119th U.S. OPEN NOTEBOOK AND STORY IDEAS June 13-16, 2019 Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links mediacenter.usga.org | usopen.com | @usga_pr (media Twitter) | @usopengolf (Twitter and Instagram) | USOPEN (Facebook) | #USOpen iOS and Android mobile app: U.S. Open Golf Championship WHO’S HERE: Among the 156 golfers in the 2019 U.S. Open, there are: U.S. Open champions (12): Ernie Els (1994, ’97), Jim Furyk (2003), Lucas Glover (2009), Dustin Johnson (2016), Martin Kaymer (2014), Brooks Koepka (2017, ’18), Graeme McDowell (2010), Rory McIlroy (2011), Justin Rose (2013), Webb Simpson (2012), Jordan Spieth (2015) and Tiger Woods (2000, ’02, ’08). U.S. Open runners-up (13): Jason Day (2011, ’13), Ernie Els (2000), Tommy Fleetwood (2018), Rickie Fowler (2014), Jim Furyk (2006, ’07, ’16), Dustin Johnson (2015), Shane Lowry (2016), Hideki Matsuyama (2017), Graeme McDowell (2012), Phil Mickelson (1999, 2002, ’04, ’06, ’09, ’13), Louis Oosthuizen (2015), Scott Piercy (2016) and Tiger Woods (2005, ’07). U.S. Amateur champions (7): Byeong Hun An (2009), Bryson DeChambeau (2015), Matthew Fitzpatrick (2013), Viktor Hovland (2018), Matt Kuchar (1997), Phil Mickelson (1990) and Tiger Woods (1994, ’95, ’96). U.S. Amateur runners-up (3): Devon Bling (2018), Luke List (2004) and Patrick Cantlay (2011). U.S. Junior Amateur champions (4): Jordan Spieth (2009, ’11), Scottie Scheffler (2013), Michael Thorbjornsen (2018) and Tiger Woods (1991, ’92, ’93). U.S. Junior Amateur runners-up (3): Aaron Baddeley (1998), Charles Howell III (1996) and Justin Thomas (2010). U.S. Senior Open champions (1): David Toms (2018). U.S. Senior Open runners-up (0): none. U.S. Mid-Amateur champions (3): Stewart Hagestad (2016), Kevin O’Connell (2018) and Matt Parziale (2017). U.S. Mid-Amateur runners-up (0): none. U.S. Amateur Public Links champions (2): Chez Reavie (2001) and Brandt Snedeker (2003). U.S. Amateur Public Links runners-up (2): Jason Dufner (1998) and Nick Taylor (2009). USGA champions (26): Byeong Hun An (2009 Amateur), Bryson DeChambeau (2015 Amateur), Ernie Els (1994, ’97 Opens), Matthew Fitzpatrick (2013 Amateur), Jim Furyk (2003 Open), Lucas Glover (2009 Open), Stewart Hagestad (2016 Mid-Amateur), Viktor Hovland (2018 Amateur), Dustin Johnson (2016 Open), Martin Kaymer (2014 Open), Brooks Koepka (2017, ’18 Opens), Matt Kuchar (1997 Amateur), Graeme McDowell (2010 Open), Rory McIlroy (2011 Open), Phil Mickelson (1990 Amateur), Kevin O’Connell (2018 Mid-Amateur), Matt Parziale (2017 Mid-Amateur), Chez Reavie (2001 Amateur Public Links), Justin Rose (2013 Open), Scottie Scheffler (2013 Junior Amateur), Webb Simpson (2012 Open), Brandt Snedeker (2003 Amateur Public Links), Jordan Spieth (2009, ’11 Junior Amateurs, 2015 Open), Michael Thorbjornsen (2018 Junior Amateur), David Toms (2018 Senior Open) and Tiger Woods (1991, ’92, ’93 Junior Amateurs, 1994, ’95, ’96 Amateurs, 2000, ’02, ’08 Opens). Walker Cup Team Members: United States (19): Patrick Cantlay (2011), Bryson DeChambeau (2015), Harris English (2011), Rickie Fowler (2007, ’09), Lucas Glover (2001), Stewart Hagestad (2017), J.B. Holmes (2005), Billy Horschel (2007), Billy Hurley III (2005), Dustin Johnson (2007), Matt Kuchar (1999), Phil Mickelson (1989, ’91), Collin Morikawa (2017), Scottie Scheffler (2017), Webb Simpson (2007), Jordan Spieth (2011), Kyle Stanley (2007), Justin Thomas (2013) and Tiger Woods (1995). Great Britain & Ireland (8): Paul Casey (1999), Luke Donald (1999, 2001), Matthew Fitzpatrick (2013), Tommy Fleetwood (2009), Graeme McDowell (2001), Rory McIlroy (2007), Justin Rose (1997) and Danny Willett (2007). NCAA Division I champions (7): Bryson DeChambeau (2015), Luke Donald (1999), Charles Howell III (2000), Phil Mickelson (1989, ’90, ’92), Thomas Pieters (2012), Aaron Wise (2016) and Tiger Woods (1996). TOTAL U.S. OPENS WON BY 2019 CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD (16): Ernie Els (2), Jim Furyk (1), Lucas Glover (1), Dustin Johnson (1), Martin Kaymer (1), Brooks Koepka (2), Graeme McDowell (1), Rory McIlroy (1), Justin Rose (1), Webb Simpson (1), Jordan Spieth (1) and Tiger Woods (3). PLAYERS IN FIELD WITH MOST U.S. OPEN APPEARANCES (2018 included): Phil Mickelson (27), Ernie Els (26), Jim Furyk (24), Tiger Woods (20), Sergio Garcia (19), David Toms (19), Adam Scott (17), Matt Kuchar (16), Paul Casey (15) and Zach Johnson (15). ACTIVE CONSECUTIVE U.S. OPEN APPEARANCES (2018 included): Ernie Els (26), Jim Furyk (23), Sergio Garcia (19), Adam Scott (17), Zach Johnson (15), Dustin Johnson (11), Martin Kaymer (11) and Matt Kuchar (11). CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD – The USGA accepted 9,125 entries, the sixth-highest total in U.S. Open history. The record of 10,127 entries was set in 2014. More than 9,000 U.S. Open entries were received for the eighth consecutive year and the 11th time overall. The USGA accepted entries for the 2019 U.S. Open from golfers in all 50 states, including 1,286 from California, as well as the District of Columbia and 77 foreign countries. The 156-player field includes 78 fully exempt golfers, 12 of whom are past champions. Local qualifying over 18 holes was held at 110 sites between April 29-May 13. Sectional qualifying, played over 36 holes, was conducted at eight U.S. sites in the states of California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New York, Ohio and Washington on June 3, and one site in Texas on May 20. For the 15th consecutive year, Japan and England hosted international sectional qualifying, held on May 27 and June 3, respectively. A sectional qualifier was contested for the first time in Canada on June 3. History of U.S. Open Championship Entries Year Number Host Site 2014 10,127 Pinehurst Resort & Country Club (Course No. 2), Village of Pinehurst, N.C. 2015 9,882 Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash. 2016 9,877 Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club 2013 9,860 Merion Golf Club, Ardmore, Pa. 2017 9,485 Erin Hills, Erin, Wis. 2019 9,125 Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links 2009 9,086 Bethpage State Park (Black Course), Farmingdale, N.Y. 2010 9,052 Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links 2018 9,049 Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, N.Y. 2005 9,048 Pinehurst Resort & Country Club (Course No. 2), Village of Pinehurst, N.C. 2012 9,006 The Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco, Calif. AMATEURS – Sixteen amateurs have made the 156-player field, the seventh consecutive year that 10 or more amateurs are competing. Viktor Hovland, the 2018 U.S. Amateur champion, and Jovan Rebula, who won the 2018 Amateur Championship, conducted by The R&A, are in this group. Hovland, of Norway, defeated Devon Bling, 6 and 5, in last year’s U.S. Amateur final at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Hovland, the first Norwegian to win the U.S. Amateur and the second to win a USGA championship, tied the record for fewest holes (104) needed to capture the Havemeyer Trophy, since the present championship format was adopted in 1979. Hovland, who just completed his junior year at Oklahoma State University, received the Ben Hogan Award as the top collegiate golfer. He was chosen Big 12 Conference Player of the Year and was the runner-up in the Big 12 Championship and NCAA Louisville Regional. Hovland tied for 32nd in this year’s Masters to earn low amateur. Rebula, of South Africa, won The Amateur Championship, a 3-and-2 victory over Robin Dawson at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club. He became the first South African since Bobby Cole in 1966 to win the title. Rebula, a junior at Auburn University and the nephew of two-time U.S. Open champion Ernie Els, was the fifth Tiger to capture the Southeastern Conference individual title when he won in a four-hole playoff this spring. Rebula, who recorded five top-10 finishes, earned first-team All-Southeast Region and All-SEC honors. Matt Parziale, of Brockton, Mass., and Luis Gagne, of Costa Rica, shared low amateur in last year’s U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club when they tied for 48th. Parziale, the 2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion, qualified through the Purchase, N.Y., sectional. He is competing in his 14th USGA championship. Gagne, a senior on the Louisiana State University team who qualified in the Bowling Green, Fla., sectional, advanced to the Round of 32 in last year’s U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach. He earned All-Southeastern Conference recognition for the third consecutive year in 2018-19 and tied for 10th in the NCAA Stanford Regional. He also finished second in the 2019 Latin America Amateur. Stewart Hagestad, Michael Thorbjornsen and Kevin O’Connell have won USGA championships. Hagestad, who was a member of the victorious 2017 USA Walker Cup Team, claimed the 2016 U.S. Mid- Amateur. Thorbjornsen edged Akshay Bhatia, 1 up, in last year’s U.S. Junior Amateur final at Baltusrol Golf Club, in Springfield, N.J. Kevin O’Connell defeated Brett Boner, 4 and 3, to win the 2018 U.S. Mid- Amateur at Charlotte (N.C.) Country Club. Bling, of Ridgecrest, Calif., and Daniel Hillier, of New Zealand, were prominent in last year’s U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach. Bling, the runner-up to Viktor Hovland, made a dramatic run to the final by winning 1-up matches in both the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds. Hillier was the co-medalist in stroke play and advanced to the Round of 32 in match play. Brandon Wu, who helped Stanford win its ninth NCAA championship and third consecutive Pac-12 Conference title in 2019, leads a group of seven collegiate golfers. Chun An Yu, a junior at Arizona State, and Austin Eckroat, a sophomore at Oklahoma State, finished third and tied for eighth at NCAAs, respectively. Others are Chandler Eaton (Duke), Noah Norton (Georgia Tech), Spencer Tibbits (Oregon State) and Cameron Young (Wake Forest). Note: There have been at least 10 amateurs in 12 of the past 13 U.S.