US Open Championship Qualifying 2012
The total number of players allowed to play in the US Open Championship is 156. The competition is open to any professional golfer or any amateur player who has a handicap of less than 1.4. In order to qualify a player must be exempt or play in a qualifying tournament.
Players who are exempt from qualifying gain automatic entry in to the US Open. Exempt players account for approximately half of all US Open players with the other half having to qualify. Criteria allowing a player to be exempt from qualifying include winners of a previous US Open in the past 10 years or any other winner of one of the other three majors from the last five years. The top 30 players from the previous seasons US PGA tour and top 15 players from the European tour also gain exemption.
The remaining players in the field must qualify for the US Open through two qualifying tournaments. Local amateurs play at smaller qualifying tournaments around the USA before joining non exempted professional in a second final qualifying round played over 36 holes at venues in America, Europe and Asia.
There is no age limit to players wishing to enter the US Open, the youngest ever player was 15-year-old Tadd Fujikawa and the oldest was Sam Sneed aged 61. However, this year the youngest ever player record will be broken due to the late entry of 14-year-old Andy Zhang.
2012 US Open Qualifiers
England U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying Results - Monday, May 28, 2012
- Alexander Noren, Sweden
- Marc Warren, Scotland
- Lee Slattery, England
- Gregory Bourdy, France
- Mikko Ilonen, Finland
- George Coetzee, South Africa
- Soren Kjeldsen, Denmark
- Matthew Baldwin, England
- Matteo Manessaro, Italy
- Peter Lawrie, Ireland
- Raphael Jacquelin, France
Japan U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying Results - Monday, May 21, 2012
- Brendan Jones, Australia
- Toru Taniguchi, Japan
- J.B. Park, Korea
- Hiroyuki Fujita, Japan
- Dong-Hwan Lee, Korea
- Tadahiro Takayama, Japan
US Open qualifying events in the US took place on June 4th
- US QUlaifiers
- Blake Adams
- Michael Allen
- Stephen Ames
- Shane Bertsch
- Matt Bettencourt
- Tommy Biershenk
- Jason Bohn
- Roberto Castro
- Alex Čejka
- Paul Claxton
- Jeff Curl
- Joe Durant
- Bob Estes
- Martin Flores
- Brian Gaffney
- Brice Garnett
- Hunter Haas
- James Hahn
- Hunter Hamrick
- Brian Harman
- Jim Herman
- Tim Herron
- Morgan Hoffmann
- Beau Hossler
- Cole Howard
- Brooks Koepka
- Scott Langley
- Steve Lebrun
- Edward Loar
- Davis Love III
- Bill Lunde
- Steve Marino
- Casey Martin
- David Mathis
- Mark McCormick
- Dennis Miller
- Jesse Mueller
- Joe Ogilvie
- Sam Osborne
- Rod Pampling
- John Peterson
- Scott Piercy
- D. A. Points
- Alistair Presnell
- Brian Rowell
- lberto Sanchez
- Nick Sherwood
- Scott Smith
- Darron Stiles
- Kevin Streelman
- Anthony Summers
- Michael Thompson
- Nicholas Thompson
- Aaron Watkins
- Tim Weinhart
- Charlie Wi
- Cameron Wilson
- Casey Wittenberg
Other Qualifiers:
- Justin Hicks, Colt Knost, Kyle Thompson took spots reserved for players exempt in category 14.
- Jordan Spieth has replaced Brandt Snedeker
- Andy Zhang has replaced Paul Casey
