2024 U.S. Open (golf)

The 2024 United States Open Championship was the 124th U.S. Open, the national open golf championship of the United States. It was a 72-hole stroke play tournament played from June 13–16 on course number 2 of Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina. It is the 1,000th USGA staged championship in the organization's history. Bryson DeChambeau won the tournament to claim his second U.S. Open title.

Course layout
Course No. 2

Field
The field for the U.S. Open was made up of players who gain entry through qualifying events and those who are exempt from qualifying. The exemption criteria include provisions for recent major champions, winners of major amateur events, and leading players in the world rankings. Qualifying was in two stages, local and final, with some players being exempted through to final qualifying.

Exemptions
This list details the exemption criteria for the 2024 U.S. Open and the players who qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players were exempt is indicated in parentheses.

1. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2014–2023)


 * Wyndham Clark (2,11,21)
 * Bryson DeChambeau (21)
 * Matt Fitzpatrick (11,21)
 * Dustin Johnson (2,6)
 * Martin Kaymer
 * Brooks Koepka (7,21)
 * Jordan Spieth (11,21)
 * Gary Woodland


 * Jon Rahm (2,6,11,21) did not play due to an injury.

2. The leading 10 players, and those tying for 10th place, in the 2023 U.S. Open


 * Austin Eckroat (21)
 * Harris English (21)
 * Tommy Fleetwood (11,21)
 * Rickie Fowler (11,21)
 * Tom Kim (11,21)
 * Min Woo Lee (21)
 * Rory McIlroy (11,12,21)
 * Xander Schauffele (7,11,21)
 * Scottie Scheffler (6,9,11,12,21)
 * Cameron Smith (8,9)

3. The winner of the 2023 U.S. Senior Open
 * Bernhard Langer did not play.

4. The winner of the 2023 U.S. Amateur
 * Nick Dunlap

5. Winners of the 2023 U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur, and the runner-up in the 2023 U.S. Amateur


 * Stewart Hagestad (a)
 * Bryan Kim (a)
 * Neal Shipley (a)

6. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2020–2024)
 * Hideki Matsuyama (21)

7. Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2019–2024)


 * Phil Mickelson
 * Collin Morikawa (8,11,21)
 * Justin Thomas (21)

8. Recent winners of The Open Championship (2019–2023)


 * Brian Harman (11,21)
 * Shane Lowry (21)

9. Recent winners of The Players Championship (2022–2024)

10. The winner of the 2023 BMW PGA Championship
 * Ryan Fox

11. All players who qualified and were eligible for the 2023 Tour Championship


 * Keegan Bradley (21)
 * Sam Burns (21)
 * Patrick Cantlay (21)
 * Corey Conners (21)
 * Jason Day (21)
 * Tony Finau (21)
 * Lucas Glover (12,21)
 * Emiliano Grillo (21)
 * Tyrrell Hatton (21)
 * Russell Henley (21)
 * Max Homa (21)
 * Viktor Hovland (12,21)
 * Im Sung-jae (21)
 * Kim Si-woo (21)
 * Taylor Moore (21)
 * Adam Schenk (21)
 * Sepp Straka (21)
 * Nick Taylor (21)

12. Winners of multiple PGA Tour events from the 2023 U.S. Open to the start of the 2024 tournament

13. The top 5 players in the FedEx Cup standings as of May 20 who are not yet exempt


 * Billy Horschel
 * Mackenzie Hughes
 * Peter Malnati
 * Taylor Pendrith
 * Erik van Rooyen

14. The top player on the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour points list
 * Ben Kohles

15. The top 2 players on the 2023 Race to Dubai who are not yet exempt as of May 20


 * Adrian Meronk
 * Victor Perez

16. The top player on the 2024 Race to Dubai as of May 20 who is not yet exempt
 * Rikuya Hoshino

17. The winner of the 2023 Amateur Championship
 * Christo Lamprecht forfeited his exemption by turning professional.

18. The winner of the Mark H. McCormack Medal in 2023
 * Gordon Sargent (a)

19. The individual winner of the 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
 * Hiroshi Tai (a)

20. The winner of the 2024 Latin America Amateur Championship
 * Santiago de la Fuente (a)

21. The leading 60 players on the Official World Golf Ranking as of May 20


 * Ludvig Åberg
 * An Byeong-hun
 * Christiaan Bezuidenhout
 * Akshay Bhatia
 * Eric Cole
 * Thomas Detry
 * Adam Hadwin
 * Tom Hoge
 * Nicolai Højgaard
 * Stephan Jäger
 * Chris Kirk
 * Kurt Kitayama
 * Jake Knapp
 * Denny McCarthy
 * Alex Norén
 * Matthieu Pavon
 * J. T. Poston
 * Justin Rose
 * Sahith Theegala
 * Cameron Young
 * Will Zalatoris


 * Grayson Murray died before the tournament.

22. The leading 60 players on the Official World Golf Ranking if not otherwise exempt as of June 10


 * Robert MacIntyre
 * Adam Scott

23. Special exemptions
 * Tiger Woods

Alternates who gained entry
The following players gained a place in the field having finished as the leading alternates in the specified final qualifying events:
 * Casey Jarvis (England)
 * Sergio García (Texas)
 * Brendan Valdes (a) (Florida)
 * Otto Black (L) (Columbus, Ohio)
 * Maxwell Moldovan (Springfield, Ohio)
 * Jackson Suber (Maryland)

First round
Thursday, June 13, 2024

Patrick Cantlay shot 65 in the morning wave to set the first-round lead. Playing in the afternoon wave, 2011 champion Rory McIlroy birdied his final hole to cap a bogey-free 65 and match Cantlay's mark. The scoring average for the field was 73.26, near identical to the 73.23 first-round scoring average when Pinehurst No. 2 last hosted the U.S. Open in 2014.

Second round
Friday, June 14, 2024

Making his debut at the U.S. Open, Ludvig Åberg took the solo lead headed into the weekend following a 1-under 69. The cut came at 145 (5-over-par). Notable players to miss the cut included world number five Viktor Hovland, world number ten Max Homa, and three-time U.S. Open champion Tiger Woods. World number one and pre-tournament favorite Scottie Scheffler narrowly made the cut and was 10 strokes off the lead. Standing two shots outside the cutline after 35 holes, Francesco Molinari made a hole in one on the par-3 9th to make the cut on the number.

Third round
Saturday, June 15, 2024

Bryson DeChambeau, 2020 champion, shot a 67 to establish the first 54-hole lead of his career in a major. Rory McIlroy moved into a three-way tie for second as he chased his first major championship victory since 2014, three shots behind of DeChambeau. Beginning in a tie for 51st, Collin Morikawa had the lowest round of the day with a bogey-free 66 to end in a tie for 9th. The scoring average for the field was 73.18, more than three strokes over par.

Final round
Sunday, June 16, 2024

Summary
Bryson DeChambeau got up and down from 50 yards out of a bunker on the final hole to save par and win his second U.S. Open title, one stroke ahead of Rory McIlroy. McIlroy had the solo lead at 8-under with four holes remaining, but made three bogeys on the final stretch, including missing a two-foot par putt on 16 and a three-foot par putt on 18.

Scorecard
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par


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