The field is building for the third Major of the year – the 126th US Open, which will be held at Shinnecock Hills in New York in June.
The latest landmark came after the PGA Championship when an additional 35 players were added to the field to take the total number so far up to 86.
The Australian, who has played in every men’s Major championship since the 2001 Open and in every US Open since 2002, joins Jack Nicklaus as the only two men to play in 100 consecutive Majors.
Aaron Rai has the next five years of Major exemptions taken care of after his remarkable success at Aronimink in lifitng the Wanamaker Trophy.
Patrick Reed is the highest placed player to get in, as he currently sits at World No.21 after his top-10 finish at the PGA Championship.
World No.24 Si Woo Kim will play in his 10th straight US Open while recent Truist Championship winner Kristoffer Reitan will make his professional debut in the tournament.
Reitan previously became the first Norwegian to qualify for the US Open back in 2018 as an amateur – when it was also held at Shinnecock Hills that year.
Further US Open qualifiers via the top 60 in the OWGR are Alex Smalley, Nicolai Hojgaard, Kurt Kitayama, Min Woo Lee, Ryan Gerard, Rickie Fowler, Jake Knapp, Jason Day, Marco Penge, Daniel Berger, Michael Kim, Matt McCarty, Nicolas Echavarria, Samuel Stevens, Ryan Fox, Michael Brennan, Pierceson Coody, David Puig and Ryo Hisatsune.
US Open qualifiers from DP World Tour & LIV Golf
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Five players secured their places at Shinnecock via the PGA Tour FedEx Cup standings, with Alex Fitzpatrick continuing his recent surge by booking a spot in his first US Open.
PGA Championship contender Matthias Schmid is joined by Sahith Theegala, Sudarshan Yellamaraju and Patrick Rodgers in the top five to qualify.
The top two players not already exempt from the last year’s DP World Tour Race to Dubai…
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