Local Qualifying sites for the 2022 U.S. Open and U.S. Women's Open have been released.
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It might be Groundhog Day, but an announcement from the USGA Wednesday morning immediately turned February 2nd into the most optimistic day on the golf schedule. That’s right, dreamers: U.S. Open qualifying is here! That means you can take the next step in your dream of making it to the U.S. Open (at The Country Club, June 16-19) or the U.S. Women’s Open (at Pine Needles, June 2-5).
On the men’s side, 18-hole local qualifiers will take place from April 25th through May 17th, while 36-hole Final Qualifying will happen May 23rd and June 6th. Any player with a handicap index of 1.4 or better can enter; the number of prospective qualifiers regularly approaches 10,000, with an all-time record of 10,127 for the 2014 U.S. Open at Pinehurst.
About half the field at a typical U.S. Open comes from open qualifying, though many of those qualifiers are exempt through the local stage. In 2019, more than 9,000 golfers signed up to try to play the championship at Pebble Beach, and 17 players who started at locals made it into the 156-player field, according to an email from the USGA. Of those 17, four players made the 36-hole cut. Ken Venturi (1964) and Orville Moody (1969) are the only golfers to win the U.S. Open after qualifying through both local and final play.
To be eligible for qualifying, a player must have a handicap index of 1.4 or below or be a professional. Online player registration for the 2022 U.S. Open will begin the week of February 21 at champs.usga.org. Entries close April 13th.
On the women’s side, 36-hole qualifiers will be held at 22 U.S. courses between April 26 and May 13.
A record 1,873 women attempted to qualify for the 2015 U.S. Women’s Open at Lancaster Country Club. Since open qualifying began in 1976, two qualifiers have gone on to win the championship: Hilary Lunke in 2003 at Pumpkin Ridge and Birdie Kim in 2005 at Cherry Hills.
To be eligible, a player must have a handicap index of 2.4 or below or be a professional. Online entry applications open on Feb. 17 and continues through April 14 at champs.usga.org. Entries close April 6th.
You can see the entire list of men’s and women’s qualifying sites below:
U.S. Open Local Qualifying Sites
4/25 — Coral Ridge Country Club, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
4/25 — Marietta Country Club, Kennesaw, Ga.
4/25 — Fox Den Country Club, Knoxville, Tenn.
4/25 — Gold Mountain Golf Club, Bremerton, Wash.
4/26 — The Dunes at Maui Lani, Kahului, Hawaii
4/26 — Casablanca Golf Club, Mesquite, Nev.
4/26 — New Mexico State University G.C., Las Cruces, N.M.
4/26 — Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club, Oklahoma City, Okla.
4/27 — Tangle Ridge Golf Club, Grand Prairie, Texas
4/28 — Columbia Country Club, Columbia, S.C.
4/28 — Jackson Country Club, Jackson, Tenn.
5/2 — Brentwood Country Club, Los Angeles, Calif.
5/2 — Peach Tree Golf & Country Club, Marysville, Calif.
5/2 — Indian Ridge Country Club, Palm Desert, Calif.
5/2 — Fountaingrove Golf & Athletic Club, Santa Rosa, Calif.
5/2 — Wee Burn Country Club, Darien, Conn.
5/2 — Pine Tree Golf Club, Boynton Beach, Fla.
5/2 — Lexington Country Club, Fort Myers, Fla.
5/2 — Sara Bay Country Club, Sarasota, Fla.
5/2 — Hoakalei Country Club, Ewa Beach, Hawaii
5/2 — Bayou DeSiard Country Club, Monroe, La.
5/2 — Foxborough Country Club, Foxborough, Mass.
5/2 — Muskegon Country Club, Muskegon, Mich.
5/2 — Windsong Farm Golf Club, Independence, Mo.
5/2 — Scioto Reserve Country Club, Powell, Ohio
5/2 — Oregon Golf Club, West Linn, Ore.
5/2 — Country Club of Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, S.D.
5/2 — The Club at Comanche Trace, Kerrville, Texas
Dylan Dethier is a senior writer for GOLF Magazine/GOLF.com. The Williamstown, Mass. native joined GOLF in 2017 after two years scuffling on the mini-tours. Dethier is a graduate of Williams College, where he majored in English, and he’s the author of 18 in America, which details the year he spent as an 18-year-old living from his car and playing a round of golf in every state.
