25 WAYS to How PGA Tour players qualifies for the 2025 U.S. Open Golf Majors.

With the PGA Championship done and dusted, Scottie Scheffler the new caretaker of the Wanamaker Trophy, it’s time to move ahead to the next men’s major on the calendar, the 2025 U.S. Open. Needless to say, golf fans won’t have a long wait until the first round at Oakmont Country Club outside Pittsburgh, Pa., with just three weeks between the two majors.

What is the U.S. Open qualifying Exemptions Criteria/categories

1: Winners of the U.S. Open the last 10 years

2: From the 2024 U.S. Open, the 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place

3: Winner of the 2024 U.S. Senior Open

4: Winner of the 2024 U.S. Amateur

5: Winners of the 2024 U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur, and the 2024 U.S. Amateur runner-up (must be an amateur)

6: Winners of the Masters Tournament (2020-2025)

7: Winners of the PGA Championship (2021-2025)

8: Winners of The Open (2021-2024)

9: Winners of The Players Championship (2023-2025)

10: Winner of the 2024 BMW PGA Championship (DP World Tour)

11: Those players who qualified and were eligible for the season-ending 2024 Tour Championship

12: Multiple winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the FedExCup, from the conclusion of the 2024 U.S. Open to the initiation of the 2025 U.S. Open

13: The top 5 players in the 2025 FedExCup standings as of May 19 not otherwise exempt

14: The points leader from the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour season

15: The top two players from the final 2024 Race to Dubai Rankings as of May 19 not otherwise exempt

16: The top player on the 2025 Race to Dubai Rankings as of May 19 not otherwise exempt

17: Winner of the 2024 British Amateur (must be an amateur)

18: Winner of the 2024 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Men’s World Amateur Golf Ranking) (must be an amateur)

19: Winner of the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Individual Golf Championship (must be an amateur)

20: Winner of the 2025 Latin America Amateur Championship (must be an amateur)

21: From the current Official World Golf Rankings, the top 60 points leaders and ties as of May 19.

22: From the current Official World Golf Rankings, the top 60 points leaders and ties as of June 9

23: Winner of the 2024 Olympic Gold Medal

24: The top player who is not otherwise exempt and in the top 3 of the 2025 LIV Golf Individual Standings as of May 19