2023 U.S. Open field: Here’s who’s playing at Los Angeles Country Club

La-La Land is the center of the golf universe this week as the top golfers in the world compete in the 123rd U.S. Open. Here’s everything you need to know about the 156 golfers teeing it up at Los Angeles Country Club.

2023 U.S. Open preview

The golf world was turned on its head last week with the shocking PGA Tour-LIV Golf news, but as players head out west, the focus is (mostly) on the golf.

Defending champion Matthew Fitzpatrick arrives at LACC looking to become the eighth man to win back-to-back U.S. Open titles after his electric victory at Brookline last summer. To do so, he’ll have to fend off a field of fierce competition.

Brooks Koepka, coming off his PGA Championship victory last month, is seeking his sixth major title as he heads to Hollywood with his game as sharp as it’s been in years. If he can hoist the trophy, he’ll become the seventh man to win at least three U.S. Open titles.

Jon Rahm and Scottie Scheffler, the top two-ranked players in the world, are also in the field as they each look to add to their major totals, while Rory McIlroy looks to break his winless drought in the big ones and claim his fifth major title.

Who earns exemptions to the U.S. Open?

The USGA, who runs the U.S. Open, lists 22 criteria for earning an exemption into the field at LACC. They are as follows.

1. Winners of the last 10 U.S. Opens (2013-2022)
2. Top 10 and ties from 2022 U.S. Open
3. Winner of 2022 U.S. Senior Open
4. Winner of 2022 U.S. Amateur
5. Winners of 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur, and U.S. Amateur runner-up
6. Winners of the Masters from 2019-2023
7. Winners of the PGA Championship from 2018-2023
8. Winners of The Open from 2017-2022
9. Winners of the Players Championship in 2022 and 2023
10. Winner of the 2022 BMW Championship
11. Those qualifying and eligible for the 2022 Tour Championship
12. Winners of multiple full-point PGA Tour events from the 2022 U.S. Open to the 2023 U.S. Open
13. Winner of the 2022 Amateur staged by the R&A
14. Winner of 2022 Mark McCormack medal for being No. 1-ranked amateur
15. Winner of 2020 Olympic Gold Medal
16. Top 10 in four-event U.S. Open European Qualifying Series that are otherwise not exempt
17. Top finisher from the 2021-2022 Asian Tour Order of Merit
18. Top finisher from the 2021-2022 Australasia Tour Order of Merit
19. Top finisher from the 2021-2022 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
20. Top 60 of the OWGR as of May 23
21. Top 60 of OWGR as of June 6
22. Special exemptions as selected by the USGA

2023 U.S. Open field

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

Benn 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

J.J Grey

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

Si Woo Kim

Tom Kim

Chris Kirk

Kurt Kitayama

Brooks Koepka

Matt Kuchar

Romain Langasque

Thriston Lawrence

Hank Lebioda

K.H. Lee

Min Woo Lee

Luke List

Shane Lowry

Hideki Matsuyama

Denny McCarthy

Matthew McClean (a)

Rory McIlroy

Mac Meissner

Adrian Meronk

Phil Mickelson

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

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

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