The 2023 US Open takes place at a venue hosting a Major for the first time. Los Angeles Country Club is one of the most prestigious venues in the US and, after 126 years, it finally has a tournament to match that status.
As ever, the field for the US Open includes both amateurs and professionals, all hoping to write their name into the history books with victory.
In 2022, Matt Fitzpatrick closed out a memorable win, which included an incredible bunker shot on the 72nd hole, as he edged out Will Zalatoris to leave the Englishman celebrating with his family. He will be back this year hoping to replicate that success.
Matt Fitzpatrick played the bunker shot of his life on the 72nd hole of the 2022 US Open
Both Majors in 2023 to date have produced stories of underdogs defying the odds to succeed. The most recent, the PGA Championship at Oak Hill, saw club pro Michael Block finish tied for 15th. Before that, though, amateur Sam Bennett performed heroics at The Masters to tie for 16th. He qualifies courtesy of his status as US Amateur champion, although Block narrowly missed out in final qualifying.
Could the scene be set for another lesser-known player to emerge as a fan favourite at the US Open? Time will tell, but until then, familiar faces will be the most fancied. Jon Rahm claimed his second Major win in The Masters, and few would bet against him claiming a third. After all, his other Major title came in this tournament in 2021 at Torrey Pines.
Jon Rahm won his maiden Major title in the 2021 tournament
LIV Golf player Brooks Koepka finished tied for second with Phil Mickelson at Augusta National and both players will have designs on victory here. Koepka put that near miss behind him to win the PGA Championship and he will surely be one of the favourites to claim his sixth Major title, particularly as a two-time US Open winner.
As for Mickelson, he has finished runner-up in the US Open on no fewer than six occasions. A win this week would complete a career Grand Slam, an achievement Lefty has previously claimed would see him retire from the game.
There is intrigue elsewhere too. For example, former teen star Ryo Ishikawa went through qualifying to get here, and fans will be eager to see if he can recreate his heroics of 2010, when he was tied for second after Friday’s round before eventually finishing tied for 33rd.
On the subject of qualifiers, Sergio Garcia had to get here the hard way, too, but he duly reached his 24th consecutive US Open after shooting a nine under in Texas days before his LIV Golf commitments in Washington DC.
As well as Fitzpatrick, Rahm and Koepka, there are plenty of other former US Open winners in the field, including Bryson DeChambeau, who won in 2020, Gary Woodland, who claimed victory the year before him. Rory McIlroy, who won the tournament in 2011, also gets his penultimate chance of 2023 to end his nine-year Major drought.
Elsewhere, 2012 winner Webb Simpson, 2013 winner Justin Rose, Martin Kaymer, who won nine years ago, 2015 victor Jordan Spieth and 2016 champion Dustin Johnson, also play. Another former winner, Graeme McDowell, misses out though. The 2010 victor agonisingly failed to qualify, finishing one shot shy of forcing a playoff in qualifying.
Another former champion who won't be playing is Tiger Woods, who withdrew from the tournament as he continues to recover from ankle surgery.
Below is the field so far for the 2023 US Open.
US Open Field 2023
- Bastien Amat (a)
- Abraham Ancer
- Ryan Armour
- Paul Barjon
- Sam Bennett
- Keegan Bradley
- Michael Brennan (a)
- Barclay Brown (a)
- Olin Browne Jr
- Hayden Buckley
- Sam Burns
- Patrick Cantlay
- Frankie Capan
- Ben Carr (a)
- Christian Cavaliere (a)
- Gunn Charoenkul
- Stewart Cink
- Wyndham Clark
- Eric Cole
- Corey Conners
- Patrick Cover
- 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
- JJ Grey
- Emiliano Grillo
- Jordan Gumberg
- Adam Hadwin
- Paul Haley II
- Nick Hardy
- Brian Harman
- Padraig Harrington
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Russell Henley
- Barry Henson
- Lucas Herbert
- Charley Hoffman
- Tom Hoge
- Max Homa
- Billy Horschel
- David Horsey
- Viktor Hovland
- Mackenzie Hughes
- Sungjai 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
- Pablo Lazzarabal
- Thriston Lawrence
- Hank Lebioda
- KH Lee
- Min Woo Lee
- Luke List
- Shane Lowry
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Denny McCarthy
- Matthew McClean (a)
- Rory McIlroy
- Mac Meissner
- Adrian Meronk
- Phil Mickelson
- Keith Mitchell
- Maxwell Moldovan (a)
- Francesco Molinari
- Taylor Montgomery
- Taylor Moore
- Omar Morales (a)
- Collin Morikawa
- Kyle Mueller
- Sebastian Munoz
- Ryutaro Nagano
- Joaquin Neimann
- Wilco Nienaber
- Alex Noren
- Vincent Norrman
- David Nyfjall
- Carlos Ortiz
- Matthieu Pavon
- Taylor Pendrith
- Corey Pereira
- Mito Pereira
- Victor Perez
- Thomas Pieters
- JT 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
Who Is Playing In The 2023 US Open
Many of the world's best are in the field, including champion Matt Fitzpatrick, 2021 winner Jon Rahm and PGA Champion Brooks Koepka. Rory McIlroy, who won the tournament in 2011, also plays. Away from the more familiar names, Sam Bennett, who finished tied for 16th at The Masters, gets another chance to impress in a Major, while former teen star Ryo Ishikawa plays too.
When And Where Is The 2023 US Open?
The 2023 US Open is being played at Los Angeles Country Club, the first time the venue has hosted a Major in the club's 126-year history. The action begins on 15 June, with the fourth round on 18 June.
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