The Field
MAMARONECK, N.Y. (AP) -- The 156-man field for the 106th U.S. Open golf championship, to be played June 15-18 at Winged Foot Golf Club. Players listed only in the first category for which they were eligible (a-amateur):
U.S. Open champions (last 10 years):
Michael Campbell, Retief Goosen, Jim Furyk, Tiger Woods, Lee Janzen, Ernie Els, Steve Jones.
Winner and runner-up of the 2005 U.S. Amateur:
a-Edoardo Molinari, a-Dillon Dougherty.
Masters champions (last five years):
Phil Mickelson, Mike Weir.
British Open champions (last five years):
Todd Hamilton, Ben Curtis, David Duval.
PGA champions (last five years):
Vijay Singh, Shaun Micheel, Rich Beem, David Toms.
2006 Players Championship winner:
Stephen Ames.
2005 U.S. Senior Open champion:
Allen Doyle.
Top 15 players and ties from the 2005 U.S. Open:
Sergio Garcia, Tim Clark, Mark Hensby, Davis Love III, Rocco Mediate, Nick Price, Arron Oberholser, Bob Estes, Corey Pavin, Peter Hedblom, Stewart Cink, Fred Couples, Ryudi Imada, John Cook, Peter Jacobsen, K.J. Choi.
Top 30 players from the 2005 PGA Tour money list:
Kenny Perry, Chris DiMarco, Bart Bryant, Fred Funk, Justin Leonard, Padraig Harrington, Adam Scott, Scott Verplank, Luke Donald, Sean O'Hair, Ben Crane, Chad Campbell, Billy Mayfair, Stuart Appleby, Ted Purdy, Mark Calcavecchia, Olin Browne, Brandt Jobe, Tim Herron, Charles Howell III, Lucas Glover.
Top 15 players from the 2005 European tour money list:
Colin Montgomerie, Paul McGinley, Angel Cabrera, David Howell, Henrik Stenson, Thomas Bjorn, Jose Maria Olazabal, Kenneth Ferrie, Niclas Fasth, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Nick Doughtery.
Top 10 players from the 2006 money list through the St. Jude Classic:
Geoff Ogilvy, Rory Sabbatini.
Multiple winners of PGA Tour events from April 23, 2005, through the 2006 Memorial:
Carl Pettersson.
Top two players from the 2006 European tour money list through May 30:
Paul Casey.
Top two players from the 2005 Japanese tour money list, provided they were in the top 75 in the world ranking:
Shingo Katayama.
Top two players from the 2005 Australasian tour money list, provided they were in the top 75 in the world ranking:
Nick O'Hern.
Top 50 in the world ranking on May 30:
Darren Clarke, Rod Pampling, Trevor Immelman, Robert Allenby, Zach Johnson, Tom Lehman.
Special exemptions:
None.
Sectional qualifying (36 holes):
Toru Taniguchi, Tadahir Takayama, Keiichiro Fukabori, Steve Stricker, Tommy Armour III, Joey Sindelar, David Berganio, Chad Collins, Brett Quigley, Greg Kraft, Kent Jones, Kevin Stadler, J.J. Henry, Mark Brooks, John Mallinger, Tom Pernice, Chris Nallen, Phil Tataurangi, Scott Hend, Ian Poulter, Bo Van Pelt, Charley Hoffman, Stephen Gangluff, Woody Austin, Camilo Villegas, Charl Schwartzel, J.B. Holmes, Jeff Sluman, Matthew Goggin, Skip Kendall, Steve Lowery, Craig Barlow, Dean Wilson, Nathan Green, D.J. Trahan, Jay Haas, John Rollins, Tag Ridings, Duffy Waldorf, a-Jonathan Moore, Maarten Lafeber, Graeme Storm, Graeme McDowell, Jyoti Randhawa, Richard Green, Jeev Milka Singh, Oliver Wilson, Philip Archer, Matt Kuchar, Jay Delsing.
Local (18 holes) and sectional qualifying:
a-Taylor Wood, a-Alex Coe, a-Patrick Nagle, Michael Derminio, Dustin White, Jason Allred, Michael Harris, Rob Johnson, Andy Bare, Benjamin Hayes, Nicholas Thompson, Andrew Svoboda, David Oh, Brad Fritsch, Madalitso Muthiya, Stephen Woodard, Ryan Baca, Ryan Posey, Tadd Fujikawa, Jason Dufner, Lee Williams, Andrew Morse, Travis Hurst, a-Billy Horschel, John Koskinen, George McNeill.
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