2020 U.S. Open (golf)

The 2020 United States Open Championship will be the 120th U.S. Open. Originally scheduled for June 18–21 at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, the tournament has been postponed to September 17–20 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

2020 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesSeptember 17–20, 2020[1]
LocationMamaroneck, New York
Course(s)Winged Foot Golf Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,477 yards (6,837 m)
Field144[2]
Prize fund$12,500,000
Winner's share$2,250,000
Winged Foot
GC
Location in the United States
Winged Foot
GC
Location in New York

Media

On June 29, 2020, it was announced that Fox Sports had opted out of the remaining seven years of its 12-year contract to carry USGA championships, and had sold the remainder of the contract to NBCUniversal — marking the return of the U.S. Open to NBC for the first time since 2014. The rescheduling of the tournament had created conflicts with Fox's NFL and college football coverage, and the USGA had declined a proposal for the tournament to be carried on Fox's cable channel FS1. Fox discussed the possibility of partnering with NBC on the 2020 tournament, but this eventually "led to a broader conversation and eventual agreement for NBCUniversal to take over the USGA media rights".[4][5]

Early-round coverage will air on Golf Channel and Peacock.[6]

Course layout
Main article: Winged Foot Golf Club

West Course

HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Genesis451410Pulpit2143
2Elm484411Billows3844
3Pinnacle243312Cape6335
4Sound View467413White Mule2123
5Long Lane502414Shamrock4524
6El321415Pyramid4264
7Babe-in-the-Woods162316Hells Bells4984
8Arena490417Well-Well5044
9Meadow565518Revelations4694
Out3,68535In3,79235
Total7,47770

Lengths of the course for previous majors:

Field

Normally, about half the field qualified for the U.S. Open via local and sectional qualifying. However, due to the COVID–19 pandemic, in 2020, the entire field will consist of players who are exempt from qualifying.[7] The revised exemption criteria were announced on June 25.[2] Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, and other categories are shown in parentheses. Dates when a qualifying category will be completely determined are indicated in italics.

Due to a rule change, the U.S. Amateur champion no longer forfeits his U.S. Open exemption if he turns professional.[8]

1. Winners of the U.S. Open during the last ten years

Dustin Johnson (11,15), Martin Kaymer, Brooks Koepka (2,7,11,15), Graeme McDowell (15), Rory McIlroy (2,9,11,12,15), Justin Rose (2,11,15), Webb Simpson (9,11,12,15), Jordan Spieth (6,8,15), Gary Woodland (2,11,15)

2. The top 10 and ties at the 2019 U.S. Open

Chesson Hadley, Louis Oosthuizen (11,15), Jon Rahm (11,15), Chez Reavie (11,15), Xander Schauffele (11,15), Adam Scott (11,15), Henrik Stenson (8,15)

3. Winner of the 2019 U.S. Senior Open

Steve Stricker

4. Winner of the 2019 U.S. Amateur

Andy Ogletree (a)

5. Winners of the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur and 2019 U.S. Mid-Amateur; and runner-up at the 2019 U.S. Amateur[lower-alpha 1]

John Augenstein (a), Lukas Michel (a), Preston Summerhays (a)

6. Winners of the Masters Tournament from 2016 to 2020

Sergio García (15), Patrick Reed (11,12,15), Danny Willett (10,15), Tiger Woods (15)

7. Winners of the PGA Championship from 2015 to 2020

Jason Day (15), Collin Morikawa (15), Justin Thomas (11,12,15), Jimmy Walker

8. Winners of The Open Championship from 2015 to 2019

Zach Johnson, Shane Lowry (15), Francesco Molinari (15)

9. Winners of The Players Championship from 2018 to 2020
10. Winner of the 2019 BMW PGA Championship
11. Players who qualified for the season-ending 2019 Tour Championship

Abraham Ancer (15), Patrick Cantlay (15), Paul Casey (15), Corey Conners (15), Bryson DeChambeau (15), Tony Finau (15), Tommy Fleetwood (15), Rickie Fowler (15), Lucas Glover, Charles Howell III, Im Sung-jae (15), Kevin Kisner (15), Jason Kokrak, Matt Kuchar (15), Marc Leishman (15), Hideki Matsuyama (15), Brandt Snedeker (15)

12. Winners of multiple PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the FedEx Cup, between the 2019 U.S. Open and the 2020 U.S. Open

September 13

13. Winner of the 2019 Amateur Championship[lower-alpha 1]

James Sugrue (a)

14. Winner of the 2019 Mark H. McCormack Medal (men's World Amateur Golf Ranking)[lower-alpha 1]

Cole Hammer (a)

15. The top 70 points leaders and ties as of March 15 in the Official World Golf Ranking

An Byeong-hun, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Keegan Bradley, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Joel Dahmen, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Adam Hadwin, Tyrrell Hatton, Lucas Herbert, Billy Horschel, Viktor Hovland, Shugo Imahira, Jazz Janewattananond, Kang Sung-hoon, Chan Kim, Kurt Kitayama, Tom Lewis, Robert MacIntyre, Phil Mickelson, Kevin Na, Shaun Norris, Eddie Pepperell, Victor Perez, Ian Poulter, Andrew Putnam, Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Smith, Brendon Todd, Erik van Rooyen, Matt Wallace, Bubba Watson, Lee Westwood, Bernd Wiesberger

16a. The top two players,[lower-alpha 2] not otherwise exempt,[lower-alpha 3] in the top 10 and ties of the 2020 Memorial Tournament

Mackenzie Hughes, Ryan Palmer

16b. The top two players,[lower-alpha 2] not otherwise exempt,[lower-alpha 3] in the top 10 and ties of the 2020 3M Open

Adam Long, Michael Thompson

16c. The top two players,[lower-alpha 2] not otherwise exempt,[lower-alpha 3] in the top 10 and ties of the 2020 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational

Daniel Berger

16d. The top two players,[lower-alpha 2] not otherwise exempt,[lower-alpha 3] in the top 10 and ties of the 2020 Barracuda Championship

Troy Merritt, Richy Werenski

16e. The top three players,[lower-alpha 2] not otherwise exempt,[lower-alpha 3] in the top 10 and ties of the 2020 PGA Championship

Cameron Champ, Matthew Wolff

16f. The top two players,[lower-alpha 2] not otherwise exempt,[lower-alpha 3] in the top 10 and ties of the 2020 Wyndham Championship

Jim Herman, Kim Si-woo

17. The top five players,[lower-alpha 2] not otherwise exempt,[lower-alpha 4] from the final 2019–20 FedEx Cup standings

September 7

18. The top ten aggregate point earners,[lower-alpha 2] not otherwise exempt,[lower-alpha 5] from the five European Tour events beginning with the Betfred British Masters through the Wales Open

August 23

19. The top five players,[lower-alpha 2] not otherwise exempt,[lower-alpha 6] from the 2020 Korn Ferry Tour Regular Season Points List through the WinCo Foods Portland Open

Paul Barjon, Lee Hodges, Taylor Pendrith, Davis Riley, Will Zalatoris

20. The top five aggregate point earners,[lower-alpha 2] not otherwise exempt,[lower-alpha 7] from the three Korn Ferry Tour events beginning with the Albertsons Boise Open through the Korn Ferry Tour Championship

August 30

21. The top two players,[lower-alpha 2] not otherwise exempt as of July 15, from the 2019 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit

Hwang Jung-gon, Ryo Ishikawa

22. The top player,[lower-alpha 2] not otherwise exempt as of July 15, from the 2019–20 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit

J. C. Ritchie

23. The top player,[lower-alpha 2] not otherwise exempt as of July 15, from the 2019 Asian Tour Order of Merit

Scott Hend

24. The top player,[lower-alpha 2] not otherwise exempt as of July 15, from the 2019 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit

Ryan Fox

25. The top three players from the 2019 PGA Professional Player of the Year Standings[lower-alpha 8]

Danny Balin, Marty Jertson, Ryan Vermeer

26. The top seven players, not otherwise exempt, from the August 19 World Amateur Golf Ranking

August 19

27. Special exemptions given by the USGA

TBA

Remaining places in the field, as well as alternate positions, will be allocated based on the August 23 Official World Golf Ranking.

  1. Players qualifying via these amateur categories must remain an amateur through to completion of the championship.
  2. Ties will be broken by OWGR.[9]
  3. As of the beginning of the tournament.[9]
  4. As of the start of the Tour Championship.[9]
  5. As of the start of the Wales Open.[9]
  6. As of the start of the WinCo Foods Portland Open.[9]
  7. As of the start of the Korn Ferry Tour Championship.[9]
  8. Criteria changed following cancellation of the 2020 PGA Professional Championship; originally set to be the top three players (not otherwise exempt) in that tournament.

Past champions expected in the field
PlayerCountryYear(s) won
Gary Woodland United States2019
Brooks Koepka United States2017, 2018
Dustin Johnson United States2016
Jordan Spieth United States2015
Martin Kaymer Germany2014
Justin Rose England2013
Webb Simpson United States2012
Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland2011
Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland2010
Lucas Glover United States2009
Tiger Woods United States2000, 2002, 2008


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References
  1. Altstadter, Jeff (April 6, 2020). "U.S. Open Postponed; 2020 U.S. Senior Opens Canceled". USGA.
  2. "Revised Exemption Categories for 2020 U.S. Open". USGA. June 25, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  3. "Golf organizations new schedule". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  4. Goldsmith, Jill (June 29, 2020). "Fox Sells Rights For United States Golf Association, Including U.S. Open, To NBC Sports". Deadline. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  5. Beall, Joel (June 29, 2020). "USGA announces U.S. Open will move to NBC, ending relationship with FOX". Golf Digest. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  6. Lavner, Ryan (June 29, 2020). "NBC reacquires broadcast rights to USGA's full slate of championships". Golf Channel. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  7. Harig, Bob (May 18, 2020). "U.S. Open scraps qualifying; now all-exempt field". ESPN. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  8. "New Exemption Changes for U.S. Women's and U.S. Amateur" (Press release). USGA. August 5, 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  9. "2020 U.S. Open Exemption Categories FAQs". USGA. June 25, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2020.


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2020 PGA Championship		 Major Championships Succeeded by
2020 Masters


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