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HISTORY – This is the 125th U.S. Open Championship. The U.S. Open, which was first played in 1895, was not contested for two years (1917-18) during World War I and for four years (1942-45) during World War II. The youngest winner of the U.S. Open is 19-year-old John McDermott, who won in 1911; he is among eight players aged 21 or younger who have won the U.S. Open. The oldest winner is Hale Irwin, who was 45 and playing on a special exemption when he won his third U.S. Open title in 1990. Irwin also won in 1974 and 1979.
MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND – The USGA will conduct its 1,015th championship with the playing of this year’s U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club. Memorable U.S. Open Championships at Oakmont #200 – 1953 U.S. Open – Ben Hogan records his fourth and final U.S. Open victory with a wire-to-wire performance. He finishes with two birdies for a six-stroke margin over Sam Snead. #270 – 1962 U.S. Open – Jack Nicklaus outduels Arnold Palmer in an 18-hole playoff – the first of 18 professional majors by the Golden Bear. #369 – 1973 U.S. Open – Johnny Miller’s 8-under-par 63 is considered one the greatest final rounds in major championship history as he overcomes a six-stroke deficit following 54 holes. #470 – 1983 U.S. Open – Larry Nelson defeats defending champion Tom Watson by one stroke in a Monday finish due to weather. Nelson is propelled to victory by a 62-foot birdie putt on No. 16. #609 – 1994 U.S. Open – Ernie Els wins the championship in a three-way playoff with Loren Roberts and Colin Montgomerie. Arnold Palmer plays his final U.S. Open in an emotional setting. WHO’S HERE: Among the 156 golfers in the 2025 U.S. Open Championship, there are: U.S. Open champions (11): Wyndham Clark (2023),Bryson DeChambeau (2020, ‘24), Matt Fitzpatrick (2022), Lucas Glover (2009), Dustin Johnson (2016), Brooks Koepka (2017, ‘18), Rory McIlroy (2011), Jon Rahm (2021), Justin Rose (2013), Jordan Spieth (2015) and Gary Woodland (2019) U.S. Open runners-up (10): Jason Day (2011, ’13), Tommy Fleetwood (2018), Brian Harman (2017), Dustin Johnson (2015), Brooks Koepka (2019), Shane Lowry (2016), Hideki Matsuyama (2017), Rory McIlroy (2023, ‘24), Phil Mickelson (1999, 2002, ’04, ’06, ’09, ’13) and Scottie Scheffler (2022) U.S. Amateur champions (8): Byeong Hun An (2009), Jose Luis Ballester (2024), Bryson DeChambeau (2015), Nick Dunlap (2023), Matt Fitzpatrick (2013), Viktor Hovland (2018), Phil Mickelson (1990) and Edoardo Molinari (2005) U.S. Amateur runners-up (4): Patrick Cantlay (2011), Corey Conners (2014), Doug Ghim (2017) and a-Noah Kent (2024) U.S. Junior Amateur champions (8): Philip Barbaree Jr. (2015), Nick Dunlap (2021), Brian Harman (2003), a-Trevor Gutschewski (2024), Min Woo Lee (2016), Scottie Scheffler (2013), Jordan Spieth (2009, ’11) and Preston Summerhays (2019) U.S. Junior Amateur runners-up (4): a-Evan Beck (2008), Akshay Bhatia (2018), Davis Riley (2013, ’14) and Justin Thmas (2010) U.S. Senior Open champions (1): Richard Bland (2024) U.S. Mid-Amateur champions (1): a-Evan Beck (2024) U.S. Mid-Amateur runners-up (1): a-Evan Beck (2023 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball runners-up (1): a-Evan Beck (2025) U.S. Amateur Public Links runners-up (3): Doug Ghim (2014), Michael Kim (2013) and Nick Taylor (2009) USGA champions (25): Byeong Hun An (2009 U.S. Amateur), Jose Luis Ballester (2024 U.S. Amateur), Philip Barbaree Jr. (2015 U.S. Junior Amateur), a-Evan Beck (2024 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Richard Bland (2024 U.S. Senior Open), Wyndham Clark (2023 U.S. Open), Bryson DeChambeau (2015 U.S. Amateur, 2020 U.S. Open), Nick Dunlap (2021 U.S. Junior Amateur, 2023 U.S. Amateur), Matt Fitzpatrick (2013 U.S. Amateur, 2022 U.S. Open), Lucas Glover (2009 U.S. Open), a-Trevor Gutschewski (2024 U.S. Junior Amateur), Brian Harman (2003 U.S. Junior Amateur), Viktor Hovland (2018 U.S. Amateur), Dustin Johnson (2016 U.S. Open), Brooks Koepka (2017, ’18 U.S. Open), Min Woo Lee (2016 U.S. Junior Amateur), Rory McIlroy (2011 U.S. Open), Phil Mickelson (1990 U.S. Amateur), Edoardo Molinari (2005 U.S. Amateur), Jon Rahm (2021 U.S. Open), Justin Rose (2013 U.S. Open), Scottie Scheffler (2013 U.S. Junior Amateur), Jordan Spieth (2009, ’11 U.S. Junior Amateurs, 2015 U.S. Open), Preston Summerhays (2019 U.S. Junior Amateur) and Gary Woodland (2019 U.S. Open) Walker Cup Team members: United States (23): Akshay Bhatia (2019), Patrick Cantlay (2011), Bud Cauley (2009), Bryson DeChambeau (2015), Nick Dunlap (2023), Harris English (2011), Doug Ghim (2017), Lucas Glover (2001), Brian Harman (2005, ’09), Russell Henley (2011), a-Ben James (2023), Dustin Johnson (2007), Michael Kim (2013), Chris Kirk (2007), Denny McCarthy (2015), Maverick McNealy (2015, ’17), Phil Mickelson (1989, ’91), Collin Morikawa (2017), Scottie Scheffler (2017), Jordan Spieth (2011), Preston Summerhays (2023), Justin Thomas (2013) and Davis Thompson (2021) Great Britain and Ireland (7): Matt Fitzpatrick (2013), Tommy Fleetwood (2009), Matthew Jordan (2017), Robert MacIntyre (2017), Rory McIlroy (2007), Justin Rose (1997) and Jordan Smith (2013) NCAA Division I champions (3): Bryson DeChambeau (2015), a-Michael La Sasso (2025) and Phil Mickelson (1989, ’90, ’92) NCAA Division II champions (1): Chandler Blanchet (2017) World Amateur Team Championship competitors (50): Ludvig Åberg (2022, Sweden), Sam Bairstow (2022, England), Jose Luis Ballester (2013, Spain), Laurie Canter (2010, England), Corey Conners (2012, 2014, Canada), Cam Davis (2016, Australia), Bryson DeChambeau (2014, USA), Thomas Detry (2010, 2012, 2014, Belgium), Roberto Diaz (2006, 2008, Mexico), Nick Dunlap (2023, USA), Nicolas Echavarria (2016, Colombia), Ryan Fox (2010, New Zealand), Emiliano Grillo (2008, 2010 Argentina), a-Justin Hastings (2018, 2022, Cayman Islands), Rasmus Højgaard (2018, Denmark), Viktor Hovland (2016, 2018, Norway), Mackenzie Hughes (2012, Canada), Matthew Jordan (2018, England), Takumi Kanaya (2016, 2018, Japan), Si Woo Kim (2012, Republic of Korea), Chris Kirk (2006, USA), Jinichiro Kozuma (2022, Japan), Frederic Lacroix (2018, France), Min Woo Lee (2018, Australia), Shane Lowry (2008, Ireland), Robert MacIntyre (2016, Scotland), Hideki Matsuyama (2008, 2012 Japan), Denny McCarthy (2014, USA), Rory McIlroy (2006, Ireland), Maverick McNealy (2016, USA), Phil Mickelson (1990, USA), Guido Migliozzi (2014, 2016, Italy), Edoardo Molinari (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, Italy), Collin Morikawa (2018, USA), Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (2022, Denmark), Joaquin Niemann (2016, Chile), Niklas Norgaard (2014, Denmark), Alvaro Ortiz (2014, 2016, 2018 Mexico), Carlos Ortiz (2010, 2012 Mexico), Andrea Pavan (2008, 2010, Italy), Taylor Pendrith (2014, Canada), Victor Perez (2014, France), Jon Rahm (2014, Spain), Scottie Scheffler (2016, USA), Cameron Smith (2012, Australia), Yuta Sugiura (2023, Japan), Nick Taylor (2008, Canada), Justin Thomas (2012, USA), Jhonattan Vegas (2002, Venezuela) and Scott Vincent (2010, 2012, Zimbabwe) Olympic medalists (5): Justin Rose (2016, gold), Xander Schauffele (2020, gold), Scottie Scheffler (2024, gold), Tommy Fleetwood (2024, silver) and Hideki Matsuyama (2024, bronze) TOTAL U.S. OPENS WON BY 2025 CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD (13): Wyndham Clark (1), Bryson DeChambeau (2), Matt Fitzpatrick (1), Lucas Glover (1), Dustin Johnson (1), Brooks Koepka (2), Rory McIlroy (1), Jon Rahm (1), Justin Rose (1), Jordan Spieth (1) and Gary Woodland (1) PLAYERS IN FIELD WITH MOST U.S. OPEN APPEARANCES (through 2025): Phil Mickelson (34), Adam Scott (24), Justin Rose (20), Dustin Johnson (18), Lucas Glover (17) and Rory McIlroy (17) ACTIVE CONSECUTIVE U.S. OPEN APPEARANCES (through 2025): Adam Scott (24), Dustin Johnson (18), Rory McIlroy (17) and Justin Rose (15). CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD – The USGA accepted 10,202 entries, the highest total in U.S. Open history. The 156-player field includes 87 fully exempt golfers, 11 of whom are champions. History of U.S. Open Championship Entries
AMATEURS – Fifteen amateurs have made the 156-player field. Noah Kent, the 2024 U.S. Amateur runner-up, Trevor Gutschewski, the reigning U.S. Junior Amateur champion, and Evan Beck, the 2024 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion, are in this group. Kent was runner-up to Jose Luis Ballester in the 2024 U.S. Amateur Championship, held at Hazeltine National Golf Club, in Chaska, Minn. Kent transferred from the University of Iowa to the University of Florida and will be eligible to compete for the Gators this fall. He tied for 11th in last year’s Big Ten Conference Championship as a Hawkeye. Gutschewski, who was competing in his first U.S. Junior Amateur, defeated Tyler Watts, 4 and 3, in last year’s 36-hole final at Oakland Hills Country Club, in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. The son of PGA Tour player Scott Gutschewski, Trevor claimed the 2024 Nebraska Junior Match Play and 2022 Nebraska Junior Amateur. Beck defeated Bobby Massa, 9 and 8, in the championship match at Kinloch Golf Club, in Manakin-Sabot, Va. Beck, the runner-up the previous year, posted the second-largest margin of victory in the event’s history. He also became the first stroke-play medalist to win the title since Scott Harvey in 2014. Justin Hastings captured this year’s Latin America Amateur Championship by one stroke over Patrick Sparks, of Peru, at Pilar Golf Club, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Hastings is the second player from the Cayman Islands to win the LAAC Championship following Andrew Jarvis’s victory in 2022. Michael La Sasso earned a U.S. Open full exemption as the 2025 NCAA Division I individual champion. La Sasso was chosen first-team All-American, All-Southeast Region and All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) as a junior on the University of Mississippi team in 2024-25. He recorded three victories and posted seven top-10 finishes overall. Mason Howell, a 17-year-old high school junior from Thomasville, Ga., and Matt Vogt, a 34-year-old dentist from Indianapolis, Ind., were two of 10 amateurs to advance through final qualifying on June 2. Howell shared medalist honors in helping the Brookwood School to its fourth GIAA Class 3A state championship in the last five years. Vogt, who grew up in the Pittsburgh suburbs, caddied at Oakmont Country Club for six years and played in the 2021 U.S. Amateur on the same course. Ben James, now the University of Virginia’s only three-time, first-team All-American, was a member of the victorious 2023 USA Walker Cup Team. The rising senior advanced through final qualifying at Canoe Brook Country Club, in Summit, N.J., for a second consecutive year. Jackson Koivun, the 2024 Haskins Award and Phil Mickelson Award winner, also was a first-team All’-American for a second consecutive year. The Auburn University rising junior was voted the SEC Player of the Year this past season at Auburn. He led the Tigers to their first NCAA title during his freshman season. Frankie Harris (South Carolina), Bryan Lee (Virginia), Zach Pollo (Arizona), Lance Simpson (Tennessee) and Cameron Tankersley (Mississippi) are all college golfers. Harris and Simpson were 2025 honorable mention All-Americans. Note: Sixteen amateurs played in last year’s U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club. At least three amateurs made the 36-hole cut for the third consecutive year. John Goodman is the last amateur to win the championship (1933). Amateurs in Recent U.S. Opens
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