{"id":23152,"date":"2026-06-18T15:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T15:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/23152\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T15:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T15:32:11","slug":"8-georgia-bulldogs-competing-in-the-u-s-open-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/23152\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Georgia Bulldogs competing in the U.S. Open field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>June 18, 2026, 9:00 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The 126th edition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usopen.com\/2026\/articles\/2026-us-open-final-field-exemptions-shinnecock-hills.html\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Open<\/a> will feature eight <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Georgia Bulldogs<\/a> in the 156-player field. Georgia is easily the most well-represented college golf program on the PGA Tour The U.S. Open is being played at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York, from June 18-21.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The last UGA golfer to win a major was <a href=\"http:\/\/ugawire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/bulldogs\/2023\/07\/23\/twitter-reacts-brian-harman-wins-the-open-uga\/79017971007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Harman at The Open<\/a> in 2023. Russell Henley finished tied for third with 10-under at the Masters this year. Henley is in good form and is the most recent Georgia golfer to get a PGA Tour win. He won the Charles Schwab Challenge in Forth Worth, Texas, in late May. Henley is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.ph\/golf\/rankings\/_\/page\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">No. 5 ranked golfer<\/a> in the world and is a popular pick to win the U.S. Open.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In the most recent major, the PGA Championship, Harris English had a top-20 finish, which was best among former Georgia golfers. English (No. 22), Sepp Straka (No. 18) and Henley (No. 5) are all ranked among the world&#8217;s top-25 golfers.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:507px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/90077994007-usatsi-28497185.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Brian Harman acknowledges the crowd after making his birdie putt on the 17th hole during the third round of THE PLAYERS Championship golf tournament\"\/>Harris EnglishBrian HarmanRussell HenleyMason Howell (amateur)Chris KirkKeith MitchellSepp StrakaDavis ThompsonNeed a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/89338107007-usatsi-19159429.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Follow UGA Wire on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ugawire\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UGAfootballLive\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UGAfootballLive\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">X<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@ugawire\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Threads<\/a> for more Georgia Bulldogs coverage!<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June 18, 2026, 9:00 a.m. ET The 126th edition of the U.S. Open will feature eight Georgia Bulldogs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[58,2171,9459,9460,9461,66,77,7808,5334,9462,65,1340,68,5403,69,299,193,991,992,67,1243,1245,7599,62],"class_list":["post-23152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-russell-henley","tag-accessfree","tag-russell-henley","tag-sourceuga-wire","tag-sstssportscollegebulldogs","tag-sstsnbulldogs","tag-tagcollege-sports","tag-tagcolleges-universities","tag-tagfacebook","tag-taggeorgia","tag-taggeorgia-bulldogs-football","tag-taggolf","tag-taginstagram","tag-taginternational-sports-competitions","tag-tagmasters-tournament-2027","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagpga-championship","tag-tagpga-tour","tag-tagsec-conference-football","tag-tagsec-hub","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagthe-open-championship","tag-tagu-s-open-championship","tag-taguniversity-of-georgia","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23152","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=23152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}