The road to the 2026 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills ran through 13 final qualifying sites around the world, including Del Paso Country Club in Sacramento.<\/p>\n
Known as \u201cGolf\u2019s Longest Day,\u201d U.S. Open Final Qualifying is one of the most demanding tests in the game: 36 holes in one day, with players battling for a limited number of spots in the national championship.<\/p>\n
This year, final qualifying was held in England, Texas, Japan, Canada and across the United States. The final wave of qualifying took place June 8 at 10 sites, with 43 players earning their way into the field at Shinnecock Hills.<\/p>\n
California Qualifying Site: Del Paso Country Club<\/p>\n
At Del Paso Country Club in Sacramento, four players punched their tickets to the U.S. Open:<\/p>\n
Taylor Montgomery<\/p>\n
Eric Lee (amateur)<\/p>\n
Matthew Robles (amateur)<\/p>\n
Marek Fleming (amateur)<\/p>\n
The Sacramento qualifier highlighted the open nature of the championship, with three amateurs advancing from the California site.<\/p>\n
2026 U.S. Open Final Qualifying Sites and Qualifiers<\/p>\n
Hawks Ridge Golf Club \u2014 Ball Ground, Georgia<\/p>\n
Chris Kirk<\/p>\n
Jake Peacock<\/p>\n
Keith Mitchell<\/p>\n
Robbie Higgins<\/p>\n
Chase Kyes (amateur)<\/p>\n
BallenIsles Country Club \u2014 Palm Beach Gardens, Florida<\/p>\n
Giuseppe Puebla (amateur)<\/p>\n
Ben Silverman<\/p>\n
Ryder Cowan (amateur)<\/p>\n
Miles Russell (amateur)<\/p>\n
Century Country Club \/ Golf Club of Purchase \u2014 Purchase, New York<\/p>\n
Kevin Roy<\/p>\n
Max Greyserman<\/p>\n
Benjamin James (amateur)<\/p>\n
James Nicholas<\/p>\n
Gaston Country Club \u2014 Gastonia, North Carolina<\/p>\n
Jackson Ormond (amateur)<\/p>\n
Carl Yuan<\/p>\n
Jackson Van Paris<\/p>\n
Brandon Wu<\/p>\n
Cole Hammer<\/p>\n
Woodmont Country Club \u2014 Rockville, Maryland<\/p>\n
Jackson Suber<\/p>\n
Ben Kohles<\/p>\n
Logan Reilly (amateur)<\/p>\n
Jake Sollon<\/p>\n
Springfield Country Club \u2014 Springfield, Ohio<\/p>\n
Neal Shipley<\/p>\n
Zac Blair<\/p>\n
Dylan Wu<\/p>\n
Billy Horschel<\/p>\n
Nick Hardy<\/p>\n
Lakes Golf & Country Club \u2014 Westerville, Ohio<\/p>\n
Davis Thompson<\/p>\n
J.B. Holmes<\/p>\n
Vaughn Harber (amateur)<\/p>\n
\u00c1rni Sveinsson (amateur)<\/p>\n
Lambton Golf and Country Club \u2014 Ontario, Canada<\/p>\n
Emiliano Grillo<\/p>\n
Alejandro Tosti<\/p>\n
Marcelo Rozo<\/p>\n
William Mouw<\/p>\n
John Parry<\/p>\n
Max McGreevy<\/p>\n
Del Paso Country Club \u2014 Sacramento, California<\/p>\n
Taylor Montgomery<\/p>\n
Eric Lee (amateur)<\/p>\n
Matthew Robles (amateur)<\/p>\n
Marek Fleming (amateur)<\/p>\n
Emerald Valley Golf Club \u2014 Creswell, Oregon<\/p>\n
Greyson Leach<\/p>\n
Andrew Putnam<\/p>\n
Hino Golf Club \u2014 Hino, Japan<\/p>\n
Ryuichi Oiwa<\/p>\n
Kaito Onishi<\/p>\n
Taihei Sato<\/p>\n
Walton Heath Golf Club \u2014 Surrey, England<\/p>\n
Nathan Kimsey<\/p>\n
Rocco Repetto Taylor<\/p>\n
Filippo Celli<\/p>\n
Matthew Jordan<\/p>\n
Angel Hidalgo<\/p>\n
Niklas N\u00f8rgaard<\/p>\n
Ugo Coussaud<\/p>\n
Dallas Athletic Club \u2014 Dallas, Texas<\/p>\n
Peter Uihlein<\/p>\n
Tom Kim<\/p>\n
Cooper Dossey<\/p>\n
Shah Manav<\/p>\n
Jimmy Stanger<\/p>\n
Graeme McDowell<\/p>\n
Adrien Dumont de Chassart<\/p>\n
TK Kim<\/p>\n
Caleb Surratt<\/p>\n
A True Test of Golf\u2019s Open Championship<\/p>\n
Final qualifying remains one of the most compelling traditions in golf because it gives professionals, amateurs, college stars and mini-tour players the same opportunity: play 36 holes, survive the pressure, and earn a place in the U.S. Open.<\/p>\n
For California golf fans, Del Paso Country Club once again played a role in that story, sending four players \u2014 including three amateurs \u2014 to one of the biggest stages in the game.<\/p>\n
The 2026 U.S. Open will be played June 18\u201321 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The road to the 2026 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills ran through 13 final qualifying sites around the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[7986,1295],"class_list":["post-19148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-open-championship","tag-show-slider","tag-the-open-championship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}