2022 U.S. Open (golf)
The 2022 United States Open Championship is the 122nd U.S. Open, the national open golf championship of the United States. It is a 72-hole stroke play tournament that will be played June 16–19 at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts. Field. The field for the U.S. Open is made up of players who gain entry through qualifying events and those who are exempt from qualifying. The exemption criteria include provision for recent major champions, winners of major amateur events, and leading players in the world rankings. Qualifying is in two stages, local and final, with  some players being exempted though to final qualifying. Exemptions. This list details the exemption criteria for the 2022 U.S. Open and the players who qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players were exempt is indicated in parentheses. 1. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2012–2021) 2. The leading ten players, and those tying for tenth place, in the 2021 U.S. Open 3. The winner of the 2021 U.S. Senior Open 4. The winner of the 2021 U.S. Amateur 5. Winners of the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur, and the runner-up in the 2021 U.S.  Amateur 6. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2018–2022) 7. Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2017–2022) 8. Recent winners of The Open Championship (2017–2021) 9. Recent winners of The Players Championship (2021–2022) 10. The winner of the 2021 BMW PGA Championship 11. All players who qualified for the 2021 Tour Championship 12. Winners of multiple PGA Tour events from the 2021 U.S. Open to the start of the 2022 tournament 13. The winner of the 2021 Amateur Championship 14. The winner of the Mark H. McCormack Medal in 2021 15. The winner of the 2020 Olympic Gold Medal 16 . The leading 10 points winners from the "European Qualifying Series" who are not otherwise exempt 17. The leading player from each of the Asian Tour, 2021–22 PGA Tour of Australasia and 2021–22 Sunshine Tour Orders of Merit 18. The leading 60 players on the Official World Golf Ranking as of May 23, 2022 19. The leading 60 players on the Official World Golf Ranking if not otherwise exempt as of June 6, 2022 20. Special exemptions Qualifiers. Eleven final qualifying events are scheduled, nine of which are in the United States: