The most exciting Monday on the golf calendar is “The Longest Day of Golf,” as hundreds of players tee up at the final qualifying venue to earn a ticket to the U.S. Open.
There’s nothing like qualifying for the US Open. There, current top pros, big names from yesteryear, up-and-coming amateur stars, and everyday people compete against each other for one of the coveted spots at the U.S. National Championship. This year, after more than 10,000 people registered, 62 players qualified and took to the field at Sinek Hills Golf Club, joining the 85 players who entered on exemptions to compete in this year’s championship.
The big topic on Monday was that many young top amateur players, led by world No. 1 junior Myles Russell, participated in the 126th U.S. Open, sparking a youth movement across the United States.
With partner and 2027 Florida State commit Charlie Woods on his bag, Russell rode a roller coaster at Barren Isles Country Club in Palm Beach Gardens, finishing 6 under through 36 holes and making the playoffs despite a triple and double bogey. He birdied the second hole of the playoff to beat Tyler Collett and earn a spot alongside the world’s best on Long Island next week.
Russell wasn’t the only high school player to qualify for the U.S. Open. AJGA No. 2 player Giuseppe Puebla also qualified in the Barren Isles qualifier, and New York native Jackson Ormond qualified in the Gaston Country Club qualifier in North Carolina. Both Puebla and Ormond are committed to playing college golf in Florida, where they will be rivals for Russell and Woods.
At the other end of the spectrum, there were veteran tour pros who used qualifying to earn another spot at the U.S. Open. Names like JB Holmes, Billy Horschel, Keith Mitchell and Graeme McDowell earned spots in the final qualifiers and a chance at another major start.
Below you can see the full list of players for the 2026 U.S. Open. It starts with the players who earned a spot in the qualifiers, followed by those who competed on exemptions. There are still spots available for the RBC Canadian Open, with the top 60 players in the world rankings as of June 15th (next Monday) eligible to play in the current 146-man spot.
2026 US Open Field
Qualifying
zach blair
filippo celli
Hugo Kuso
Ryder Cowan (a)
cooper dossey
Adrian Dumont de Chassard
Marek Fleming (a)
Max Glaserman
Emiliano Grillo
cole hammer
Bourne Harbor (a)
nick hardy
angel hidalgo
robbie higgins
JB Holmes
billy horschel
ben james
Matthew Jordan
TK Kim
tom kim
nathan kimsey
chris kirk
ben coles
Chase Kyes (a)
grayson leech
Eric Lee (a)
graham mcdowell
Max McGreevey
keith mitchell
taylor montgomery
William Moe
Niklas Norgaard
james nicholas
Ryuichi Oiwa
Kaito Onishi
jackson ormond (a)
John Parry
jake peacock
Giuseppe Puebla (a)
Andrew Putnam
Logan Riley (a)
loco repetto taylor
Matthew Robles (a)
Kevin Roy
marcelo roso
Miles Russell (a)
Taihei Sato
Manav Shah
Neil Shipley
ben silverman
Jake Solon
jimmy stanger
jackson suber
caleb slat
Arni Sveinsson (a)
davis thompson
Alejandro Tosti
Peter Uihlein
Jackson from Paris
Brandon Wu
Dylan Wu
Carl Yuan
exemption
Ludwig Oberg
Daniel Berger
Akshay Bhatia
keegan bradley
michael brennan
Jacob Bridgman
sam burns
laurie canter
Patrick Cantlay
Hamilton Coleman (a)
Pierceson Coody
Corey Connors
Wyndham Clark
Jason Day
bryson dechambeau
Nico Echavarria
harris english
Ethan Fang (a)
alex fitzpatrick
matt fitzpatrick
tommy fleetwood
Rickie Fowler
ryan fox
ryan gerard
Chris Gotterup
ben griffin
harry hall
brian herman
padraig harrington
Tyrrell Hutton
russell henry
lucas herbert
jackson herrington (a)
Ryo Histatsune
Brandon Holtz (a)
Nikolai Højgaard
Viktor Hovland
mason howell (a)
Im Sung Jae
dustin johnson
Johnny Keefer
michael kim
Kim Si Woo
Kurt Kitayama
jake knapp
Brooks Koepka
Jackson Koibun (a)
Lee Min Woo
Shane Lowry
robert mcintyre
Hideki Matsuyama
matt mccarty
maverick mcneely
Collin Morikawa
Rory McIlroy
Joaquin Niemann
alex noren
andrew novak
carlos ortiz
marco money
david puig
Matteo Pulcini (a)
Jon Rahm
aaron rye
patrick reed
Christopher Reitan
Patrick Rogers
Justin Rose
Adrian Sadia
Jaden Shaper
Xander Schauffele
Scotty Scheffler
Matty Schmidt
adam scott
alex smalley
cameron smith
JJ Spahn
jordan spies
sam stevens
Preston Stout (a)
Sepp Straka
nick taylor
sahis segara
Justin Thomas
gary woodland
Sudarshan Yelamaraju
Cameron Young
