Qualifying
Exemption List
A list of the 78 golfers who are already fully exempt into the 2012 U.S. Open follows:
| Player | Exemption Category |
|---|---|
| Aaron Baddeley | 12,13 |
| Sang-Moon Bae | 13 |
| Thomas Bjorn | 13 |
| Keegan Bradley | 7,12,13 |
| Olin Browne | 10 |
| Jonathan Byrd | 12,13 |
| Angel Cabrera | 1,5 |
| Rafael Cabrera-Bello | 13 |
| Michael Campbell | 1 |
| Patrick Cantlay (a) | 2,4 |
| Paul Casey | 13 |
| Kevin Chappell | 11 |
| K.J. Choi | 8,12,13 |
| Stewart Cink | 6 |
| Tim Clark | 8 |
| Nicolas Colsaerts | 13 |
| Ben Crane | 13 |
| Jason Day | 11,12,13 |
| Luke Donald | 9,12,13 |
| Jason Dufner | 12,13 |
| Simon Dyson | 13 |
| Ernie Els | 13 |
| Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño | 13 |
| Rickie Fowler | 13 |
| Jim Furyk | 1,13 |
| Sergio Garcia | 11,13 |
| Robert Garrigus | 11 |
| Lucas Glover | 1 |
| Retief Goosen | 1 |
| Branden Grace | 14 |
| Bill Haas | 12,13 |
| Anders Hansen | 13 |
| Peter Hanson | 11,13 |
| Padraig Harrington | 6,7 |
| Charles Howell III | 12 |
| Trevor Immelman | 5 |
| Ryo Ishikawa | 13 |
| Fredrik Jacobson | 12,13 |
| Miguel Angel Jimenez | 13 |
| Dustin Johnson | 12,13 |
| Zach Johnson | 13 |
| Robert Karlsson | 13 |
| Martin Kaymer | 7,13 |
| Kyung-Tae Kim | 13 |
| Matt Kuchar | 8,12,13 |
| Martin Laird | 13 |
| Spencer Levin | 14 |
| Hunter Mahan | 12,13 |
| Graeme McDowell | 1,13 |
| Rory McIlroy | 1,11,13 |
| Phil Mickelson | 5,12,13 |
| Francesco Molinari | 13 |
| Kevin Na | 13 |
| Geoff Ogilvy | 1,12,13 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | 6,11,13 |
| Carl Pettersson | 13 |
| Ian Poulter | 13 |
| Alvaro Quiros | 13 |
| Chez Reavie | 12 |
| Robert Rock | 13 |
| Justin Rose | 12,13 |
| Charl Schwartzel | 5,11,13 |
| Adam Scott | 12,13 |
| John Senden | 12,13 |
| Webb Simpson | 12,13 |
| Vijay Singh | 12 |
| Brandt Snedeker | 12,13 |
| Kyle Stanley | 13 |
| Steve Stricker | 12,13 |
| David Toms | 12,13 |
| Bo Van Pelt | 12,13 |
| Nick Watney | 12,13 |
| Bubba Watson | 5,12,13 |
| Lee Westwood | 11,13 |
| Mark Wilson | 12,13 |
| Gary Woodland | 12 |
| Tiger Woods | 1,7,13 |
| Y.E. Yang | 7,11,12 |
Bold - Former U.S. Open Champion
Key to Player Exemptions
1. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship the last 10 years (2002-11)
2. Winner and runner-up of the 2011 U.S. Amateur Championship (must be an amateur)
3. Winner of the 2011 British Amateur Championship
4. Winner of the 2011 Mark H. McCormack Medal (top-ranked in WAGR & must be an amateur)
5. Winners of the Masters Tournament the last five years (2008-12)
6. Winners of the British Open Championship the last five years (2007-11)
7. Winners of the PGA of America Championship the last five years (2007-11)
8. Winner of the Players Championship the last three years (2010-12)
9. Winner of the 2012 European Tour BMW PGA Championship
10. Winner of the 2011 U.S. Senior Open Championship
11. From the 2011 U.S. Open Championship, the ten lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place
12. Those players who qualified for the season-ending 2011 Tour Championship
13. Top 60 point leaders and ties from the current World Rankings as of May 21, 2012*
14. Top 60 point leaders and ties from the current World Rankings as of June 11, 2012
15. Special exemptions selected by the USGA
