Reigning Masters champion, Tiger Woods and four-time major winner Brooks Koepka are among the exempt players for this year’s US Open announced on Thursday by the US Golf Association.
Woods, a 15-time major champion, and Koepka, seeking a third consecutive PGA Championship victory in August, will join defending champion Gary Woodland among 11 US Open winners set to compete in the 120th US Open from 17-20 September at Winged Foot in Mamaroneck, New York.
World No 1 Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland, Britain’s Justin Rose and Germany’s Martin Kaymer will join fellow US Open winners Woods, Koepka, Woodland, Lucas Glover, Dustin Johnson, Webb Simpson and Jordan Spieth.
