U.S. Open 2017: A complete guide to all 156 players
By Luke Norris
U.S. Open Round 1: 1st tee, 1:30 p.m.
U.S. Open Round 2: 10th tee, 7:45 a.m.
Jack Maguire (No. 569)
- Last start: MC: Rust-Oleum Championship (Web.com Tour)
- 2016 U.S. Open: DNP
Jack Maguire finished in a tie for 58th as a 20-year-old amateur at Chambers Bay and this week will be his first U.S. Open appearance as a professional after earning medalist honors at the Tequesta sectional. Playing on the Web.com Tour, his best finish in 2017 was a tie for fifth at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic.
Corey Conners (No. 583)
- Last start: MC: Rust-Oleum Championship (Web.com Tour)
- 2016 U.S. Open: DNP
25-year-old Corey Conners took medalist honors at the Springfield, Ohio sectional thanks in large part to a course-record 61 at Springfield Country Club. Conners has two top-10 finishes on the Web.com Tour this year but has missed the cut in his last two starts.
Ben Kohles (No. 1129)
- Last start: T-42: Rust-Oleum Championship (Web.com Tour)
- 2016 U.S. Open: DNP
Ben Kohles’ professional career got off to a hot start. Back in 2012, he won his very first event as a pro, the Web.com Tour’s Nationwide Children’s Hospital Invitational, and then went and won the Cox Classic in his next start. He found his way to the PGA TOUR the following season but didn’t last long. He still plays the majority of his events on the Web.com Tour and has missed the cut in four of his last five starts.
U.S. Open Round 1: 10th tee, 1:30 p.m.
U.S. Open Round 2: 1st tee, 7:45 a.m.
Wade Ormsby (No. 452)
- Last start: MC: Nordea Masters (European Tour)
- 2016 U.S. Open: DNP
Australia’s Wade Ormsby has qualified for his first U.S. Open at the age of 37. A true journeyman, Ormsby has bounced around from tour to tour and has just one professional win in 16 years, that coming at the Panasonic Open India four years ago.
Oliver Bekker (No. 229)
- Last start: T-3: Mopani Redpath Zambia Open (Sunshine Tour)
- 2016 U.S. Open: DNP
South Africa native Oliver Bekker will be playing in his first U.S. Open and first major championship this week at Erin Hills. He has two wins and a tie for third in his last four outings on the Sunshine Tour and shot 11-under at the Surrey sectional to get into the field.
Kyle Thompson (No. 357)
- Last start: T-22: Rust-Oleum Championship (Web.com Tour)
- 2016 U.S. Open: DNP
38-year-old Kyle Thompson will be competing in second U.S. Open — he missed the cut at The Olympic Club in 2012 — and has five career wins on the Web.com Tour. He got into the field at Erin Hills with a 7-under total at the Rockville, Maryland sectional.