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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.[2] Bryson DeChambeau won the tournament to claim his second U.S. Open title.[3][4]

2024 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 13–16, 2024
LocationPinehurst, North Carolina
35°11′22″N 79°28′04″W / 35.1895°N 79.4678°W / 35.1895; -79.4678
Course(s)Pinehurst Resort,
Course No. 2
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,548 yards (6,902 m)
Field156 players, 74 after cut
Cut145 (+5)
Prize fund$21,500,000[1]
Winner's share$4,300,000
Champion
United States Bryson DeChambeau
274 (−6)
Location map
Pinehurst is located in the United States
Pinehurst
Pinehurst
Location in the United States
Pinehurst is located in North Carolina
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Location in North Carolina
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Course layout

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Main article: Pinehurst Resort

Course No. 2

Hole Yards Par    Hole Yards Par
1 395 4 10 617 5
2 504 4 11 482 4
3 387 4 12 486 4
4 528 4 13 381 4
5 588 5 14 472 4
6 228 3 15 197 3
7 426 4 16 530 4
8 488 4 17 207 3
9 184 3 18 448 4
Out 3,728 35 In 3,820 35
Source:[5][6] Total 7,548 70

Field

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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

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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.[a][7][8]

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

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

3. The winner of the 2023 U.S. Senior Open

4. The winner of the 2023 U.S. Amateur

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

6. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2020–2024)

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

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

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

10. The winner of the 2023 BMW PGA Championship

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

12. Winners of multiple PGA Tour events[c] 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

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

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

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

17. The winner of the 2023 Amateur Championship[b]

18. The winner of the Mark H. McCormack Medal in 2023[b]

19. The individual winner of the 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship[b]

  • Hiroshi Tai (a)

20. The winner of the 2024 Latin America Amateur Championship[b]

  • Santiago de la Fuente (a)

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

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

23. Special exemptions

Qualifiers

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Date Location Venue Field Spots Qualifiers[a][e]
May 20 Surrey, England Walton Heath Golf Club 102 9 Sam Bairstow, Grant Forrest, Matteo Manassero, Richard Mansell, Tom McKibbin, Edoardo Molinari, Brandon Robinson-Thompson, Robert Rock, Jason Scrivener
May 20 Hino, Japan Hino Golf Club 34 3 Ryo Ishikawa, Riki Kawamoto, Taisei Shimizu
May 20 Dallas, Texas Dallas Athletic Club
(Gold and Blue courses)		 138 11 Parker Bell (a), Eugenio Chacarra, Nico Echavarría, Takumi Kanaya, Kang Sung-hoon, Kim Seong-hyeon, Logan McAllister, Michael McGowan (L), Mac Meissner, Francesco Molinari, Brandon Wu
Jun 3 Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada Cherry Hill Club 65 7 Rico Hoey, Mark Hubbard, Ashton McCulloch (a), Aaron Rai, Greyson Sigg, Adam Svensson, Davis Thompson
Jun 3 Daly City, California Lake Merced Golf Club 84 4 John Chin (L), Omar Morales (a), David Puig, Charlie Reiter (L)
Jun 3 Jupiter, Florida The Bear's Club 73 5 Daniel Berger, Dean Burmester, Luke Clanton (a), Matt Kuchar, Willie Mack III (L)
Jun 3 Alpharetta, Georgia The Golf Club of Georgia 68 3 Jackson Buchanan (a), Frederik Kjettrup (L), Chris Petefish
Jun 3 Rockville, Maryland Woodmont Country Club 64 3 Isaiah Salinda, Tim Widing, Wells Williams (a)
Jun 3 Summit, New Jersey Canoe Brook Country Club
(North and South courses)		 72 4 Max Greyserman, Jim Herman, Ben James (a), Andrew Svoboda
Jun 3 Durham, North Carolina Duke University Golf Club 84 7 Sam Bennett, Brian Campbell, Frankie Capan III, Chesson Hadley, Harry Higgs, Carter Jenkins, Webb Simpson
Jun 3 Columbus, Ohio Ohio State University Golf Club 68 5 Gunnar Broin (a,L), Justin Lower, Chris Naegel (L), Séamus Power, Brendon Todd
Jun 3 Springfield, Ohio Springfield Country Club 64 4 Zac Blair, Cameron Davis, Beau Hossler, Carson Schaake (L)
Jun 3 Bend, Oregon Pronghorn Resort 44 2 Colin Prater (a,L), Joey Vrzich (L)

Alternates who gained entry

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The following players gained a place in the field having finished as the leading alternates in the specified final qualifying events:

Round summaries

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First round

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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.[15] 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.[16]

Place Player Score To par
T1   Patrick Cantlay 65 −5
  Rory McIlroy
3   Ludvig Åberg 66 −4
T4   Bryson DeChambeau 67 −3
  Matthieu Pavon
T6   Akshay Bhatia 68 −2
  Tony Finau
  Tyrrell Hatton
T9   Sam Bennett 69 −1
  Corey Conners
  Thomas Detry
  Sergio García
  Kim Seong-hyeon
  Aaron Rai
  Jackson Suber

Second round

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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.[17] 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.[18] World number one and pre-tournament favorite Scottie Scheffler narrowly made the cut and was 10 strokes off the lead.[19] 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.[20]

Place Player Score To par
1   Ludvig Åberg 66-69=135 −5
T2   Patrick Cantlay 65-71=136 −4
  Bryson DeChambeau 67-69=136
  Thomas Detry 69-67=136
T5   Tony Finau 68-69=137 −3
  Rory McIlroy 65-72=137
  Matthieu Pavon 67-70=137
8   Hideki Matsuyama 72-66=138 −2
T9   Akshay Bhatia 68-71=139 −1
  Zac Blair 70-69=139
  Corey Conners 69-70=139
  Tyrrell Hatton 68-71=139
  Tom Kim 71-68=139
  Xander Schauffele 70-69=139
  Tim Widing 71-68=139

Third round

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Saturday, June 15, 2024

Bryson DeChambeau, 2020 champion, shot a 67 to establish the first 54-hole lead of his career in a major.[21] 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.[22] 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.[23] The scoring average for the field was 73.18, more than three strokes over par.[24]

Place Player Score To par
1   Bryson DeChambeau 67-69-67=203 −7
T2   Patrick Cantlay 65-71-70=206 −4
  Rory McIlroy 65-72-69=206
  Matthieu Pavon 67-70-69=206
T5   Ludvig Åberg 66-69-73=208 −2
  Hideki Matsuyama 72-66-70=208
T7   Tony Finau 68-69-72=209 −1
  Tyrrell Hatton 68-71-70=209
T9   Corey Conners 69-70-71=210 E
  Tom Kim 71-68-71=210
  Collin Morikawa 70-74-66=210

Final round

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Sunday, June 16, 2024

Summary

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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,[3] 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.[25][26]

Final leaderboard

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Champion
Silver Cup winner (leading amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Bryson DeChambeau (c) 67-69-67-71=274 −6 4,300,000
2   Rory McIlroy (c) 65-72-69-69=275 −5 2,322,000
T3   Patrick Cantlay 65-71-70-70=276 −4 1,229,051
  Tony Finau 68-69-72-67=276
5   Matthieu Pavon 67-70-69-71=277 −3 843,765
6   Hideki Matsuyama 72-66-70-70=278 −2 748,154
T7   Russell Henley 70-70-72-67=279 −1 639,289
  Xander Schauffele 70-69-72-68=279
T9   Sam Burns 73-67-73-67=280 E 502,391
  Corey Conners 69-70-71-70=280
  Davis Thompson 70-72-70-68=280

Scorecard

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Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4
  DeChambeau −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6
  McIlroy −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −6 −6 −7 −8 −8 −7 −6 −6 −5
  Cantlay −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4
  Finau −1 E E +1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4
  Pavon −3 −3 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3
  Matsuyama −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey

Source:[27]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b (a) – denotes amateur.
  2. ^ a b c d e Players qualifying in this category must remain an amateur through the conclusion of the U.S. Open.
  3. ^ Events must carry full-point allocation towards the FedEx Cup.
  4. ^ Following his death, the USGA removed Grayson Murray from their list, which moved Scott up to number 60.[13][14]
  5. ^ (L) – denotes a player who progressed through local qualifying.
  6. ^ Added to field the week prior to the tournament.
  7. ^ a b c d Claimed spot held for category 22.[14]
  8. ^ Suber replaced Jon Rahm.[9]

References

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  2. ^ Gottfried, Greg; Powers, Christopher; Coffin, Jay (June 5, 2024). "U.S. Open 2024: Everything you need to know about this year's major at Pinehurst No. 2". Golf Digest. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Bryson DeChambeau wins 124th U.S. Open, evokes memory of Payne Stewart". PGA Tour. June 17, 2024. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  4. ^ "U.S. Open final round live updates, leaderboard: Bryson DeChambeau fends off Rory McIlroy to win second major". Yahoo Sports. June 16, 2024. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  5. ^ Shefter, David (October 17, 2023). "Fast Facts for 2024 U.S. Open". USGA. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
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  8. ^ "U.S. Open 2024: Who is in the field and how did they qualify?". European Tour. June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  9. ^ a b Harig, Bob (June 11, 2024). "Jon Rahm Withdraws From U.S. Open Due to Foot Injury". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  10. ^ Morfit, Cameron (May 2, 2024). "Bernhard Langer determined to ease back into it on PGA Tour Champions". PGA Tour. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  11. ^ Fleming, Ben (May 30, 2024). "World No.1 Amateur Gives Up US Open Exemption To Turn Pro". Golf Monthly. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  12. ^ Lavner, Ryan (May 25, 2024). "Two-time PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray dies Saturday morning". NBC Sports. Archived from the original on May 26, 2024. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
  13. ^ Harig, Bob (June 5, 2024). "Grayson Murray Is Still in the Official World Golf Ranking. Here's How the USGA Will Adjust". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  14. ^ a b DePasquale, Brian (June 10, 2024). "Scott Among 6 Added to 124th U.S. Open, Field Now Complete". U.S. Open.
  15. ^ Ferguson, Doug (June 13, 2024). "McIlroy showing major form with bogey-free 65 to share US Open lead with Cantlay". ABC News. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  16. ^ Ritter, Jeff; Schwarb, John (June 13, 2024). "2024 U.S. Open By the Numbers: Facts and Stats That Mattered Most on Day 1". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  17. ^ Busbee, Jay (June 14, 2024). "Ludvig Åberg, playing in his first U.S. Open, leads after two rounds". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  18. ^ Mullin, Eric (June 15, 2024). "The golfers who made — and missed — the US Open cut". NBC 6 South Florida. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  19. ^ Maese, Rick (June 15, 2024). "Ludvig Aberg soars, Scottie Scheffler survives at withering U.S. Open". Washington Post. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  20. ^ Uggetti, Paolo (June 14, 2024). "F. Molinari makes U.S. Open cut on hole-in-one". ESPN. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  21. ^ Casey, Phil (June 15, 2024). "Rory McIlroy trails Bryson DeChambeau by three ahead of final round at Pinehurst". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  22. ^ Maese, Rick (June 15, 2024). "Bryson DeChambeau tames Pinehurst (sort of) and leads U.S. Open by 3 shots". Washington Post. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  23. ^ Casey, Phil (June 16, 2024). "US Open day three: Rory McIlroy well set to chase down leader Bryson DeChambeau". The Independent. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  24. ^ Schwarb, John (June 15, 2024). "2024 U.S. Open By the Numbers: Facts and Stats That Mattered Most on Day 3". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  25. ^ Bradshaw, Joe (June 16, 2024). "US Open 2024: Bryson DeChambeau beats Rory McIlroy for second major". BBC Sport. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  26. ^ Hirsh, Jack (June 16, 2024). "Bryson DeChambeau wins U.S. Open after Rory McIlroy's late collapse". Golf Magazine. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
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