2016 U.S. Open (golf)

2016 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates	June 16–19, 2016
Location	Oakmont, Pennsylvania
Course(s)	Oakmont Country Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,530 yards (6,885 m)
Field	156 players
«2015 2017»

Oakmont

Location in the United States

Oakmont

Location in Pennsylvania

The 2016 United States Open Championship will be the 116th U.S. Open, scheduled to be played June 16–19 at Oakmont Country Club in Plum, Pennsylvania, a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh.

Venue

This will be the ninth U.S. Open at Oakmont and its twelfth major championship.

Course layout

Main article: Oakmont Country Club

**Oakmont Country Club**
Tee	Rating/Slope	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Green	77.5 / 147	482	340	428	609	382	194	479	288	477	3679	462	379	667	183	358	499	231	313	484	3576	7255
U.S. Open	-- / --	482	341	428	609	382	194	479	288	477	3680	435	379	667	183	358	500	231	313	484	3550	7230
Par	U.S. Open	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	35	4	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	4	35	70

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

7,230 yards (6,611 m), par 70 - 2007 U.S. Open
6,946 yards (6,351 m), par 71 - 1994 U.S. Open
6,972 yards (6,375 m), par 71 - 1983 U.S. Open
6,989 yards (6,391 m), par 71 - 1978 PGA Championship
6,921 yards (6,329 m), par 71 - 1973 U.S. Open
6,894 yards (6,304 m), par 71 - 1962 U.S. Open

6,916 yards (6,324 m), par 72 - 1953 U.S. Open
6,882 yards (6,293 m), par 72 - 1951 PGA Championship
6,981 yards (6,383 m), par 72 - 1935 U.S. Open
6,965 yards (6,369 m), par 72 - 1927 U.S. Open
6,707 yards (6,133 m), par 74 - 1922 PGA Championship

Field

About half the field will consist of players who are exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open. Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, and other categories are shown in parentheses. Dates when a qualifying category will be completely determined are indicated in italics.^[1]

1. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship during the last ten years

Ángel Cabrera, Lucas Glover, Martin Kaymer (7,8), Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy (6,7,11,12), Geoff Ogilvy, Justin Rose (12), Webb Simpson, Jordan Spieth (5,11,12), Tiger Woods

2. Winner and runner-up of the 2015 U.S. Amateur Championship

Derek Bard (a)

Bryson DeChambeau forfeited his exemption by turning professional in April 2016.

3. Winner of the 2015 Amateur Championship

Romain Langasque forfeited his exemption by turning professional in April 2016.

4. Winner of the 2015 Mark H. McCormack Medal (men's World Amateur Golf Ranking)

Jon Rahm (a)

5. Winners of the Masters Tournament during the last five years

Adam Scott (11), Bubba Watson (12), Danny Willett

6. Winners of The Open Championship during the last five years

Darren Clarke, Ernie Els, Zach Johnson (12), Phil Mickelson

7. Winners of the PGA Championship during the last five years

Keegan Bradley, Jason Day (11,12), Jason Dufner

8. Winners of The Players Championship during the last three years

Rickie Fowler (12), May 15

9. Winner of the 2016 European Tour BMW PGA Championship

May 29

10. Winner of the 2015 U.S. Senior Open Championship

Jeff Maggert

11. The 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place at the 2015 U.S. Open Championship

Branden Grace, Dustin Johnson (12), Shane Lowry, Louis Oosthuizen (12), Charl Schwartzel, Cameron Smith, Brandt Snedeker (12)

12. Players who qualified for the season-ending 2015 Tour Championship

Daniel Berger, Steven Bowditch, Paul Casey, Harris English, Jim Furyk, Bill Haas, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Kevin Kisner, Brooks Koepka, Matt Kuchar, Danny Lee, Hideki Matsuyama, Kevin Na, Scott Piercy, Patrick Reed, Henrik Stenson, Robert Streb, Jimmy Walker

Bae Sang-moon was unable to compete due to a military obligation in South Korea.

13. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of May 23, 2016 in the Official World Golf Ranking

14. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 13, 2016 in the Official World Golf Ranking

15. Special exemptions given by the USGA

The remaining contestants earned their places through sectional qualifiers.

Japan: May 23
Europe: May 30
United States: June 6

(a) denotes amateur

Past champions expected in the field

Player	Country	Year(s) won
Jordan Spieth	United States	2015
Martin Kaymer	Germany	2014
Justin Rose	England	2013
Webb Simpson	United States	2012
Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	2011
Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	2010
Lucas Glover	United States	2009
Tiger Woods	United States	2000, 2002, 2008
Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	2007
Geoff Ogilvy	Australia	2006
Jim Furyk	United States	2003
Ernie Els	South Africa	1994, 1997

References

↑ "116th U.S. Open Championship" (PDF). United States Golf Association. Retrieved March 14, 2016.

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U.S. Opens	2015 2016

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Other events	U.S. Amateur Four-Ball United States Senior Open U.S. Junior Amateur Golf Championship Franklin Templeton Shootout U.S. Women's Amateur Championship U.S. Amateur Championship

Coordinates: 40°31′34″N 79°49′37″W / 40.526°N 79.827°W / 40.526; -79.827

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