Past US Open champions Ernie Els and Retief Goosen of South Africa, along with New Zealander Michael Campbell, are among the 22 European Tour Members already exempt for the 2007 edition of the championship to be played from June 14-17 at Oakmont Country Club.
The number of fully exempt players, which currently stands at 58, will increase with the inclusion of the top 50 players from the World Golf Rankings, the top 10 money leaders on the PGA Tour and the top two money leaders on The European Tour as of June 3.
Local qualifying at 109 sites will begin on May 2, while Sectional qualifying at 13 sites will be held on June 4, including one at Walton Heath Golf Club in England, where Campbell qualified before winning the tournament in 2005.
Another sectional qualifier will be held on May 28 in Japan. It is the third consecutive year that the USGA has offered two international sectional qualifiers.
THE 58 PLAYERS WHO ARE ALREADY FULLY EXEMPT FOR THE 2007 U.S. OPEN *(Players in Bold Denote European Tour Members)
Steven Ames
Stuart Appleby
Rich Beem
Thomas Bjorn
Chad Campbell
Michael Campbell
Paul Casey
K.J. Choi
Stewart Cink
Ben Curtis
Luke Donald
Allen Doyle
Joe Durant
Johan Edfors
Ernie Els
Niclas Fasth
Kenneth Ferrie
Jim Furyk
Sergio Garcia
Lucas Glover
Retief Goosen
Todd Hamilton
Padraig Harrington
J.J. Henry
David Howell
Ryuji Imada
Trevor Immelman
Lee Janzen
Zach Johnson
Robert Karlsson
Shingo Katayama
John Kelly
Davis Love III
Shaun Micheel
Phil Mickelson
Colin Montgomerie
Arron Oberholser
Nick O’Hern
Geoff Ogilvy
Rod Pampling
Tom Pernice Jr.
Carl Pettersson
Ian Poulter
Brett Quigley
Richie Ramsay
Rory Sabbatini
Adam Scott
Jeev M. Singh
Vijay Singh
Jeff Sluman
Henrik Stenson
Steve Stricker
David Toms
Anthony Wall
Mike Weir
Brett Wetterich
Dean Wilson
Tiger Woods
