US Open Championship Players
A total of 156 players head out on day one of the US Open each year, all attempting to become the next name to go down in the US Open History of this famous major. Thousands of players have all made a bid to land the coveted first prize and trophy over the years but only a small number of players can actually boast to have won the prestigous trophy.
Some of the greatest golf players to have played the game are among the elite list of players to have won the US Open. Past greats such as Jack Nicklaus, Hale Irwin and the late Payne Stewart all won at least two US Open Championships.
Current players who have won the Championship at least twice include Tiger Woods and Ernie Els, both of whom will be popular in the 2012 US Open Odds.
2012 US Open Players
A full list of the players competiting in this year's US Open:
- Blake Adams USA
- Michael Allen USA
- Stephen Ames Canada
- Aaron Baddeley Australia
- Sang-Moon Bae Korea
- Matthew Baldwin England
- Shane Bertsch USA
- Matthew Bettencourt USA
- Tommy Biershenk USA
- Thomas Bjorn Denmark
- Jason Bohn USA
- Gregory Bourdy France
- Keegan Bradley USA
- Olin Browne USA
- Jonathan Byrd USA
- Angel Cabrera Argentina
- Rafael Cabrera-Bello Spain
- Michael Campbell New Zealand
- Patrick Cantlay (A) USA
- Paul Casey England
- Roberto Castro USA
- Alex Cejka Czech Republic
- Kevin Chappell USA
- K.J. Choi Korea
- Stewart Cink USA
- Tim Clark South Africa
- Paul Claxton USA
- George Coetzee South Africa
- Nicolas Colsaerts Belguim
- Ben Crane USA
- Jeff Curl USA
- Jason Day Australia
- Luke Donald England
- Jason Dufner USA
- Joe Durant USA
- Simon Dyson England
- Ernie Els South Africa
- Bob Estes USA
- Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano Spain
- Martin Flores USA
- Rickie Fowler USA
- Hiroyuki Fujita Japan
- Jim Furyk USA
- Brian Gaffney USA
- Sergio Garcia Spain
- Brice Garnett USA
- Robert Garrigus USA
- Lucas Glover USA
- Retief Goosen South AfricaRSA
- Branden Grace South Africa
- Hunter Haas USA
- Bill Haas USA
- James Hahn USA
- Hunter Hamrick USA
- Anders Hansen Denmark
- Peter Hanson Sweden
- Brian Harman USA
- Padraig Harrington Ireland
- Jim Herman USA
- Tim Herron USA
- Justin Hicks USA
- Morgan Hoffmann USA
- Beau Hossler (A) USA
- Cole Howard USA
- Charles Howell III USA
- Mikko Ilonen Finland
- Trevor Immelman South Africa
- Ryo Ishikawan Japan
- Fredrik Jacobson Sweden
- Raphael Jacquelin France
- Miguel Angel Jimenez Spain
- Dustin Johnson USA
- Zach Johnson USA
- Brendan Jones Australia
- Robert Karlsson Sweden
- Martin Kaymer Germany
- Kyung-Tae Kim Korea
- Soren Kjeldsen Denmark
- Colt Knost USA
- Brooks Koepka (A) USA
- Matt Kuchar USA
- Martin Laird Scotland
- Scott Langley USA
- Peter Lawrie Ireland
- Steve LeBrun USA
- Dong-Hwan Lee Korea
- Spencer Levin USA
- Edward Loar United States of America
- Davis Love III USA
- William Lunde USA
- Hunter Mahan USA
- Matteo Manassero Italy
- Steve Marino USA
- Casey Martin USA
- David Mathis USA
- Mark McCormick USA
- Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland
- Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland
- Phil Mickelson USA
- Dennis Miller USA
- Francesco Molinari Italy
- Jesse Mueller USA
- Kevin Na USA
- Alexander Noren Sweden
- Joe Ogilvie USA
- Geoff Ogilvy Australia
- Louis Oosthuizen South Africa
- Samuel Osborne England
- Rod Pampling Australia
- J.B. Park Korea
- John Peterson USA
- Carl Pettersson Sweden
- Scott Piercy USA
- D.A. Points USA
- Ian Poulter England
- Alistair Presnell Australia
- Alvaro Quiros Spain
- Chez Reavie USA
- Robert Rock England
- Justin Rose England
- Brian Rowell USA
- Alberto Sanchez (A) USA
- Charl Schwartzel South Africa
- Adam Scott Australia
- John Senden Australia
- Nick Sherwood (A) USA
- Webb Simpson USA
- Vijay Singh Fiji
- Lee Slattery England
- Scott Smith USA
- Brandt Snedeker USA
- Jordan Spieth (A) USA
- Kyle Stanley USA
- Darron Stiles USA
- Kevin Streelman USA
- Steve Stricker USA
- Anthony Summers Australia
- Tadahiro Takayama Japan
- Toru Taniguchi Japan
- Kyle Thompson USA
- Nicholas Thompson USA
- Michael Thompson USA
- David Toms USA
- Bo Van Pelt USA
- Marc Warren Scotland
- Aaron Watkins USA
- Nick Watney USA
- Bubba Watson USA
- Tim Weinhart USA
- Lee Westwood England
- Charlie Wi Korea
- Cameron Wilson (A) USA
- Mark Wilson USA
- Casey Wittenberg USA
- Gary Woodland USA
- Tiger Woods USA
- Y.E. Yang Korea
- Andy Zhang (A)
