The U.S. Open field

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Here's the list of the 156 players who have qualified for the U.S. Open, courtesy of the Associated Press. Jason Gore (Hart, Pepperdine) and Anthony Kim (Studio City) are a couple of locals on the list.

U.S. Open Field

SAN DIEGO (AP) _ The 156-man field for the 108th U.S. Open golf championship, to be played June 12-15 on the South Course at Torrey Pines Golf Course (players listed only in the first category for which they were eligible; a-amateur):

U.S. Open champions (last 10 years):@ Angel Cabrera, Geoff Ogilvy, Michael Campbell, Retief Goosen, Jim Furyk, Tiger Woods, Lee Janzen.

Winner and runner-up of the 2007 U.S. Amateur:@ a-Michael Thompson.

Masters champions (last five years):@ Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson, Phil Mickelson.

British Open champions (last five years):@ Padraig Harrington, Todd Hamilton, Ben Curtis.

PGA champions (last five years):@ Vijay Singh, Shaun Micheel.

2007 U.S. Senior Open champion:@ Brad Bryant.

2008 Players Championship winner:@ Sergio Garcia.

Top 15 finishers and ties from the 2007 U.S. Open:@ Niclas Fasth, David Toms, Bubba Watson, Nick Dougherty, Scott Verplank, Jerry Kelly, Justin Rose, Stephen Ames, Paul Casey, Hunter Mahan, Steve Stricker, Aaron Baddeley.

Top 30 players from the 2007 PGA Tour money list:@ K.J. Choi, Rory Sabbatini, Adam Scott, Mark Calcavecchia, Woody Austin, Brandt Snedeker, Charles Howell III, Ernie Els, Tim Clark, Boo Weekley, John Rollins, Stewart Cink, Steve Flesch, Robert Allenby, Brett Wetterich, Luke Donald, Heath Slocum.

2007 Tour Championship Field:@ Camilo Villegas, Jonathan Byrd.

Top 15 players from the 2007 European tour money list:@ Henrik Stenson, Andres Romero, Soren Hansen, Lee Westwood, Colin Montgomerie, Richard Sterne.

Top 10 players from the 2008 PGA Tour money list on May 26:@ Ryuji Imada, Anthony Kim, Jeff Quinney.

Any multiple winners on the PGA Tour from April 27, 2007 through June 1, 2008:@ Daniel Chopra.

Top two players from the 2008 European Tour money list on May 26:@ Miguel Angel Jimenez, Oliver Wilson.

Top two players from the 2007 Japan Golf Tour money list, provided they were in the top 75 in the world ranking:@ Toru Taniguchi, Shingo Katayama

Top 50 in the world ranking on May 26:@ Ian Poulter, Stuart Appleby, Robert Karlsson, Sean O'Hair, Martin Kaymer, Justin Leonard, Mike Weir, J.B. Holmes, Rod Pampling.

Sectional qualifying (36 holes):@ Craig Parry, Artemio Murakami, Alastair Forsyth, Ross Fisher, Robert Dinwiddie, Phillip Archer, Ross McGowan, Johan Edfors, Thomas Levet, Jason Bohn, Matt Kuchar, D.J. Trahan, Carl Pettersson, Bart Bryant, Ben Crane, a-Derek Fathauer, Joe Ogilvie, Robert Garrigus, a-Kevin Tway, Dean Wilson, Fredrik Jacobson, Jarrod Lyle, John Mallinger, a-Kyle Stanley, Nick Watney, Davis Love III, Jesper Parnevik, Pat Perez, Justin Hicks, Rocco Mediate, Chad Campbell, Dustin Johnson, Steve Marino, Eric Axley, Jonathan Mills, Rich Beem, Mark O'Meara, Jason Gore, Michael Allen, Craig Barlow, a-Nick Taylor, John Merrick, Brett Quigley, Patrick Sheehan, D.J. Brigman, Scott Sterling, Michael Letzig, Brandt Jobe, Mathew Goggin.

Local (18 holes) and sectional qualifying:@ Kevin Silva, Yohann Benson, Jeffrey Bors, Mike Gilmore, Charlie Beljan, Bob Gaus, David Hearn, Brian Bergstol, Hunter Haas, Chris Kirk, Ian Leggatt, D.A. Points, Jonathan Turcott, Brian Kortan, Jay Choi, Peter Tomasulo, Andrew Dresser, Fernando Figueroa, Chris Devlin, Sean English, a-Jimmy Henderson, John Ellis, Garrett Chaussard, a-Jeff Wilson, a-Jordan Cox, Rob Rashell, Bobby Collins, Philippe Gasnier, Joey Lamielle, Scott Piercy, a-Michael Quagliano, Kevin Streelman, Chris Stroud, Travis Bertoni, Casey Wittenberg.


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