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.

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".
Early-round coverage will air on Golf Channel and Peacock.

Course layout

West Course
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. The revised exemption criteria were announced on June 25. 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.
;1. Winners of the U.S. Open during the last ten years
Dustin Johnson, Martin Kaymer, Brooks Koepka, Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Webb Simpson, Jordan Spieth, Gary Woodland
;2. The top 10 and ties at the 2019 U.S. Open
Chesson Hadley, Louis Oosthuizen, Jon Rahm, Chez Reavie, Xander Schauffele, Adam Scott, Henrik Stenson
;3. Winner of the 2019 U.S. Senior Open
Steve Stricker
;4. Winner of the 2019 U.S. Amateur
Andy Ogletree
;5. Winners of the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur and 2019 U.S. Mid-Amateur; and runner-up at the 2019 U.S. Amateur
John Augenstein, Lukas Michel, Preston Summerhays
;6. Winners of the Masters Tournament from 2016 to 2020
Sergio García, Patrick Reed, Danny Willett, Tiger Woods
;7. Winners of the PGA Championship from 2015 to 2020
Jason Day, Justin Thomas, Jimmy Walker, August 9
;8. Winners of The Open Championship from 2015 to 2019
Zach Johnson, Shane Lowry, Francesco Molinari
;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, Patrick Cantlay, Paul Casey, Corey Conners, Bryson DeChambeau, Tony Finau, Tommy Fleetwood, Rickie Fowler, Lucas Glover, Charles Howell III, Im Sung-jae, Kevin Kisner, Jason Kokrak, Matt Kuchar, Marc Leishman, Hideki Matsuyama, Brandt Snedeker
;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
James Sugrue
;14. Winner of the 2019 Mark H. McCormack Medal
Cole Hammer
;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, Collin Morikawa, 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, not otherwise exempt, in the top 10 and ties of the 2020 Memorial Tournament
Mackenzie Hughes, Ryan Palmer
;16b. The top two players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 10 and ties of the 2020 3M Open
Adam Long, Michael Thompson
;16c. The top two players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 10 and ties of the 2020 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational
August 2
;16d. The top two players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 10 and ties of the 2020 Barracuda Championship
August 2
;16e. The top three players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 10 and ties of the 2020 PGA Championship
August 9
;16f. The top two players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 10 and ties of the 2020 Wyndham Championship
August 16
;17. The top five players, not otherwise exempt, from the final 2019–20 FedEx Cup standings
September 7
;18. The top ten aggregate point earners, not otherwise exempt, from the five European Tour events beginning with the Betfred British Masters through the Wales Open
August 23
;19. The top five players, not otherwise exempt, from the 2020 Korn Ferry Tour Regular Season Points List through the WinCo Foods Portland Open
August 9
;20. The top five aggregate point earners, not otherwise exempt, 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, 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, not otherwise exempt as of July 15, from the 2019–20 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
J. C. Ritchie
;23. The top player, not otherwise exempt as of July 15, from the 2019 Asian Tour Order of Merit
Scott Hend
;24. The top player, 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
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.

Past champions expected in the field

PlayerCountryYear won
Gary Woodland2019
Brooks Koepka2017, 2018
Dustin Johnson2016
Jordan Spieth2015
Martin Kaymer2014
Justin Rose2013
Webb Simpson2012
Rory McIlroy2011
Graeme McDowell2010
Lucas Glover2009
Tiger Woods2000, 2002, 2008