FAR HILLS, N.J. (May 26, 2015) – The United States Golf Association today announced that 25 additional golfers, including three-time USGA champion Ryan Moore, have earned full exemptions into the 2015 U.S. Open Championship, to be played June 18-21 at Chambers Bay, in University Place, Wash. These exemptions bring the number of fully exempt players to 74.

All 25 exemptions were awarded to players who earned a place in the top 60 of the Official World Golf Ranking as of May 25. Moore, who won the 2004 U.S. Amateur Championship and the 2002 and 2004 U.S. Amateur Public Links titles and has four PGA Tour victories, is ranked No. 34. Moore, who grew up near Chambers Bay in Puyallup, Wash., has played in eight previous U.S. Opens. His best finish was a tie for 10th in 2009 at Bethpage State Park’s Black Course.

The other players who earned full exemptions through the current Official World Golf Ranking are: Byeong-Hun An, Paul Casey, George Coetzee, Jamie Donaldson, Victor Dubuisson, Matthew Every, Tommy Fleetwood, Stephen Gallacher, Branden Grace, Charley Hoffman, J.B. Holmes, Thongchai Jaidee, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Anirban Lahiri, Marc Leishman, Shane Lowry, Joost Luiten, Ben Martin, Francesco Molinari, Ian Poulter, Marc Warren, Lee Westwood, Bernd Wiesberger and Danny Willett.

An, who won the 2009 U.S. Amateur Championship, moved up 78 positions in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) to No. 54 by winning the PGA European Tour’s BMW PGA Championship on May 24. Jimenez, who tied for second in the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links, climbed 25 spots to No. 44 in the OWGR after tying for second at the BMW PGA Championship. Molinari tied for fifth at the European Tour event and advanced eight spots in the OWGR to No. 58. The number of fully exempt golfers may increase with the inclusion of the top 60 players from the OWGR as of Monday, June 15.

The first two sectional qualifiers for the 2015 U.S. Open were held May 25, in Japan, where five spots in the 156-player field were determined, and in Surrey, England, where 11 players qualified. Those 16 players are in addition to the 74 fully exempt players listed below.

Sectional qualifying in the United States, at 36 holes, will take place at 10 sites on Monday, June 8. The sites are: Big Canyon Country Club & Newport Beach Country Club, Newport Beach, Calif.; The Bear’s Club, Jupiter, Fla.; Hawks Ridge Golf Club, Ball Ground, Ga.; Woodmont Country Club (North Course), Rockville, Md.; Old Oaks Country Club & Century Country Club, Purchase, N.Y.; Brookside Golf & Country Club & Lakes Golf & Country Club, Columbus, Ohio; Springfield Country Club, Springfield, Ohio; Germantown Country Club & Ridgeway Country Club, Memphis, Tenn.; Northwood Club, Dallas, Texas; and Tumble Creek Club, Cle Elum, Wash.

The U.S. Open will be contested for the first time in the Pacific Northwest. Chambers Bay is hosting its second USGA championship, having hosted the 2010 U.S. Amateur.

A list of the 74 golfers fully exempt into the 2015 U.S. Open as of May 25 (not including the 16 international sectional qualifiers) is below. It can also be found at this link: http://www.usopen.com/en_US/news/qualifying/exemptions.html.

2015 U.S. Open Exemption List (as of May 25):

Byeong-Hun An                         9, 13

Keegan Bradley                         7, 11, 13

Angel Cabrera                          1

Paul Casey                               13

Darren Clarke                            6

George Coetzee                        13

Erik Compton                            11

Jason Day                                11, 12, 13

Jamie Donaldson                      13

Victor Dubuisson                      13

Jason Dufner                            7

Ernie Els                                  6

Matthew Every                          13

Tommy Fleetwood                     13

Rickie Fowler                            8, 11, 12, 13

Jim Furyk                                 12, 13

Stephen Gallacher                     13

Sergio Garcia                            12, 13

Lucas Glover                            1

Branden Grace                          13

Bill Haas                                   12, 13

Russell Henley                          12, 13

Charley Hoffman                       13

Morgan Hoffmann                     12

J.B. Holmes                              13

Billy Horschel                            12, 13

Thongchai Jaidee                      13

Miguel Angel Jimenez                13

Dustin Johnson                         11, 13

Zach Johnson                           12, 13

Martin Kaymer                        1, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13

Chris Kirk                                  12, 13

Brooks Koepka                         11, 13

Matt Kuchar                              12, 13

Anirban Lahiri                            13

Marc Leishman                          13

Shane Lowry                             13

Joost Luiten                              13

Hunter Mahan                            12, 13

Ben Martin                                13

Hideki Matsuyama                     12, 13

Graeme McDowell                    1, 13

Rory McIlroy                            1, 6, 7, 12, 13

Phil Mickelson                           6, 13

Francesco Molinari                    13

Colin Montgomerie                    10

Ryan Moore                              13

Kevin Na                                   12, 13

a-Bradley Neil                            3

Geoff Ogilvy                             1

Louis Oosthuizen                       6, 13

Ryan Palmer                             12, 13

Ian Poulter                                13

Patrick Reed                             12, 13

Justin Rose                              1, 12, 13

a-Oliver Schniederjans               4

Charl Schwartzel                        5, 13

Adam Scott                              5, 11, 12, 13

John Senden                             12, 13

Webb Simpson             1, 12, 13

Brandt Snedeker                       11, 13

Jordan Spieth                           5, 12, 13

Henrik Stenson                          11, 13

Brendon Todd                           12, 13

Cameron Tringale                      12

Jimmy Walker                           11, 12, 13

Marc Warren                              13

Bubba Watson                          5, 12, 13

Lee Westwood                          13

Bernd Wiesberger                      13

Danny Willett                             13

Gary Woodland                         12, 13

Tiger Woods                            1, 8

a-Gunn Yang                             2