for the 2009 edition of The Tour Championship
Luke Donald (17), Jason Dufner, Ernie Els (11,12,13,14,17), Marc Leishman, Steve Marino, Heath Slocum, Scott Verplank

11. Top 15 on the 2009 European Tour Race to Dubai
Simon Dyson, Martin Kaymer (17), Søren Kjeldsen, Ross McGowan, Francesco Molinari (17), Lee Westwood (14,17), Oliver Wilson (17)

12. Top 10 on the 2010 PGA Tour official money list through May 24, 2010 (the HP Byron Nelson Championship)
Robert Allenby (17), Camilo Villegas (17)
(Anthony Kim (17) did not play after undergoing thumb surgery.)

13. Winners of multiple PGA Tour events between the end of the 2009 U.S. Open and the start of the 2010 U.S. Open

14. Top 5 from the 2010 European Tour Race to Dubai through May 24, 2010 (the BMW PGA Championship)
Charl Schwartzel (17)

15. Top 2 on the 2009 Japan Golf Tour official money list, provided they are within the top 75 point leaders of the Official World Golf Rankings at the end of 2009
Yuta Ikeda (17), Ryo Ishikawa (17)

16. Top 2 on the 2009 PGA Tour of Australasia official money list, provided they are within the top 75 point leaders of the Official World Golf Rankings at the end of 2009
Michael Sim (17) (Alistair Presnell, ranked 376th, did not qualify)

17. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings list as of May 24, 2010
K.J. Choi, Ben Crane, Peter Hanson, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Robert Karlsson, Graeme McDowell, Edoardo Molinari, Louis Oosthuizen, Álvaro Quirós, Adam Scott, Thongchai Jaidee

18. Special exemptions selected by the USGA
Vijay Singh, Tom Watson

Sectional qualifiers
Europe: Gary Boyd, Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Rhys Davies, Rafael Echenique, Grégory Havret, Mikko Ilonen, Rikard Karlberg, Jean-François Lucquin, Pablo Martín, Gareth Maybin, James Morrison
Japan: Hiroyuki Fujita, Paul Sheehan, Toru Taniguchi, Kaname Yokoo
U.S.: Stephen Allan, Jason Allred (L), Stuart Appleby, Arjun Atwal, Eric Axley, Aaron Baddeley, Rich Barcelo, Craig Barlow, Bennett Blakeman (a,L), Joseph Bramlett (a,L), Alex Čejka, Erik Compton (L), Jon Curran (L), Ben Curtis, Brian Davis, Brendon de Jonge, Kent Eger (L), Bob Estes, Harrison Frazar, David Frost, Bobby Gates, Jason Gore, Paul Goydos, Mathias Grönberg, Travis Hampshire (L), Russell Henley (a,L), J. J. Henry, Jim Herman, Morgan Hoffmann (a), Kent Jones, Erick Justesen (L), Kenny Kim (L), Derek Lamely, Scott Langley (a,L), Tom Lehman, Hugo Leon (L), Davis Love III, John Mallinger, Alex Martin (a,L), Dan McCarthy (L), Shaun Micheel, Noh Seung-yul, Deane Pappas, Blaine Peffley (L), Kevin Phelan (a,L), Terry Pilkadaris, Jason Preeo (L), Andrew Putnam (a,L), Matthew Richardson (L), Mark Silvers (L), Jerry Smith (L), Brandt Snedeker, Chris Stroud, Daniel Summerhays (L), Hudson Swafford (a,L), Ty Tryon (L), Bo Van Pelt, Charles Warren, Steve Wheatcroft, Gary Woodland

Alternates
Note: alternates are drawn from the sectional qualifiers.

1. Azuma Yano – replaced Anthony Kim (thumb surgery).
2. Simon Khan – took spot reserved for the Memorial Tournament winner. If the Memorial had been the winner's second PGA Tour victory in the year preceding the U.S. Open, that golfer would have received a U.S. Open invitation. However, since the Memorial was Justin Rose's first career PGA Tour win, that left a spot available for another golfer.
3. Rocco Mediate – took spot reserved for the winner of the St. Jude Classic, for the same reason as noted above with respect to the Memorial Tournament. However, since St. Jude Classic winner Lee Westwood was already qualified for the U.S. Open by three different criteria, that spot was also available for another golfer.

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