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See the complete field for the 2023 U.S. Open field at Los Angeles Country Club

The field for the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club is set.

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The third men’s major championship of the year is on the horizon, as Los Angeles Country Club is set to host the 123rd U.S. Open.

Matt Fitzpatrick, who outlasted Will Zalatoris and Scottie Scheffler at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, last year, enters the week as the defending champion.

Two major winners have already been crowned in 2023: Jon Rahm at the Masters in April and Brooks Koepka at the PGA Championship in May.

The field will be 156 when the first round begins Thursday. The final spots were filled Monday.

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Here’s the field for the 2023 U.S. Open at LACC:

Bastien Amat (a)

Abraham Ancer

Ryan Armour

Paul Barjon

Sam Bennett

Keegan Bradley

Michael Brennan (a)

Barclay Brown (a)

Olin Browne Jr.

Hayden Buckley

Patrick Cantlay

Frankie Capan

Ben Carr (a)

Christian Cavaliere (a)

Gunn Charoenkul

Stewart Cink

Wyndham Clark

Eric Cole

Corey Conners

Joel Dahmen

Jens Dantorp

Cam Davis

Jason Day

Bryson DeChambeau

Alejandro Del Rey

Wenyi Ding (a)

Nicholas Dunlap (a)

Nicolas Echavarria

Austin Eckroat

Harris English

Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira (a)

Tony Finau

Ross Fisher

Matt Fitzpatrick

Tommy Fleetwood

Simon Forsstrom

Rickie Fowler

Ryan Fox

Sergio Garcia

Ryan Gerard

Deon Germishuys

Brent Grant

J.J. Grey

Emiliano Grillo

Jordan Gumberg

Adam Hadwin

Paul Haley II

Nick Hardy

Brian Harman

Padraig Harrington

Tyrrell Hatton

Russell Henley

Berry Henson

Lucas Herbert

Charley Hoffman

Tom Hoge

Max Homa

Billy Horschel

David Horsey

Viktor Hovland

Mackenzie Hughes

Sungjae Im

Ryo Ishikawa

Dustin Johnson

Yuto Katsuragawa

Martin Kaymer

Michael Kim

Si Woo Kim

Tom Kim

Chris Kirk

Kurt Kitayama

Brooks Koepka

Matt Kuchar

Romain Langasque

Thriston Lawrence

Pablo Larrazabal

Hank Lebioda

K.H. Lee

Min Woo Lee

Luke List

Shane Lowry

Hideki Matsuyama

Denny McCarthy

Matthew McClean (a)

Rory McIlroy

Mac Meissner

Adrian Meron

Phil Mickelson

Maxwell Moldovan (a)

Francesco Molinari

Taylor Montgomery

Taylor Moore

Omar Morales (a)

Collin Morikawa

Kyle Mueller

Sebastian Munoz

Ryutaro Nagano

Joaquin Niemann

Wilco Nienaber

Alex Noren

Vincent Norrman

David Nyfjall

Carlos Ortiz

Matthieu Pavon

Taylor Pendrith

Mito Pereira

Corey Pereira

Victor Perez

Thomas Pieters

J.T. Poston

Aldrich Potgieter (a)

Seamus Power

David Puig

Andrew Putnam

Jon Rahm

Patrick Reed

Patrick Rodgers

Justin Rose

Gordon Sargent (a)

Alex Schaake

Xander Schauffele

Scottie Scheffler

Adam Schenk

Jesse Schutte

Adam Scott

Isaac Simmons (a)

Roger Sloan

Cameron Smith

Jordan Smith

Jacob Solomon

Jordan Spieth

Scott Stallings

Sam Stevens

Sepp Straka

Kevin Streelman

Justin Suh

Preston Summerhays (a)

Adam Svensson

Andrew Svoboda

Nick Taylor

Sahith Theegala

Justin Thomas

Davis Thompson

Michael Thorbjornsen (a)

Austen Truslow

Brendan Valdes (a)

Karl Vilips (a)

Aaron Wise

Gary Woodland

Dylan Wu

Alexander Yang (a)

Cameron Young

Carson Young

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2023 U.S. Open: Who qualified – and some notables who didn’t – for Los Angeles Country Club

Here’s a closer look at those who got through as well as some notable names who fell short.

Monday was a day for dreams to either come true or be dashed as hundreds of golfers descended on 10 final qualifying sites during “Golf’s Longest Day.”

The goal: Los Angeles Country Club, site of the 123rd U.S. Open.

The 10 qualifiers required golfers to navigate 36-hole marathons, with each offering fewer than a handful of advancing spots. Many of the golfers in these final qualifiers had already first toughed it out through an 18-hole local qualifying site.

This last phase Monday included past major champions, a slew of LIV golfers and dozens of amateurs, all hoping to punch their tickets to the third men’s major of the year, June 15-18, near Hollywood.

First, some quick hits:

  • Nick Hardy had the round of the day with a 61 on his second 18 at Springfield Country Club in Springfield, Ohio. Preston Summerhays and Samuel Stevens each shot a 62 at their qualifiers.
  • Five of the 10 locations needed a playoff to settle things.
  • Thirteen amateurs made it through. Five of those ams won or tied for the top spot in their respective qualifiers.

Here’s a closer look at those who got through as well as some notable names who fell short.

USGA accepts record number of entries for 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club

As of April 13, there are 52 golfers fully exempt into the 156-player field. 

Eric Spencer, a 51-year-old amateur from Bloomfield, Michigan, submitted his entry only 15 seconds before the deadline. Benjamin Knott, a 32-year-old amateur from Boston, Massachusetts, was the first entrant on Feb. 22.

All in all, 10,187 golfers have entered to compete in the 2023 U.S. Open, coming June 15-18 at Los Angeles Country Club’s North Course. That’s the highest number of entries in history and only the second time more than 10,000 people have entered, including 2014 at Pinehurst No. 2.

The USGA accepted entries from golfers in all 50 states, including 1,282 from California, as well as Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia and 87 foreign countries.

“The U.S. Open is unique in major championship golf in that the qualifying process provides thousands of professional and amateur golfers with diverse backgrounds from around the world the opportunity to follow their dream and earn a place in the field,” John Bodenhamer, the USGA Chief Championships Officer, said in a release. “We look forward to returning to Los Angeles for the first time in 75 years, welcoming the 156 players to the championship and showcasing The Los Angeles Country Club.”

It’s the first time Los Angeles Country Club has hosted the U.S. Open and the first time since 1948 that the U.S. Open has been contested in Los Angeles.

Eleven past champions are fully exempt into the field, including 2022 winner Matt Fitzpatrick, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.

Local qualifying, conducted over 18 holes at 109 sites in 44 states and Canada, will take place between April 17-May 22. Players who advance out of local qualifying will join a group of locally exempt players in final qualifying, which will be conducted over 36 holes at 10 sites in the United States and three international sites. Final qualifying returns to England for the first time since 2019 on May 16, while two qualifiers are set for May 22, one in Texas and one in Japan, and 10 are scheduled on Monday, June 5: two in Ohio and one each in California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Washington and Canada.

Four U.S. Open champions – Geoff Ogilvy (2006), Lucas Glover (2009), Graeme McDowell (2010) and Webb Simpson (2012) – are registered for the 123rd championship and are exempt into final qualifying. McDowell is scheduled to play in Dallas on May 22, while Ogilvy, Glover and Simpson will attempt to qualify on June 5; Ogilvy and Glover in Columbus, Ohio, and Simpson in Toronto, Canada.

To be eligible, players must have a Handicap Index not exceeding 1.4, or be a professional.

The number of fully exempt players will increase with the inclusion of the top-60 point leaders and ties from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of May 22 and June 12. The winner of the PGA Championship (May 18-21) and any multiple winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship will also earn exemptions. Also, the top-five players in the 2022-23 FedEx Cup Standings as of May 22 who are not otherwise exempt, will secure a place in the field.

As of April 13, there are 52 golfers fully exempt into the 156-player field.

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Spotted: Tiger Woods visits Los Angeles Country Club (North), site of the 2023 U.S. Open, and 4 other things we learned

Woods will make his PGA Tour return later this week at his Genesis Invitational.

LOS ANGELES — I was taking a tour of Los Angeles Country Club (North), site of the 123rd U.S. Open and T-13 in Golfweek’s Best Classic Courses, when three-time U.S. Open champion Tiger Woods rolled on to the first tee.

The member, who was kind enough to show me around, actually asked me, “Who is that?” and when I broke the news that it was the 15-time major winner in the flesh and blood looking fit as a fiddle, he responded, “Are you kidding? Holy … ”

Woods, who announced on Friday that he was ready to play in an actual PGA Tour event at this week’s Genesis Invitational, was there with his right-hand man Rob McNamara. I was tempted to whip out my phone and take a photo but I’m pretty sure I would have been summarily escorted off the property. But I witnessed Tiger being given a U.S. Open yardage book and some helpful tips from a club official and then he hopped in a golf cart to tour the course, which sits in Beverly Hills. Tiger didn’t have any clubs on his cart, but he stopped to watch Hero Motors CEO Dr. Pawan Munjal, who sponsors Tiger’s silly-season event in the Bahamas, tee off at the first.

Woods, who won the 2000, 2002 and 2008 U.S. Opens, skipped last year’s national championship at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, to concentrate on playing in the British Open at St. Andrews. It appears he’s prepping for a pursuit of a fourth U.S. Open title in June.

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Here are four more things I learned about the U.S. Open in June at LACC.