What's In The Bag Database & Tour Stats
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What's In The Bag Database & Tour StatsPreview — the 2027 field is not yet set (T-275 days). The USGA has not yet published the 2027 entry window, qualifying sites or purse. Only players already secured by completed 2026 results are listed: past champions, the 2026 U.S. Open top-10, recent major and Players winners, the 2026 Tour Championship 30, this year's amateur champions and the LIV 2026 top 3. OWGR, FedEx Cup, Race to Dubai, Korn Ferry Tour and all qualifying spots fill from autumn 2026 through June 2027.
The U.S. Open is conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA) and is famous for its ruthless setup — narrow fairways, deep rough, and lightning-fast greens. The 127th edition returns to Pebble Beach Golf Links on the Monterey Peninsula for a seventh time — more than any course has hosted since 1972 — where Nicklaus, Watson, Kite, Woods, McDowell and Woodland have all lifted the trophy above Carmel Bay. Wyndham Clark arrives as defending champion after a wire-to-wire win at Shinnecock Hills, his second U.S. Open in four years. About half the 156-player field will come through Local and Final Qualifying — the largest open qualifier in major championship golf — with the rest earning exemptions through the majors, the world ranking and tour performance.
The last five winners of this championship — chronological, newest first. The most recent name returns as defending champion.
A live timeline of every qualifying event feeding the championship. Completed events show their winners; upcoming events show their dates and stakes.
2026 U.S. Open — Shinnecock Hills
Wyndham Clark won wire-to-wire at -4 (276), one clear of Sam Burns — the first wire-to-wire U.S. Open champion since Martin Kaymer in 2014. The top 10 (Clark, Burns, Tom Kim, Keith Mitchell, J.T. Poston, Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Joaquín Niemann, Sam Stevens, Gary Woodland) are exempt for Pebble Beach.
2026 Open Championship — Royal Birkdale
Ryan Fox won at -10, one clear of Cameron Young — his first major. Open champions are exempt for five years.
2026 U.S. Amateur — Merion
Jack Whaley beat Jay Leng Jr. 4 & 3 in the final. Both champion and runner-up earn a 2027 U.S. Open spot (the runner-up must remain an amateur).
2026 Tour Championship — East Lake
Scottie Scheffler won by three over Viktor Hovland for his second FedEx Cup. All 30 East Lake qualifiers are exempt for Pebble Beach.
2026 BMW PGA Championship — Wentworth
The winner of the DP World Tour flagship earns a U.S. Open exemption. Alex Noren defends.
2026 U.S. Mid-Amateur — Sand Valley
The champion earns a place at Pebble Beach (must remain an amateur).
2026 Race to Dubai — final standings
The top two not otherwise exempt from the final 2026 Race to Dubai earn exemptions.
2027 Masters — Augusta National
Winner earns a 5-year U.S. Open exemption. Rory McIlroy goes for three in a row.
Local Qualifying (100+ sites)
18-hole qualifiers at 100+ sites, open to anyone with a Handicap Index of 0.4 or better. The USGA typically announces sites and opens entries in the new year; 2026 had 110 sites and 10,201 entries.
2027 PGA Championship — PGA Frisco
Winner earns a 5-year U.S. Open exemption.
OWGR Top-60 Cutoff #1 + FedEx Cup / Race to Dubai / LIV snapshots
Everyone inside the OWGR top 60 on this date is exempt, along with the top 5 in the FedEx Cup, the Race to Dubai leader and the LIV Golf top 3 (all if not otherwise exempt).
Final Qualifying (36 holes, ~13 sites)
One-day, 36-hole shootouts — recent years have used England, Japan and Dallas in May plus ~10 US/Canada sites on "Golf's Longest Day" in early June. Roughly half the field comes through here.
OWGR Top-60 Cutoff #2 (week of the championship)
Final ranking-based pathway — new entrants inside the top 60 only.
Every confirmed player, grouped by qualifying pathway. Click a player to view their bag.48 / 156
Pebble Beach, California
Opened February 22, 1919, on the Monterey Peninsula — a public-access resort course that has hosted more U.S. Opens than any other venue since 1972. Its cliff-top run from the 4th to the 10th, the tiny par-3 7th, and the par-5 18th curling around Carmel Bay make it the most photographed course in the game. Championship lore is thick here: Nicklaus's 1-iron off the flagstick at 17 in 1972, Watson's chip-in from the rough at the same hole to beat him in 1982, Woods's 15-stroke romp at -12 in 2000 — the largest winning margin in major history — and Gary Woodland's -13 in 2019, three clear of Brooks Koepka. Pebble's greens are among the smallest on the U.S. Open rota, which is why the USGA can set it up at barely 7,100 yards and still get a stern test.
The complete list of qualifying criteria — even those nobody has yet earned. Most players qualify through more than one path.
Winners of the U.S. Open in the previous 10 years receive automatic exemptions. After 10 years the exemption expires unless the player qualifies under another category — Dustin Johnson (2016) drops off the list for 2027.
Players who finished in the top 10 (and ties) at the 2026 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills are exempt. Clark won at -4; Burns (-3) and Tom Kim (-1) were the only others under par.
The reigning U.S. Senior Open champion is invited. Padraig Harrington won his second straight at Scioto Country Club in July 2026, by four.
Jack Whaley beat Jay Leng Jr. 4 & 3 at Merion in August 2026. The champion keeps his U.S. Open place even if he turns professional; the runner-up must remain an amateur.
The 2026 U.S. Junior Amateur champion and the 2026 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion are invited (must remain amateur). Noah Maclauchlan beat Miles Russell 6 & 5 at Saucon Valley in July; the Mid-Amateur is played at Sand Valley, September 26 – October 1, 2026.
Winners of the Masters from the last five years are exempt. Rory McIlroy went back-to-back in April 2026. The 2027 winner (April 8-11) will be added.
Winners of the PGA Championship from the last five years are exempt. The 2027 winner (PGA Frisco, May 13-16) will be added.
Winners of The Open Championship from the last five years are exempt. Ryan Fox joined the list at Royal Birkdale in July 2026; Collin Morikawa (2021) drops off.
The most recent three winners of THE PLAYERS Championship are exempt. Cameron Young won in March 2026 by one over Matt Fitzpatrick. The 2027 winner will be added.
The reigning DP World Tour BMW PGA Championship winner is invited. Wentworth is September 17-20, 2026 — Alex Noren defends.
All 30 players who qualified for the 2026 Tour Championship at East Lake are exempt. Scottie Scheffler finished No. 1 in the standings for a fifth straight year and then won the event by three over Viktor Hovland for his second FedEx Cup. Ryan Fox took the 30th spot by about 65 points over Kurt Kitayama.
Players with multiple wins in full-points PGA Tour events between the 2026 and 2027 U.S. Opens earn exemptions. So far only Scottie Scheffler (FedEx St. Jude + Tour Championship) has won twice since Shinnecock, and he is exempt several times over. Single winners so far — Viktor Hovland, Chris Gotterup, Tom Kim, Jackson Koivun, Michael Thorbjornsen, Michael Brennan, Wyndham Clark — need one more. List grows through June 2027.
Top 5 players on the 2027 FedEx Cup standings as of May 17 (not otherwise exempt) earn exemptions. Decided May 2027.
Players ranked in the top 60 of the Official World Golf Ranking as of May 17, 2027 earn exemptions. List finalized that date.
Players newly ranked in the top 60 the week of the championship earn exemptions — the final ranking-based pathway.
The Korn Ferry Tour Points List leader from the 2026 season is invited. Decided at the end of the Korn Ferry Tour season in October 2026.
The top two non-exempt players from the final 2026 DP World Tour Race to Dubai are invited. Decided at the DP World Tour Championship in November 2026.
The 2027 Race to Dubai leader on May 17, if not otherwise exempt, is invited.
The reigning Amateur Championship (R&A) winner is invited (must remain amateur). Stuart Grehan of Ireland beat Matt Moloney by one hole in the 36-hole final at Royal Liverpool in June 2026.
The top-ranked amateur on the World Amateur Golf Ranking earns an exemption. Preston Stout of Oklahoma State, the 2026 NCAA individual champion, was awarded the 2026 medal in August — it carries places at Pebble Beach and the 155th Open at St Andrews.
The reigning NCAA D1 men's individual champion is invited (must remain amateur). Decided late May / early June 2027.
The reigning Latin America Amateur champion is invited. The 2027 LAAC is played in January 2027; Mateo Pulcini (2026 winner) defends.
The top 3 in the final 2026 LIV Golf Individual Standings and the top 3 of the 2027 standings as of May 17 earn exemptions if not otherwise exempt. Jon Rahm won his third straight individual title in 2026 ahead of Bryson DeChambeau and Joaquín Niemann — all three already exempt through other categories.
A small number of special exemptions awarded at the discretion of the USGA Executive Committee, typically announced in spring. None granted in 2026. Tiger Woods — who won at Pebble Beach by 15 in 2000 — no longer holds an exemption of his own.
About half the 156-player field comes through open qualifying — Local Qualifying (18 holes, 100+ sites, spring 2027) and Final Qualifying (36 holes, roughly 13 sites across the US, Canada, England and Japan in May and June 2027, ending with "Golf's Longest Day"). Anyone with a Handicap Index of 0.4 or better can enter; the USGA typically opens entries and announces sites in the new year. 2026 drew 10,201 entries.
The U.S. Open 2027 will be broadcast across NBC, USA Network and Peacock in the United States under NBCUniversal's USGA media-rights deal, extended in August 2025 through 2032. The new 2027 elements add two hours of Thursday and Friday primetime on NBC — and with Pebble Beach on the West Coast, NBC's share grows to about 33 of the 48 total hours. International coverage on Sky Sports (UK & Ireland) and regional partners.
Pacific-time venue: West Coast U.S. Opens finish in East Coast primetime.
Specific air times are TBC — typically announced ~2 weeks before tournament week.
2027 partner line-ups TBC — listed per recent editions.
Peacock streams are geo-restricted to the US — see VPN section below.
A VPN unlocks every US-only stream — including the free official coverage.
The 127th U.S. Open will be held June 17-20, 2027 at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California, with practice rounds from Monday June 14. It is the seventh U.S. Open at Pebble Beach — the most of any course since 1972.
Wyndham Clark won the 2026 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills wire-to-wire, opening with a course-record 64 and finishing at 4-under 276, one clear of Sam Burns. It was his second U.S. Open after Los Angeles Country Club in 2023, and the first wire-to-wire win since Martin Kaymer in 2014. He returns to Pebble Beach — where he won the 2024 AT&T Pro-Am — as defending champion.
The field is not yet set. Players already secured include defending champion Wyndham Clark, past champions Bryson DeChambeau, J.J. Spaun, Jon Rahm, Matt Fitzpatrick, Gary Woodland and Brooks Koepka, recent major winners Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Aaron Rai and Ryan Fox, the 2026 U.S. Open top 10 and all 30 players from the 2026 Tour Championship. The rest of the 156 fill via the OWGR top 60, FedEx Cup, Race to Dubai and open qualifying through June 2027.
Roughly half the 156-player field comes through open qualifying. Local Qualifying (18 holes) is played at 100+ sites in spring — anyone with a Handicap Index of 0.4 or better can enter. Top finishers advance to Final Qualifying (36 holes in one day) at roughly 13 sites in the US, Canada, England and Japan in May and June, ending with "Golf's Longest Day". The other half earn exemptions through majors, ranking and tour performance. The USGA has not yet announced 2027 entry dates or sites.
2027 will be the seventh. Jack Nicklaus won in 1972, Tom Watson chipped in at 17 to beat him in 1982, Tom Kite survived the wind in 1992, Tiger Woods won by a record 15 shots in 2000, Graeme McDowell won in 2010 and Gary Woodland held off Brooks Koepka at -13 in 2019. Pebble has also hosted the 1977 PGA Championship, the 2023 U.S. Women's Open and five U.S. Amateurs.
Opened in 1919 to a Jack Neville and Douglas Grant design, Pebble Beach is a public-access resort course on the Monterey Peninsula whose cliff-top stretch along Carmel Bay — the 4th through 10th, the par-3 7th and the closing par-5 18th — is the most photographed in golf. Its tiny greens let the USGA set it up at barely 7,100 yards (par 71, 7,075 yards in 2019) and still produce a stern test; wind off the Pacific does the rest.
In the US, NBC, USA Network and Peacock split the broadcast under NBCUniversal's rights deal, extended in 2025 through 2032. 2027 is the first year of the expanded package: two hours of Thursday and Friday primetime on NBC and around 33 NBC hours for a West Coast venue, with Peacock simulstreaming everything plus exclusive early windows. In the UK and Ireland, Sky Sports Golf carries all four rounds. Specific times are TBC.
Not on current form. Woods, who won at Pebble Beach by 15 in 2000, no longer holds an exemption of his own — his last one, a USGA special exemption, was for Pinehurst in 2024, and none was granted for 2026. He would need another special exemption, a qualifying run, or a return to the OWGR top 60. Any USGA special exemptions for 2027 are typically announced in spring.
The USGA traditionally sets up courses to be the hardest test in golf — fairways narrowed to 22-26 yards, rough grown to 4-5 inches, greens running at Stimpmeter speeds of 14+, and pin positions placed close to slopes. Even par or worse routinely wins. In recent years the USGA has softened the most extreme setups (post-2018 Shinnecock controversy), but the U.S. Open remains the most penalising of the four majors.
