On Monday, the United States Golf Association announced the local and final qualifying sites for the 123rd U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club, June 15-18, 2023.
Online player registration begins on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at champs.usga.org and will be open through Wednesday, April 12.
Players must have a Handicap Index not exceeding 1.4, or be a professional.
There are 14 local qualifying sites in California, the most of any state. Florida will host 13 local qualifiers.
There will be 109 local qualifying sites across not only the United States but also Canada from April 17 to May 22. For the 44th consecutive year Illini Country Club, in Springfield, Illinois, will host a U.S. Open qualifier, while Riverton Country Club in Riverton, Wyoming, and Ironwood Country Club in Palm Desert, California, will host local qualifying for the 25th and 22nd years, respectively.
Players who advance from the 18-hole qualifier join a group of locally exempt players for the 36-hole final qualifying in England (May 16), Japan (May 22) and Canada (June 5). The United States will host 10 final qualifiers, one on May 22 and nine on June 5.
The USGA accepted 9,265 entries for last year’s championship at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts. The record of 10,127 entries was set ahead of the 2014 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina.
“The U.S. Open provides thousands of professional and amateur golfers with diverse backgrounds from around the world the opportunity to earn a place in the championship through local and final qualifying,” said USGA Chief Championships Officer John Bodenhamer via a release. “Allied Golf Associations in the United States, as well as groups in Europe, Canada and Japan, work together to provide an avenue to The Los Angeles Country Club, where the world’s greatest players will compete for our national championship.”
Here’s the full list of sites, except for one Florida host that is still to be determined.
2023 U.S. Open Local Qualifying Sites
Monday, April 17
The Clubs of Kingwood (Deerwood Course), Kingwood, Texas
Wednesday, April 19
Charlotte (N.C.) C.C.
Monday, April 24
La Purisima G.C., Lompoc, Calif.
Del Rio C.C., Modesto, Calif.
Shorehaven G.C., Norwalk, Conn.
Coral Ridge C.C., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Rocky Bayou C.C., Niceville, Fla.
Marietta C.C., Kennesaw, Ga.
Cantigny G.C. (Woodside/Lakeside Courses), Wheaton, Ill.
The Territory G. & C.C., Duncan, Okla.
Fox Den C.C., Knoxville, Tenn.
Parkersburg C.C., Vienna,…
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