U.S. Open Final Qualifying: Scores, results, how it works - PGA TOUR
The first three sites of 2024 U.S. Open Final Qualifying are being played May 20, with the remaining sites slated for June 3. (Rob Carr/Getty Images)
Golf’s Longest Day (Part I) has arrived.
U.S. Open Final Qualifying is contested at 13 sites worldwide, with three sites contested Monday, May 20: Japan, England and Dallas, Texas. The next 10 sites will be contested Monday, June 3.
Each Final Qualifying site is contested across 36 holes in one day, stroke-play.
The U.S. Open represents the essence of meritocracy in professional sports. Any professional or amateur with a 0.4 handicap index or lower can sign up to compete for a spot at the U.S. Open. This year’s event at Pinehurst No. 2 is set for June 13-16.
Some players earned direct access to Final Qualifying via various merit-based categories, while others advanced through 18-hole Local Qualifying (109 sites were contested in the last month).
Several of the game’s top players are fully exempt into the 124th U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2, where they’ll jockey against dozens of open qualifiers for the season’s third men’s major title. It’s part of what makes this tournament special.
Keep it here through early June for updates from U.S. Open Final Qualifying.
T1, Grant Forrest, 66-68
T1, Richard Mansell, 65-69
T1, Brandon Robinson Thompson, 68-66
T4, Sam Bairstow, 68-67
T4, Robert Rock, 69-66
T6, Tom McKibbin, 69-67
T6, Edoardo Molinari, 67-69
T6, Jason Scrivener, 68-68
T6, Matteo Manassero, 71-65
England's Robert Rock, 47, will compete in his 12th major championship and first since 2019. The veteran pro is a two-time DP World Tour winner but retired from full-time competition in 2022 to focus on his teaching academy, the Robert Rock Academy.
Edoardo Molinari will compete in his 18th major championship but just his second since 2015, as the Italian known as "Dodo" has embraced his career's second act in data and analytics. The brother of major champion Francesco Molinari works as Chief Data Strategist for Arccos Golf and also served as a Vice Captain for the victorious European Team at last fall's Ryder Cup.
Italy's Matteo Manassero will compete in his 18th major championship but first since 2016, as the 31-year-old has embarked on a career renaissance in recent times. Manassero, 31, won four DP World Tour titles between 2010 and 2013; he won the 2010 Castello Masters Costa Azahar in 2010 at age 17, becoming the youngest DP World Tour winner. He suffered a multi-year slump, falling from the world's top 25 to outside the top 1,000, before earning back strong DP World Tour status via the 2023 Challenge Tour (winning twice) and earning his fifth DP World Tour title at this year's Jonsson Workwear Open in March.
T1, Ryo Ishikawa, 66-65
T1, Riki Kawamoto, 68-63
3, Taisei Shimizu, 67-65
1st alt. Ryosuke Kinoshita, 65-67 (lost in playoff)
2nd alt. Naoyuki Kataoka, 63-69 (lost in playoff)
Japan's Ryo Ishikawa will compete in his eighth U.S. Open and 25th major championship overall. His career-best major showing is a T20 at the 2011 Masters. Ishikawa, 32, is an 18-time winner on the Japan Golf Tour; in 2009, he reached the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking as a teenager. He competes primarily in Japan and finished fourth at the PGA TOUR's ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP last fall.
Japan's Riki Kawamoto, 23, will make his major championship debut. He competes primarily in Japan and made his TOUR debut at last fall's ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP, finishing T72. Kawamoto won twice on the Japan Golf Tour in 2022.
Japan's Taisei Shimizu, 25, will also debut in a major championship after surviving a 5-for-1 playoff for the final spot via this Final Qualifying site. His game has been trending with three top-six finishes in five Japan Golf Tour starts this season.
Sites to be played Monday, June 3:
• Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada (Cherry Hill Club)
• Daly City, California (Lake Merced Golf Club)
• Jupiter, Florida (The Bear’s Club)
• Alpharetta, Georgia (The Golf Club of Georgia)
• Rockville, Maryland (Woodmont Country Club’s North Course)
• Summit, New Jersey (Canoe Brook Country Club’s North & South Courses)
• Durham, North Carolina (Duke University Golf Club)
• Columbus, Ohio (Ohio State University Golf Club / Kinsale Golf & Fitness Club)
• Springfield, Ohio (Springfield Country Club)
• Bend, Oregon (Pronghorn Resort’s Nicklaus Course)
